Somos Primos

May 2004, 
Editor: Mimi Lozano
©2000-4

Dedicated to Hispanic Heritage and Diversity Issues
 
Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research


Celebrating the Contributions of Tejanos
Life-size figures in a monument to be placed on the capitol grounds of the State of Texas
  

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Meetings, June 5th SHHAR Quarterly


The 77th Legislature passed House Concurrent Resolution 38, authored by Texas State Representative Kino Flores and sponsored by State Senator Mario Gallegos. HCR38 authorizes the creation of a monument on the Texas State Capitol grounds to commemorate the contributions of Tejanos to the State of Texas.

"I am very honored to be a part of this effort which will finally share our Tejano heritage and contributions with the entire state. This monument is long overdue, especially considering that Tejanos were among the first inhabitants of Texas and should be credited for many of the state's early innovations such as farming and ranching techniques, the birth of the "Vaquero" (precursor to the American Cowboy), many of the state's culinary favorites, numerous fine examples of architecture, and the language which is embedded in everyday use throughout Texas."     Kino Flores 

The Steering Committee invites you to become a part of this historic endeavor by making a "tax deductible" financial contribution to the creation of the "Tejano Memorial." Individual and Foundation contributions and Corporate Sponsorships are welcome. The estimated cost of the memorial and its installation is "One Million Dollars." 

Supporters of the Tejano Monument can now own a part of this important Tejano legacy. Artist Armando Hinojosa has produced a miniature version of the central bronze horseman that will sit on top of the Tejano Monument, entitled "El Tejano.


"El Tejano" is an elegant work of art that is a historically accurate and highly detailed depiction of the Tejano Horsemen of the late 1700's to early 1800's. The outstanding sculpture has been produced in a limited edition of 300. Each sculpture is numbered and is offered for purchase on a first-come, first-served basis. It will be accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from The Tejano Monument, Inc. 

We need your help to spread the word about the proposed Tejano Monument at the State Capitol grounds in Austin. We need assistance in raising awareness and funds and urge that you visit the website site, make a donation or share the website address with others in your email address book that may be interested in helping with this endeavor.  

                                                                                                                     El Tejano
The sculpture's dimensions are 17 inches in height, 13 inches in width, and 7 inches in depth. It is mounted on a 2 x 6 x 14 inch wooden base. The price of the bronze sculpture is $3,000.

Information regarding the Tejano Monument that will eventually be located on the capital grounds in Austin. http://tejanos.com

Thanks, Daniel Huerta, Dallas 
http://tejanos.com
   
Sent by Arturo Garza AGarza0972@aol.com
HOGAR de Dallas (genealogy)

"A nation which does not remember what it was yesterday, 
does not know what it is today, nor what it is trying to do. 
We are trying to do a futile thing if we do not know where we came from 
or what we have been about."

President Woodrow Wilson 1856-1924

Source: John C. Dalton, Placentia Stake President
Family History Conference, Orange, California, April 24, 2004

Somos Primos Staff: 
Mimi Lozano, Editor
John P. Schmal 
Johanna de Soto 
Howard Shorr
Armando Montes
Michael Stevens Perez
Rina Dichoso-Dungao, Ph.D.

Contributors: 
Marcelline Abrego Blake

Marie Acosta
Fredrick Aguirre
Norma Atkin
Mary Ayers
Ray Alvarez
Yolanda Alvarez
Peter E. Carr
Gloria/Jerry Benavides
Tim Berenda-Martinez
John Henry Blake, Jr.
Rosemarie Capodicci
Bill Carmena
Peter E. Carr
John C. Dalton
Karla Everett
Peter Fontanes 
Arturo Garza
George Gause
Henry Godines
Eddie Grijalva
Walter Herbeck
Angelita Hernandez
Daniel Huerta
Bernadette Inclan 
John Inclan
Brian Kalahan
Michael Kirley
Orlando Lozano
Pat Lozano
Dora Luz How
Michael Hardwick
Pepe Ramirez
Cath Madden Trindle
Joseph Martinez, Ph.D.
Bobby McDonald
Armando Montes
Alex Moreno
Paul Newfield
Armando M. Escobar Olmedo
Teresa Maldonado Parker
Jose Pantoja
Rebecca Ramirez Alvarez
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Rudy A. Ramirez
Angel Custodio Rebollo
Jo Russell
Howard Shorr
Gale Slade
Loretta Shupe
Lourdes Tinajero
Lic. Leonardo de la Torre y 
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Ramon Vasquez Y Sanchez
Blanca Villapando
Danny Villarreal

John Walker

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Laura Arechabala Shane 
Bea Armenta Dever
Manuel Garcia 
Steven Hernandez
Mimi Lozano Holtzman
Pat Lozano 
Henry Marquez 
Yolanda Ochoa Hussey 
Michael S. Perez 
Crispin Rendon
Les Rivera 
Viola Rodriguez Sadler 
John P. Schmal
Lourdes Tinajero  

For information:  http://shhar.org   

 

UNITED STATES

May 28th, WW II Hispanic Reception 
New Grand Pan American Unity
WW II Hispanic Activities at NARA 
NARA Paperless Archive
Hispanic Contributions to US Military
Military Records   
Hispanic Women Influence
Doctors in La Casa
Al Filo de la Ley
Mariachi into the Mainstream 
Dr. Samuel H. Huntington Views

 


May 28th,
World War II Hispanic/Latino Veterans Reception in D.C.
Click for Information

 

 


"TECHNOLOGY, POLITICS and the NEW GRAND 
PAN AMERICAN UNITY" 
by 
Peter Fontanes 
http://www.HispanicAgendaSummit.org

 

Recently, I was honored to be the keynote speaker for the New Jersey Hispanic American Higher Education Symposium. I accepted the task of addressing this forum because of the catchy slogan it had adopted as the theme for the event- "Honoring culture, acknowledging the present, striving for success." This yearning for learning about who we are, what we are and where we are going as a people has become a monumental sidebar for those of us who are involved with the National Hispanic/Latino American Agenda Summit. The need for our people to seek a unifying national theme through an intense introspective communal soul searching for the sake of realizing our fullest political potentials is being echoed throughout the country from New York to Chicago to Los Angeles and even to Mexico City to Buenos Aires and Santo Domingo.

As a first step, a series of local, state, and regional conferences and meetings will be held just before the national political parties' conventions, culminating in a national summit meeting in Chicago from June 17th- to 19th, 2004, (See attached flyer and tentative conference agenda). At this summit, a Hispanic/Latino-American agenda and platform will be adopted by delegates from all over the country and given to the leaders of the national political parties and their candidates. Make no mistake about it. We will hold their feet to the fires. No longer will they tell us what is best for us. We are going to dictate our own programs as Hispanics/Latinos and not as Democrats or Republicans. 

