There is at least one family in Madeira named Bazenga. In fact Bazenga Marques was a member of the Madeiran regional government. Note that he spells it with a "z". -----Original Message----- From: Yangprida@aol.com [mailto:Yangprida@aol.com] Sent: June 6, 2006 3:53 PM To: PRT-MADEIRA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [PRT-MADEIRA] Basenga! The surname Basenga is obviously an 'apelido' - a nickname. It may be that a family member served in the African colonies while in the Portuguese military (perhaps, the Angolan conflict). Several African tribes of that area were called Kasenga, Bazunga, and in Portuguese - Basenga. It makes for quite an interesting prospect for research. ============================== 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