My Silva heritage goes from Calif, to Fall River, to Rio de Janeiro, to Lisbon or Silvas, Portugal. I believe in the district of Alderete. The name Silva comes from a knight and his lands bequeathed by a king. There were also a couple of spanish kings with the surname of Silva. I believe the town of Silvas, located in the SE part of Portugal was that land. I passed through it about 12 years ago and saw a large bronze statue of a knight in the middle of the town that looked just like my brother. Anyway I got my oldest information from the Historical Research Center. Good luck.
Barbara T. --- On Fri, 2/11/11, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: From: Cheri Mello <[email protected]> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Silva, Viera, Silveira in Gloucester, Massachusetts To: "Azores Genealogy" <[email protected]> Date: Friday, February 11, 2011, 8:59 AM Repost for Tina tinaparks at gwi.net Is there anyone out there researching Gloucester, Mass, immigrants from the azores like I am? My ancestors are Silvas, Vieras (Faial), and Silveiras (from Pico). I find it very hard to get any records before they got to the US. Can anyone help? -- 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." -- 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."
