Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Abandoned children, Se, Terceira

- From: "Pat McCoy" To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, April 22, 2012 2:59:53 PM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Abandoned children, Se, Terceira I found a reference to a "foundling wheel" if that helps clar

Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Abandoned children, Se, Terceira

Thank you all for all of the interesting information on expostos/rodas/etc. The document referenced below was really good. I was also able to see a picture of a roda on google images, which helps me to understand a lot, too. Yesterday I was going through the recently posted Rois/Confessado

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Abandoned children, Se, Terceira

I found a reference to a "foundling wheel" if that helps clarify or further muddle the discussion. Pat McCoy == On 4/22/12, Karen Huffman wrote: > My grandmother was born on Terceira in 1907. She often spoke of the "wheel" > and desc

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Abandoned children, Se, Terceira

My grandmother was born on Terceira in 1907. She often spoke of the "wheel" and described it like Rosemarie does. A lazy susan with half on one side and the other half inside the wall. Ringing of bells often made her reflect on that. Karen :) On Sun, Apr 22, 2012 at 10:18 AM, wrote: > Duane,

Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Abandoned children, Se, Terceira

Here is an interesting site about the Rodas in the Azores. http://repositorio.uac.pt/bitstream/10400.3/970/1/Historical%20abandonment%20of%20children%20in%20the%20Azores,%20Portugal.pdf "E" -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confir

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Abandoned children, Se, Terceira

Oops. Duane, after you google: roda expostos You'll have to click on images on the left to see them. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegr

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Abandoned children, Se, Terceira

Duane, Google: roda expostos You'll see some that way. Rosemarie answered the rest of your questions. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@google

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Abandoned children, Se, Terceira

Duane, You are not the only one who is facinated by the Expostos. At the San Jose Conf. yesterday there were many questions regarding this topic. Joao Ventura said that the children were given to the wet nurses and at age 8 there would be a choice to be made to either give them up or adopt them in

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Abandoned children, Se, Terceira

Thanks for your reply, Cheri. I tried finding a picture of a roda on google images, but very strange things came up, like a torture wheel, and birth control pills! Anyway, was the roda on the altar, or was this literally something that extended both inside and outside the church, like a rotar

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Abandoned children, Se, Terceira

Duane, I'm pretty sure that there more abandoned babies that went to certain locations. I don't remember if it was the Se on Terceira. I'll have to look at my notes. The "roda" or wheelhouse is like the kitchen helper, the "Lazy Susan." If a person had an offering to make to the church, the of

[AZORES-Genealogy] Abandoned children, Se, Terceira

I started looking at the newly posted batismos for Se (thank you CCA!) on Terceira, and am looking at 1872 for a relative. I am perplexed and confused by the huge number of abandoned children, easily 75% or more of baptisms in this year. I know a giant earthquake hit in 1872, but I believe th