Let me make it clear that we do not discourage partisan politics. In fact, we strongly urge everyone to register and identify themselves, if they so desire, in a political party… be it the Democratic, Republican, Green or the Save the Gerbil parties. What we emphatically do not want is that the political parties take us for granted and discourage us from reaping the political and economic benefits of partisan politics. If they want our votes, they will have to earn it! 

Evidently, the success or failure of our conference depends on three major fundamental aspects of effective political mobilization and organization: money, network and dedication.

It is becoming abundantly clear that technology will become a major instrument for networking and organizing a massive undertaking such as the Hispanic/Latino American Agenda Summit.

It is no coincidence that the National Association of Hispanics in Information Technology and Telecommunications (HITT) is a community partner in the organizing of this Summit. In fact, Jose Marquez, HITT's Executive Director, is the National Coordinator of the Technology and Telecommunications Committee of the Issues and Platforms Commission of the Summit. Mr. Marquez is second to no one in his relentless crusade to bring the marvels of technology to our community. 

Additionally, John Villamil, Chief Information Officer of Aspira, Inc., is the National Information Technology Coordinator for the Summit. Mr. Villamil is this country's most renowned expert in the utilization of the Internet for not for profit organizations and his participation in the Summit will serve us well in achieving the demanding goal of technologically uniting a community as diverse as the Hispanic/Latino community.

All of the respective state's Coordinating Committees for the Summit will be staffed by HITT volunteers acting as Information Technology Coordinators. For the first time, a national network of community based Hispanic American technologists will utilize the Internet as a tool for political, cultural, economic and social mobilization and empowerment on a scale never seen before.

The ascendancy of the Internet as a major feature of U.S. political culture has clearly been demonstrated by the partnership former presidential hopeful Howard Dean had forged with the websites "Move-On" and "Meet-up". The Dean campaign had succeeded in using the Internet as a fundraising and mobilizing tool-in the process besting even the best of the Democratic Party cash cows. The Republican Party has now followed suit and is investing in the development of a major political internet portal that is the talk of the town. As the noted IT expert, Alondra Nelson recently, stated, "From the hotly debated prospect of e-voting to the demonstrated success of on-line fundraising, we've entered the era of broadband politics." 

The handlers of the Dean campaign were particularly enthused by the example of the community of devotees, numbering in the millions, that sprung up around the computer operating system Linux. Unlike Microsoft Windows, the programming details or "source code" of the no-cost Linux operating system have remained available or "open" to a global network of users who can modify it and improve upon it since its creation in 1991. The Linux philosophy has become as significant as the software itself. Because the "open source" program proliferates through the volunteered expertise and labor of true believers, it quickly came to symbolize radical democracy and a critique of big business. 

Dean strategists envisioned similar possibilities for political organizing in the grassroots success story of the Linux operating system. Partnering with Meet-Up and Move-On, they devised a similar formula of common cause and connectivity to assemble backers for the Dean candidacy. Dean's top advisor concluded that "while Linux is a heartening counterbalance to the near monopoly of the Microsoft corporation-a David to Bill Gates' Goliath-the collaborations inspired by the software are not models for democracy, but for grassroots trust-busting, and an inadequate paradigm for the transformation of Democratic party politics to the Internet. Linux democracy is embodied by a rarified grass roots community comprised of a relatively small number of elites with leisure time, readily available technology, computer skills, and interest in refining the computer program. Unfortunately, the Linux democracy does not a political democracy make."

So, lest we start getting too excited about the enormous potential of technology, we cannot forget that the exclusive elements of the "Digital Divide" still permeates many segments of our community. There are too many Hispanic/Latino Americans, many of them poor, under-educated or elderly, living without access to Internet tools or infrastructures. Certainly, we will need to be creative in reaching out to these individuals, if for no reason other than the fact that they are the main reasons why HITT was organized in the first place-to bring our community to the 21st Century. 

Fortunately, through the network that HITT has created, we are starting to reach out to our community with both traditional and non traditional methods of communicating with the technologically deprived. We are hoping to use the national television and radio marathon outlet for our voter's registration and fundraising drive to reach many elderly and young people. Several salsa, ranchero, mariachi and other diverse Hispanic entertainment websites are sponsoring voter registration drives in nightclubs, bars and restaurants all over the country for those who wish to sign up on their premises. Colleges, high schools and elementary schools will be asked to participate in arts and essay contests to learn more about their culture and history and to engage in website designs and discussions about their heritage and their involvement in the Summit. Additionally, Hispanic/Latino churches and labor unions will be involved in getting their parishioners and members to register and vote. 

More, importantly, the international outreach effort of the Summit will be well served by the reaching out on the Internet cloud to our brothers and sisters across the border. The amount of emails sent from Latin America to our organization's mailbox expressing support for our concept of "La Nueva Gran Unidad Pan Americana" has been nothing short of spectacular. There is definitely a long standing thirst for the linkage between the Hispanic/Latino American community here and the entire Western Hemisphere. With the miracle of modern day technology, we can now communicate and bond with people from this part of the world without crossing a single border or making a costly plane reservation or a long distance phone call. 

HITT will be in the forefront of this national effort looking for every nook and hook to hang its hat on and get to work to make sure that along with the other national Hispanic American organizations participating in this grand endeavor that "Si! Unidos Podemos!" and that no one will interfere with "La Nueva Gran Unidad Pan Americana". 

