Do note that account activation is not automatic. Each account request will be verified by the administrator to confirm that you are indeed a related member of the family. We may request some details to establish your family relationship and include you in the database.
We try to activate new accounts within 24 hours and confirm by e-mail to the address that you provide.
Click on My Account (in blue, on the top right-hand corner). Under Add/Update Personal or Family Details, select the relevant person name. To make updates, click on the [+] icon against the relevant title under the appropriate heading. To insert a new item, simply fill in the forms under the appropriate headings. Click on Submit to save your changes.
Click on My Account (in blue on the top right-hand corner). Under Add or Edit Family Members, click on Add/Update Personal or Family Members. Fill in the details and click on Submit.
You are able to edit details of a person in your family grouping. These are people closest to you in relation and whom we have grouped together. To edit a person's details, click on My Account (in blue on the top right-hand corner).
Go to Add/Update Personal or Family Details and choose the person you wish to edit from the drop down list under Select Family Member to Edit. Make the appropriate changes and click on Submit.
Note that each individual that you add to the database will automatically fall under your family grouping and will be editable by yourself or the individual if they also hold an account on the site. If you are not able to edit a person, please contact the Administrator for assistance.
Deleting an individual can have unintended consequences to the proper display of related persons in the database. Hence, we would request that you contact the adminstrator using the contact link and provide the details of the record to delete.
Use the drop list or use the search page or even the surname page
To use the drop list, scroll through the list of names in the Family Members box on the top right-hand corner. Select a surname and then when prompted, a first name.
Under the tab People, you can also do a Search. If you click on Surnames, you can see all the surnames of people in our database. Clicking on the Family Members on File link under the Statistics box to the right will also take you to the Surnames page.
From any record, click on the View My Ancestry link below the person's family details. You can view further ancestral details of the people in the genealogy tree by clicking on the name of the individual. To return to the record you were initially viewing, click on the Close button at the top right of the genealogy tree page.
Direct descendants for a specific individual is currently not displayed graphically. However, descendants of Patriarchs relevant to large family groups can be accessed from the Charts page under the People navigation heading. Links to Charts approriate to an individual are also listed on the individuals record page.
As the Charts contain a lot of information, it may take time to load. You will also need to scroll down or right of the popup window to view additional individuals in the chart.
Photos in the Image Gallery are photos you have entered under your personal record. To do this, click on My Account (in blue on the top right-hand corner). Under Add/Update Personal or Family Details, select the relevant person name. Then under Insert Image, upload your image/s, making sure that each image is no larger than 1 Mb in size.
The Photo Albums are for collections of photos involving the Cordeiros and other family lines appropriate to this web site. The Administrator posts these photos. Please contact us through the Contact form (click on button in the navigation bar on the top right-hand corner). We appreciate all photos you share with us.
If you have a story to tell, please contact us through the Contact Form (click on button in the navigation bar on the top right-hand corner). We appreciate all information you are willing to share with everyone, no matter how small an item.
Go to your Account page by clicking on the My Account link on the top right hand side. Click on the + icon against the Change Email link. Then simply click on your existing email address. The text will become editable allowing you to type in your new address. When done, simply click out of the edit box.
Go to your Account page by clicking on the My Account link on the top right hand side. Click on the + icon against the Change Password link. Enter your new password taking note of the strength of the password you enter. Using a mix of capital and lowercase letters as well as numbers strengthens your password. Re-enter your password to ensure that what you assumed you entered the first time is indeed what was actually typed in. Click Change to submit your new password.
To contact us, click on the Contact link in the navigation tool bar on the top right-hand side. Fill in the details and click on send.