I seem to remember Joao Ventura, the archivist, stating that many babies were given up at the Matriz churches more so than the smaller parish church. The information is on the Azores GenWeb (I'm pretty sure). I'll look when I get home. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
On Wed, Oct 2, 2019 at 12:32 PM Maria Sousa <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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 [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAE_yQQVb-5ceuWZAwFr8Cty7bf8p%2B8FWAicc64aWcoANXJ2z9A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAE_yQQVb-5ceuWZAwFr8Cty7bf8p%2B8FWAicc64aWcoANXJ2z9A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAKUUw_FL4cXTqmhqg4FJ6ZzXgVSq04dLBtaZZBKCwPWpDgN4yA%40mail.gmail.com.
