hello, thanks a bunch for answering that message i sent out a few weeks ago. Did you say you knew of a book on egas genealogy! that would be like gold to me. please let me know when you find it and if i can purchase a copy. my maternal grandfather agustin tiburcio egas was born in guayaquil in 1898. His father was Manuel egas. family stories said his roots went back to germany. i visited guayaquil in 1997 but found next to nothing as their civil records were in dissaray. i found the name egas had originated in holland by way of a johann eichas who imigrated from germany and had his surnamed spelled egas when he got to holland. i am believing that one of his offspring imigrated to ecuador and would really like to find this information. i am on the second volume of my family history book and have made the finding of this link to ??? as a priority find. my mother is also very eager to learn more about her roots. thanks, and please keep in touch.