[[ The summit will be held in Chicago, June 17-18.  Recommendations will be made concerning a wide range of social, economic, and educational issues.  If you would like to make your voice heard in anyone of the following areas, please contact the coordinator.  If you would like to participate concerning issues of Heritage, Arts and Culture Issues, please contact me.  I am serving as the coordinator. ]] 

NATIONAL ISSUES AND PLATFORM COORDINATORS

COORDINATORS CHAIR
Dr. John Garcia
Department of Political Science
University of Arizona
Dept. of Political Science
Tuscon,AZ85721
520 621 7095
jag@email.arizma.edu


HERITAGE, ARTS AND CULTURE
Mimi Lozano
Somos Primos
Society of Hispanic Historical &Ancestral Research,
P.O. Box 490
Midway City, CA
92655-0490 
http://www.SomosPrimos.com
http://www.SHHAR.org
mimilozano@aol.com


CIVIL RIGHTS
Duard Bradshaw,
Law Firm of Roderick Linton
1500 One Cascade Plaza
Akron,Ohio 44308
Tel: (330)434-3000
Fax: (330)434-9220
Email: rodericklinton@neo.rr.com


ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Lydia A. Armanda
Director
State of Arizona
Small Business Services
1700 West Washington Suite 220
Phoenix, AZ 85007
602 771 1173
fax 602 771 1209
Lydia@azcommerce.com


TECHNOLOGY AND TELECOMMUNICATION
Jose Marquez
Hispanics in Information Technology and Telecommunication
75 Maiden Lane
New York City, NY
718 6018819 
917 578 0521
joe.marquez@mi8.com



ECONOMY
Edgar Mejia
Executive Director
Latino Business Association
5400 East Olympic Boulevard suite 130
Los Angeles, CA 90022
323 721 4000  
fax 323 722 5050
emejia@LBAusa.com

 

EMPLOYMENT
Jacob Lozada
US Office of Personnel Management
1900 E Street NW Room 6357
Washington,DC20415
202 606 2214
fax 202 606 1637
jlozada@opm.gov



LATIN AMERICAN TRADE
Mario Baeza, CEO
TCW/Latin America Partners, LLC
200 Park Avenue
York City, NY 10166
212 771 4147
fax 212 771 4155
mario.baeza@tcw.com


CRIME
Celestino (Cel) Rivera
Chief of Police
Lorain Police Department
100 West Erie Avenue
Lorain,Ohio44052-1646
Office:  (440) 204-2103
Fax:  (440)  244-0084
Pager:  (440)  203-2609
e-mail:  chief@centurytel.net

IMMIGRATION
Ingrid Domingues-McConville
Domingues McConville, P.A.
345 E. Commercial Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale,Florida 33334
954 489 0009
fax 954 489 0090
usvisalawyer@aol.com


EDUCATION
Manny Hernandez
HC-01 Box 7717
Luquillo, Puerto Rico 00773
Tel. # 787-355-0099
Cel.# 787-355-0099
usvisalawyer@aol.com


 
HIGHER EDUCATION
Deborah Gonzalez, Esq.
Director, Puerta al Futuro
Fairleigh Dickinson University
150 Kotte Place, H-EWC1-01
Hackensack, NJ 07601
201-692-2500 (office)
201-692-2503 (fax) 
973-207-6632 (cell)
dgewc@fdu.edu
dgartlaw@att.net


SENIOR CITIZENS

CARMELA G. LACAYO
National Association for Hispanic Elderly
234 E. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 300
Pasadena,CA91101
Tel: 626-564-1988
Fax: 626-564-2659
E-mail: anppm@aol.com


SOCIAL SECURITY
Fernando Torres-Gil   
Director, Center for Policy Research on Aging 
Department of Urban Planning
School of Public Policyand Social Research
University of CaliforniaLos Angeles
3250PublicPolicyBuilding
Box 951656
Los Angeles,CA90095-16
310 206 1994
fax310 206  5566
anppm@aol.com


 
MENTAL HEALTH
Henry Acosta, MA, MSW, LSW
Deputy Director, 
New Jersey Mental Health Institute Inc /
Project Director, Changing Minds, Advancing Mental Health for Hispanics
3575 Quakerbridge Road, Suite 102
Mercerville, New Jersey08619
Telephone: (609) 838-5488, ext. 205

HAcosta@njmhi.org


HEALTH
Esther Sciammarella
Director, Chicago Hispanic Health Coalition
2600S. Michigan,Suite 104
Chicago,IL60616
Tel: (312) 842-2340
Fax: (312) 842-2341
HAcosta@njmhi.org

 

May 28th, World War II Hispanic Veterans Reception in D.C.
7 p.m. Smithsonian, Washington, D.C. 
Hosted by: 
Latino Advocates for Education, 
Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research
National G.I. Forum, 
Southern California Edison, and 
Smithsonian Latino Initiative 

No cost, reservations:   LMaguirre@adelphia.net    mimilozano@aol.com


May 29th, World War II Memorial Moument Dedication information

http://www.wwiimemorial.com

Lectures at the  National Archives, May 28th and May 30th, 

Friday, May 28 and Sunday, May 30 in the Washington Room (Room 121) - lectures, book signings, and panel discussions World War II Hispanic American Heroes: One and Apart. Over 500,000 Hispanic Americans served in the Army, Army Air Corps, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard. Historians, veterans, and authors will discuss the lives of several of these veterans. Each event will be 90 minute in length, including prepared remarks by the author/historian, and a question and answer session with the audience. These lectures will be held in the Washington Room (Room 121), and are free and open to the public. Reservations are recommended, but not required. 

Friday, May 28 at 10:30 a.m. - Lt. Colonel Henry Cervantes, USAF (Ret.) will discuss his book, "PILOTO, Migrant Worker to Jet Pilot". Born to a family of migrant workers, through initiative and determination, Hank Cervantes was able to rise above the want and misery of the Great Depression to succeed in a profession where few Latinos have. After serving as a pilot in the "Bloody 100th" Bomb Group in Europe during World War II, Hank returned to the States and pursued a military career that eventually earned him the rank of Lt. Colonel and a position in the Strategic Air Command (SAC) overseeing development of the top-secret B-58 Hustler, the world's first supersonic bomber. 

Friday, May 28 at 1 p.m. - Guy Gabaldon, USMC (Ret.) will discuss his service in WW2 and the film Hell to Eternity, based on his experiences in WW2. Marine PFC Gabaldon received the Silver Star (later Navy Cross) for actions performed on Saipan in 1944 when he captured over one-thousand Japanese soldiers and civilians. Will have video (Aguirre will have 15 minute video from 'This is your life')

Friday, May 28 at 3 p.m. - Dr. Maggie Rivas-Rodriguez will present, "Unsung Heroes: Mexican American WWII Veterans Who Championed Latino Civil Rights." Based on her forthcoming book from the University of Texas Press. Rivas-Rodriguez, Director of U.S. Latino and Latina WWII Oral History Project at the University of Texas at Austin, will be joined by veteran Virgilio Roel, who served with the 517TH Parachute Infantry Regiment in the European Theater. Mr. Roel became a federal judge in American Samoa from July 1962 to September 1967 and is a member of Hispanic civil rights organizations, including the American GI Forum. This Oral History Project consists of interviews of over 450 Latinas and Latinos throughout the country.

