Actually the one name of my ancestor...that also shows up in Sao Martinho is Jacinto Alfonso (or Afonso if you prefer) And there are only 2 in the marriage database with this name...one being my "dead end" ancestor in Santo Antonio de Serra!!!. Cece -----Original Message----- From: Paulo Gomes Jardim [mailto:darwin@spamcop.net] Sent: Friday, March 25, 2005 10:16 PM To: cece@soccer4all.com; PRT-MADEIRA-L@rootsweb.com Subject: Re: [PRT-MADEIRA] Sao Martinho - 1902 marriage film? 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