[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Webinar: Dropbox for Genealogists (sort of like a back up) TODAY, Thursday, April 21

2011-04-22 Thread yvonne domings
FYI, if you invite others to drop box and they join ( not sure how many), you get upgraded for free. Not sure of the details,but check it out. We use this at work all the time. Yvonne -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Webinar: Dropbox for Genealogists (sort of like a back up) TODAY, Thursday, April 21

2011-04-22 Thread Sam Koester
Kathy, This explanation has been very helpful to me. Thank you for being so thorough in your explanation. Not to be a worry wart which I admit to, but; when you say DB is encrypted, aren't all the banks and the govt. databases encrypted and they have been hacked. I guess I just worry that the

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FYI 1940 Census

2011-04-22 Thread netadosAcores
Thank you, Will be interesting to research these records. Ally Vieira Anselmo in Ribeira Seca, Sao Miguel Pinheiro, Nunes, Silveira in Praia do Almoxarife and Pedro Miguel, Faial Silveira, Rodrigues in Sao Jorge In a message dated 4/21/2011 8:59:19 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Webinar: Dropbox for Genealogists (sort of like a back up) TODAY, Thursday, April 21

2011-04-22 Thread Maria Lima
Thanks, it was very clear for me the way you described it. I have wanted to access my Legacy file fm iPhone when I'm FHC: sounds like DP will allow this. Maria Elena On Apr 22, 2011, at 12:18 AM, Kathy Cardoza kmacard...@mac.com wrote: OK, Cheri . I'm chiming in. :) I have used

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2011-04-22 Thread netadosAcores
Kathy, Thank you for the detailed explanation. I got it! I am so new to all this that I for one need the long version of explanations. If 2 GB is enough storage space, I can only imagine your volume of 50 GB, and I know that is not full, YET! Ally Vieira Anselmo in Ribeira Seca, Sao

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Webinar: Dropbox for Genealogists (sort of like a back up) TODAY, Thursday, April 21

2011-04-22 Thread Dano
Hi Cheri, Not to drop a monkey wrench into your promo, but, doesn't most security software provide automatic backup? I know that PAF is continually prompting me to backup my files. If one prefers an outside source, it isn't that expensive or that difficult to periodically backup your software and

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Webinar: Dropbox for Genealogists (sort of like a back up) TODAY, Thursday, April 21

2011-04-22 Thread Cheri Mello
Dan, It won't do me any good for my automatic backup (which goes to my hard drive) if that fails. It won't do me any good either if I back up to a CD/DVD or a flash/thumb/USB drive if there's an earthquake here in CA or the neighbor above me has a flood and everything is damaged down here. Or

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Webinar: Dropbox for Genealogists (sort of like a back up) TODAY, Thursday, April 21

2011-04-22 Thread Cheri Mello
Repost for Kathy Cardoza: Well, Sam, anything is possible I guess. I'm not sure how those facilities get hacked but encryption is always better to have than not. Remember that first they have to get past the encryption. Then they would need to have a program to open your file. Personally,I don't

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Webinar: Dropbox for Genealogists (sort of like a back up) TODAY, Thursday, April 21

2011-04-22 Thread Cheri Mello
Another repost for Kathy Cardoza: Maria No, DB won't let you access Legacy from your iPhone. Your legacy file may be stored in there but you still have to have an app on your iPhone that will open a Legacy file. What you CAN open from your DB on your iPhone are things like documents, census

[AZORES-Genealogy] Reliability of information Univ Minho NEPS and Familias Faialenses

2011-04-22 Thread vsp
Hello, I am new to this group and want to say thank you for all of the invaluable information I have found so far. Since all 4 of my grandparents immigrated to the US but were born on Faial (3 from Pedro Miguel and 1 from Cedros) I have been able to trace via the Univ. of Minho NEPS geneweb and

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Reliability of information Univ Minho NEPS and Familias Faialenses

2011-04-22 Thread Shirley Allegre
Roxo is probably Rocha Shirley in CA - Original Message - From: vsp nypac...@yahoo.com To: Azores Genealogy azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, April 22, 2011 10:45 AM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Reliability of information Univ Minho NEPS and Familias Faialenses Hello, I am new

