Hi Dave L, There is no index to the CCA. Just like there is no index to the volumes of stuff at the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) in America.
What people are referring to here (for the most part) is the fact the **some** of the books have an index. Imagine this: You are looking at a book of baptisms for 1883-1885 and the priest took it upon himself to index that book. He went to the back of the book where there were a few blank pages and started writing down (by first name) all the baptisms. First, all the Annas, all the Antonios, a couple of random Carlos', ten tons of Manuels, 25 tons of Marias....you get the picture. This is the priest that you want to be at your ancestor's freguesia! It's like getting lucky at the casino! But that is all that it is really - just being lucky. A few other finding aids may exist. Finding aids are my words. I research on Sao Miguel, so I'm much better at rattling off things for that island. We have the Rodrigo Rodigues books. We have the Carlos Machado genealogies with an index in Gedcom format created by Fr. Joseph Viveiros from Swansea, Massachusetts. Some of the Insulana books have indicies in them. There were indices created by Ernesto Machado. Other islands have finding aids too. Flores and Corvo have that marriage book (now downloadable) which is a must have for those researching Flores and Corvo. It indexes ALL the marriages on those 2 islands!! There's the Forjaz book. I can't remember what he indexed. There's something for Terceira, but I can't recall the name. Pico has the Maria Norberta Amorim book (3 freguesias only) which became the basis for the old NEPS web site (today called the CITCEM-GHP). Maybe I should start a separate thread called Finding Aids and we can post what we know there. Then maybe Kathy Cardoza or I can compile it and post it on the Azores GenWeb so everyone can consult it. Or any ideas on better words than "Finding Aids?" 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.
