A "natural" child is one where the parents were not married to each other bur neither parent was married to somebody else. There was no adultery involved, only two people coming together without benefit of clergy. In other words, they were free to marry each other if they so desired. An illigitimat child is one where the parents were not married to each other, nor could they be, since one or both were already married to somebody else. That is my understanding.
On Tuesday, January 28, 2014 3:41 PM, David J Lima <[email protected]> wrote: In the CCA baptism records, I see that some are worded as "legitimate" and others are worded as "natural", and the latter seem to omit the father. What is the difference? why is the father omitted in the naturals? Thanks, Dave -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
