Paulo, We are glad to hear from you again. That was not us who scared the lady in Estreito da Calheta. We did our filming and asking questions in Arco da Calheta. Hopefully we did not scare anyone there. Everyone there that we talked to went out of their way to make us feel welcome. David and Nancy DeGrella (d' Agrella) Tennessee, USA On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 09:13:41 +0100 "Paulo Gomes Jardim" <darwin@spamcop.net> writes: > Dear friends, > > I hope everyone of you is ok and well. > I've been away for a while due to some factors, among them email > problems > and job change (I'm now working at Funchal Central Hospital), but I > hope > to be more active in the near future. > I apologize for all the personal emails that were left hanging all > this > time, I hope I'll answer them all shortly, though. > Special excuses to Nancy and David d' Agrella, who I've had the > uttermost > pleasure of knowing here at Funchal last April, I hope to get in > touch > with you again. > > Some short messages, more detailed information will follow: > > Nancy & David d Agrella: I've been in a short hollyday (5 days) in > Jardim > do Mar, where all the Madeiran Jardins came from, and it continues > to be a > delightful spot, despite the recent changes (some would call > progress ;) > ). My parents have met an old ladie on her 80's who still runs a > grocery > as old as herself in Estreito da Calheta, her name being Agrela > Coutinho. > She was still a bit scared about some Americans who had come there > some > time ago, filming and asking a lot of questions! Could it be you? ;) > > Stacy Dean: I've more info in the Fernandes Luís, more details on > this > soon. > > Cece Camara: I can't find your last email about "filha de Foam", can > you > resend it please, if you still have it? > > Pat Corbera: Luís de Melo was trying to get in touch with you some > time > ago, I've gave him your email. > > Denise d' Antona: I've linked your Fernandes Neves to mine, and also > have > more info on the newspaper your grandfather owned. > > > Almost completed lines (and more closely related to me): > > Gomes Perneta (S. Roque, Funchal) > Gomes Jardim (Stº António) > Marques (Lombo dos Aguiares, Stº António, though they came from > Santana) > Andrade (S. Roque) > Fernandes Luís (Stº António) > Fernandes da Silva (Stº António) > Gomes Henriques (Câmara de Lobos) > Alves/Fonseca/Teles (Câmara de Lobos) > Rodrigues Lourenço/Nascimento (S. Pedro-Funchal/Ponta do Pargo) > Fernandes Neves (Stº António) > Cairos (Stº António) > Rodrigues de Gouveia (Stº António) > Fernandes Camacho (Stº António) > Rodrigues de Aguiar (Stº António) > > Currently researching these locations: > > Stº António > Câmara de Lobos (lots of info about these lines) > Estreito de Câmara de Lobos > > Other info of interest: > > The new archive has opened, and the conditions are fantastic, with a > brand > new room with 5 or 6 good microfilm machines, and 4 or 5 new PCs > where you > can consult the Baptisms, Passport and Marriage databases. > You have to pay a fee of 5 euros, and due to conservation measures > you > can't read the actual parish books, only the microfilmed info. In my > > opinion that's just as well. :) > > I've been reading the book "Familias de Gaula", I strongly counsel > it to > everyone doing genealogic research in Madeira. Lots of info on the > families from the East coast and Machico capitany. > > Someone, maybe Pat Corbera or Cece Camara, asked me about the book > "Arquivo da Familia Ornelas Vasconcelos". I've bought it and I > counsel its > purchase to everyone related with that family. If you can't afford > it, > there is an edition online at Nesos.net. > > That's all for now, hope to get in touch soon again. > > Paulo > > -- > " Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres." > -- > Horacio

Hi David, I thought not, though it was a coincidence, as she was an Agrela too (but an Agrela *Coutinho*, she insisted). :) I'm now looking into my Calheta lines, please tell me if you need some help with a particular record, it could be that it is on the microfilms that I've requested. If've now found another branch of Agrelas I descend from, this one is in Fajã da Ovelha, near Estreito da Calheta. I expect to link it with the others very soon. :) Paulo On Mon, 24 Oct 2005 01:45:37 +0100, <david-nancy.degrella@juno.com> wrote: > Paulo, > We are glad to hear from you again. > That was not us who scared the lady in Estreito da Calheta. We did our > filming and asking questions in Arco da Calheta. Hopefully we did not > scare anyone there. Everyone there that we talked to went out of their > way to make us feel welcome. > David and Nancy DeGrella (d' Agrella) > Tennessee, USA -- " Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres." -- Horacio