I am trying to find out more about the background of the Annobono family of Reggio Emilia. They were one of the leading families of the local Portuguese community in the 17th century, which -although not very well known- was a relatively important one at that time.The patriarch of the family was Salomone Annobono, who came to Reggio in 1652. According to his testimony, his father was David son of Jacob, and Salomon was born in Amsterdam in 1592. From Amsterdam his family moved to Hamburg at some point, and from there Salomon came to Venice with Abraham Aboab (the two families were related through marriage). Together with the Aboabs and other Portuguese Jews, they fled to Verona during an outbreak of the plague, and from Verona Salomon came to Reggio with several other Portuguese families, where he and his family finally settled down permanently.His birth in Amsterdam in 1592 is not impossible, but seems unlikely, given the history of the Portuguese in Amsterdam. Aron Leoni speculates that he could have been born in Portugal or Antwerp, but that he stated Amsterdam in order to hide the fact that he had been baptised.But I find no mention of a family with this name in Antwerp, Amsterdam, or Hamburg. I wonder if it was changed at some point, but I have seen no alias mentioned. The name is spelled in various ways, including "Año Bueno" a few times in the records of the community. I've also seen "Sciana Tova", but I don't know if that was just a later translation of the name into Hebrew by a historian.