No problem Julie, please keep me informed, I would be interested to see if there is a connection. Where in the US did your family reside? Lou "For those who have fought for it....Freedom has a taste the protected will never know" " Without the Brave there would be no land of the Free" A new Recruit asked an old Warrior, "What is War like?" The old timer replied, "A bunch of us went down to Gettysburg one day, a lot of people died. If you weren't there you wouldn't understand." -----Original Message----- From: BlueGoose6@aol.com [mailto:BlueGoose6@aol.com] Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 9:00 PM To: PRT-MADEIRA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PRT-MADEIRA] Surname: Pitta No nothing clicks simply because I have no other info on my mother's family other than that. My mother died 1-1/2 yr ago at age 93. She was born there but came to the USA When she was 9. Her parents were already here having come in 1915 or so. I have the film number for the marriage of Ignacio d'Abreu and Maria Augusta from the FHC. I will go there and request the film and see who their parents were. Thanks for trying. Julie Gerren ============================== New! Family Tree Maker 2005. Build your tree and search for your ancestors at the same time. Share your tree with family and friends. Learn more: http://landing.ancestry.com/familytreemaker/2005/tour.aspx?sourceid=1459 9&targetid=5429