Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread MaryAnn Santos
Still not working as of 7 a.m. this Sunday morning. On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 11:51 AM, 'Denise' via Azores Genealogy < azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I still can’t get in. Has anyone been able to access the records yet? > > Denise D’Antona > > > On Oct 8, 2015, at 8:43 PM, Joanne Mercier > wr

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread Joanne Mercier
Something tells me they may be changing the way they allow us to search the website. I found this note on the actual CCA site but I’m not sure what it means: To conduct research, simple or advanced on the contents of the documentary funds of the three regional archives of the Azores can use

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread Lee
Went to the site; but cannot figure out how to even use it. How do you even search he actual records? On Sunday, October 11, 2015 at 8:25:24 AM UTC-4, Joanne wrote: > > Something tells me they may be changing the way they allow us to search > the website. I found this note on the actual CCA s

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread MaryAnn Santos
Same here...annoying. mas On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Lee wrote: > Went to the site; but cannot figure out how to even use it. How do you > even search he actual records? > > On Sunday, October 11, 2015 at 8:25:24 AM UTC-4, Joanne wrote: >> >> Something tells me they may be changing the w

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread Maria Lima
Yeah- this is quite disappointing. Doesn't Joao Ventura work with the department that does the Archives? Maybe he will tell us how to get into the records (?). Or someone whose Portuguese is fluent will figure it out- I HOPE. Cheri will know who to contact. Cheri: Help!! Meanwhile,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread MaryAnn Santos
There's a link on this new site that takes you back to CCA but still no luck - error 500. Maybe it's all in transition. http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/registos/default.aspx?serie=0&ilha=1&concelho=10 On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 10:09 AM, Maria Lima wrote: > Yeah- this is quite disappoint

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread 'Denise' via Azores Genealogy
I always access it directly from their web site. You can get to the records you want but when you click on the years you want to view, the error message comes up. Denise D'Antona Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 11, 2015, at 10:30 AM, MaryAnn Santos wrote: > > There's a link on this new site t

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread linda
It looks like they're changing the page format and/or the viewer: http://www.arquivos.azores.gov.pt/viewer?id=1021142 As of 8:00am Pacific time the link works and goes to a page with thumbnail images on the left with a main image of a registry page to their right. It's similar to the format we

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread Maria Lima
Yes I got to that page too- but then couldn't figure out how to get to the specific island, concelho and church and years like we did on the previous CCA site. Maria Elena > On Oct 11, 2015, at 10:02 AM, linda wrote: > > It looks like they're changing the page format and/or the viewer: >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread linda
Those pages appear to me to be "under construction" or, at best, in beta testing. Some of the entries look like placeholders (such as a date range of one day for a set of records). This is the company that is providing the template for the archive: http://www.keep.pt/en Their logo/link is a

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread MaryAnn Santos
How did you get it to the right parish and how did you get it to display. Sorry is this seems like a dumb question but I haven't been able to figure out how to navigate this site. mas On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 11:02 AM, linda wrote: > It looks like they're changing the page format and/or the view

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread MaryAnn Santos
I'm having the same problem as Maria Elena. MaryAnn Santos On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 11:14 AM, Maria Lima wrote: > Yes I got to that page too- but then couldn't figure out how to get to > the specific island, concelho and church and years like we did on the > previous CCA site. > > Maria Elena >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread Maria Lima
I did not reach the parish I wanted. Actually the page that came up is some parish or church that's named Estrella. I don't know how to get to the island, council, parish and then the church and the specific years. Not yet :) Maria Elena > On Oct 11, 2015, at 10:36 AM, MaryAnn Santos w

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread MaryAnn Santos
When I do it I can only get Raminho, Terceira but can't see any of the records On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 11:42 AM, Maria Lima wrote: > I did not reach the parish I wanted. Actually the page that came up is > some parish or church that's named Estrella. > > I don't know how to get to the isla

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread linda
Hi Maryann, There was no choice. I clicked on "Registo de Baptismos" with the book image in the link that Joanne provided. It goes to that page. It might be possible to navigate by changing the values in the address bar, but that would take some experimentation. The site isn't functional

