My paternal side to my lineage is so vague, more so than my maternal Pestana side. I just have names, no dates. Here goes............. My paternal grandfater was George Fernandes b. Sept 17 1874 Georgetown, British Guiana, S. A. married Mary Matilda Cardos b. Sept 7 1876 Georgetown, British Guiana. From here everything is so vague, I am told that my gg grandparents hail from Maderia, parish unknown. >From my data source and conversations with elders I know that Georges parents were George Fernandes and Julia Rodrigues. While Julias parents were Manuel Rodrigues and Phippa de Jesus. And my gg grandfather was Joaquim Fernandes married Anna de Jesus. Where do I go from here? Any connections? Tks Paula

Paula: Many people left Madeira fro Guiana to work on the plantations. Have you tried the passports records from Madeira? Possibly the marriage records also? If you have the birth records of your grandparents you are extremely fortunate. The records were all destroyed many years ago and about two years ago the church in Georgetown burned to the ground and destroyed every building and what was left of the very few records that were available. I was able to find the passport of our paternal grandmother when she migrated in 1878 because she went with the family that employed her as a maid. If you have your grandfathers birth record it should list his parents. Margaret ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paula Fernandes" <paulamffernandes@gmail.com> To: <PRT-MADEIRA@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 2:30 PM Subject: [PT-MADEIRA] Fernandes > My paternal side to my lineage is so vague, more so than my maternal > Pestana side. > > I just have names, no dates. Here goes............. > > My paternal grandfater was George Fernandes b. Sept 17 1874 > Georgetown, British Guiana, S. A. married Mary Matilda Cardos b. Sept > 7 1876 Georgetown, British Guiana. From here everything is so vague, > I am told that my gg grandparents hail from Maderia, parish unknown. > >From my data source and conversations with elders I know that Georges > parents were George Fernandes and Julia Rodrigues. While Julias > parents were Manuel Rodrigues and Phippa de Jesus. And my gg > grandfather was Joaquim Fernandes married Anna de Jesus. > > Where do I go from here? Any connections? > > Tks > > Paula > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to PRT-MADEIRA-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message