Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Search Labs

2010-08-17 Thread bellemarco
Go here for current projects: http://indexing.familysearch.org/projects/current_projects.jsf E On Aug 17, 2010 5:56pm, Jesse Pacheco pacheco.jess...@gmail.com wrote: Cheri, do you know if there is somewhere that tells us when an update occurs? I know each individual database says this but I

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Search Labs

2010-08-17 Thread Cheri Mello
Jesse, I get the info from Dick Eastman's Online Newsletter. Portugal extracting began only in March, 2010. I think Dick gets a news feed from FamilySearch. I don't know where he gets the feed from though. To join Dick Eastman's news, go here: http://blog.eogn.com/ Cheri Mello Listowner,

[AZORES-Genealogy] Family History Centers and Ordering Films

2010-08-14 Thread Cheri Mello
Frequently, I get questions from list members about films and Family History Centers. Since any genealogy list will always have people new to genealogy, I will answer the questions here. 1) How do I find a Family History Center (FHC)? FHCs are affiliated with the Church for Jesus Christ of

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family History Centers and Ordering Films

2010-08-14 Thread Eric Gomes
Awesome and informative post, thank you Cheri. If I could add a tip... The Google Chrome web browser is a good tool to use to translate the websites. Not sure how accurate the translation is, however, it does make it easier to navigate the websites. Eric Gomes Castro Valley, CA On Aug

[AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree DNA's Sizzling Summer Sale (through Friday, June 25th)

2010-06-08 Thread Cheri Mello
From Family Tree DNA: Y-DNA 37 markers is on sale for $119 (regularly $149) Y-DNA 67 markers is on sale for $199 (regularly $239) Y-DNA 37 + mtDNA (basic) is on sale for $159 (regularly $238) You need to be a male to take the above DNA tests. Order here to get the sale price:

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family in São Miguel

2010-05-31 Thread Arlene Marcoux
Cheri M. Thank you so much for your info. Arlene Marcoux - Original Message - From: Cheri Mello To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, May 30, 2010 4:13 PM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family in São Miguel Arlene M, There are no records for Sao Miguel online

[AZORES-Genealogy] Family in São Miguel

2010-05-30 Thread Arlene Marcoux
I have been trying to find the parents for António Furtado Silva b. 11/2/1888 Fazenda das Lajes, Flores. His parents are João Furtado Frade and Maria da Conceição dos Santos Melao both from Agua d'Alto, San Miguel, Azores. João's Parents are Francisco Furtado Frade and Maria de Jesus Correia.

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family in São Miguel

2010-05-30 Thread Cheri Mello
Arlene M, There are no records for Sao Miguel online. Records are coming online, but not for Sao Miguel, except for Hermano's index on Lagoa, I think. You may have to order Antonio's birth for the archive on Horta. An 1888 baptism will confirm where the parents are from. The address for the

[AZORES-Genealogy] FAMILY SEARCH PILOT PROGRAM - LDS

2010-05-06 Thread carmen furtado
Is anyone having a problem with their 'record search pilot' program? I found Joseph Furtado - Helen Alexander marriage in Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1911, but now it doesn't show up anymore. Also I can't get the documents to load. Thanks. Carmen -- To unsubscribe from this group,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FAMILY SEARCH PILOT PROGRAM - LDS

2010-05-06 Thread CaraBela
I can't get the documents to load either. Sherry -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FAMILY SEARCH PILOT PROGRAM - LDS

2010-05-06 Thread Cheri Mello
Carmen, You might have exact matches on instead of the soundex type thing. Helen Alexander married Joseph Fintado 21 Jan 1911 in Plymouth, MA, like you said. I just clicked to view the image, and it is showing up. I just did this (12:43 pm PDT in CA) with Firefox 3.6.3. I don't know about IE

[AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree Maker to release Mac version later this year

2010-04-30 Thread Cheri Mello
Dick Eastman (who is in Salt Lake for the National Genealogy Society (NGS) Conference) wrote about Family Tree Maker to release a Mac version: http://tinyurl.com/38owznk Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- To

[AZORES-Genealogy] FAMILY TREE MAKER

2010-04-12 Thread carmen furtado
I had to buy FTM 2009 as the old versions wouldn't work on Vista - I was very disappointed as the trees to print out didn't have the tree that ancestry.com uses on their webpage to build a tree - this tree style was available on older versions of FTM - does anyone know if the tree is now

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Search needs Portuguese Translators

2010-02-21 Thread Margaret Vicente
guess those of us who only stumble our way through the records wouldn't be of much help? Sam in CA Original message *Date:* Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:09:40 -0800 *From:* Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com *Subject:* [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Search needs Portuguese Translators *To:* Azores

RE: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Search needs Portuguese Translators

2010-02-21 Thread Eliseu Manuel Pacheco da Silva
Hi Cheri, You are completly right! eliseu -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Search needs Portuguese Translators

