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Date: October 6, 2005
Name: Renata Porcu (Spijkenisse, Holland)
E-Mail: r_porcu@hotmail.com
Comments: Hi, I just found out very recently that the name of my great-grandmother was Louise Charlotte Mendes da Costa, I wanted to obtain more information about the history of my family, so I was clicking on the internet and then I found this site. My great-grandmother lived most part of her live in the Dutch Indies and she was married with my great-grandfather Andre Willemse, they had 4 children, one of them was my grandmother, Astrid Willemse, who was born in 1914. Could I be related? P.S. If this is interesting and you want more information, please let me know. Greetings, Renata Porcu

Date: July 14, 2005
Name: Michael Mocatta (London, UK)
E-Mail: michael@mocatta.org
Comments: Hi there, the Mocattas and Mendes da Costas of the UK certainly intermarried. My branch of the family is connected both as a Mocatta and as a De Mattos. I look forward to your uploading the relevant parts of your family trees - and wish you the best of luck with this fascinating undertaking. Kind regards, Michael Mocatta

Date: May 10, 2005
Name: Martin Lomas (Toronto, Ontario, Canada)
E-Mail: martin@treeshare.com
Comments: Well, you have a beautiful site here. I'm all over the place looking for inspiration for presenting family history, and your site is one of the nicest I've seen. The orange/grey/white theme really works. Martin Lomas. www.treeshare.com

Date: April 28, 2005
Name: Philip Mendes da Costa (Surrey, United Kingdom)
E-Mail: mendac@lycos.co.uk
Comments: Armand, this is a wonderful website. I am happy for you to add me to your list of contacts. Please contact me if you want any more details.

Date: November 14, 2004
Name: Tracey (Brighton, England)
E-Mail: rologirl@tiscali.co.uk
Comments: Hello there, my great-grandmother was a Mendes da Costa - please see my previous entry in the guestbook offering to share details of wills. I recently visisted the archives in Amsterdam to complete some further research. Anyone interested in sharing the information please contact me. Population records for Amsterdam MDCs 1851-1853, birth records 1736-1811, marriage records and burial records. Take care, Trace

Date: November 7, 2004
Name: Samantha Mendes da Costa (Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA)
E-Mail: sammdc@aol.com
Comments: I know, I know, I've already signed the guest list, but this is the only way to keep in touch with some of my relatives, Lots of love to all of them. Sam-Sam

Date: November 6, 2004
Name: Arlindo Vieira da Costa (Porto, Portugal)
E-Mail: arlindo_vieira_costa@hotmail.com
Comments: Hi. I was researching my surname's history on the net and found your site. Excellent. I'm a 32-year-old living in Porto. I was born in South Africa to Manuel Nunes da Costa and Maria de Fatima Vieira, both who are from Madeira, my dad who was born in Ponta do Pargo (Amparo) and my mother born in São Vicente. Regards, Arlindo Vieira da Costa

Date: October 15, 2004
Name: Camilo Mendes da Costa (Belo Horizonte, Brazil)
E-Mail: camiliane@bol.com.br
Comments: Hi Armand, I was very happy in discovering this site. My name is Camilo Mendes da Costa. I live in Belo Horizonte, in Brazil. I come from a big family. I have 9 more brothers (3 men and 6 women), all "Mendes da Costa." About my family, I know that my grandmother's father and his wife (I don't know their correct names) came from Portugal. They had a son (my grandfather), José Mendes da Costa. He got married with Maria Alexandrina Mendes da Costa (my grandmother) and they had 3 children: Jair Mendes da Costa (my father), Jacy Mendes da Costa and Zaira Mendes da Costa. My Uncle Jacy had 8 children: Jacy, Fátima, Aparecida, Marcos, Cilamara (died), Vilma, Simone and Cláudia (all Mendes da Costa). My Aunt Zaira (died) had 6 children: João Bosco, Angelo, Osvaldo, José, Elaine and Ivan (all Gamaliel Pinto - not Mendes da Costa). My Father Jair (died) had 10 children: Maria Auxiliadora Mendes da Costa, Neide Mendes da Costa, Maria Perpétua Mendes da Costa, José Mendes da Costa Neto, Camilo Mendes da Costa (me), Rosária Mendes da Costa, Marcelina Mendes da Costa, Jesus Mendes da Costa, Ercília Mendes da Costa, Eduardo Mendes da Costa. All my family were born in the city of São Jõao del Rei, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil. Most of them still live there. I would like to establish contact with you. Looking forward to hearing from you soon. Best regards, Camilo Mendes da Costa

