I looked at the baptisms around the record you inquired about and your record unique in that it has identified parents so I see what you mean about the large number of expostos. I wonder if this was nine months after a pirate raid or something. Is does seem unusual.
Bill On Saturday, June 27, 2015 at 3:13:34 PM UTC-7, Mary Pimentel Wheeler wrote: > 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! > > > ... -- 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.
