I suspect that almost all of us index, as that is really the only way to add siblings, etc. to our family trees, and if you go back far enough, everyone is related to everyone anyway. You are right Jesse, it is a huge waste of time for all of us to do it, as opposed to sharing. In the era where people outright steal music and movies with no repercussions, it seems unfair not to be able to share simple finding aids. Would it be an legal violation to simply post what freguesia and time periods we have all indexed? On Tuesday, March 13, 2012 10:55:12 AM UTC-7, Jesse wrote:
> Hi everyone, > > When going through the records, I can't help but think (as I'm sure > everyone else must) that it would be great if there was an index > available. I've also thought, at times, that creating one might not be > so difficult, as it would be relatively painless as I pass the records > that aren't mine for me to simply record the name, parents, and page > number. > > I was wondering if anyone had ever attempted a project like this, and if > there are big, maybe obvious roadblocks that I'm overlooking. > > While to index every record from every book from every island would be > almost an impossibility for a single person, I was thinking that if we > came up with a standardized format and were able to use a program such > as Microsoft Excel, it might be very easy to make participating in a > project like this accessible to many people. > > If when browsing through a book, one can simply enter the three to six > names on the page into a form with a specific field already prepared for > that very page, I think that creating a series of indices may be not so > hard. Combined with the fact that the books already imply a very tight > date and location range, I believe a lot of information can be > centralized without a TON of effort. > > This was just an idea I had floating around in my head, and I'm sure > it's been discussed before, but I figured I would mention in just in > case. I created an example spreadsheet which I'm attaching. I think the > policy when making them would be that if there are any doubts at ALL > about a piece of information, to just leave the field blank or put a "*" > to indicate the information exists, but could not be read. > > Thanks for reading this. I would love to hear people's thoughts. > > -- > Jesse Pacheco > pacheco.jess...@gmail.com > > -- 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."
