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Name: Melissa Wells Murphy <melissawelles@hotmail.com> Date: 2009-09-28 Comments:
always love to find another link to the past.....I am related to Paul Neff Wells, son of Friend and Fannie Wells of Mo....have LOTS of old photos, postcards, books etc.(even from Sistersville) from the Wells family.....Love new connections....Your work is exceptional...Good Job ! Thanks for putting it on the internet and available to all....great inspiration.....
Name: Jane Gutierrez <mannyjaneg@yahoo.com> Date: 2009-09-12 Comments:
Hi Bob,
I have been doing some digging & I found that my Dad's great-grandmother,whose maiden name was Justina Ferreria(smith)has on the death certificate John Smith & Frances Marks. I know that Justina was 100% Portuguese & was one of the exile families. I saw you had posted a picture of a Mrs. Marks from Springfield.What if any info do have on her or where you got it? Thanks, Jane
Name: Peter Reis <ptrrs196@gmail.com> Date: 2009-06-06 Comments:
Grandson of Jose Fernandes Reis. Thanks for new info.
Name: Herman Rodrigues <herman1717@gmail.com> Date: 2009-04-15 Comments:
Very interesting website. Thanks very much for the family tree charts which you sent me years ago concerning Rev Henrique Vieira.
Name: Friend Barton Wells <friendwells@earthlink.net> Date: 2009-03-23 Comments:
Great job of putting together this information on family and relatives Robert!
What a wonderful archive of the family that will allow our children and grandchildren to know what their ancestors did and how they made their way through life !
Beautiful Job Robert ! Thanks, Uncle Bart
Name: sarah yuska <sarahyuska@gmail.com> Date: 2009-03-19 Comments:
nice work Bob...I found it helping mom with a problem on her computer. The info was put together well. Would love to have you come to J'ville and visit sometime!
your cousin, Sarah
Name: GILMAR DE ARAUJO MARQUES <gilmardearaujo@terra.com.br> Date: 2009-01-26 Comments:
EXCELENTE O MATERIAL APRESENTADO PARA PESQUISADORES SOBRE A HISTORIA DOS EXILADOS DA MADEIRA.
Name: Bela Costa <Belacosta@yahoo.com> Date: 2009-01-22 Comments:
What a fantastic web site.I was extremely impressed with the amount and quality of the family pictures you have been able to gather.
I have just started to look for my ancesters also from Sao Martinho and Sao Pedro in Madeira.Surnames are Rodrigues, Texeira,Da Silva, Inacio,De Jesus, Andrade, De Freitas, Ferreira. Any help will be greatly appreciated.
Name: Jean Marie Wells <jmsouth@charter.net> Date: 2009-01-14 Comments:
Hello from your California cousin.
My son is working on a history project and we were all thrilled to come across your pages during his research.
Hope all is well with you and yours,
Jean
Name: David <officedoldwestbrookians(AT)gmail.com> Date: 2008-04-02 Comments:
I'm looking for the grave of Arthur Moss Foster (born 1866 in Selby, Yorkshire, UK) and died during the gold rush c. 1898 onwards. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Name: Brooke <brooke_foothill @yahoo.com> Date: 2008-03-19 Comments:
I'm looking for the parents of Mary Isabel Barton and her sister Clara Justine Barton, born in California (Mary I. in 1880 and Clara J. in 1894). Visited your site to see the Joseph Barton letters regarding the California Gold Rush. How wonderful that they were preserved! Thank you for sharing them.
Name: Melissa Heilman <fuelr57@comcast.net> Date: 2007-11-11 Comments:
My family is the Rodrick/Rodrigues/DeFrates families from Jacksonville, Illinois. Looking to connect with some of them.
Name: Paula Fernandes <paulamffernandes@gmail.com> Date: 2007-06-22 Comments:
Happy to find yet another site of Portugues ancestors. However, I am still faced with brick wall after brick wall.
Just wondering if you can share anything on the name....
Trachimus found on one of my documents. Do you know what this is in English?