Date: October 15, 2004
Name: R.G. Mendes da Costa (Barendrecht, Holland)
E-Mail: r.l.mendesdacosta@wanadoo.nl
Comments: Hello, I am a son of Paul Mendes Da Costa and Emma van Vliet. My sister Esther Mendes da Costa live also in Holland but her city is Arnhem.

Date: September 27, 2004
Name: Ricardo DaCosta (Toronto, Canada)
E-Mail: mrhdacosta@yahoo.com
Comments: Greetings from a DaCosta in Canada. My father, Francisco, immigrated to Toronto in the early '70s and has since returned to retire in Portugal. If anyone has any further information on the origin of my surname, please let me know.

Date: August 23, 2004
Name: Elizabeth Da Costa (Sydney, NSW, Australia)
E-Mail: rodriguesherbs@msn.com
Comments: Hi, just found your site when researching my surname DA COSTA. As far back as I've been able to find so far it goes back to my great-great-grandfather who was Da Costa and was the owner of 'a fundicao de oeiras' in Lisbon Portugal. My great-grandfather Jose Santos Da Costa was the youngest of his children and was a political activist who landed himself in trouble often. He moved with his wife and identical twin daughters to the south of Portugal (Olhao). My grandmother Liberdade (Ilda) Santos Da Costa married Joaquim Miguel and they had 6 children. My father (the eldest) Angelino Da Costa Miguel b.1937 (in Sydney, Australia), Joaquim Da Costa Miguel (in Olhao, Portugal), Lucilia Da Costa Miguel (in France), Floriana Da Costa Miguel (in Olhao), Florbela Da Costa Miguel (in New Bedford, MA, USA) and Americo Da Costa Miguel (in Olhao, Portugal). I don't know if we are from the same Da Costa family but I would be interested if you find a link. Great site you have.

Date: August 21, 2004
Name: Stella Pope (Melbourne, Australia)
E-Mail: st_ell_a1111@yahoo.com
Comments: Dear Sir, I have always been interested in my family name and its origins. My name is Stella DACOSTA, my father was John Alfred Gomez DaCosta, born 1915, died 1961, his father was Daniel Gomez DaCosta, born 1893, died 1949, and his father was Abraham Alfred DaCosta, born 1871, died 1917, married a Moss. His father was Alfred Abraham DaCosta. And he married a Levy. Do you think there may be a connection? I was told by a relative that there is a Jewish connection. Your site is a credit to you. It's brillant. Hope there is a link. It would be a dream come true. Regards, Stella

Date: August 20, 2004
Name: Nathan Correia Mendes (Eureka, California, USA)
E-Mail: lcs131@frontiernet.net
Comments: Cool site. My father is Rodney CORREIA MENDES, his father is Manuel Correia Mendes, who has a brother named Frank.

Date: August 17, 2004
Name: Martin Epstein (Louisville, Kentucky, USA)
E-Mail: meepstein@aol.com
Comments: Trying to find a connection between the BENVENISTE family and the EPSTEIN family. Two Benveniste brothers left Portugal during the Inquisition and headed east. One brother went to Hungary and changed the name to Horowitz and the other brother took his group and went to Germany changing the name to Epstein. The above info is apparently true but we are trying to connect our Epstein family to the Benvenistes.

Date: August 11, 2004
Name: Leen van der Meer (Rijswijk, Zuid-Holland, Nederland)
E-Mail: meer01@planet.nl
Comments: Schitterende uitvoering!

