I know this question comes up often and I am familiar with the "roda" and the "oxpostos". My question is, did every church have the "roda" system or was it just certain churches? Maybe even each frequesia had a "matrix" church which had the roda? Does anyone happen to know?
It was very heartbreaking looking for my ancestor in Sao Sebastiao Church in Ponta Delegada and the amount of expostos that I read was astounding. So much so that each exposto was given a number. My ancestor happened to be a number in the 600s. I noticed the number on her marriage certificate and then was able to match the same number to her birth certificate. Still a deadend for me, but so heartbreaking to think of the hundreds of people who were going to this church to hand over a child. I can't image what was going on in the 1860 to 1890 in that area, that so many were just giving up their children. Would love to hear your thoughts. Maria Sousa -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAE_yQQVb-5ceuWZAwFr8Cty7bf8p%2B8FWAicc64aWcoANXJ2z9A%40mail.gmail.com.