Paula
Name: Loren Thomas (Tom) DeFreitas II <tomdefreitas@aol.com> Date: 2007-04-16 Comments:
I was born (1945)and raised in Jacksonville Ill. I went to the Northminster Presbyterian Church until I went into the Army in 1963. I attended the closing ceremony of the Northminster Presbyterian Church and purchased the Biography "The Wolf from Scotland". I have developed a great interest in the history of my ancestors.
Name: Janis Menefee <Jmene811@aol.com> Date: 2007-03-21 Comments:
Ran across your website while researching my family history. My grandmother was Katherine Rose Ornellos born 10/20/1886 in Jacksonville, IL. Her father was Antonio Francisco De Ornellos born 8/5/1845 in Medeira, Portugal near Funchal. Her mother was Caroline "Carrie" "Escorse" Scott born 11/5/1851 in Jacksonville, IL. Antonio's father was Francisco De Ornellas born in Madeira and his mother was Luvew or Lucelia Olliver also born in Madeira. Caroline Scorse Scott's parents were Joseph Escorse born 1/15/1816 in Madiera and her mother was Justina Vieira born in Madiera. Both of these died in Jacksonville. I'm unsure when my grandfather Antonio De Ornellos came to Jacksonville. I do know that they were Prebsyterian. I have found the history of the Portugese community that settled in Jacksonville, IL very interesting.
Name: mark <mark_m95482@yahoo.com> Date: 2007-03-18 Comments:
Thank You for sharing this interesting historical information.
Mark - sacramento CA
Name: Margaret S Palma <palmax@pacbell.net> Date: 2007-03-13 Comments:
I am a decendant of the Fernandes/Soares family from Springfield. They went on to Hawaii to start the Central Christian church in Honolulu. I'm on vacation now, but when I get home I will follow up on this connection.
Margaret
Name: Manfred Nothnagel <nothnagel@schloss-altenstein.de> Date: 2007-02-10 Comments:
Thank you Bob for the very good website`s. I have set an link to you on the german Website "http://www.schloss-altenstein.de".
I will visit you again.
Manfred Nothnagel
Germany, Thuringia
Name: ilhigna <ilhigna@yahoo.fr> Date: 2007-01-18 Comments:
Je tenais à vous féléciter pour votre site que je trouve très intéressant.
A bientôt.
http://spaces.msn.com/archipeldemadere/
Name: Terri Neff <t_neff@slpc.com> Date: 2006-09-02 Comments:
thanks for the information
Name: pete <zoie-zo@hotmail.com> Date: 2006-07-31 Comments:
Thanks for the maps of the trail and river around Dawson, Lake Linderman, Whitehorse, Bennett etc! I have over 100 letters between my grandmother and grandfather,1899-1900 and later in 1914 to my great grandmother. My grandfather and his brothers, N.P.Shaw and Bros., supplied meats to the goldminers..your great grandfather?..out of Skagway, Bennett City & Dawson. As I read and transcribe the letters for my family I look up historical info and maps to support our history. I am so grateful for your addtion.....
Name: Lorraine Hess <lorraine_hess@yahoo.com> Date: 2006-03-17 Comments:
A wealth of information lies therein regarding the Madeira exiles who came to Jacksonville, IL.
Name: Maycoln <maycolnpfarias@ig.com.br> Date: 2006-02-12 Comments:
This page is very good. Congratulations. <br> <br>Maycoln
Name: Sharon Kramel <skramel@iland.net> Date: 2005-12-07 Comments:
You have an absolutely breath taking site. I descend from Joseph Bartons daughter, Xemenia. She was my great grandmother. What a valuable insight to this family. I would love to have a copy of Adeline Reiffs picture.
Sharon Kramel
Name: William Greene <Greenco60@Hotmail.com> Date: 2005-07-16 Comments:
Do you have the referecnc to an article written by Dr.Joanne Ferreira ,Lecturer, Linguistics Dept,University of the West Indies on Madeira exiles.Most likely refers to
migration to the West Indies and South America.
Bill Greene
Name: Rita Faye Barton Krieger <ritafayei@yahoo.com> Date: 2005-01-30 Comments:
Hope to find a link on the Barton line. My direct line is Isaac Barton Killoeclaire Ireland. The line starts in America in Maryland,Tennessee,Missouri,Texas, New Mexico, Arizona and California.Who know's?
