You guys need to STOP. It's not that I'm trying to rain your parade, but there's problems.
First, whenever the CCA was approached about helping to index, we were always turned down. ALWAYS. They don't say why. Just a no thank you. I've thought about it. And I made up the following reasons why we are rebuffed: 1) They aren't in control of the project. 2) They have a bunch of non-native speakers doing this. 3) There's really no cross-checking. I could solve #2 & #3 for them. Do it like FamilySearch does. Two people independently index the same set of records. Someone compares the records to make sure they are extracted the same. If they are not the same, it goes to a 3rd person (who should be a native speaker in my opinion). 2nd Problem. There's NO standard. You MUST set a standard and the CCA has to agree to it. You don't even have freguesia spelled right! The dates most likely need to be in European format and most likely need to be with Portuguese abbreviations for the months. The names must be in modern Portuguese (Ana, not Anna). And there needs to be a rule for d', de, da, do. You are doing this from a completely egocentric, American point of view. This is exactly why they don't want our help. 3rd Problem: You DO NOT have permission from the CCA to do this. "It's on the Internet and it's free" may not apply in a European court. Would they go after you? I don't know. Could they take down the whole site so no one has access to it? Sure they could. Do you want that on your shoulders? So, do not do this. Like I said, I'm not raining on your parade. Things are done differently over there. If you can figure out a way to make a proposal to them, they can read it. Maybe they will respond back. Please do not jeopardize the records for all of us. Do NOT do with without the OK from the CCA. Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Louie Avila <louielouieo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jeremy, > > Any guidelines? > > Leave out the de, da, do, etc? > Use the most current spelling of the name (i.e. Joaquim vs Joachim)? > Place spaces between the date (12 Sep 1899 vs. 12Sep1899). > > You rock! > > Louie > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
