Subj:	GSHA-SC Feb. 2004 Meeting 	
Date:	1/29/2004 10:48:50 PM Pacific Standard Time	
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GSHA-SC FEBRUARY MEETING
When:   Saturday, February 7, 2004, 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
Where: Southern California Genealogical Society Library
417 Irving Dr., Burbank, CA • Call:  818/843-7240 if you get lost


Topic:  “The Archibeques:  Historical Highlights” a presentation by
Patricia Wilkes

Even if your ancestry does not contain one Archibeque, you will find
this presentation absolutely fascinating.  Pat Wilkes promises to take
us on a journey beginning in 1671 to Bayonne, France, birthplace of Jean
L’Archeveque who sailed with La Salle in search of the Mississippi in
1684.  This ill-fated expedition instead landed on the Texas coast and
young Jean joined an assassination plot.  What else could happen to one
person?  Plenty.  Archibeque and his colleague Grolet (Santiago Gurulé)
were captured by Indians, sent to Mexico City and then Spain, forced to
work in the silver mines of Zacatecas.  Eventually both founded
prominent New Mexico families and their descendants number among our
membership. Learn how this happened!

Patricia Wilkes is a charter member of GSHA-SC, serving as the chapter’s
first treasurer.  She is author of Our California Ancestors, a
compilation of church records and other information about the families
of Alamos, Mexico (1686-1699) whose descendants settled early Los
Angeles. This book will be available for sale at our meeting. Pat is an
educator who has delivered historical presentations in California and
Colorado.