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread MaryAnn Santos
Thank you so much, Linda. Didn't realize how addicted I was to the old way of viewing the documents - nearly panicked!! MaryAnn On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 11:52 AM, linda wrote: > > Hi Maryann, > > There was no choice. I clicked on "Registo de Baptismos" with the book > image in the link that Jo

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread linda
No kidding! I'm very comfortable with the old system too! Not looking forward to this new thing... L. On Sunday, October 11, 2015 at 8:56:58 AM UTC-7, Maryann Santos wrote: > > Thank you so much, Linda. Didn't realize how addicted I was to the old way > of viewing the documents - nearly pan

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
Oh boy, this is going to take some getting used to! I really, really, hope that the image numbers on the docs are the same as the old site, if not I'm in BIG trouble! I use those image numbers to reference where in the book my doc is, Norte Grande, Sao Jorge records are such a mess that some of the

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread Maria Lima
Yes, I've been thinking how the change will affect all the sources I've entered. I've copied and pasted links of the document from the CCA to each individual and entered it on familysearch.org. I hate to admit this but I never KNEW how to use the Tombo website. Maybe I've been missing somet

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread Diane George
Here is a link to the new help pages: http://www.arquivos.azores.gov.pt/help . The Help page will clarify some of the questions about the new site. Even though the help is there, I don't think everything on the site is working yet. I got to that link by clicking on the question mark on the rig

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread Kathy Cardoza
The CCA site is obviously undergoing some changes so I’m thinking we all need to be patient and see what develops. Hopefully, it will be a positive change! Patience is not always one of my attributes, lol, but I’m waiting, too. Heck, I just got high speed internet and was all set to research to

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] resources

2015-10-11 Thread Barbara Davis
Marilyn, I would love to meet up with you there sometime and have you show me a few tricks. You name it and I'll make it happen. Barb On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Marilyn Thompson wrote: > Yes Debbie is still there. I saw her this last week. She does do a lot of > conferences around the co

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread Cheri Mello
Joao Ventura, archivist, works for the CCA (Azorean government), but NOT in the genealogy division. Joao C. Ventura is a software engineer and made the Tombo.pt site as a portal or table of contents. It makes search the CCA site much easier. I emailed the CCA last week. They did not answer. This

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
I agree, Kathy, we just need to be patient! Maria Lima, the Tombo site is just a 'portal' to the CCA. What I really like about it is that you can just toggle back and forth to the page that lists ALL the Baptisms, Marriages, Obitos at one time and scan for the dates you want for your village. I jus

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread Laura Flanagan
I am also getting this 500 Internal Server Error, and I am in Rhode Island. It has been this way for the past 3 days. I believe it is a server error on their end. Hopefully it gets resolved soon On Thursday, October 8, 2015 at 8:21:00 AM UTC-4, Maria wrote: > > I'm getting a 500 Internal

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread Liz Migliori
If it's hard for you pros I'm scared to even try Sent from my iPhone > On Oct 11, 2015, at 9:29 AM, Rosemarie Capodicci wrote: > > Oh boy, this is going to take some getting used to! I really, really, hope > that the image numbers on the docs are the same as the old site, if not I'm > in BIG

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread George Pacheco
I tried cca site and I' having the same error as in Tombo.pt On Oct 11, 2015 8:25 AM, "Joanne Mercier" wrote: > Something tells me they may be changing the way they allow us to search > the website. I found this note on the actual CCA site but I’m not sure what > it means: > > *To conduct researc

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Could the CCA records be down??

2015-10-11 Thread MaryAnn Santos
I do the same! Yikes! mas On Sun, Oct 11, 2015 at 12:29 PM, Rosemarie Capodicci wrote: > Oh boy, this is going to take some getting used to! I really, really, hope > that the image numbers on the docs are the same as the old site, if not I'm > in BIG trouble! I use those image numbers to referen

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] resources

2015-10-11 Thread Marilyn Thompson
Barb Is there a better day of the week for you? Marilyn On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 10:59 PM, Barbara Davis wrote: > Marilyn, I would love to meet up with you there sometime and have you show > me a few tricks. You name it and I'll make it happen. > > Barb > > On Sat, Oct 10, 2015 at 8:32 PM, Mari