Sunday, May 30 at 10:30 a.m. - Dr. Bruce Ashcroft will present "Verneda Rodriguez, Rosita the Riveter, and the Contributions of Latinas during World War II." The contribution of Latina women to the World War II effort is an emerging story - while these women did not fight on the front lines overseas, they served the nation in a multitude of ways. The session will focus primarily upon the career of Verneda Rodriguez, one of about 1,000 women pilots who flew in support of the U.S. military during the war. A discussion of Latinas in the military and in industry provides additional examples of their service will be followed by a question and answer session with the audience. Ashcroft is an historian with the Air Force at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas.

Sunday, May 30 at 1 p.m. - Historians Frederick and Linda Aguirre will discuss "America's Patriots: Mexican Americans in World War II" and "Books in Progress: Profiles of Mexican American Veterans of WW2." Profiles of veterans include: Pete Limon, USS Swan, Pearl Harbor attack survivor; Lt. Col. Gil Encinas Kuhn, 8th Air Force, B-17 Pilot; Salvador Maldonado, survivor of the sinking of the USS Indianapolis; Henry Duran, Battle of Corregidor and POW; Manuel Grajeda, Battle of Remagen Bridge; Alfred Aguirre and Eutiquio Martinez, Battle of Okinawa; David Gonzalez, Medal of Honor recipient; Julia P. Aguirre and Sara A. Miranda, "Rosie Riveters"; Al Garcia and his 5 brothers who served during World War II. By example, we honor the 500,000 Mexican Americans who courageously fought in every battle in the Pacific and European theaters.

 

 

NARA Launches Paperless Archive

The National Archives and Records Administration, NARA whttp://www.archives.gov has put 50 million historical records only a few mouse clicks away with the debut of its newest online resources. The Access to Archival Databases System, lets Web-surfing genealogist obtain electronic records on a variety of topics, including the Civil War battlefields, historic sites, immigration, necrology, space flight and more.

AAD’s electronic holdings contain material from more than 30 archival series. These series pertain to specific people, geographic areas, organizations, or dates. NAARA helps you put these clues in context by providing code lists explanatory notes from NARA archivists and, for some series or files related documents.   The Family Tree Section A, December 2003/ January 2004

 

 

Check out Latino Patriotism - Hispanic Contributions to America's Military  
http://www.lasculturas.com/aa/aa070400b.php
Sent by Bill Carmena  JCarm1724@aol.com


What you can find in Military Records 

If your ancestor served in the military service at any time after 1775, chances are a great deal of genealogical data could be found in his military record. If an ancestor served in the revolutionary War, the Civil War, or two World Wars, their names were probably passed down to us. However, many military man enlisted during peacetime that we may not know about.
There are exactly four types of military records that contain personal info about armed service personnel:

1. Service Record: This record includes a "muster" roll that will contain a physical description, marital status, residence, occupation, and birth information. It also includes the "muster out" roll and all the details of the discharge. If your ancestor or kin was in service between 1775 and 1903, there will be a "complied service record", created by the federal government. In this record will be payroll data, prison or court marital records, hospital records, and promotion records.

2. Veteran's Benefit Record: Both federal and state governments granted pensions and/or free land as rewards and compensation for military service. Sometimes these benefits were given in payment for service connected disability. These records, housed in the National Archives, contain documentation of disability, if any. Also, in many cases there will be a widow's pension file containing additional family details. Between 1776 and 1855, the government gave "bounty land" to those who had served in the military. A veteran or his heir could claim this land by completing an application at a nearby courthouse.

3. Draft Records: These records have been maintained since the government initiated the military draft in 1863. All men eligible for military service were required to register for the draft during World War 1. "World War 1 Selective Service Draft Registration Cards 1917-1918" are on file for about 24 million men. Send inquiry to: Archives Branch, Federal Center, 557 St. Joseph Avenue, East Point, GA 3004.

4. Records of the regular military forces: The National Archives has 71 reels of microfilm containing the Registers of Enlistment's in the U.S. Army, 1798-1914. Each record contains personal information such as enlistee's place of birth, age, occupation, and physical description. The National Archives "Select Catalog of Military Service Records" can be viewed at www.nara.gov/genealogy/.
I found that the NARA in Kansas City, Missouri, also has excellent military records and very helpful research assistants available. (However, if you go there to do your research, be prepared to stand, as writing desks were almost nonexistent when we were there.)
The Veteran's Administration, Washington, DC maintains an index record of all servicemen and women buried in national or federal cemeteries.

Newsletter of Northeast Louisiana Genealogical and Historical Society, 119 Lake Dr., West Monroe, LA 71291 via The Family Tree Section A, June/July 2003

Military burials
Jo Russell  ljrussell@earthlink.net

The V.A. has gone on line with info on where veterans are buried, including Arlington (since 1999) and other National Cemeteries. Approximately 80,000 names are currently on file. They hope to also include the locations of deceased military personnel where grave markers were ordered in the future. The site is   http://www.cem.va.gov


Extract: Hispanic Women Are The Fastest Growing Influence Within Hispanics 
Sent by Howard Shorr  howardshorr@msn.com
 
Santa Barbara, CA--(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--March 29, 2004--Hispanic women are the fastest-growing influence within the quickest-expanding ethnic group in the United States today, according to the HispanTelligence(R) research report – 2004 U.S. Hispanic Women in Profile – released today by Hispanic Business Inc. 

The data-rich report also reveals that Hispanic women wield more power than Hispanic men both in proportion in professional or managerial positions (21.4 percent vs. 14 percent of the work force, respectively) and educational achievement (60 percent of bachelor’s degrees awarded in 2000 to Hispanics went to women). 

Hispanic women have begun to make significant and rapid educational gains as well: While the number of bachelor’s degrees conferred to U.S. residents increased 35 percent from 1976 to 2000, the number of bachelor’s degrees earned by Hispanic women rose 430 percent. 

From 1997 to 2002, the number of Hispanic women-owned businesses surged 39 percent. In 2002, Hispanic women were estimated to own 470,344 firms, employing 198,000 people, and generating $24.9 billion in sales. And those numbers are projected to significantly increase: According to the Center for Women’s Business Research, the number of businesses owned by women of color or Hispanic origin is growing faster than the overall national rate for women-owned businesses. 

