Re: Vigo-Spain-Europe
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Re: Vigo-Spain-Europe
alice botas 5/14/01
Alice comprendo portugues mais no lo fallo. So I prefer to write in English. Thanks very much for your comments. I've done some research on the Andrade since our branch from Colombia can be clearly trace back to Francisco Xavier Garcia de Andrade, born in Lugo Galicia, who by appointment of the Spain King as a young boy around 1650, was transfered to a town near Santafe de Bogota to control and supervise a tobacco plantantation that belonged to the crown.
There are no records of the ancestors of Francisco Xavier. However, if you have a chance to visit Lugo, Pontedeume and Betanzos in Galicia you can see how the inflence and power of the Andrade Familly had.They built castels and churches all over the region.
Thanks again for your comments, will be in touch. Juan M. Andrade ( Garcia de Andrade)