Name: Dford347@optonline.net <Darlene Ford> Date: 2004-11-29 Comments:
I was very impressed and learned quite a bit, and am now very interested in finding my own ancestors. Emily Fraites and William Gomes
Name: Telma Conde <telma_conde@sapo.pt> Date: 2004-11-19 Comments:
Hello,
I'm portuguese, I live in Lisboa. Yesterday, 18th November, I saw on the TV, in one of our public TV Channel RTP1, a movie made in 2002 with Mr. David Ferreira searching for is family history. It was very touching. I hope Mr. Ferreira that since 2002 you've found more things about your relatives. Madeira is a very beautiful island.
Yours Faithfully,
Telma
Name: Cassia <nahara@urbi.com.br> Date: 2004-11-01 Comments:
O site estß ótimo. Parabéns
Se quiser dê uma olhadinha no site sobre a vida de Robert Rei Kalley - http://www.robertreidkalley.hpg.ig.com.br
Name: Betty <betbrooks@centurytel.net> Date: 2004-07-12 Comments:
Great site, How fortunate you are is having all of the photos, letters and family information.
All of the Montgomery County names are very familar to me.
I found your site while searching for the Barton Family of Audrain and Montgomery Counties-for a cousin of yours-descended through Joseph's brother.
Private email will follow this message
Thanks
Betty
Name: Glenda Bell <fisherbell@comcast.net> Date: 2004-07-02 Comments:
Thank you so very much.I am searching for additional material about Martha Jane Canay(Cannary) (Calamity Jane) The Yukon Nuggett, local Dawson City newspaper,indicates that Calamity was there on 23 June 1889.With 12,000+/-people in Dawson, coming across Calamity would have been remote.Her brother Cilus (Silas) may have gone north, also.Thanks again for this wonderful site. Glenda Bell (ps I grew up in Bates & Cass counties, Missouri.Family name was Wirt)
Name: Jeff Heigh <jeff57x75@netscape.net> Date: 2004-03-22 Comments:
Your site really helped me with my History Day project! Thanks a lot!
Name: Douglas DeFrates <dukes1842@aol.com> Date: 2004-02-13 Comments:
A descendant of the Madeira / Jacksonville Portuguese....
Name: Patricia Fultz <okiepatz@hotmail.com> Date: 2004-01-13 Comments:
I am trying to find out about my gggrandfather's enterprise in the Yukon......he built small one-room cabins that he put on skids, and sold them to the miners. His name was Eugene Maynard Bradley, and was a cousin of Omar Bradley. Any help would be appreciated....There was supposed to be a murder of someone who insulted one of his daughters.......Thanks, Pat
Name: judy young <henryjudy@prtcnet.com> Date: 2003-12-29 Comments:
just looking for old friends
Name: Catherine <TuffStuffBand@wmconnect.com> Date: 2003-12-15 Comments:
this site was a BIG help 4 me! Thanx!
Name: Mapel Erin <TuffStuffBand@wmconnect.com> Date: 2003-12-15 Comments:
give us info about jourinls.
Name: Catherine <TuffStuffBand@wmconnect.com> Date: 2003-12-12 Comments:
COOLL!
Name: Adrianna Winnne <conyea@msn.com> Date: 2003-11-10 Comments:
Your web site is very wierd and also confusing. I think that you need to add more stuff about you to the web site. You need to add stories about your self to the web site instead of having people go to theses places and looking at it and having no clue at all what you are like and when/where you where born.All I'm saying is that you need to add more stories to the web site then it would be a better web site.