To purchase a full copy of this or any of our other informative HispanTelligence(R) reports, please visit http://www.hispanicbusiness.com/research/   or our research channel at http://www.hispanicbusiness.com


 
Doctors in La Casa
Pioneering doctoral candidates in Chicana and Chicano Studies will begin research as early as next year in the nation's first graduate department of its kind at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).  The amazing thing is that accreditation has taken as long.  Back in the 1060s, UCSB innovated courses in areas like Mexican-American history, art, and political science.  But until now, serious graduate studies in the field were a hard sell.  "People are skeptical about the rigorousness of our field," says Maria Herrera-Sobek, the university's associate vice chancellor for diversity, equity, and academic policy.  "When people study French literature or French history, they don't question it."  Although U.S. schools have been slow to catch on, faculty from UCSB's department have participate at conference in Spain, Germany, and Turkey.   NRTA Live & Learn, fall 2003


L.A. Law Firm Fights for Rights of U.S. Hispanics Caught At Edge of the Law
‘Al Filo de la Ley’: 1st Original Weekly Legal Drama Series Debuts on Univision May 4, 10pm
Source: Sala de Prensa de HISPANIC PR WIRE (866-477-9473) http://www.HispanicPRWire.com

Miami, FL--(HISPANIC PR WIRE)--April 28, 2004--Seeking justice, a brilliant team of Latin lawyers defends the rights of the U.S. Hispanic community in the weekly scripted original prime time dramatic series “Al Filo de la Ley” (“At the Edge of the Law”).  Premiering Tuesday, May 4 at 10pm, the one-hour series is a joint effort by Plural Entertainment and the Univision Network and is based on real-life accounts of Hispanics caught in the U.S. judicial system.

“Al Filo de la Ley” is filmed entirely in the U.S. by Plural Entertainment, the production division of Spain’s premier media company, Grupo Prisa.  Created specifically for the U.S. Hispanic audience, the series tells the story of a prestigious law firm located in Los Angeles, California, that handles the most difficult immigration, labor, discrimination, and civil and criminal cases.

Leading the cast of dedicated attorneys is Jorge Aravena as “Andres,” Natalia Ramirez as “Barbara,” and Ximena Rubio as “Valeria.” Each episode presents and gives closure to two “ripped-from-the-headlines” cases while delving into the lives of the sharp-witted, altruistic, but very human attorneys who try them.

The debut episode opens with a patrol unit stopping a suspect vehicle at a gas station.  After being told to exit the car, Jessica (guest star Michelle Manterola) innocently reaches in her purse for her cell phone.  The officer, who has a history of police brutality, overreacts, shoots and destroys the classical dancer’s knee. Now Andres faces the monumental task of taking on the police department in a very difficult case.

“Al Filo de la Ley” will present TV viewers with real-life reenactments, complex prosecutions, intricate proceedings, and unexpected outcomes.  And brings a new sense of realism and drama to the U.S. Hispanic experience. The program will air Tuesdays from 10-11pm ET/PT (9-10pm Central/Mountain), only on Univision, Hispanic America’s favorite TV network.

For more information, please visit http://www.univision.net

CONTACT:
Univision Network
Cristina Romano
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Extract: Mariachi, Bordering On the Mainstream 
Mexican Music Catches On in U.S. Schools 
By Karin Brulliard, The Washington Post,  April 12, 2004; Page A03 
Sent by J.V. Martinez  Joe.Martinez@science.doe.gov

SAN ANTONIO -- In the Southwest, mariachi school programs have exploded over the past 30 years, and they are popping up in other parts of the nation. And nowhere has the mariachi arts craze caught on more than in South Texas, and especially San Antonio, where more than 40 percent of the population is of Mexican origin. At least 50 schools in San Antonio and 250 others in Texas offer mariachi programs, said Cynthia Muñoz, a public relations executive whose firm organizes the Mariachi Vargas Extravaganza. 

Mariachi is so big in Texas that from San Antonio south to the border, schools with mariachi ensembles outnumber those with jazz bands, music educators say. Drawn to mariachi for its festive rhythms and melodic songs about homeland, liquor and love, the students learn music theory and can become accomplished singers and instrumentalists. 

Most mariachi students are Mexican Americans or other Hispanics, although mariachi educators say the music attracts students of all kinds. Some think mariachi may be on the verge of a breakthrough to the mainstream, much as jazz once transcended its southern black roots to seize the imagination of the nation. 

For now, students and directors say, mariachi connects many Mexican American and other Hispanic students to a heritage, and even a language, that is often only dimly familiar. 

"I didn't expect to be able to learn or hear mariachi here," said violin player Marcelino Castillo, 18, who immigrated to Texas from Mexico nine years ago and began learning mariachi as a sixth-grader in San Antonio. The senior also plays in a professional ensemble that performs in a local Mexican restaurant on weekends. "It makes me keep in touch with my roots," he said. 

Another violinist, Desarae Rodriguez, shrugged when asked about her ancestry. "I don't know what I'm reading all the time," Rodriguez, 17, said of the lyrics. "But I grew to love it." 

Other students take up mariachi for its timeless song topics and trajes de charro -- the flamboyant mariachi uniforms, with their short embroidered jackets, wide-brimmed hats and flashy neck scarves -- which lend cachet to the music, students say, and allow them to skirt the "band nerd" label. 

"The music is so cool," said Jeff Nevin, a music professor and mariachi instructor at Southwestern College in Chula Vista, Calif. "Your image of a kid getting on the bus and carrying a violin case and getting teased -- it isn't really true if he's got a mariachi suit." 

Teaching mariachi in schools is a purely American concept. South of the border, mariachi is rooted in folk music of rural western Mexico and passed from generation to generation, its notes and lyrics rarely written down or studied formally. 

San Antonio's mariachi mania began in the 1960s, boosted by a handful of Catholic churches that began showcasing mariachi ensembles during Mass, and early Spanish-language radio stations. A decade later, San Antonio's school district started one of the nation's first school mariachi programs. 

Several Texas colleges and universities, among them the University of Texas-Pan American in Laredo and the University of Texas at Austin, now lure high school mariachi players with courses, ensembles and scholarships. At Texas State University in San Marcos, north of San Antonio, administrators are designing what they say will be the nation's first four-year music education degree with a certification in mariachi. 

But mariachi's reputation as cheesy cantina music may be its chief barrier to the mainstream. Despite mariachi's firm foothold in Texas schools and the growth of regional contests, there is no mariachi category in major statewide music competitions. Those are reserved for jazz bands, orchestras, concert bands and choirs. 

"Instead of looking at mariachi as a Mexican ensemble that plays at restaurants, people should step back a little bit and look at mariachi as a music ensemble," said John Lopez, director of multicultural music programs at Texas State University. 

