Nelia, The roda is a wheel in the wall of the church. The child is placed there, the parent rings a bell, and someone inside takes the baby. The parents are not seen and listed as unknown. The baby is usually given to a mother who may have just lost her baby. I don't know about an orphanage. The government pays for their care for a short period (5 years?). Many of these children died. Their obits will list the name of the woman who cared for them, and their husband. That church has a huge amount of espostos. The roda in Ponta Delgada still exists. It is really a sad sight when you know the story. Judi
Sent from my iPad On Dec 15, 2015, at 6:49 PM, Nelia DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: > Judi, > > Thank you so much! > > That's so interesting...I've never heard that term before. Do you know if > these children were placed in an orphanage? It's interesting because although > their parents couldn't take care of them would there be any record of their > parents anywhere? > > I find all of this so very fascinating. > > Nelia. > On Tue, Dec 15, 2015 at 6:45 PM Judi Phillips <[email protected]> wrote: > Nelia, > The three children are all espostos, children who were placed on the roda > soon after birth because the parent(s) could not take care of them. Joaquim > was number 3,748 baptized in the church. > Judi > > Sent from my iPad > > On Dec 15, 2015, at 6:07 PM, Nelia DiBiase <[email protected]> wrote: > > > hi there, > > > > I could use a fresh set of eyes to try to decipher these records. The top > > one "Joaquin" belongs to my great, great grandfather and there are no > > parents listed ...record no.31. I also noted that the records 32 and 33 are > > also void of parents. I'm wondering if they are all related and why would > > there be no record of any parent. The three records have the same people > > listed as padri his (godparents). There is no record at all anywhere of any > > parents for him. > > > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PD-SAOSEBASTIAO-B-1865-1869/SMG-PD-SAOSEBASTIAO-B-1865-1869_item1/P374.html > > > > Thank you in advance for your help! > > > > Nelia Revoredo DiBiase > > > > -- > > 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 https://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 https://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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
