Thank you, Cheri! I know my maternal great-grandfather, Jose Rodrigues Casquilha, was born on 30 March 1888, so this record is helpful (I hope).
In answer to Pam Santos' question earlier: I am now NOT sure who Jose's parents were...but I'm continuing to poke around and see if I can clarify...will keep you posted. Would be cool to find a distant cousin! Scott On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 3:48 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Scott, > > It depends. > > You look back historically at the records that are online and it seems > that many occurred within a week. You will find records though where it > says the baby was baptized at home the day it was born and then rebaptized > at the church. You'll find some that were baptized a month later and may > even find quite a few baptized around the same time. I never took the time > to figure out the historical context, but I guessed that there was some > type of quarantine going on so people didn't go out for a bit and then > suddenly there's 5 babies all baptized within 2 days of each other. And > then there's those cases where you look and look for an ancestor's baptism > and can't find it. On one ancestor of mine, we assumed it somehow got lost > or wasn't recorded. When we went to find his kids being baptized, we > researched back a couple of years before his marriage, just to be sure that > there wasn't a kid or two born out of wedlock. That's when we found HIS > baptism. About 25 years after his birth. I guess when they went to look for > it in order for him to be married they couldn't find it so he was > (re)baptized at that time. > > I would say that the vast majority probably happened within a week or two > though. Just remember, a few exception can be found, so don't lock yourself > into a week or 10 days and give up. Cheri > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 12:24 PM, Scott Edward Anderson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Cheri, >> >> Thanks for that information. How soon after birth does baptism typically >> occur in the Azores? A week after birth? A month? >> >> Scott >> >> >> On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 12:31 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The street where I was living on when I was baptized is not where I live >>> now. It's not even the same city. >>> >>> When the 1900-1905 books became available, I went to the archives in >>> Ponta Delgada to find the rest of the siblings of my immigrant ancestor. >>> The youngest sibling was born in 1900 and had a margin full of notes. He >>> married and moved to the other side of the island and died there in 1990. >>> The next day, I went to the praça and found a taxi driver who agreed to >>> take me over to the other side of the island (that was a whole story in >>> itself). >>> >>> When we got there, the taxi driver went to the neighborhood bar or pub >>> first! I waited in the taxi. When he came out a few minutes later, he said >>> that they told him that we were to go over to the church (a festa was going >>> on, so I was in luck) and find the old man with the cane and hat named >>> so-and-so. Over to the church we went. And the taxi driver found the man. >>> He verified pretty much what I had researched - the youngest sibling, >>> Antonio, was from the other side of the island, Ribeira das Tainhas, he >>> married Senhorinha, blah blah blah. Then the old man said that Antonio had >>> a son who went to Canada. I had a story of some of the family going to >>> Canada. The old man couldn't remember the son's name or how long ago this >>> happened though. :( >>> >>> Many years passed. One day, a guy named Altino posts on this list. I >>> thought the name was interesting, as I had a photo of an Altino De Melo in >>> my possesion, taken in the 40s or 50s. The Altino in the photo was in a >>> military uniform. The Altino writing the post did not have the writing >>> style of a man of that age. I thought it was a strange coincidence, until >>> Altino emailed me directly with a question about this list. In another >>> paragraph he mentioned that he was about to start researching his father's >>> side of the family, from Ribeira Quente. One of my freguesias! >>> >>> After I picked myself off the floor, I emailed him back with the photo >>> of Altino the soldier and said to him something along the lines of, "Who >>> are you?" He writes back and asks what I was doing with a photo of his >>> uncle Altino, his namesake. A couple of emails later I find out he lives in >>> Canada. He was the son of the man who went to Canada. Antonio's grandson. >>> >>> A couple of years after that, Altino was in California and I got to meet >>> him and spend the afternoon with him. So I met him on my home turf, so to >>> speak! It took me only 15, 16, 17 years to find someone from that branch of >>> the family!! >>> >>> Your friend may not be lucky on the first try. It may be convoluted to >>> try to find family as it was in my case. He can go to the freguesia and ask >>> if anyone knows about that family. Old photos help. My other ancestor had a >>> younger sister who was deaf. I show her picture around the freguesia and >>> they all know who the deaf woman was. Thank goodness for photos! Also look >>> for places where people congregate. The neighborhood bar or pub, perhaps in >>> a praça, perhaps near the church, or maybe over at the Casa do Povo. >>> >>> Early in my research, I had interviewed my grandfather's eldest brother >>> (everyone else had died). He had gone there and met family. He gave me a >>> Christmas card with a return address. The family still lived at that >>> address. So that one was lucky! >>> >>> Hope for the best, but prepare for the worst. Well not really the worst, >>> but it could be a long haul. >>> >>> Cheri Mello >>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira >>> Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Scott Edward Anderson >> phone: 215-384-6884 <(215)%20384-6884> >> email: [email protected] >> twitter: greenskeptic >> >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- Scott Edward Anderson phone: 215-384-6884 email: [email protected] twitter: greenskeptic -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. 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