 

 

A Perspective on Harvard's Dr. Samuel H. Huntington Views

by J.V. Martinez  (jvmart@verizon.net)


If you are Hispanic living in the U.S. or identify with that ethnic group, how would you feel if someone told you that "Mexicans and other Latinos have not assimilated into mainstream U.S. culture..." and moreover that had not the U.S. been settled by British Protestants but by French, Spanish or Portuguese Catholics instead, the U.S. would be Quebec (Canada), Mexico or Brazil; that "... the most immediate and most serious challenge to America’s traditional identity comes from the immense and continuing immigration from Latin America, especially from Mexico, and the fertility rates of these immigrants compared to black and white American natives." 

What if you were also told that ignoring whether the U.S. will remain a country with a single national language and a core Anglo-Protestant culture,  "...Americans (will) acquiesce to their eventual transformation into two peoples with two cultures."  Also, had it not been for immigration of Mexicans to the U.S., "... wages of low-income U.S. citizens would improve... ; the economic burden placed on U.S. and state governments would disappear, "...the average education and skills of the immigrant ... would reach their highest levels in U.S. history," and the split between English-speaking and Spanish-speaking would be eliminated; thus, "... a major potential threat to the country’s cultural and political identity..." would likewise disappear.

How comfortable is it to receive this wisdom from a member of Harvard University that happens to be the chair of the Harvard Academy of International and Area Studies?  That person happens to be Dr. Samuel H. Huntington who also happens to be co-founder of the magazine, Foreign Policy, where in is found the recent article, "The Hispanic Challenge."  You can read all about his views on the subject on-line by accessing the article yourself: http://www.foreignpolicy.com/story/cms.php?story_id=2495&page=8

The reader will find it strange to learn of Dr. Huntington’s opposition to speaking of Spanish and supposedly to any education crafted to replace Spanish with English as an everyday language. As noted above, allocating tax payer funds to avoid the economic burden posed by immigrants implies ridding education programs that are geared to teaching English as a second language.  His reluctance to give credit to bilingual education to achieve what he seems to be proposing seems contradictory being that support for bilingual education is being attacked as unnecessary and as a budget drainer.  How can immigrants become assimilated if they are denied opportunities to learn the English language?

Just one more of his views: If the trend to have Spanish join the language of past national leaders such as "...Washington, Jefferson, Lincoln, the Roosevelts and Kennedys...the cultural division between Hispanics and Anglos could replace the racial division between blacks and whites as the most serious cleavage in U.S. society."

The question might be asked as whether Dr. Huntington could inculcate a few views from the Hispanic perspective. Such views would include-for starters-that Hispanics are over represented as Medal of Honor winners and that if a hand is placed anywhere within the names on the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, DC, for certain it would include one Spanish surname.  Would making the associated sacrifices support the Doctor’s view that Mexican American do not want to assimilate?  If one wants to begin at the beginning, there is the little known fact that General Bernardo de Galvez for whom Galveston , Texas honors his name, provided critical support to the American Revolutionary War.  Not to forget is the fact that it was the Anglo-Protestants that successfully added the Mexican territory from which were carved the five states in the Southwestern part of the U.S.   Mind you, the societies existing in that territory were not in the backwater. The inhabitants already had established an infrastructure that supported a thriving commerce, ruled by European law, with a culture exemplifying the arts and music, mining of minerals, holding at bay a reasonably placated indigenous population, having built roads and ports to transport natural resources. To be sure, those developments began before Anglo-Protestants stepped foot in the New World and before they acquired the remaining lands that essentially completed the 50 states of the Union as a bargain.

Later, during the late 19th and 20th centuries, Mexican immigrants played a key role in modernizing the physical infrastructure in building the railroads and roads that were to be used to ship lumber, copper, livestock, etc., to the nation’s markets. Then the depression arrived in full force. The immigrants survived through doggedness and resourceful.  But not all of them were allowed to stay.  Mexican immigrants were rounded up summarily and "repatriated" to Mexico .  Unfortunately, it has been reported that those repatriated included nearly 200,000 U.S. citizens, Mexican-Americans. The latter were unfortunate to be living in regions where seen as not dissimilar in their physical appearance to the Mexican immigrants.  Later World War II started and the urge to rid the country of Mexican immigrants abetted.  The demand to replace those Americans who left their jobs to join the military led to establish the well known Bracero program. 

Dr. Huntington seems to turn a blind eye to contemporary times to understand that illegal immigrant to the U.S. receives much impetuous from the business sector, which realizes that remaining in business translates into providing services and products at competitive prices.  This business sector needs and the immigrant’s willingness to be hired at low wages and poor working conditions result in an unfortunate symbiotic condition.  Instructors of English as a Second Language will verify that the business sector needs to have Mexican and Mexican American workers that understand instructions giving in Spanish to perform appropriately among the maintenance and cafeteria staffs in such institutions as hospitals. Commercial banks understand that their staffs need to understand Spanish to attract Spanish speaking customers. 

There is a need to counter Dr. Huntington’s extremist views.  For example, in his article he raises the Serbia-Bosnia conflict and cites the drive for ethnic cleansing as the underlining cause of this conflict. It appears he is being clever in raising this experience in the same breath as brings in the fact that White non-Hispanics in California are now a minority, which apparently it is a development he much regrets.  What is to be thought of what is conveyed here in this same breath?  Might some persons with maligned attitudes not take the law into their own hands as a result of reading the scandalous views put forth by Dr. Huntington.  Anyone who thinks otherwise might be wise to remember that a member of the Indian Sikh community was shot and killed in Arizona by someone who wished to take on the Arabs after the September 11 attack. One needs to fear the ideology as Dr. Huntington espouses.

As cited above, the article by Dr. Huntington appears in a magazine of which he is co-founder. One could contemplate that had it not been he was a co-founder, his extremist views would not appear in print for the most scholarly works subject written contributions to review by scholars experts in the subject written.  If that were not enough, Dr. Lawrence Summers, who as president of Harvard University , is a member of the magazine’s editorial board and he is Dr. Huntington’s boss.  Is collusion being suggested?  The Hispanic community would do well to complain to President Summers about Dr. Huntington’s article noting that the views expressed by him are unbecoming a Harvard scholar.  Such a complaint should cite that its incendiary nature tends to foster disunity among the nation’s citizens particularly at a time when such unity is needed-a unity so desired as demonstrated by Hispanics serving in the Middle East . 

It can be expected that such a message to President Summers stands to be defended on the basis of academic freedom and the right to free speech.  Many examples exist where expressions have been suppressed when they were determined to foster civil disobedience; thus, actions are now taking place by the military in Iraq against the Shiite cleric in Falluja to eliminate his admonishments and earlier closed his  newspaper, Al Huwza, for reporting information that provoked violence against Americans.  There must be a limit to how much protection is provided to such communications under the guise of free speech. 

