Courtney L, Yes, you have to train your eye.
The names are capitalized and never written lower case. For the time period you are researching, you will want to get all the siblings as well. It will help build your tree and connect to other researchers and it will help train your eye. If you are searching the 1880s, you will notice all the names about 1/4 or 1/3 of the way through the document. They will be preceded with the words "filho legitimo" or "filha legitima." The thing with "filho legitimo" or "filha legitima," is letter height. f,l,h in filho/a and the l,g,t in legitimo/a all stick up or down below the other letters. Many times they are quite slanted and somewhat flourishy (penmanship style of the period). This is kind of hard to explain in an email. When I get my scanner up, I'll send an image to this list of what I am trying to describe. When you get back to the middle of the 1800s, the names are right on the top. Then you have to wade through for the date. By then, you'll be real good at names. Good luck, Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
