Correia is very prevalent in Sao Miguel and in some other Azorean islands. Since you are looking for people before or about 1600, then you will have to look to published books such as the one mentioned by Manuel Furtado- that is Rodrigo Rodrigues. I must admit, for such a small island, I am impressed at the number of cultural works published in and about Madeira. JR ----- Original Message ----- From: "Paulo Gomes Jardim" <darwin@spamcop.net> To: <PRT-MADEIRA-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, March 26, 2005 4:33 PM Subject: Re: [PRT-MADEIRA] ordering copies?? > Julie, > > Do you know how common was this Correia surname on S.Miguel, Açores at the > time? > If it was as common as in Madeira? > > Paulo > > On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 15:33:06 EST, <BlueGoose6@aol.com> wrote: > >> Although the time frame would be about right. Her parents were married >> around 1540. >> Julie > > > > -- > " 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 >

Thanks John! That's what I feared. The Correia surname was also very widespread in Madeira already on early times. I'll consider purshasing some books on the Azorean families in teh future, as I'm finding a fair number of lines going there. There is a VERY interesting book on the Terceira families due to be published next December. The authors are Jorge Forjaz and António de Ornelas Mendes. However, with a price of 350 Euro, it's out of my budget, at least for now. But I'll ask the Museum if they are interested in acquiring it. [BTW, what do you mean with "small island"? We have more people here that all the 9 Azorean islands combined. ;)] Paulo On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:23:54 -0500, John Roias <jroias@rogers.com> wrote: > Correia is very prevalent in Sao Miguel and in some other Azorean > islands. Since you are looking for people before or about 1600, then you > will have to look to published books such as the one mentioned by Manuel > Furtado- that is Rodrigo Rodrigues. > I must admit, for such a small island, I am impressed at the number of > cultural works published in and about Madeira. > JR -- " Pallida mors aequo pulsat pede pauperum tabernas regumque turres." -- Horacio