This is probably of no impotance to you, but while conducting historical and genealogical research of two of my last names, "de la Torre" and "de Hita," i discovered that the village of Hita, located about 20 miles from Guadalajara, Spain, was a booming Jewish community in Spain (1000s, 1100, 1200s, etc), and that Samuel Lev� was actually the "controller - principal accountant" of the Kingdom of Castilla for some time. My last name "de Hita" originates, according to two documents I found at the University of Miami, in the royal house of Navarra, known as the House of Jimenez. The first "de Hita" was the Infante (prince) Fernando Garciez de Hita, grandson of the murdered king, Sancho IV (1076). There is very interesting information in the Internet regarding the so-called Jewish Kingdom of Septimania, the capital of which was Narbonne, France, but which included parts of Navarra and Catalu�a (including Pamplona and Barcelona). Oswaldo F. Hern�ndez "by way of Ed Elizondo <ed@elizondo.org>" <silviaeaston@yahoo.com> wrote:This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Levy Classification: Cemetery Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kRC.2ACE/742.1574.2 Message Board Post: In the book "The Last Minyan in Havana" they mention a Daniel Levy on page 64 and on the Jewish Cemetary in Havana there is an Alberto Levy (http://www.suegersten.com/cuba/stone_list.htm) amongst many other Jewish names. ==== CUBA Mailing List ==== ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* To reply to a message forwarded from the Surname Bulleting Board please follow the link included in the message. Para contestar a los mensajes que provienen de el Tablero de Pesquisas favir de seguir el enlace incluido en el mensaje. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com