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Webinar: Dropbox for Genealogists (sort of like a back up) TODAY, Thursday, April 21

2011-04-22 Thread Sam Koester
Yeah, you're right about all that. Guess it's just this whole identity theft thing that has be a bit concerned. Seems if one was so inclined, genealogy files would be the way to go. I guess I've just been more willing to put myself at risk, i.e. online banking, credit card to waiter, etc., than I

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Reliability of information Univ Minho NEPS and Familias Faialenses

2011-04-22 Thread Sam Koester
Hi Veronica; Others will respond to your question with much more knowledge than I could but; I'm curious about the surnames you are researching as my grandmother was from Pedro Miguel too. Any Faria's in your line? Thanks, Sam in Maz -Original Message- From: azores@googlegroups.com

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Webinar: Dropbox for Genealogists (sort of like a back up) TODAY, Thursday, April 21

2011-04-22 Thread Cheri Mello
Sam, Poke around in Dick Eastman's archives. He wrote about identity theft. www.eogn.com It's much, much easier for thieves to get it from your trash or other places. The only time I came close was when the kid at the hardware store stole my credit card number. I bought a bunch of stuff,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Webinar: Dropbox for Genealogists (sort of like a back up) TODAY, Thursday, April 21

2011-04-22 Thread Maria Lima
Hmm -- i was beginning to think i could take the iphone to FHC and work off that. thank you for enlightening me. Can u please tell me what those apps may be or what category I find them under? Maria Elena On Apr 22, 2011, at 1:50 PM, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote: Another

[AZORES-Genealogy] Accessing your genealogy from your iPhone or handheld device (NOT Dropbox)

2011-04-22 Thread Cheri Mello
Maria Elena said: Hmm -- I was beginning to think I could take the iPhone to FHC and work off that. thank you for enlightening me. Can you please tell me what those apps may be or what category I find them under? I don't have an iPhone. I used to have a PDA. I ran GedStar off of that. It

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Webinar: Dropbox for Genealogists (sort of like a back up) TODAY, Thursday, April 21

2011-04-22 Thread Cheri Mello
Repost for Kathy Cardoza: Sam The private information for others you are so concerned about is going to be mostly public information, anyway. Unless, of course, you are including people's Social Security numbers in your files,which I would always advise against. That info is more likely to be

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Reliability of information Univ Minho NEPS and Famili...

2011-04-22 Thread netadosAcores
Veronica, Rosemarie would say Congratulations! Now go to your nearest Family History Center and look up the birth records of your grandparents and see if they are a match. I was lucky. I was at the last seminar in SLC when Rosemarie told me that, and my cousin and I found two of my

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Reliability of information Univ Minho NEPS and Familias Faialenses

2011-04-22 Thread pereira22
Hello Veronica, My ancestry also traces back to Joao Garcia Pereira and Isabel Pereira Roxo. I will email more to you later as I am not at home right now. Patricia Las Vegas, NV vsp nypac...@yahoo.com wrote: Hello, I am new to this group and want to say thank you for all of the

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Reliability of information Univ Minho NEPS and Familias Faialenses

2011-04-22 Thread Cheri Mello
Veronica, I don't know if it's 80% accurate, 90% accurate or what, as I don't research in that area. Others who do will let you know. But yes, there are errors in it. It's a sociology study really. A lot of the expostos aren't in there and I think the children born to unwed parents. Others

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Searching ancestors - da Rosa (Roza), Furtado de Mendonca, de Avelar, Pereira de Avila, Bettencourt, Conceicao...

2011-04-22 Thread Shirley Allegre
My husband has ancestors from Rosais, Velas, Sao Jorge. So many of the names that you mention are familiar. I just looked through my database, but couldn't find a connection. Sorry Shirley in CA - Original Message - From: sdarosa suzanne.dar...@gmail.com To: Azores Genealogy

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Reliability of information Univ Minho NEPS and Familia...