If the urge is to kick the complaint to the very top, note is made that the magazine, Foreign Policy, is sponsored by the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.  Dr. Huntington’s article is not consistent with the Endowment’s implicit intent to promote peace and tranquility among peoples around the world.  Under the circumstances, the Endowment would do well to re-examine its affiliation with the publication.

Perhaps all is not lost. An interpretation of Dr. Huntington’s article suggests that it should raise the ire of the U.S. Mexican-American community to say nothing of a possible reaction from Mexico . One might consider the article as a timely call for action, peaceful of course. For certain and without a doubt in a way Dr. Huntington never anticipated, a Hispanic challenge is being presented and the community impacted should see to it that the challenge is met, not so much by acceding to diminish the role Mexican culture and Spanish language plays in U.S. society but to demonstrate that Hispanics are Americans first and that they are dedicated to protect the health and welfare of this nation as has been historically demonstrated time and time again.

 

   

Hispanic American Heroes Series
Bernardo de Galvez

Los Soldados, Santa Barbara
Juan Carlos I., King of Spain
John Henry Blake, Jr.
Galvez Family Homepage, California
Monterrey Presidio Historical site

Los Soldados

Soldiers of the Royal Presidio of Santa Bárbara

April 24th  and 25th , Honored  their Ancestors

 

Lt. Colonel Anza and his horse Contessa. Paul Trujillo demonstrates his riding skill for mission visitors.  Interestingly enough Paul, who is 79 years of age, is riding a horse who is 80 years old by horse years.  Both are in fine form.  Paul rode in the original historical reenactment of the Anza trek in  1976.
  • Michael R. Hardwick
  • 205 Vernal
  • Santa Barbara, CA 93105
  • http://www.soldados.us/StBarbara/cueras.htm



    Photos by Michael R. Hardwick  

     

    Mission escolta on April 24, 2004.  From left to right soldados are: Ben Valenzuela, Santa Barbara; George Thompson, La Purisima; Matt Currey, La Purisima; Mark Mueller, La Purisima soldado who organized the event at the mission; and Dave Martinez, Santa Barbara. Soldados line up for ceremonies in the church in conjunction with John Warren Baroque Music Concert.  In the foreground is Sgt. Of the guard, Jim Martinez. Next to him is musician drummer followed by soldados Louise Williams, Art Carlos, George Thompson, Mark Mueller, Dave Martinez, Ben Valenzuela, and Alferéz Bud Decker.
    Founded April 21, 1782, the Royal Presidio of Santa Bárbara was the last in a chain of four military fortresses built by the Spanish along the coast of Alta California, then a wilderness frontier. Others had been established at San Diego, San Francisco and Monterey. Padre Junípero Serra, well known for his leadership in founding the California missions, blessed the site of the Santa Bárbara Presidio four years prior to the establishment of the Mission of Santa Bárbara in 1786. Presidios played a vital role in the occupation of New Spain. They protected the missions and settlers against attack by Indians, provided a seat of government, and guarded the country against foreign invasion.

    The Santa Bárbara Presidio was both military headquarters and governmental center of the entire region extending from the southern limits of present day San Luis Obispo County to and including the Pueblo of Los Angeles.  


    Juan Carlos I., King of Spain, 
    Compatriot of the Sons of the American Revolution


    February 23, 2000, was a monumental day in the history of the Sons of the American Revolution, when Juan Carlos I., King of Spain, was inducted as a Compatriot and was also awarded the Gold Good Citizenship Medal.  He is the first king to become a member.

    The King traces his lineage to Carlos III, who was the reigning monarch at the time of our Revolutionary War.  Carlos was instrumental in making generous gifts and loans to the Patriots.  Spain was the first nation to give us financial aid - and did so before adoption of the Declaration of Independence.  Without Spain's assistance, it is problematical that we would have survived the first few months of the War.

    The SAR Magazine, Sons of the American Revolution, Spring, 2000, Vol XCIV, No.4, pg 4

    This information was share through the generosity of John and Marcelline Blake.  I received from them three manual of information which they wrote "had been collected over the years for use in our genealogy research. We feel the materials can be very helpful when doing the research to understand our most beautiful California/United States history."   


            
    CONGRATULATIONS AND THANK YOU TO JOHN HENRY BLAKE, JR.


    John Henry Blake, Jr. first became a member of the Sons of the American Revolution as a descendent of Reuben Rozier on March 30, 1993, national number 140553. Not satisfied he continued his research to honor his Hispanic roots.  Further research lead him to information that proved his lineage, not only to one, but  to six Spanish soldiers.

    Francisco Salvador Lugo,                May 25, 1999
    Ignacio Vicente Ferrer Vallejo,         September 29, 1999
    Jose Joaquin Captano Espinosa,     March 6, 2000
    Juan Dsmerio de Osuna,                  March 6, 2000
    Juan Antonio Amesquita,                  May 25, 2000
    Jose Manuel Higuera,                      August 10, 2000
           
                                                    

    If you can prove your lines to one of these soldiers and would like to join the Sons of the American Revolution, contact  the National headquarters of the Sons of the Revolution. Housed up to now in New York City, it is moving to Independence, Missouri. In its new location, it will be near the Mid-Continent Public Library’s Genealogy and Local History Branch. The new address of the Sons of the American Revolution is 201 West Lexington Ave. suite 1776, Independence, Missouri, 60450-1776 or examine their website at  http://www.srl1776.org



    T
    he Galvez Family Home Site
    http://www.galveztown.com/index.htm
    This is more than a family site. It includes information on the Galvez Golf Tournament.




    The Monterrey Presidio will be Dedicated as a Revolutionary War Site 


    The Sons of the American Revolution of California are seeking to dedicate the Monterrey Presidio as a Revolutionary War Site.  Plans are in progress to make the Monterrey Presidio of California, the first Revolutionary War Site west of the Mississippi, on November 6, 2004.

    More has been learned about the contributions of the Spanish Soldiers to the American Revolution.  However, there has never before been a Spanish Presidio that received this type of recognition.

    Leroy Martinez is a member of the Sons of the American Revolution and is participating in the planning of the November 6, 2004 event.  Leroy is looking for anyone or group that may be able to contribute to this event.  

    Information or contact: Leroy Martinez Leroymartinez1@cox.net (949) 581-3270

     Monterey Presidio, founded in 1770
    San Carlos Borromeo de Carmel Mission, founded in 1770

    1778 France declared war against England and signed a treaty with the United States. 
    1779 Spain declared war against England, signed a treaty with the United States on May 8, 1779.

