How to do marriage searches on Aquivo-Madeira.org Copy this page first so you have it in front of you. Go to www.arquivo-madeira.org The main page will appear Arquivo Regional da Madeira On the left hand column is a section Servicos de Comunicacao Click on Bases de dados which is listed in that section. A new page will appear with 3 pictures on it Pesquisa nas bases de dados. Click on the word Pesquisar to the right of the yellow picture. A new page will appear that has places to "fill in" Marido means husband Mulher means wife Ano means year Paroquia means parish. If you click on the small arrow to the right of Paroquia a "pull down" menu will appear in which you can click on the parish you would like to do your search in. Then press Procurar and see what comes up. The names you enter into the Marido and Mulher boxes have to be the correct spelling or you will get no information. This is where you need "diacritics" or the accents used in names. To do this you will need to have the number lock which is on your keyboard(not the computer screen)pressed. When you press the number lock a small light will come on - on your keyboard(not on the computer screen) By using the number lock you can make the accents needed when typing names such as João, António, Gonçalves, José. ã = Press the ALT key while typing the numbers 0227 ç = ALT 0231 é = ALT 0233 ó = ALT 0243 á = ALT 0225 If you play with the year box and/or the parish box, it will bring up all the marriages for that year and parish. Also note the way names are spelt, this is the way you will have to type them in if you want to search. i.e. Ana, Catarina, Beatriz, Inácio If confused, please ask...the dumbest question ever asked is the one that isn't asked. Linda

Thank you LInda for the great help with the archive website. Hope to be successful. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: <MINERROOTS@aol.com> To: <PRT-MADEIRA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 05, 2006 6:49 AM Subject: [PRT-MADEIRA] Madeiran archives website > How to do marriage searches on Aquivo-Madeira.org > > Copy this page first so you have it in front of you. > > Go to www.arquivo-madeira.org > > The main page will appear Arquivo Regional da Madeira > On the left hand column is a section Servicos de Comunicacao > Click on Bases de dados which is listed in that section. > A new page will appear with 3 pictures on it Pesquisa nas bases de dados. > Click on the word Pesquisar to the right of the yellow picture. > A new page will appear that has places to "fill in" > Marido means husband > Mulher means wife > Ano means year > Paroquia means parish. If you click on the small arrow to the right of > Paroquia a "pull down" menu will appear in which you can click on the parish you > would like to do your search in. Then press Procurar and see what comes up. > > The names you enter into the Marido and Mulher boxes have to be the correct > spelling or you will get no information. This is where you need "diacritics" > or the accents used in names. To do this you will need to have the number lock > which is on your keyboard(not the computer screen)pressed. When you press > the number lock a small light will come on - on your keyboard(not on the > computer screen) By using the number lock you can make the accents needed when typing > names such as João, António, Gonçalves, José. > > ã = Press the ALT key while typing the numbers 0227 > ç = ALT 0231 > é = ALT 0233 > ó = ALT 0243 > á = ALT 0225 > If you play with the year box and/or the parish box, it will bring up all the > marriages for that year and parish. Also note the way names are spelt, this > is the way you will have to type them in if you want to search. i.e. Ana, > Catarina, Beatriz, Inácio > > If confused, please ask...the dumbest question ever asked is the one that > isn't asked. > Linda > > > ============================== > Find your ancestors in the Birth, Marriage and Death Records. > New content added every business day. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13964/rd.ashx >