2010-02-21 Thread Sam Koester
of Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com) Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Search needs Portuguese Translators To: azores@googlegroups.com Sam, I think the biggest difference in Brazilian vs. continential Portuguese is the pronunciation more than anything else.  Just like American

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Search needs Portuguese Translators

2010-02-21 Thread Sam Koester
Ok Denise, I'll give it a shot! Thanks, Sam in CA Original message Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:27:20 EST From: azores@googlegroups.com (on behalf of denise1...@aol.com) Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Search needs Portuguese Translators To: azores@googlegroups.com I

[AZORES-Genealogy] Family Search needs Portuguese Translators

2010-02-20 Thread Cheri Mello
Family Search need volunteers to transcribe some Brazilian records. Although this list is Azores focused, some of our Azorean ancestors or their siblings went to Brazil. You can read more from Dick Eastman's newsletter here: http://tinyurl.com/yjetf7w -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Search needs Portuguese Translators

2010-02-20 Thread Jesse Pacheco
I was just on familysearch an hour ago; they've got a good amount of Massachusetts Marriage and Death records, with images, in their database so it's worth a look if your ancestors were in the Bristol area. On 2/20/2010 3:09 PM, Cheri Mello wrote: Family Search need volunteers to transcribe

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Search needs Portuguese Translators

2010-02-20 Thread Sam Koester
Original message Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:09:40 -0800 From: Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Search needs Portuguese Translators To: Azores Genealogy Azores@googlegroups.com Family Search need volunteers to transcribe some Brazilian

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Search needs Portuguese Translators

2010-02-20 Thread Denise1270
Sam, Exactly as Cheri said. If you can read it, you can probably work on this project. The handwriting is not too bad it's more that they are completely handwritten so you need a pretty good knowledge of how to extract the right information. Denise In a message dated 2/21/2010

[AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree DNA Holiday Sale

2009-12-07 Thread Cheri Mello
From Family Tree DNA: Our Holiday Season promotion will bring back the discount that we offered this summer for the Y-DNA37 as well as a sale on the following DNA tests: * *Y-DNA37 – promotional price $119 *(reg. price $149) (NOTE: Male test: Will follow the line of the man's father's father's

[AZORES-Genealogy] Family in Nortinho, Sao Pedro -Sao Miguel Island

2009-07-21 Thread Bremen
Dear friends, I am looking for my end of line Manoel Arruda b. 1710 and Maria Resendes b. 1715 both in Nortinho, Sao Pedro Sao Miguel Island. I dont have parents for Manoel Arruda but Maria Resendes is the daughter of Francisco Pereira died before 27/jun/ 1737 and Margarida Costa. Maria Resende

[AZORES-Genealogy] Family Search is adding MA deaths the 1915 RI State Census

2009-07-04 Thread Cheri Mello
Sorry, I'm kind of behind in these tidbits from Dick Eastman, so you're getting a lot at once. Dick Eastman (genealogy tech guru) wrote about updated to the Family Search database: http://tinyurl.com/m6lfjr -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira

[AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree DNA Sale: New orders only

2009-07-02 Thread Cheri Mello
(Posted on two lists again!) Just delivered to my in box: Y-DNA37 – promotional price $119 (reg. price $149) - male test Y-DNA67 – promotional price $199 (reg. price $238) - male test mtDNAPlus – promotional price $119 (reg. price $149) - male or female test. Traces your mother's mother's

[AZORES-Genealogy] Family

2009-04-12 Thread jones guilherme neves filho
Looking for my ancestors: Faial Island: Jose Silveira de Souza married approximately in 1766 with Maria Clara. Child had to name Ventura Silveira de Souza who came to Brazil. Flores Island: João Rodrigues Jachinto married approximately in 1850 with Catharina Maria da Conceição. Child had to name

[AZORES-Genealogy] Family Last Names

2009-04-10 Thread Jessica Lima
Hello All, I have done a fair amount of my family tree, and I notice that from generation to generation some were given the same last name while others were not. I am assuming that it was not always common practice to give the children the same last name as the father, but were would they get

[AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree DNA Year-End sale

2008-12-08 Thread Cheri Mello
Did I post this? If not, Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) has put these kits (new orders only) on sale through Dec. 31st, 11:59pm CST. Y-DNA37 $119 Y-DNA37+mtDNAPlus $199 Y-DNA67 $218 Y-DNA67+mtDNAPlus $308 mtDNAPlus $139 Full Genomic mtDNA $395 SuperDNA $613 -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen

[AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree DNA Lowers Group Pricing

2008-10-03 Thread Cheri Mello
Family Tree DNA has lowered its group pricing. The retail prices stayed the same. To take advantage of group pricing, you need to join through a group. There is one for the Azores that can be found here: https://www.familytreedna.com/surname_join.aspx?code=G19058special=True This is for ALL

[AZORES-Genealogy] Family Research Center in Dartmouth

2008-08-28 Thread Dan and Maria Moore
Does anyone know the address for the Family Research Center in the Dartmouth area? THanks! Maria --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options,

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