What source was used for census records that you quoted? Pat Silva Corbera Janette Chun <janettechun@shaw.ca> wrote: Thank you JL. Do you have your tree uploaded on rootsweb? Mine is up although I do have to do some updates. I'll try and get those updates done this week-end and will email you a report - then you can see if there are any names that are familiar. I looked up some census information on the island for the late 1700/early 1800 - there were only approximately 1000 people on the island, and given that a few of my family members had 10 children, making up 1% of the population, there's a good chance that everyone is going to be related in one way or another. Janette -----Original Message----- From: J Lake [mailto:j@jlake.net] Sent: Friday, June 02, 2006 4:52 AM To: PRT-MADEIRA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PRT-MADEIRA] On microfilms On Thursday 01 June 2006 03:39 pm, Janette Chun wrote: > Hi list members, > > These are the names I have so far in my heritage Mendonca, Gois, > Vasconcellos, da Camarra, Gaviao. > > At this point most seem to be from Porto Santo....if you have any > connections to these names/porto santo, please email me...we may have a > connection somewhere along the line. > > > > Janette Chun Ms. Chun - I have Mendonca and Vasconcellos from Porto Santo also. Some connection to at least one Camara. There is a lady on this list who has the surname de Camara as well.... JL ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx ============================== Search the US Census Collection. Over 140 million records added in the last 12 months. Largest online collection in the world. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13965/rd.ashx