Dear Paulo: How fabulous of you to do this! The problem I have is that I do not know for sure the full name of Grand Uncle Jose. I can tell you family names and any specifics I know, and hope that will help. My father's paternal grandparents were Pedro Jose da Silva of Funchal (Se) and Maria Barbora of Santa Luzia, married 1875 in Santa Luzia. Pedro was the son of single mother Joaquina Rosa from Monte and Manuel Jose da Silva from Graciosa, Acores. I do not know of Pedro having any siblings, though I do not know for sure. Maria Barbora was the daughter of Damiao Ribeiro and Maria Vieira from Santa Luzia. I do not know yet of any siblings she may have had. Damiao's family came from Setubal, Maria's family was from Vieira da Costa family in Santa Luzia. Her lineage includes Soares, Gomes Figueira, Teixeira and Rodrigues, among others. Though I am not ruling them out,the greater likelihood is that Tio Jose came from my maternal grandmother's family. My father's maternal grandparents were Francisco Joaquim da Costa Ferreira (from Porto) and Teodolinda Augusta de Freitas (from Machico). I have no information on Francisco's family but Teodolinda had many siblings: Joao 1832, Maria 1835, Maria 1837, Vicente 1844, Jose 1847 and then Teodolinda 1851. My grandparents were married in 1907 and one of the witnesses to their marriage was a Jose Joaquim de Fretias. In 1908 my Uncle Eugenio was baptized and his padrinho was "Bacharel" Jose Joaquim de Freitas and his madrinho was listed as Maria Amelia da Trindade de Freitas, Jose's sibling. There were only two people in my father's family that I knew in fact to be medical doctors: My grandfather, Alvaro Tertuliano da Silva and his brother in law Antonio Aurelio da Costa Ferreira. My grandather emigrated to US in 1920s and Antonio lived in Belem on mainland. BTW: there are some other pictures in this pile my brother has. One is of the Rua da Carreira and is titled "place we lived before moving to US" and another is "Cousin Damiao". Both pictures were taken in the early 1930s. We know that cousin Damiao was a Pestana because my Uncle Eugenio also had a picture of the same person and it was labeled Damiao Pestana. G-grandfather Pedro had a good friend Francisco Gomes Pestana who was a witness to his marriage and who lived near him on Rua de Conceicao. I have probably confused you thoroughly but I appreciate any help you can provide. Thank you Mary da Silva Frost