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> On Jan 7, 2018, at 7:25 PM, Pam Santos <[email protected]> wrote: > > Look 2yrs prior to the year they state their birthdate too I have found lots > that the years of birth are two years younger > >> On Sun, Jan 7, 2018 at 12:48 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 >>> 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. > > -- > 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. 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