Hi, this is actually an application for his passport. The document states he was a (exposto) foundling raised by .... you can find his birth record on line I don't have access to my desktop today. I can have another try tomorrow if no one else in the list has not assisted by then.
On Thu, Dec 8, 2016 at 10:11 PM Kirsten Crosson <kirs...@hotmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, I wonder if someone an advise me about the process of leaving the > Azores circa 1883. I was playing around with museu da emigração, and to > my delight found a document referencing my GGGrandparents and 2 of their > children just before they left for Hawaii. I got help with translation, and > it appears to be more of a certification of their identity and I'm > wondering if this was usual or perhaps because they were both illegitimate? > The names and dates match what I had from baptism records, and so I wonder > also if the adopting families (listed on baptisms) might have been related > to the babies? Where and why might their last names have been chosen? Last, > I wonder if there are additional documents I should be seeking? Thanks for > any advice! I'll add in a link if anyone wants to see the ID doc > firsthand-the couple are Marcelino Soares de Almeida and his wife Lucinda > Augusta Moniz. For some reason it is titled Manuel, but that was their > infant son. > > http://museuemigracao.cm-ribeiragrande.pt/pesquisa_avancada/manuel-soares-de-almeida/#respond > Thank you! > > Kirsten > > Sent from my iPad > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
