This has been so interesting. I had no idea that the Catholic Church had such a well-used system for dealing with foundlings.
The google translate option makes this amazing! I’m off to Joao Ventura’s Azores Workshop this weekend and it will be a big help. (Cheri, if that grandbaby arrives this weekend, I am in such trouble, lol.) Debbie On Thu, May 2, 2019 at 3:42 PM Liz Migliori <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you > > Sent from my iPhones amazing! > > 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. > -- 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.
