Hi Julia,
First of, I'm not the same João Ventura mentioned by E Sharp. Just to make
it clear :)
Second, can't he at least tell you the name of the mother? And can you at
least tell us the year when the baby would have been born? The law changed
a few years ago in Portugal, and it's no longer possible to have children
of unknown fathers.. The police will investigate any attempt by the mother
to make such a claim. That was recently though. Before that, he could
either be a child of a single mother ('mãe solteira') or she could have
abandoned the baby ('exposto').
João Ventura
https://tombo.pt/en
On Saturday, 17 January 2015 17:54:40 UTC+1, Julia Rudden 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
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