Name: khan <roshan2002usin@yahoo.com> Date: 2003-09-30 Comments:
great web,good coloring,i like this design
regards khan
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Name: Stella <calioh001@hawaii.rr.com> Date: 2003-09-29 Comments:
My Great-grandparents Ferreira, Dias, arrived here in Hawaii 4 April 1898 from Portugal, if anyone is interest please email me. Also looking for relatives in Portugal by the last name Raposa (za) I have no history on my grandmother only know that she is found Portugual her name Virginia Raposa and her mother was Antonia thats all I got, she married my grandfather who is John Baker, I am not even sure where he is found. Anyone with info pls contact me, Mahalo. Aloha Stel
Name: Sharon Emig <Sharon3644@aol.com> Date: 2003-08-10 Comments:
HI..I have been searching the web for some info on a bottle of wine my father found at an estate sale. This is what the label says.....BLACKBURN MADEIRA....1822...ORIGINAL SHARK.....if you can give me any info or value of the wine I would appreciate it...Thanks..Sharon Emig, Dallastown PA...717-246-7050...Sharon3644@aol.com
Name: Mary Beth Gregory <XxLadyBethxX@aol.com> Date: 2003-07-22 Comments:
I am a direct descendant directly from Jacksonville, Il. Daughter of Janet Fernandes & Richard Gregory, Grand daughter of Lester Fernandes & Ruth Roberts Fernandes.... GREAT SITE
Thank you
Name: DiazFam@cfl.rr.com <ldiaz4@cfl.rr.com> Date: 2003-07-02 Comments:
Hello to all, My name is Roger Diaz and I am from Trinidad w.i. I am a desendant of the Portuguese exiles who came to Trinidad in 1840's.I desended from the De Castro's,De souza's and the Franco's.I grew up attending the Saint Anns Church of Scotland .This church was built by the Portuguese exiles,some of which would later migrate to Illinois.My heritage is of great interest to me and I would like very much to know more about my people.I look forward to making contact . Faithfully yours Roger.
Name: Don Barton <jfink@san.rr.com> Date: 2003-03-25 Comments:
Thats a great website,would expect nothing less from a Barton. I am from the Edward Barton line and particpated in the recent DNA. Good luck to you.
Name: David W. CLAIR <dwclair@yahoo.com> Date: 2002-10-14 Comments:
Thanks for the view of your fine site.
David
Name: Brian Stephans <bstephans@aol.com> Date: 2002-09-10 Comments:
Hi...
Enjoyed your site. My grandparents were John V. and Rosaline Vieira Rabbitt who immigrated fom Madeira and lived the rest of their lives on the south-east side of Springfield, IL. If you know them, or their ancestry, I would love to hear from you.
Name: John H de Bye <something> Date: 2002-07-13 Comments:
Nice page. Lots of info. Liked it.
Regards
Name: Fernando José Lopes Borges <fborges@petrobras.com.br> Date: 2002-05-12 Comments:
Very Interesting!
I adore it a lot!
Name: Lori Day Beyer <beyerl1@insightbb.com> Date: 2002-04-24 Comments:
Wonderful information ! Thank you for taking the time to make it available !
Name: Melissa DeFrates <dfrtsgrls3@AOL.COM> Date: 2002-03-13 Comments:
i AM SO HAPPY TO FINALLY FIND SOME OF MY ANCESTORS. I AM OF THE RODRIGUES CLAN. MY GREAT-GRANDMOTHER WAS SARAH RODRIGUES BORN ON APRI 20, 1886. HER FATHER WAS JOSEPH RODRIGUES BORN ON AUGUST 18, 1853. HOPEFULLY I CAN GET SOME MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THEM. THANK YOU SO VERY MUCH.
Name: Jose Luis Abreu Santos <joseluis@netmadeira.com> Date: 2001-12-11 Comments:
Thanks again for this great site
I have learnd a lot with you
Thanks again
And i is anything i can help here in Madeira..count on me.
Abraços
Jose Luis
Name: Daniel Lee Aguar <asappost@hotmail.com> Date: 2001-11-26 Comments:
Aguar-Aguiar/ grandfather Frank D'Aguar grandmother Rose Ornellas father Charles Edwin Aguar mother Berdeana Benson. Athens, Georgia.
Name: Nicholas K. <imnk@sapo.pt> Date: 2001-11-25 Comments:
Church Organist
Name: Joseph Medeiros-Gonsalves <jgonsalves@servolift.com> Date: 2001-08-14 Comments:
I found your website to be very informative. I spent 3 weeks on Madeira (my first trip) last May for the Flower Festival.,met cousins I never knew existed. We're planning another trip back ni Sept. 2002 for the Wine Festival.
