If anyone is interested, here is a link to the original article published in 1946. It starts on page 110 of the bullet.
http://ihit.pt/codeigniter/assets/upload/pdf/ee6293822d41b87ee889f9f29bf4dc91.pdf Ken On Wednesday, October 2, 2019 at 12:32:54 PM UTC-7, Maria Sousa 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/26cc1450-e7eb-46f8-9e3a-548fbd4d34f3%40googlegroups.com.
