It's not an adoption. The father is steping in with a petition assuming that he is Anna's "natural" father. I suppose at the time of the baptism she was "natural" daughter of Maria Luiza, and "filha de pai incognito".
2015-09-21 20:53 GMT+01:00 Denis Meals <[email protected]>: > I am appealing to our group's native readers for help in the translation > of the following link, beginning with the righthand page and continuing on > the next two pages: > > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMA-VP-ASSUNCAO-B-1840-1848/SMA-VP-ASSUNCAO-B-1840-1848_item1/P59.html > > I understand this to be the formal adoption of Anna, baptized in The > Matrix in 1838, and the natural daughter of Maria Luisa, a widow of > Francisco Bernardo. I am unclear of the role António Baptista, single, is > playing in this adoption, for he is mentioned several times in this and the > following pages. Is he simply speaking to the accuracy of the facts, or is > there more that I am missing? > > I do not need a complete translation, just the gist of what is written, > for I get lost in the complexity of much of the document. > > Thanks for any help, > Denis > > -- > 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.
