Luis B "Senra" é português há umas centenas de anos. Luis K W ---------------------- MENSAGEM ORIGINAL ---------------------- And where is the name Senra or Sennra from? Is it spanish? I know it is not portuguese. Luis Beal John Roias jroias@rogers.com wrote: What an interesting and lively exchange. Might I suggest the name "Serena" might be a corruption of the name "Senra" or "Sennra". JR I today tried to do a search on the Madeiran Archives for the surname "Serena" but nothing comes up. ============================== 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=14599&targetid=5429 "Not to know what happened before we were born is to remain perpetually a child. For what is the worth of a human life unless it is woven into the life of our ancestors." Cicero, Roman orator __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ============================== 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