If you want to try using the family search site go to: www.FamilySearch.org <http://www.familysearch.org/> and scroll down to "search the catalogue". Select the "records" search. Unlike the Madeira archives, the name search does not require using the Portuguese accents on letters. As you already heard, the site is incomplete and some of the data is not entirely accurate. But- it will give you a place to start. God bless and welcome to the list. Mary da Silva Frost