Leandro: The first time that the name Gouveia shows up in my line is Manuel Alvares de Vares Gouveia who married Beatriz Rodrigues in Machico in 1667. His parents were Joao Correia Miranda and Maria Simoa. There is a strong possibility that they were from Santa Cruz, but I have not yet pursued those records. Some of my family names from the mid 1600s were: Antunes, Alves/Alvres/Alvares, Burgos, Dias, das Neves, Fernandes, Franca, Goncalves, Lopes, Rodrigues Saldanha, and Vaz/Vasconcelos. It has been impression that the names of Drummond/Doromundo, Telo de Meneses and Monis de Meneses were associated with prestige in Machico. I have found a few distant relatives who married people from those lines, but so far, no direct ancestors. Do you know the names of Ana's parents? I do not see her marriage record in the Machico marriage database. Did they marry elsewhere? What do you think? Mary -----Original Message----- From: prt-madeira-bounces@rootsweb.com [mailto:prt-madeira-bounces@rootsweb.com] On Behalf Of Gregobhte1@aol.com Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2007 5:35 PM To: prt-madeira@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PT-MADEIRA] Sao Vicente/Machico Hi Mary... Yes!!! Im definitely looking for the GOUVEIA's being Ana de Gouveia that married in the mid 1600's with Capitain Antonio de FIGUEIRO. This Antonio also belongs to the TELO DE MENESES, DRUMMOND and also MONIZ DE MENESES. This couple moved to Sao Vicente where his son Vital Escorcio Drumond married Crispina de Meneses in 1684 and so on.... So let me know if something matches with your records thank you Leandro ------------------------------- 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