Thank you for putting this info together on this site.,happy I came across it.
Name: John Scrivner <john_scrivner@hotmail.com> Date: 2001-08-04 Comments:
Infomation about emigration of residents to Jersey would be most welcome.
Name: bernard gouveia <honorg@saltspring.com> Date: 2001-07-01 Comments:
fantastic mine of history related to my ancestors
Name: Maria de Lourdes Rodrigues <maria@pinebank.net> Date: 2001-06-20 Comments:
I have enjoyed your research guide on Madeira Portugal
Name: jf andrews <jfbaldy@san.rr.com> Date: 2001-06-16 Comments:
µy paternal grandfather was Frank Andrews believe his
portugese name was anddrade as he was born on
the island of Maderia, MPaternalgrandmother was the daughter ofsanders and mary {batisto} Nunes lboth
born in Maderia Frank Andrews had two sons,my
grandfather ,Hwiston,and Benjamin. I have been
unable to find any ancestors of Benjamin.
Name: Amanda Willing <Vashoz@aol.com> Date: 2001-06-05 Comments:
A neat web site
Name: Harry Stein <SteinHE@aol.com> Date: 2001-05-15 Comments:
Hello,
Just cruised you site and thought you might like to add a link to my site from your site -- anothr group of exiles from Portugal.
Sephardim.com located at http://www.sephardim.com may be of interest to you and your viewers. Sephardim.com is a research tool for Sephardic/Jewish/Iberian genealogy. Thousands of Sephardic names with points of reference for each name. Also Sephardic heraldry, history, music and links. Thank you for your consideration.
Harry
Name: Patricia Julia da Silva Se Corbera <papagaia@inreach.com> Date: 2001-03-31 Comments:
Dear Primo Bob,
Your website is a fountain of information honoring our Madeiran ancestry... Thank You for sharing so freely!
Prima Pat
aka: papagaia
www.geocities.com/papagaia2
Your prima via the Drummonds of Scotland and Madeira
Name: David C. Ferreira <ferreira@mnstate.edu> Date: 2001-02-20 Comments:
In my excitement last night, I signed off as a grandson but
of course am Manuel Ferreira's great-grandson; son of Howard
Homer Ferreira, son of Homer Ferreira, son of Manuel Ferreira of Madeira-Trinidad-Waverly, Illinois. Thanks for all you have done!!!!
-David
Name: David Charles Ferreira <ferreiradc@aol.com> Date: 2001-02-19 Comments:
Thank you for your work! I have spent more than an hour upon discovering your website and have cried much of the time. Our family has only one copy of the Madeira exiles
book which is extremely worn. Thank you for making it available. - - grandson of Manuel Ferreira, Madeira exile.
Name: Kathy Davis <KDavis5065@aol.com> Date: 2000-11-08 Comments:
This is so great Bob! We're just getting started at school now, with a little background research on the Klondike Gold Rush and tying it in with the theme of "Frontiers in History: People, Places, Ideas." Just got 4 computers with Internet access up and running in my room - so kids will be logging on now too! (at home too, I would guess) Bye - and thanks so much. Will keep you posted! Kathy
Name: Joan Coraor <jcoraor@uplink.net> Date: 2000-11-05 Comments:
Wow Bob! You've really got a lot of information on your site! I think you're arranged it creatively, too. I've just started reading it. I'll have to do a little each night because there's so much. I'm impressed with you web-knowledge. Thanks for sending us the info....I'll keep reading.........Joni
Name: Matt Wells (Son of Joe Wells) <mattanddebi@yahoo.com> Date: 2000-10-30 Comments:
Proud to be apart of a family with such awesome history.
The Web site looks great!
Name: Uncle Joe <wells_ia@netzero.net> Date: 2000-10-30 Comments:
Thanks Bob, great job,
Name: SQ <Brentana@aol.com> Date: 2000-10-28 Comments:
Dear Klondike: Love your web page...will bookmark it for future reference. SQ