True... They probably never thought that 100 years later, a bunch of people would be looking for their roots... I think we're extremely lucky that we do have access to the information so I'm very grateful for every little bit of information that I find... by the way, the CCA site is down... can we cross our fingers that they found the books? just kidding... I'm actually crossing my fingers that they decided to put Graciosa online... my paternal grandfather was from that island & so far I haven't been able to get past his parents...
Thank you all... I've been a member of this group for awhile... I'm quiet but I love to read all the post & I have learned quite a bit... I'm also looking into getting the DNA testing I read about... Awesome job guys!! Since I was born in Terceira, it does this old portuguese girl good to see so many people keep the memories of those beautiful islands alive! (gee, I'm getting mushy in my old age) ;-) Nivea On Monday, November 18, 2013 6:08:27 PM UTC-5, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Nivea, > > According to Joao Ventura, archivist, that one book is missing. I would > think that if there was a natural disaster, the other books would show some > damage. > > It's just that books go missing. It's sad. Maybe someone "borrowed" it > back in the day and it was meant to be returned but wasn't. I've had a > couple of interesting jobs in life and one was to clean out the houses > after the tenants moved out so the property could be listed for sale. I > would find library books in these houses! The Passaportes out of Ponta > Delgada existed for that 1883-92 (or so) time period in the 1980s, as Bob > De Mello had the Hawaiian emigrants extracted for his book. But if you go > to the archive today, the book is not there. It wasn't there in the > mid-1990s either. It just disappeared somewhere between the 1980s and > 1990s. It's frustrating. Hope some of the books show up in someone's home > and they return them one day. > > Cheri > > > On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 2:55 PM, Nivea <nive...@gmail.com <javascript:>>wrote: > >> Hi Cheri, >> >> I use the CCA website since my family is from Terceira (so far) & that's >> where I found that the books were missing. Being that Porto Judeu is a >> village by the sea, there might have been some natural disaster that >> destroyed the books... I was checking to make sure I wasn't missing some >> other website. >> >> Thank you for your reply. >> Nivea >> >> >> On Sunday, November 17, 2013 7:07:21 PM UTC-5, Cheri Mello wrote: >>> >>> Nivea, >>> >>> Missing from where? >>> >>> The Family Search Catalog shows that there are gaps in Porto Judeu's >>> marriages in 1828-1829 and in 1840-1859. http://goo.gl/Cj34F2 >>> >>> Sadly, historical documents go missing. Every country has missing >>> historical documents. Hopefully, when the confession rolls come out, some >>> missing blanks can be filled in. >>> 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+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to azo...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > > > -- > 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.
