[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Keeping track of films
Rosemarie, That is a great thing to know. Thanks for sharing it. As I am just learning to read the films, I come across things that stump me. One of those is that on the film I am looking at now, it has several frames showing pages that are round in shape with frayed edges instead of rectangular, which looks as though the pages disintegrated. With this, only the middle of the page has writing, which leaves off critical information such as the dates or sometimes the names of the parties on the record. Have any of you come across this and how do you handle this or use what you find in this situation? Also, when pages bleed through to the page on the other side, any hints on those? Charlene --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Keeping track of films
In a message dated 11/23/2008 2:36:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sometimes it's very hard to read with the bleedover. You might try to use a light blue or yellow colored paper on the microfilm reader screen, sometimes that will help with the focus. Some people have been copying the frame onto a thumb drive, taking it home and then cleaning the frame up with a photoshop or somesuch program. In the past, whenever I've had a page that was illegible on the microfilm (either because it bled through, or the page appeared blacked out, or the script was just impossible for me and others to decipher), I have written to the archives and had them take a look at the original and send me a typed transcription. This always costs much, much more than the usual prices, but most of the time has been well worth it. John M. Raposo --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Keeping track of films
I known a few churches that has bad records, the early records of Porto Formoso is really one of the worst i have come across, also S. Pedro, Ribeirinha, Terceira pages that has water damaged, corners missing, titles missing etc.people don't realize what a researcher has to go through to look through these records and to figure out what written on them, but for one to appreciate, one must do his own research and see for themselves. George On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 4:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/23/2008 2:36:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sometimes it's very hard to read with the bleedover. You might try to use a light blue or yellow colored paper on the microfilm reader screen, sometimes that will help with the focus. Some people have been copying the frame onto a thumb drive, taking it home and then cleaning the frame up with a photoshop or somesuch program. In the past, whenever I've had a page that was illegible on the microfilm (either because it bled through, or the page appeared blacked out, or the script was just impossible for me and others to decipher), I have written to the archives and had them take a look at the original and send me a typed transcription. This always costs much, much more than the usual prices, but most of the time has been well worth it. John M. Raposo -- http://www.geocities.com/bretanha1954/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Keeping track of films
George My husbands family is from Ribeirinha, Terceira, and I know what you mean by the records being bad. I had mostly given up until I found Joao Ventura had done the whole village along with Sao Bento and Sao Sebastian. He gave me so much help and the cost was very reasonable. He is my reasearch angel. Helen -Original Message- From: George Pacheco [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Sun, 23 Nov 2008 2:16 pm Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Keeping track of films I known a few churches that has bad records, the early records of Porto Formoso is really one of the worst i have come across, also S. Pedro, Ribeirinha, Terceira pages that has water damaged, corners missing, titles missing etc.people don't realize what a researcher has to go through to look through these records and to figure out what written on them, but for one to appreciate, one must do his own research and see for themselves. George On Sun, Nov 23, 2008 at 4:00 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In a message dated 11/23/2008 2:36:42 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Sometimes it's very hard to read with the bleedover. You might try to use a light blue or yellow colored paper on the microfilm reader screen, sometimes that will help with the focus. Some people have been copying the frame onto a thumb drive, taking it home and then cleaning the frame up with a photoshop or somesuch program. In the past, whenever I've had a page that was illegible on the microfilm (either because it bled through, or the page appeared blacked out, or the script was just impossible for me and others to decipher), I have written to the archives and had them take a look at the original and send me a typed transcription. This always costs much, much more than the usual prices, but most of the time has been well worth it. John M. Raposo -- http://www.geocities.com/bretanha1954/ --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join this group and it will take you to Edit my membership. -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
