I'm a little slow in joining in, but here is my posting for the roll call: I am searching for both ancestors and descendents of: Alexandre de Agrella born in Arco da Calheta, Madeira in 1828. He died in the United Sates in 1879. The location is unknown. Because his oldest grandchild was born in New York City in 1882, that puts the family still in New York at the time of his death. He came to New York City on 4 Sep 1851 after having just been married in August in Funchal. His wife was Francisca Candida da Silva was from Funchal. By 1858 they had three boys, George, my grandfather, Jose and Joao. Family verbal history says that one my grandfather's brothers was killed in New York as a child being hit by a train. That is all I know about Jose and Joao. It is unknown if the other brother had children, but if he did I am searching for them. By the 1860 census, Alexandre de Agrella's name had become Alexander DeGrella. His military records with the U.S. Army during the American Civil War has his name as Alexander DeGrilla. Of the DeGrellas and DeGrillas that I have made contact with, we have not been able to establish any relationship but their ancestors all came from Madeira. David DeGrella Tennessee, USA