Date: July 29, 2004
Name: Andre Cybulski (Eindhoven, Holland)
E-Mail: See link below
Comments: Hello, very nice website and beautiful design! I am trying to track back the history of the Cybulski family and other related families all around the world. My special interest goes to Kresy Wschodnie of Poland. Please go to my website http://cybulski.webalias.com and use "Contact" link there to message me. I am looking for the information about the following surnames: CYBULSKI, URBANOWICZ, ZARCZYNSKI, BAGINSKI, SLOWINSKI, BURZYNSKI, ADASZYNSKA, ZYGADLO, PLOMINSKI, KRZYSZTOFIAK and any others related to Cybulski. I will be grateful to receive any help. Regards, Andre

Date: July 3, 2004
Name: Abigail Lewis (United Kingdom)
E-Mail: abigail@benenden.kent.sch.uk
Comments: Hi! My name is Abigail. A member of my family recently went through our family tree, and my father was reading me through a list of names that appeared on the family list. On the list was 'Mendes De Costa' - Lewis may not be on the family surname links, but I do know that our old surname was Komornik. (I dont know if it is on the same side as Mendes de Costa.) Anyhow, it is nice to see a site with some of my ancestors on it. Thanks, Abigail.

Date: May 31, 2004
Name: Shawn (Oregon, USA)
E-Mail: family-hunter@quillspirit.com
Comments: Great site! I would like to extend an invitation to my new forum at http://quillspirit.net/forum/. Hope to see you soon! :)

Date: May 13, 2004
Name: David Marcoval (Vinaròs, Castellon, Spain)
E-Mail: dmarcoval@eresmas.com
Comments: Many thanks for this site. I hope it can help to find someone very appreciated by me. This person is called Judy Mendes da Costa from Twickenham, London. She was living in Alcocebre, a little village next to the Mediterranean coast. Her job was aerobics trainer and the only thing I know about Judy is that she left Europe to live in the USA. Please, if anyone knows anything about this friend of mine, feel free to contact me. All the best.

Date: May 11, 2004
Name: David de la Penha (Holland)
E-Mail: david.h.de.la.penha@wxs.nl
Website: David Hijman de la Penha's Genealogie Site
Comments: I am working on the family LOPES CARDOZO and VIEIJRA.

Date: March 13, 2004
Name: Martijn Gnirrep (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
E-Mail: m.gnirrep@speed.a2000.nl
Comments: Hi, I am looking for the children/grandchildren of sculptor J. Mendes da Costa as I have to ask their permission to publish photographs of several statues he made. The publication is a special CD-ROM where Amsterdam Centre has been made virtual. One can walk any route through town by photograph. Many photographs have extra info attached, sometimes additional pictures with details of those buildings. In the case of J. Mendes da Costa, the sculptures at Damrak 28-30, building "Insurance Company Utrecht" which has 5 statues on the wall. The statues are also shown at the official site of Amsterdam Heritage, but only on a Dutch page:
http://www.bma.amsterdam.nl/adam/nl/msp/deutrecht.html
If the heir of J. Mendes da Costa has an email address I can send the images I made for approval. With regards, Martijn Gnirrep

Reply: Joseph Mendes da Costa died childless. Photographs of several statues he made are held at a museum dedicated to his sculptures (in Otterlooschezand, east of Utrecht). Anyone can visit and buy photos of his work. Individual photos of some of his work and of himself can also be obtained from the Centraal Bureau voor Genealogie in The Hague (next to Centraal Railway Station). Having said that, I can't imagine that there is any reason why you cannot publish personal photos taken of any sculpture available for public viewing. ~ Webmaster

Date: February 3, 2004
Name: Reg Mendes da Costa (West Hill, Ottery St Mary, Devon, England)
E-Mail: megger@tinyworld.co.uk
Comments: Later this year, my wife Meg and I hope to visit TRANCOSO, Portugal. I understand from communications from Armand (via my Father, David) that this town is as far back as his genealogical searches have gone. Any suggestions of places to visit in the town and/or surrounding area, will be very much appreciated. Reg

