The book is *Saudade*, a Portuguese word but the book is in English, by Winthrop. I found it reviewed on *http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/*<http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/>. It's set in the Azores and filled with interesting facts a fictional genealogist learns as she researches her own ancestors.
On Saturday, April 19, 2014 2:03:46 PM UTC-7, Grace CM wrote: > That's it! It makes perfect sense. The parents separated or divorced > (haven't found a divorce record yet) and lived apart for ten years, all the > time paying $20 a month to the San Diego Children's Home. I'm more > confident now that the child (maybe even 3 of the 5) I found as > half-orphans living with other families during the time were theirs. > Orphans but with both parents alive. Thanks, Liliana! Great! PS What's the > name of the book? > > On Friday, April 18, 2014 9:04:01 PM UTC-7, Liliana Harris wrote: >> >> >> I’m fairly certain I have the answer to that. On Azores GenWeb, which is >> a terrific source of information (Forgive me if I’m reporting something >> most of the group already knows.), there was a book on the Azores —part >> fiction, part non-fiction—reviewed. The fiction part is supposedly >> well-researched, and so far everything I’ve read has checked out. Embedded >> in the fiction of the book, there is reference to half orphans: *children >> with both parents living who could no longer be fully supported by the >> parents*. They lived in institutions along with children without >> parents, and their parents paid small amounts for their room and board. >> They kept their own names but could be farmed out to private homes--sort of >> like foster children. I did a bit of research of my own on this, and >> apparently it was not common at the turn of the century but it was done. >> >> On Friday, April 18, 2014 7:40:52 PM UTC-7, Grace CM wrote: >>> >>> Does anyone know what “half-orphan” in a California school record from >>> 1918 might mean? Unless I’m mistaken, the child has two living parents. >>> >> -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
