Depending on the film, they are not too bad, but if you are any good with a computer (I'm not), you can enhance the photo. A friend enhanced mine, and they came out very well.
From: m...@nyu.edu To: Azores@googlegroups.com Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Planning to look up these Lagoa, S.M. films; what to expect? Date: Fri, 31 Jul 2009 09:39:40 -0700 Do you mean that you take a digital photo of the pages? And if so does it come out good enough to read? On Jul 31, 2009, at 5:33 AM, Judi Phillips wrote: If you live in the Massachusetts area, the FHC in Dartmouth has most if not all of the films you listed. I have worked with the films for Nossa Senhora do Rosario there. They are open Friday nights 6:30 to 9:30 and Saturday 10:00 to 2:00. I go every week and the people are very helpful. The printer is "iffy", but you can bring your camera. Judi > Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2009 10:36:08 -0700 > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Planning to look up these Lagoa, S.M. films; what > to expect? > From: pacheco.jess...@gmail.com > To: Azores@googlegroups.com > > > I recently put together a list of things I want to look up at a family > history center and these are the rolls I am planning on looking up: > > Registros paroquiais, 1594-1883 > Igreja Católica. Nossa Senhora do Rosário (Lagoa, Ponta Delgada) > > Batismos 1789-1862 FHL INTL Film 1438003 > Batismos 1863-1883 FHL INTL Film 1438004 Items 1-4 > Casamentos 1594-1832 FHL INTL Film 1438004 Items 7-8 > Casamentos 1832-1882 FHL INTL Film 1438005 Items 1-3 > > Registros paroquiais, 1555-1886 > Igreja Católica. Santa Cruz (Lagoa, Ponta Delgada) > > Batismos 1707-1832 FHL INTL Film 1438006 > Batismos 1832-1877 FHL INTL Film 1438007 > Batismos 1878-1884 FHL INTL Film 1438008 Items 1-2 > Casamentos 1555-1676, 1688-1870 FHL INTL Film 1438008 Items 7-11 > Casamentos 1871-1886 VAULT INTL Film 1438009 Item 1 > > I got all the roll information from familysearch.org. I hope I have > all the information organized right. > > I was wondering if anyone with experience could just tell me what to > expect when looking these up. Obviously I don't plan or expect to find > all the records in one session, but how difficult is it to locate > records and information in these films? I don't speak any Portuguese, > but I have become familiar with some terms, mostly ones involved with > vital records. Will I have to transcribe the records by hand or are > there usually printers? (I know that would vary from location to > location. Maybe they would allow cameras?) > > As you can probably tell I am very new to this. I know the staff are > very helpful, but since i'm dealing with non-English data I wanted to > be as prepared as possible. > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