Date: February 3, 2004
Name: Patrick (Malacca, Malaysia)
E-Mail: ddssb@pd.jaring.my
Comments: I am interested in Portuguese history of Asia, in particular that related to the descendants (creole/mesticos) from Malacca taken by the Dutch to Indonesia, including those who fled from Malacca to Indonesia. The Malacca Portuguese taken as slaves to Indonesia lived at Jugu, Jakarta, who later converted to the Dutch religion and were set free. There are also similar people in Malacca who speak a Creole Portuguese language and celebrate certain Portuguese traditions. My interest is purely of a sentimental and historical purpose. Thank you, Patrick

Date: December 22, 2003
Name: Samantha Maria Mendes da Costa (Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA)
E-Mail: sammdc@aol.com
Comments: I never knew there were so many Mendes da Costas in the world!

Date: December 19, 2003
Name: Damien B. D. Mendes da Costa (Murfreesboro, Tennessee, USA)
E-Mail: mendesdc@aol.com
Comments: Hi, never noticed your site before and don't know too many Mendes da Costas. Feel free to contact me if you'd like, I am from England, imigrated to the States in 1982.

Date: December 6, 2003
Name: Pamela Smith (Owasso, Oklahoma, USA)
E-Mail: pamelars2@prodigy.net
Comments: I noticed your Sam Fletcher and Anna Fletcher. I would like to know where your Sam and Anna were from. My grandparents were Samuel Eli Fletcher b: 1861 and he married Anna Evelyn Chasteen b: 1882 Arkansas. Do you think that your Sam and Anna are the same as mine? Thank you, Pam

Date: November 10, 2003
Name: Dave Gout (Nederland)
E-Mail: dhgout@freeler.nl
Comments: Dag neef en nicht, een paar weken geleden was ik op bezoek bij jullie vader, voor mij oom Armand. Het was een heel gezellig samenzijn. We wisselden gegevens uit en ik beloofde een aantal fotokopieen te sturen. Waar kan ik die heen sturen? Oom Armand reageert niet op berichten die ik naar zijn e-mailadres stuur. Hartelijke groeten, Dave Gout

Date: November 6, 2003
Name: Tracey Evans (Brighton, England)
E-Mail: rologirl@tiscali.co.uk
Comments: Hello there - my great-grandmother was a Mendes Da Costa and I am currently researching the family tree - and the history of the Bevis Marks Synagogue. I would love to discover how the two branches of the MDC's connect. I have downloaded quite a few wills from a great online site - and would happily share the information with anyone interested - takes a bit of reading though. Take care - Trace

Date: Sun, October 19, 2003
Name: Paulo Alexandre da Costa Mendes (Uckfeild, E.Sussex, England)
E-Mail: paulodamendes1959@hotmail.co.uk
Comments: Hi, great site. Any relation between da Costa Mendes and Mendes da Costa?

Date: Wed, October 15, 2003
Name: Elisheva (London, England)
E-Mail: jmblaikie@yahoo.co.uk
Comments: My father's father's mother's mother's father's mother's mother was Sarah Mendez da Costa (c. 1742-1763), daughter of Moses Mendez da Costa (c. 1719-1756; son of Jacob Mendez da Costa), and Rebecca Salvador. Rebecca Salvador's mother was Rachel Mendez da Costa, daughter of another Moses Mendez da Costa, and Rebecca married Francis Salvador, son of Joseph Salvador of Amsterdam. How do you fit in with our family? Have you any further details on these people? Can you go back any further? Do you know who Rachel Mendez da Costa's mother was? I look forward to hearing from you. Yours sincerely, Elisheva.

