Olá Dano, Yes, that's true.
Rarely we see in baptism records, between 1860 and 1911 (when mentioning grandparents was madatory) the name of the unknown grandfather. Many times the unknown father lived with the child's mother, but they didn't "officialize" the relationship. Occasionally we see parents getting married in their 60's, 70's and legitimizing all the children born to them. Most unknown fathers are a dead end in research, we just have to focus on another branch of the family, because that one is complete! João Ventura Terceira ________________________________ From: Dano <[email protected]> To: Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2012 7:47 PM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: unknown father (applications to priesthood) Ola, Joao, Are you saying that unless the father legitimized the child while he was alive, then, although it was known locally that he sired the child, that information just died with the last person who knew of his indisgression - or, would there be a record, somewhere, that identified the father after his death? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Feb 15, 2:35 pm, joao ventura <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Listers, > > Some of you know that I am studying all the existing applications to > priesthood for the Azores (17th, 18th and 19th centuries). > > Today I found a very interesting case that I want to share with you. A > youngman wants to become a priest. He is 21 years old (he was born in 1714 > and the application is from 1735, in Terceira Island). He was born to unknown > parents, but once it was not possible for him to become a priest without > proving that his parents were catholic, there is a mention to his father: a > priest from Sé and a single woman. To make this more interesting, the mother > was born to unknown parents, who were also unvealed: a priest and a single > woman. > > This record proves something that I have been suspecting for a long time: > most unknown fathers/parents were known, but were not recorded officially, > unless they legitimized the children. > > João Ventura > Terceira > > P.S. - Always check you spam/bulk/trash folder before delete it: many emails > go there from people you know, even from this list! -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
