Jose A.M, When the Genealogy Society of Utah (GSU as they were called back in the day) negotiated the contract and went to the Azores, it was in the mid-1980s. They went to the archives to film. The archives hold all records except those for the last 100 years. Those are held by the Civil Registry. So, in the 1980s, they could film up to about the 1880s, more or less. Some island got filmed up to the 1870s. It depends on what books were shipped from the Civil Registries and were cataloged by the archive at the time of filming.
No contracts have been renegotiated by Family Search (as they are now called) and the Azorean government. (to my knowledge). But the records are slowing coming on line up to about 1910 or so. So we have to wait for the Azorean government to bridge the gap between the 1870s/1880s time period and 1910, or hire a researcher for those records. 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.
