Well, I have quite a lot of Nobregas in Santo Antonio de Serra (the majority of them are Martins de Nobregas)...none are direct ancestors. This was one of our first areas to research and we got a little carried away (kinda like I am in Porto da Cruz now!!!) Tell your cousin to give me a hollar if he/she is interested! Cece (my only ancestor Nobrega is an Apolonia Nobrega de Sousa from Canico in 1673) -----Original Message----- From: Paulo Gomes Jardim [mailto:darwin@spamcop.net] Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 9:50 PM To: PRT-MADEIRA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PRT-MADEIRA] Sao Martinho - 1902 marriage film? Cece, Would you be, perhaps, the person that is researching the Nobregas on Santo da Serra and Machico? If you are, I have a cousin that would probably be very, very interested... :) Paulo On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 21:12:28 -0600, Cece Camara <cece@soccer4all.com> wrote: > I know its a longshot...but I was wondering if any of you out there might > currently have this film out for loan... > and might be willing to do a lookup for me. > It is not an area I have any reason to research, except that I found one > of > my " very unusual" ancestor names > there that I would like to check out to see if there is any connection. > I would be more than willing to return the favor for anyone needing > anything > from "my" areas consisting of > Santa Cruz, Santo Antonio de Serra, Porto da Cruz, Canico and Santana! > Cece > > > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > -- " Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres." -- Horacio ============================== Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx

These Martins de Nobregas are the direct line of his maternal grand mother. I've not told him yet what I found on worldconnect - probably on your database - which will help him greatly as he's starting the genealogy of his mother side now, but I predict that he'll be delighed to know. :) These Nobregas were like rabbits, and in particular on Caniço there are hoards of them. If you are interested on that family there's a genealogy on NESOS. So, if it was not Nobrega that you were looking for on 1902, S. Martinho, could it be...Sarsfield? :) Paulo On Fri, 25 Mar 2005 22:07:44 -0600, Cece Camara <cece@soccer4all.com> wrote: > Well, I have quite a lot of Nobregas in Santo Antonio de Serra (the > majority > of them are Martins de Nobregas)...none are direct ancestors. > This was one of our first areas to research and we got a little carried > away > (kinda like I am in Porto da Cruz now!!!) > Tell your cousin to give me a hollar if he/she is interested! > Cece > (my only ancestor Nobrega is an Apolonia Nobrega de Sousa from Canico in > 1673) -- " Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres." -- Horacio