I have to talk to a cousin in S. Miguel ( when I can get to it ) and ask her the question of parteiras since she had most of her children born at home I was born at home but my mother has passed away so cannot get an answer there
On Sunday, August 23, 2015 at 4:25:24 PM UTC-4, Sandra Perez wrote: > > What was the role of midwives? I have seen the same name repeated on > births and often they act as a godparent. Was it a profession, such as, > the village midwife? I have also seen where the child is born in the home > of the midwife. Is it possible that it was the home of a relative acting as > the midwife? > > -- > Sandra Perez > -- 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.
