Because of my interest in genealogy, I received a book for Christmas I had not seen before. It is not a new book and if anyone else is interested in reading it - it is listed on www.addall.com <http://www.addall.com/> with prices ranging from $1.66 plus shipping. The book is called "The Grandees" America's Shepardic Elite by Stephen Birmingham. It has quite a few Portuguese names in it, among them Mendes, Cardozo, da`Silva, da Costa, de Fonseca, Pacheco, etc.. It states on the book cover "back in medieval Spain and Portugal, to which they trace their origins, the Sephardic Jews considered themselves the elite, "the nobility of Jewry. They still do." Has anyone on the list read this book?
I have not read it yet but intend to do so soon. It even mentions the Dutch in New York from which my husband descends. Thought I would pass this along to anyone else interested. "E" --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
