Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] General question

2019-12-20 Thread Brian Margarit
Thanks Cheri! I'm going to take a swing at Legacy and see how it goes On Monday, 16 December 2019 13:23:02 UTC-5, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Hi Brian M, > > You are talking about what us genealogists call genealogy software. You > will never get a consensus on the "strongest" no matter where you are

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] General question

2019-12-16 Thread Cheri Mello
Hi Brian M, You are talking about what us genealogists call genealogy software. You will never get a consensus on the "strongest" no matter where you are searching. It's like trying to poll people for the "best" car. We pick whatever car suits us and our budgets best. So it is with genealogy softw

[AZORES-Genealogy] General question

2019-12-16 Thread Brian Margarit
Hey everyone, I'm curious as to what platform everyone here prefers, or which is considered the strongest (especially for the Acores). I currently use MyHeritage, and I'm really happy with it. I'll be keeping the account no matter what. But does anyone have any input on an alternative or may

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] General Question

2018-08-14 Thread 'Bob's AOL Accounts' via Azores Genealogy
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] General Question Bob, Have you tried both civil and catholic records? I believe you can browse through both sets of records for that time period. If the record you mentioned is from a catholic church, its just a matter of determining the civil parish it was registered

[AZORES-Genealogy] General Question

2018-08-13 Thread Aaron Pereira
Bob, Have you tried both civil and catholic records? I believe you can browse through both sets of records for that time period. If the record you mentioned is from a catholic church, its just a matter of determining the civil parish it was registered in, or vice versa. The record may give yo

[AZORES-Genealogy] General Question

2018-08-11 Thread 'Bob's AOL Accounts' via Azores Genealogy
Hi Group, so I have a general questions. I have family members from Terceira, but they have travel back and forth to Brazil. Some of my research has moved to Brazil now. So to my question, I have been using Family Search. But the one village I am looking at is Rio de Janeiro. I have not been abl

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2016-03-27 Thread Edna Epps
THANKS JOHN I didn’t know that! Wishing everyone a Happy Easter! Edna Lemos Epps dave-e...@comcast.net Keep back Your servant also from presumptuous sins; Let them not have dominion over me. (Psalm 19:12-13) On Mar 26, 2016, at 12:52 PM, 'John Raposo' via Azores Genealogy wrote: The churc

[AZORES-Genealogy] General Question

2016-03-26 Thread Sme
What does it mean when a baby was born sub condicianco? Was this baby a preemie? I get the general gist that the baby was born in less than ideal health, just wondering if there was something specifically wrong. Thanks. Suzanne -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] General Question about records

2015-08-22 Thread Cheri Mello
You have to write to the Civil Registry. Hopefully you know the date. It is item 2 on this link: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/genresources.html Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] General Question about records

2015-08-22 Thread Sean Andrade
How do you retrieve someone's death record if they died after 1911? Is there a place to email that has this information? -- For 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/A

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] General Question about records

2015-08-21 Thread Cheri Mello
Sean, That's the way it works.a baby is baptized by first name ONLY. I think in my 23 years so of research, I've seen only 1 baby with two given names. It was someone who posted it recently on this list. Start with what you know and work back. That way you will always have the parents' names.

[AZORES-Genealogy] General Question about records

2015-08-21 Thread Sean Andrade
Hi, As I search through baptism records I came across people with only first names. If you look at the link on the bottom left and bottom right it looks like records for two different people named Ignacia: http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FAL-HT-CAPELO-B-1805-1818/FAL-HT-CA