Date: Tue, October 14, 2003
Name: Michele Da Costa (Milan, Italy)
E-Mail: micheledacosta@insigna.com
Comments: Hi everybody, I was looking for my genealogy and I reached your web site. It's pretty nice, good work! I would like to know if there are some connections between your family and mine. Could you please give me some information about? I thank you very much in advance. Ciao to every "Da Costa" in the world! Michele Da Costa, Milano - Italia

Date: Tue, September 23, 2003
Name: Phillip Charles Peter Belinfante (9870s Florence S Jordan Utah USA 84095)
E-Mail: belinfante@hotmail.com
Comments: Greetings, have found your site, so we are distantly related, as you know your name is in my Belinfante genealogy. I have some fine records, email if I can be of any help. Regards, Phil

Date: Fri, September 12, 2003
Name: Manuel Da Costa CABRAL (Guarda, Portugal)
E-Mail: holidaysHomes@hotmail.com
Comments: Regards from Portugal

Date: Wed, August 27, 2003
Name: Alain Farhi (Singapore)
E-Mail: webmaster@farhi.org
Comments: Webmaster - I visited your site, and loved it. Since I have a few of your ancestors on my site, I will make a link to yours. Alain

Date: Thu, August 14, 2003
Name: Christopher Stewart Davis (Bedhampton, Havant, UK)
E-Mail: csd@hoplane.fsnet.co.uk
Comments: My father had a great uncle called da Costa and my sister and I are trying to trace the connection. He was a stockbroker and had some connection with the Brazilian embassy according to my father. I intend to examine in greater detail your very interesting and deeply fascinating website.

Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2003
Name: Yael Fletcher (London, England)
E-Mail: shoppingsister@hotmail.com
Comments: Hello everybody, Julia (who helped with info for this site) was my grandmother. My dad (Victor) and I recently met our cousin Jane Mendes da Costa (granddaughter of Isaac, Julia's brother) for the first time! Look forward to hearing from other family members!

Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2003
Name: Jacqueline W. Schick (Damascus, MD, USA)
E-Mail: lyding@mac.com
Comments: Nice website.

Date: Sat, 19 Jul 2003
Name: Jonathan (Lancashire, England)
E-Mail: jonnypaulrose@hotmail.com
Comments: I also am looking up family history, my great-grandmother was a DA COSTA and married an Englishman, Daniel ROSENTHAL. They had about six children, one of which was my grandfather Lionel ROSENTHAL, and they originated from London. But I'm trying to find out if my great-grandmother was Spanish or from Portugal. And some other insight would help me. Regards, Jonathan

Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2001
Name: Diane De Cruz Nilssen (Weaverville, CA, USA)
E-Mail: DNilssen@compaq.net
Comments: My family surnames are DE MESQUITA materno: DE SOUSA. Were from Carrezeda, Braganca. Left Portugal in 1911 for Hawaii. I've noticed the de Mesquita surname in the Netherlands, Spain. My grandmother left the name of Joao de Sousa, as their contact in the village they left in Portugal. Beautiful Site.

Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001
Name: Sally Bruckheimer (Buffalo, NY, USA)
E-Mail: sallybru@wdcunet.net
Comments: Great page, I'm still waiting for line E! Maybe I will have to get your Father's email address! Sally

Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2001
Name: Godfrey Rogers (London, England)
E-Mail: godfrey.rogers@talk21.com
Comments: My grandmother is Angela, sister to Julia Fletcher who you mention. My father her eldest son David. You have an error in my grandfather's date of death, the date you give is that of my father David.

Date: Fri, 4 May 2001
Name: Graeme Morris (Australia)
E-Mail: gjmorris@dragnet.com.au
Comments: Hello, My name is Graeme Morris of Bright, Victoria, Australia. My grandfather was Albert Ernest Morris, several of his siblings were baptised with combination surnames, most with Mor(r)is-Fontes. They lived in Lithgow, NSW. My great-grandfather was Joseph Morris, sometimes called Fontes, born c. 1840 in Portugal. He married Amelia SILVERIA in Sydney, NSW, Australia on 31-12-1878. He appears to be a sailor but I have no real leads to trace down. Regards, Graeme Morris

Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001
Name: Joyce Quinn (Liverpool, England)
E-Mail: estherhyamson@netscapeonline.co.uk
Researching: My maternal family name of HYAMSON
Comments: Hi, I have looked at your site it is very interesting. I am hoping someone might be able to help me - I am researching HYAMSON. In 1881 there were two sets of families in the UK with this name, that of Nathan Hyamson (Nosel Chaimson) fron Poland, and my Great-Great-Grandfather James Hyamson, one of his sons John b 1856 Yorkshire although no records can be proven as there is no registration of birth. This family came to Liverpool 1860's and knew of the Hyamsons in the south of England. I am trying to trace some pictures of Hyamsons for my research and if they are related. There are still very few Hyamsons in the UK and I would just love to know my background. Can anyone help? Regards, Joyce Quinn

Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001
Name: Amanda Hughes (United Kingdom)
E-Mail: amanda_hughes@mendesdacosta.com
Comments: Hi. My name is Amanda Hughes (formerly Mendes da Costa) - found your web site whilst browsing - very impressed - I'm going to come back with details of my family line: my father and Grandad fathers d.o.b. etc so that you can link these into the tree. - Amanda Hughes (formerly Mendes da Costa)

Date: Tue, 20 Feb 2001
Name: Louisa Mendes da Costa (London, England)
E-Mail: Louisa.MendesdaCosta@AllenOvery.com
Comments: Hi, very interesting website, I'm just digesting all the information and have been surprised to see 2 of my uncles listed!

Date: Sun, 4 Feb 2001
Name: Bertram Delvaille (Kingston, Jamaica)
E-Mail: delvailb@cwjamaica.com

Date: Wed, 27 Dec 2000
Name: Peter Willem Belinfante (Spijkenisse, Netherlands)
E-Mail: pw.belinfante@wolmail.nl
Comments: Hi, my name is Peter Willem Belinfante, living in Spijkenisse in the Netherlands. If I get some time in a couple of weeks, I'll send you information I have about the da Costas in the Belinfante family from Holland. Greetings, Peter

Date: Sun, 15 Oct 2000
Name: Pedro Orlando Fontes Mendes da Costa (Portugal)
E-Mail: pedrocost@oninet.pt
Comments: A good page. Regards, Pedro Orlando Fontes Mendes da Costa.

Date: Fri, 13 Oct 2000
Name: Filipe Miguel Fontes Mendes da Costa (Aveiro, Portugal)
E-Mail: filipe_miguel@mendesdacosta.com
Comments: Dear friend, I am only "Mendes da Costa" by chance, on the side of my father, my grandfather is "Joaquim Mendes Ferreira" and my grandmother is "Glória de Almeida e Costa," that is why my father is "Manuel Mendes Ferreira da Costa" and I am "Filipe Miguel Fontes Mendes da Costa." "Fontes" is my mother`s family name. But it was a pleasure to know your family, I am a big admirer of Vincent van Gogh, life and work. You are welcome at my home in Portugal. News from Portugal: National http://www.publico.pt. Local: http://www.jb.pt. Yours sincerely, Filipe Miguel.

Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2000
Name: Geoffrey Cantor (United Kingdom)
E-Mail: phlgnc@lucs-h22.leeds.ac.uk
Comments: Dear Andre, I was delighted to find your website through one of the Jewish geneaological pages. I am not a descendent of your family but an historian of science who is working on Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717-1791) as part of a larger project on Jews in British science in the 18th and 19th centuries. Members of your family may be interested in a recent paper on Emanuel: G.S. Rousseau and D. Haycock, 'The Jew of Crane Court: Emanuel Mendes da Costa (1717-91), natural history and natural excess,' History of Science, 38 (2000), 127-70. Like Rousseau and Haycock I'm intertered in Emanuel's role in the Royal Society of London. . . . I have been reading the two and a half thousand letters of da Costa's correspondence in the British Library . . . [and] the minutes books of the Spanish and Portuguese Jewish community in London. When the article I'm currently writing is published, I'll give you the reference in case it's of interest to any of your family. I would also like to enquire through you whether any of your 'web circle' possess manuscripts of Emanuel Mendes da Costa's, since although there are many in publicly-accessible libraries, some items have disappeared. Also, can anyone throw any light on the later career of Emanuel's younger brother David, who was a rather unscrupulous army contractor. I don't know what happened to him after c. 1759. Any help on these issues would be much appreciated. Yours sincerely, Geoffrey Cantor.

Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000
Name: William Mendes da Costa (Perth, Australia)
E-Mail: lasersharp@bigpond.com
Comments: Hi André, well done, what a great effort, keep up the good work. I spoke to your Dad on the phone tonight, he has put so much work into this over so many years - looks great. Will be in touch. Best, William Mendes da Costa

Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2000
Name: Ricardo Dias Garcia (Shalimar, Florida, USA)
E-Mail: RGarcia904@aol.com
Comments: Greetings from Shalimar, Florida, USA, nice site Andre! Let me know when you complete uploading all the "family stuff" with your dad! :)) Take care, Ricardo Dias Garcia
Pesquisando/Researching: (Brasil, Acores, Madeira, & Portugal): ASSIS RIBEIRO, ASSIS FONSECA, ANDRADE, PINTO, AZEVEDO PORTUGAL, CAMPOS ANDRADE, CORREA, GARCIA, CORREIA DA CAMARA, DIAS GARCIA, D'HORTA, FERRAZ DE ARAUJO, FERREIRA, ARMOND, FERREIRA DA FONSECA, FERREIRA DE ORMONDE, FERREIRA DE BRITO, FERREIRA DE CARVALHO, FERREIRA DE DRUMOND, GOMES DE RESENDE, GONCALVES DA MAIA, HORTA BARBOSA, LEITE FURTADO, LIMA VEIGA, MARQUES LISBOA, MARQUES DA SILVA, MARTINS COSTA, MARTINS FERREIRA, MATOS COUTINHO, MELLO BRANDAO, MENDES DE ALMEIDA, MENEZES DE CASTRO, MOUTINHO DE RESENDE, NUNES RIBEIRO, OLIVEIRA COTRIM, OLIVEIRA LEITE, PAIS/PAES LEME, PAIVA COIMBRA, PINHO E AZEVEDO, PIRES RIBEIRO, PONTE CARDOZO, RIBEIRO NUNES, RODRIGUES CARNEIRO, RODRIGUES HORTA, RODRIGUES VELHO, ROLIM DE MOURA, SIQUEIRA DE MENDONCA, SOARES DE PAIVA, SOARES DE SOUZA, SOUTO MAYOR, SOTTO MAYOR, TELLES DE MENEZES, ALMEIDA, ALVES, ANDRADE, ARAUJO, ARMOND, ARMONDE, ASSUNCAO, AZEVEDO, BETIM, BETTIMK, BETTING, BICUDO, BOTELHO, BRANDAO, BRITO, CAMELLO, DE CARVALHO, COIMBRA, CORREA, COSTA, COTRIM, COUTINHO, D'AZEVEDO, D'ECA, DELGADO, DIAS, DRUMMOND, FAGUNDES, FALEIRO, FERREIRA, FERNANDES, FONSECA, FRANCISCO, FURTADO, GARCIA, GOMES, HENRIQUES, HORTA, JESUS, JORGE, LEITE, LEM, LEME, LIMA, LOPES, MACEDO, MACHADO, MAGRO, MAIA, MARTINS, MATOS, MENDONCA, MOUTINHO, NEVES, NORONHA, NUNES, OLIVEIRA, ORMONDE, PALHA, PEREIRA, PICAO, PINTO, PINHO, PIRES, PRADO, QUADROS, RAMOS, RESENDE, RIBEIRO, RODRIGUES, ROLIM, SALEMA, SILVA, SOUZA, TEIXEIRA, TEVES, VEIGA, VELHO, VIEIRA, VIDAL

