In the last week there have been a few posts referring to *Abreviaturas Paleografia* by Borges Nunes. I know quite a few, including myself, have a pdf of it and find it to be a valuable resource. Unfortunately, obtaining a physical copy of the booklet has been a bit difficult. When I made a concerted effort to find one a couple of years ago-- both online and through large independent or academic bookshops here-- I couldn't readily do it. Happily, about a week ago while researching something else, I found this source:
http://www.bulhosa.pt/livro/abreviaturas-paleograficas-portuguesas-borges-nunes/ Bulhosa is a well known Lisbon bookshop and they take PayPal, so I placed an order for it. With shipping, the booklet cost a total of about $16.00-17.00. A few days after placing the order, I received notice that one of the other books I ordered wasn't available, that amount was promptly refunded to my PayPal account. They also informed me that Paleografias was in the process of being shipped, so that looks very promising. Now, it just needs to make its way safely through the Portuguese and US postal systems! I'll update the group when I receive it. They're sending it "International Economy" rate, so it's anyone's guess how long it will take to arrive. :) I thought I'd post in case others are also interested in buying the actual booklet. The only difficulty might be navigating the website and reading the correspondence, as it is entirely in Portuguese. But, it's all relatively straightforward and the interface with PayPal is easy (and in English). Here's the notice that my book is in process of being shipped: -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
