The librarian told me that is the Archives Catalog. For all 3 archives: http://www.arquivos.azores.gov.pt/
I google: archeevo azores and it pulls it up. She said it's the "Archives Catalog." So we can quit calling it the "Secret Site" or the "Back Door." It's their Archives Catalog. Now we have the correct terminology. I really don't think this is complete. I can pull up the inventories and wills, but it only pulls up Sao Miguel residents. When searching, you don't need diacritics (the accented marks) and you can use quotes. If you are looking for information for anyone who lived in São Pedro on Santa Maria island, you can search "sao pedro" "santa maria" and it will pull it up. If you put just "sao pedro" only, you'd get anything from any church named São Pedro anywhere in the Azores. So use quotes. For those who have never taken an Internet class: Quotes keep a series of words together. "george washington" will turn up things on people named George Washington. A search for: george washington Will turn up George Smith who went to Seattle, Washington. (This is an example. Don't search the Azorean Archives Catalog for George Washington). Also, they have special searches. I asked the librarian for Ernesto do Canto's index (it's a Sao Miguel thing), but the way I wrote it on the request wasn't right. She searched the above site and put "ec" in there. How would I know to use abbreviations? So there's stuff that they are trained in and they know better how to search. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