Date: Wed, 02 Aug 2000
Name: Fred Miller (New York City, NY, USA)
E-Mail: xacto@bellatlantic.net
Comments: Thanks for the invitation to view your site. It looks to be a beauty when complete. My family, BUENO DE MESQUITA includes at least a couple of ladies who were born MENDES DA COSTA before marrying. Our Dutch and English ancestors are of course well documented, but I have not been able to make solid connections back to Iberia. Perhaps your tree and associated info will help me do that. Best of luck to you, and congratulations on a lifetime of good work. It is a form of mitzvah to do this, you know. Shalom

Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000
Name: Harold Zvi Rabbie (Los Gatos, California, USA)
E-Mail: hzrabbie@yahoo.com
Comments: Hello Andre. Thanks for visiting my web site - I visited your site, and saw your coat of arms, it looks very impressive. I can't wait for you to put your genealogy data on-line. The connection to the Mendes da Costa families is described in a book I bought in Amsterdam a couple of years ago. It's called "Portugusade - Memoirs of Sephardic Amsterdam" by Arnold (Nol) Bueno de Mesquita, and has been translated into English. The book contains lots of his family connections, among others his grandfather's brother Mo Bueno de Mesquita who was married to Rachel Mendes da Costa. And Nol was also related to my Belinfante cousins. I'd say that all the Dutch Portuguese families are sooner or later related to each other - there were so few of them, and all very proud of their ancestry. And similar to yours, my family was spread between Holland and England. I was born in England myself, but now I live in California. And although my ancestry is 100% Dutch, I'm about 75% Ashkenazi. Thanks for the information from Rene Wijngaarden - I've been in contact with him off-and-on about this hobby. Best wishes, Harold Zvi Rabbie

Date: Sunday, 23 July 2000
Name: René F. van Wijngaarden (Netherlands)
E-Mail: r.van.wijngaarden@hccnet.nl
Comments: Andre, I just visited your site and it looks very promising. My compliments for this and I can't wait to see your family tree posted. For more than 30 years I am researching the Sephardic family of Delvalle (Salom del Valle) who arrived in Amsterdam around 1690 from a small place Peyrhehorade near Bayonne in Southern France. The Delvalles are my maternal ancestors. One of the descendants of the family is David Eduard Cohen Belinfante (The Hague1875 -1944 Auschwitz), married 18 August 1908 in Amsterdam to JUDITH Mendes da Costa (A'dam 1881-1944 Auschwitz). Don't know more about Judith but like to know more about her. You can see my Delvalle a.k.a Van Daelen tree at: http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/Creek/6534. Wish you lot of success and let me know when your tree is online. René F.van Wijngaarden
Searching for: DEL VALLE, DELVALLE, VAN DAELEN, SALOM DEL VALLE, DELVALLE SALDANA, DOVALLE, DOVALHE, DELVAILLE

Date: Sunday, 23 July 2000
Name: Ayee Mendes da Costa (United Kingdom)
E-Mail: ayee@mendesdacosta.com
Comments: Dear Andre, I found the webpage interesting and wanted to print it but just could not. So here I am signing the guest book. Ayee

Date: Thursday, 20 July 2000
Name: Carla Mendes Bruno Brady (Brazil)
E-Mail: cmbruno@zaz.com.br
Comments: My maiden name is Carla Mendes Bruno. I have always been interested in my family roots. I have names, pictures, and pieces of my family history since XVIII century in Brazil. The oldest "Mendes" in my family that I could find here in Brazil are Antônio Mendes dos Santos and Thomaz Mendes dos Santos. I wonder if they are, somehow, related to the family Mendes da Costa. We are all Catholics but it was always talked among the elders in my family that we were once Jews converted converted by force by the time of Inquisition in Portugal and sent to Brazil. I have found too, in a Brazilian book about Inquisition, that some Mendes, Mendes dos Santos, Costa were judged and sentenced in some documents of that time that are at the Torre dos Jerônimos in Portugal and sent to Brazil. If you have the tmie and some information if there is a possibility of connection, I would appreciate to hear from you. I beg your pardon for my poor English. Sincerely, Carla Mendes Bruno Brady