I'm researching 1891 Lomba, Flores Baptismo's, and it seems like 95% of the births have the term exposto aproto, along with pais incognito (unknown parents). I think exposto means "foundling", but I can't believe so many children were born of unknown parents and dropped off on someone's doorstep. Am I reading that wrong? If not, is there any idea of what might have been going on in 1890's Flores to have such a high percentage of unknown parents?
Also, I can't make out a last name abbreviation on one of the records - it is below in the small clip; but the link is below if you need a better look at it. It is item #28, 13th line down from the top. I think it may be Francisco Jose *Freitas*, but am not sure. The abbreviate also looks like it could be an H or an R... thanks! http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FLR-LF-LOMBA-B-1844-1874/FLR-LF-LOMBA-B-1844-1874_item1/P74.html -- 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.
