There seem to be certain churches that are a center of Exposto baptisms ( Lomba, Flores in my records) and that they tend to do large batches of them.
In a Luz, Graciosa book, there were almost 60 in a row, with ages from a week to 4 years old. Sometimes the parent who is raising them is named in the document, but often not. In the case the parents are named, often padrinhos are named too. That could track the correct Alexandre from it's use on his marriage record. Naming is likely the priest's choice Eric On Wed, Jul 1, 2015 at 10:46 AM, lmy...@hughes.net <lmy...@hughes.net> wrote: > I don't recall this being discussed before. My ancestor Alexandre Martins > was an exposto. I have his marriage record and the baptismo record of his > spouse. The marriage record indicates he was baptized at Se Cathedral in > Angra, but no indication as to when or his age. I've been going through > exposto baptisms for the period 1808 to 1817 at Se Cathedral. I admit the > dates are arbitrary - I used his wife's baptism date (1817). There are only > eight possibilities. Fortunately Alexandre is not that common of a name. Is > there a way I can ascertain which one is mine? Does it have anything to do > with the names in the side notes or godparents? Also, how does an exposto > get a surname? I'd appreciate any help. > > -- > For 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." > --- > 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. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- For 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." --- 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. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
