I have found the baptismal record for my grandfather, Seraphim born in 1873 in Lagoa - Nossa Senhora do Rosario. He was "exposta". I have ordered the DNA kit to see if it might provide some clues, but in the meantime I would greatly appreciate help translating the baptismal record to see if it contains anything useful. I do not speak Portuguese. The record is Rosario, Baptismos 1870-1879 > 1873 > 0039. This is a link:
http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1870-1879/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1870-1879_item1/P237.html He is record #72 which goes through to the next page. This is what I was able to decipher: On the 26th day of the month of July in the year one thousand eight hundred seventy three in the parish church ___________ Our Lady of the Holy Rosary, district of Villa de Lagoa, Diocese ____________, I baptized solemnly an individual of the male sex to whom I gave the name Seraphim, who was born ______________*___________________________* ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ The godfather John Joaquim Ferreira, married, residing on __________Street, and godmother Ursula de Jesus, married, __________, resident of the parish of __________________________________. Thanks! Luci Morris-Tyndall researching Moraes (or Morais on San Miguel), and Machado & Fonseca on Pico) -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