2011-04-22 Thread Emacadi
I had done my Pico and Faial ancestry years before they came online. Checking the UM records I found errors...some of my ancestors were not listed. It seems that if one was not born in that village or married elsewhere they were missed. I know that other complained about missing

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] The good old days at the Oakland, California Family History Center

2011-04-22 Thread Shirley Allegre
I have LOTS of ancestors from Ponta Garca and Povoacao. Too many to mention. What are the names of some of your ancestors? The oldest ones would be the best. Shirley in CA - Original Message - From: Eileen Leite To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, April 16, 2011 8:08

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Webinar: Dropbox for Genealogists (sort of like a back up) TODAY, Thursday, April 21

2011-04-22 Thread Cheri Mello
Repost for Kathy Cardoza (who is not directly online today): Maria, You still can,but just not in the way you thought. In the AppStore,search for genealogy programs. There is a new one called Families that works with Legacy that should be exactly what you need. Kathy -- To unsubscribe from

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Searching ancestors - da Rosa (Roza), Furtado de Mendonca, de Avelar, Pereira de Avila, Bettencourt, Conceicao...

2011-04-22 Thread Dolores Coyle
DO you have any more info on the da Rosa? My Great Great Grandparents, Frank A Rose (daRosa) and Mary J Souza were from Sao Jorges. The settled in East Boston, Mass. They were born around 1850, and were in the US by 1860. Thanks, Dolores Coyle On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:40 PM, sdarosa

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Reliability of information Univ Minho NEPS and Familias Faialenses

2011-04-22 Thread Veronica Perry
Thank you Patricia, Looking forward to hearing from you.   Veronica Campbell, CA Hello Veronica, My ancestry also traces back to Joao Garcia Pereira and Isabel Pereira Roxo. I will email more to you later as I am not at home right now. Patricia Las Vegas, NV vsp nypac...@yahoo.com wrote:

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Reliability of information Univ Minho NEPS and Familias Faialenses

2011-04-22 Thread rcapodc
Dear Patricia Veronica, JoaoGarcia Pereira and Isabel Pereira Roxo are my 15th grgrandparents according to Familia Faialenses! Sooo, hello Primas! Rosemarie Hello Veronica, My ancestry also traces back to Joao Garcia Pereira and Isabel Pereira Roxo. I will email more to you later as I am

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Reliability of information Univ Minho NEPS and Familias Faialenses

2011-04-22 Thread Hermano C. Pires
FYi Carefull... Roxo is indeed a surname. Hermano From: shir...@digitalpath.net To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Reliability of information Univ Minho NEPS and Familias Faialenses Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:32:45 -0700 Roxo is probably Rocha Shirley in CA

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Webinar: Dropbox for Genealogists (sort of like a back up) TODAY, Thursday, April 21

2011-04-22 Thread Sam Koester
Kathy; Please know that I have not been nor am I now trying to create a problem or disagree with anyone's use of DB. I'm just trying to get educated and no, I don't put social security numbers in my database unless that person has died. I do have living peoples full names, addresses, parents,

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Searching ancestors - da Rosa (Roza), Furtado de Mendonca, de Avelar, Pereira de Avila, Bettencourt, Conceicao...

2011-04-22 Thread sdarosa
Dolores, My gr grandfather came to New Bedford in 1854, then to San Francisco in 1865. He was listed as a seaman and was naturalized in New Bedford. In San Francisco he married Abbie Madden from Ireland and my father's mother was his first child. I have done some research in the portuguese

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Accessing your genealogy from your iPhone or handheld device (NOT Dropbox)

2011-04-22 Thread Gayle Machado
I have an App for Reunion on my iPhone. It cost $14.99. I can sync it with my computer. Gayle -Original Message- From: azores@googlegroups.com on behalf of Cheri Mello Sent: Fri 4/22/2011 1:19 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Accessing your genealogy from your iPhone

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Webinar: Dropbox for Genealogists (sort of like a back up) TODAY, Thursday, April 21

2011-04-22 Thread Frank or JoElayne Johnson
Maria, I haven't seen an answer to your question. I have an iPhone and use Ancestry to go. Can also use your Safari if you want to access your online tree. JoElayne From: Maria Lima maria.lima...@gmail.com To: azores@googlegroups.com azores@googlegroups.com

[AZORES-Genealogy] Romeiros - Azorean History

2011-04-22 Thread E Sharp
Here are a couple of interesting articles about the Romeiros and how the tradition is carried on today: http://www.heraldnews.com/lifestyle/faith/x1146472591/Romeiros-seek-the-help-of-God-in-Fall-River-procession