Cece, I believe you'll be interested in knowing that the Stº António AFONSO family (the one that come from the singer, I believe) were (still are?) rich owners of large properties on Santo da Serra, and it seems that at some point that family has lived there. This is what my mother, who knows them, has told me. These are almost certainly your Afonsos, since that surname was very rare on that specific parish of Santo da Serra. You may be interested in reading the title "Afonsos de Stº António" on "Famílias da Madeira e do Porto Santo" which, I believe, deals with them. Paulo -- " Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres." -- Horacio