[AZORES-Genealogy] Rodas

2009-04-02 Thread Family History
In the book, Azores, Nine Islands, it talks about Rodas or Casas da Roda, where a baby could be left anonymously, much as we now have "safe houses" in the United States, when someone gives up a baby. It states that most municipalities in the second half of the 19th century had these places. The ba

[AZORES-Genealogy] Rodas

2009-04-02 Thread Family History
In the book, Azores, Nine Islands, it talks about Rodas or Casas da Roda, where a baby could be left anonymously, much as we now have "safe houses" in the United States, when someone gives up a baby. It states that most municipalities in the second half of the 19th century had these places. The ba