Ok,good to know.I have been on the archeevo site but did not get detailed
info,but still very useful.

On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 5:39 PM Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote:

> Altino,
> That link does not have the inventories or wills and it does not contain
> the images of them. They were very explicit about NOT putting the
> inventories/wills online. They stated to me that the inventories/wills are
> for viewing only, as they are very private. Too bad they can't make a cut
> off date. Someone who died in the mid-1800s and had descendants won't
> really be invading their privacy, as all the descendants are also deceased.
> <sigh>
>
> Cheri Mello
> Listowner, Azores-Gen
> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente,
> Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
>
> On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 2:31 PM, 'Altino Demelo' via Azores Genealogy <
> [email protected]> wrote:
>
>> Joe, you can research from home here :
>> http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/registos/Default.aspx
>>
>> You can also research on the Tombo website. Maybe someone else can
>> provide that link.
>>
>> Altino
>>
>> Sent from my iPhone
>>
>> On Jul 23, 2018, at 4:33 PM, Joe Matias <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Do you have to be in Ponta Delgada in order to view all the pages of your
>> search,or is there a way of doing so through the internet at home?
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 7:19 PM Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> While I was in Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel island, I made extensive use
>>> of the inventories or wills. I was able to find them on the Archives
>>> Catalog at http://www.arquivos.azores.gov.pt/  I don't know how to find
>>> them for other islands. I don't think the other archives entered them or
>>> perhaps the inventories or wills are not housed at the other archives.
>>>
>>> The inventories and wills varied a lot and from time period to time
>>> period. The more recent ones were better, as they were more organized and
>>> followed a format.
>>>
>>> They started with a cover page, naming the deceased and who was in
>>> charge of their inventory. Some had maybe 7 pieces of paper (so potentially
>>> 14 pages of information). Some had 144 pieces of paper (288 pages of
>>> information). The more "recent" ones (1920s forward) had a copy of the
>>> death certificate with the cause of death listed. Or the best that medicine
>>> knew for that time period. They named children, grandchildren,
>>> great-grandchildren if they had any. If you can read the births and
>>> marriages, then you already know the words of "filhos" and "netos."
>>> "Bisnetos" are the great-grandchildren. Some listed relatives on the
>>> paternal side "pelo lado paterno" or the maternal side "pelo lada materna,"
>>> Anytime I saw the word "familia" I scanned the page. Some listed what I
>>> believe were people they owed. Some listed what they owned, as in the
>>> furnishings and whatnot. My 2 great-grandmother's had a declaration from
>>> her husband. I don't know what it says yet. I'm waiting on my cousin to
>>> tell me. And there was a lot of legal stuff in there too.
>>>
>>> The earliest will/inventory that I looked at was from 1807. Some exist
>>> from the 1700s.
>>>
>>> Not every ancestor will have an inventory or will. You didn't need to
>>> own property to have an will or inventory. As I said, it appeared that one
>>> guy owed a lot of people a lot of money.
>>>
>>> They allowed me to take pictures with my camera (found out I need a
>>> different pair of reading glasses to take pictures). They said that the
>>> inventories are NEVER to be posted anywhere on the Internet. That means
>>> Ancestry.com, Geni.com, My Heritage, FamilySearch.org, your own
>>> personal page, etc. They consider the inventories private Yes, I understand
>>> that if the person died in 1807, no one alive today was mentioned in that
>>> will. But they have their rules. I said it was going to be left on my
>>> computer so I could consult it. I would extract only genealogy information
>>> from the documents, but would never post an image of any them. So for those
>>> utilizing the inventories/wills, do NOT post them ANYWHERE on the Internet
>>> or you mess it up for future genealogists.
>>>
>>> Hopefully the other archives will get their inventories/wills up on the
>>> Archives Catalog.
>>> Cheri Mello
>>> Listowner, Azores-Gen
>>> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira
>>> Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
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