Wonder if the mother named him as the father at the time??? Or did/do they do that in the Azores. If so, wouldn't, he as the father, be able to obtain the record? Maybe Joao Ventura could give you some help on this [email protected] His fees are very affordable.
"E" On Thu, Jan 22, 2015 at 10:19 AM, 'John Raposo' via Azores Genealogy < [email protected]> wrote: > If the record is less than a century old, research will be difficult. > Also, if less than 100 years old, and the child is labeled as illegitimate, > some restrictions apply as to whom the record can be released, just like in > most of our states. The word illegitimate can be reacted from a typed > transcription, though. The church has no such restrictions. I would suggest > that if you have a parish, a month, a year, and your father knows the name > of the mother, you could write to the parish priest. I doubt that a priest > would be willing to provide you with a number of possible candidates. Also, > keep in mind that for at least the last 30-40 years, women have been having > their children in the hospital. That means if the mother, for example, was > living in Mosteiros, she likely gave birth in Ponta Delgada, which makes > matters more complicated. However, the child would have been baptized in > the mother's parish. In contacting the priest, you are essentially looking > for a baptismal, not a birth record, but the baptismal record would contain > most of the information you need. I hope this helps. Good luck! > > John Miranda Raposo > > > On Thursday, January 22, 2015 11:53 AM, Julia Rudden < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > My father just informed me that he fathered a child in the Azores. He > knows the year,month, and parish the child would have been born, but knows > little more. Does anyone have suggestions on where to begin looking for > birth records of children to single mothers within a certain location and > time frame? > I know it's not much but at least it's a start. > Thank you. > Julia > > -- > 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]. > 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]. > 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
