Jesse, You FHC may not have all these films on hand. You may need to order them. They will help you with the ordering process.
I'd pick one marriage roll and maybe one baptism roll to start. If you think the marriage is the late 1870s - early 1880s, I'd order that marriage film. I'd subtract 25 years from the approx. marriage for a ball park figure for the baptism of the bride and groom (unless you have other data). Most rolls are broken up into Items. The workers at the FHC know what this is. If you need marriages off of film 1438005 for about 1862, they will help you find Item 3. There will be a title there that says Item 3. There will be several books (most likely) in each item. You will have to scroll to the 1862 book (or it may be in a book that runs from 18xx-18yy that covers 1862). It may not be clearly labeled either. So you may have to stop and read the document look for the words "one thousand eight hundred and sixty two" written in Portuguese. If you don't know these words in Portuguese, you can get the word list from FamilySearch.org here: http://tinyurl.com/b2q9zx You can also see a line by line translation from Portuguese to English on the Azores Genweb here: http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/HowTo_Part_3a.html#reading You can transcribe them by hand if you like. Some FHC have microfilm printers and some even have scanners. At some FHCs, you can bring your USB drive (thumb/flash/travel drive) and save it there. I think most FHCs allow you to bring a camera, but I think you will need a mount. The condition of the records will vary by time location and freguesia too. As well as the priest/scribe. Some will have beautiful handwriting and some will be absolutely horrible. Some of the records will be in good condtion and some won't. They filmed what they could. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
