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> On May 2, 2019, at 3:19 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Liz, > > No, the expostos (exposto - male or exposta-female) were the foundlings or > abandoned babies that were left at the roda at the CHURCH. You open the small > door on the church wall to place your offering (or baby) and spin it around > so the baby (or offering) goes inside the church. The one I saw last summer > had a door of about 18 inches high by about 12 inches wide. I didn't measure > it. > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > >> On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 3:14 PM Liz Migliori <[email protected]> wrote: >> Was this also the place where the Esposta makes Rhoda was >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On May 2, 2019, at 1:30 PM, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>> Thank you ladies! So, if I'm reading correctly, this place eventually >>> become the Walter Bensaude Hospital and was such when my great-grandfather >>> was there in 1948? >>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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. 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.