    Monterey Presidio Support of the American Revolution
    Donated from California Missions and Presidios
    Monterey Presidio donated $833
    Carmel Mission donated $106
    All other eight Spanish Missions and Presidios donated an additional $1744
    Monterey Presidio made largest single donation, represented over 30% of total amount               
           
     Monterey Presidio Revolutionary War Dedication Committee
    Chairman-Larry Magerkurth Ex VP CASSAR
    Vice Chairman- Commander Chuck Lampman NSSAR VPG
    Spanish Subcommittee Chairman-Leroy Martinez        
    Monterey Presidio Chairman-Michael Boyd
    Dedication Ceremony and Planning Committee Chairman- Rev. Lou Carlson
    DAR Chairman-Ann Lampman Vice Regent DAR

    Organizational Chart: Monterey presidio Dedication Committee
    Chairman/Vice chairman: Larry Magerkurth/Chuck Lampman
    Spanish  Subcommittee: 
    Leroy Martinez, Michael Boyd , Rev. Lou Carlson, Ann Lampman    

     

    SURNAME  

    Antiquísimo y noble linaje gallego muy extendido por las cuatro provincias de aquella región, León y ambas Castillas, que a partir de la Reconquista se estableció en Extremadura a fines del siglo XIV, donde dejó ilustre descendencia, hallándose igualmente en Andalucía por ésta época y después en el descubrimiento y colonización del continente americano, desde los primeros momentos.

     

    BECERRA

     

    Trae por armas: 
    EN CAMPO DE GULES, 
    DOS BECERRAS DE ORO; UNA SOBRE OTRA
    .  

    Así está confirmado en diferentes nobiliarios y en una bellísima y antigua piedra armera del siglo XVI, existente en la casa de la “Cuesta de la Campaña” de la ciudad de Cáceres.

     

     

    Don Lorenzo Pérez Becerra, primero que pasó desde Galicia a Extremadura, tuvo a don Lope Alfón Becerra, y éste a su vez a don Gonzalo Alfón Becerra, Regidor de Cáceres en 1406. Don Diego Becerra, nieto del último, Comendador y Alférez Mayor de la Orden de Santiago con el Maestre don Alonso de Cárdenas, murió peleando bravamente en la batalla de la Ajarquía de Málaga, en 1483. Fue el primero que pasó a Mérida, casando con una Señora de la familia Messía, en la que hubo a don Lope Sánchez Becerra, Comendador de Bienvenida en la Orden jacobea.

    Ante la Orden de Santiago, la nobleza de este linaje fue acreditada por el ingreso de los siguientes Caballeros:

    Don Rodrigo Becerra de Moscoso y de Silva Pantoja, Alférez Mayor de la ciudad de Badajoz y Capitán del Regimiento de Milicias. Badajoz, 1775; don Cristóbal y don Juan Escudero y Fernández, de Vargas y Becerra. Almedralejo, Badajoz, 1773; don Alonso de Guzmán y Quesada Becerra. Baeza, Jaén, 1625; don Pedro de Porres y Maraber, Becerra y de Alón. Jerez de los Caballeros, 1654; don Benito de Alvarado y Becerra. Zafra, 1707; don José y don Pedro de Laguna y Calderón, Becerra y Chumacero. Badajoz, 1786; don Francisco y don Lorenzo Fernández y Florez, Fernández Becerra y Gutiérrez. Almendralejo, 1691; don Diego Monroy y Becerra y de Jáuregui, originario de Cáceres. Bigeben, Estado de Millán, 1717; don Benito Basadre y Mendoza, Becerra y Mendoza, Paje de S.M. Santiago de Compostela, 1686; don Antonio, don García y don Juan de Vargas Carvajal y Monroy, Becerra y Quiñones. Plasencia, 1697, y don Pedro de Cárdenas Becerra, de Vargas y Escobar, 1621.

    El año 1801, vistió el Hábito de la Orden Militar de Calatrava, don Fernando Becerra y Solís, natural de Miajadas, Cáceres, Alférez de Fragata de la Real Armada, originario de la expresada villa donde sus ascendientes ejercieron sin interrupción cargos reservados a los Hijosdalgo.

    En la Orden de Carlos III, justificaron su calidad; don José María, don Pedro y don Nicolás Joaquín Becerra y Núñez, Grela y Cobas, naturales de Ares, Coruña, militares los tres, en 1838, 1839 y 1841, respectivamente, y don Sebastián Rufino Becerra y Solís, Gutiérrez Salamanca y Castañeda. Miajadas,en1794.

    En la Sala de los Hijosdalgo de las Reales Chancillerías de Valladolid Granada, diferentes miembros de este linaje litigaron por el reconocimiento de su estirpe entre los siglos XVI y XIX.

    Previas las probanzas de su calidad, sentaron plaza como Cadetes en las Reales Compañías de Guardias Marinas, don José Maria Becerra y Suárez de Siquera, natural del Puerto de Santa Maria, Cádiz, en 1780, y don Fernando Becerra y Solís, natural de Miajadas, Cáceres, en 1791.

    Los Becerra están presentes en México desde los primeros años de su conquista, habiendo dado esta familia hijos muy ilustres que se distinguieron en los diferentes campos del saber, y del gobierno de la República.

    Don Andrés Becerra, figura entre los conquistadores de la Nueva España, a las órdenes de Garay, en la toma de la Huasteca; don Bartolomé Becerra, natural de Extremadura, fue conquistador de Guatemala, y su hija doña Teresa Becerra estaba casada con don Bernal Díaz del Castillo; don Diego Becerra de Mendoza, natural de Mérida, Badajoz, Capitán del Navío de Cortés llamado Concepción, participó en la expedición del Mar del Sur, penetró en el Golfo de Cortés y fue el primero de arribar a la Península de California, en el Puerto de Santa Cruz, hoy la Paz, muriendo a manos del piloto vizcaíno Fortín Jiménez, en 1533, y don Juan Becerra, natural de Toro, Zamora, que viene con Luis Ponce, Conquistador de Mixes y Chontales, Encomendero de Ayacastepec en 1547, vivo aún en 1560.

    Don Manuel Becerra Tanco, natural de Taxco, Guerrero, originario de Burguillos, Badajoz, acreditó su “limpieza de sangre” en 1662, siendo vecino de la ciudad de México ante el Santo Oficio de la Inquisición.

    Don José Maria Luciano Becerra y Jiménez, natural de Jalapa, fue Diputado, Senador, Ministro y Obispo de Chiapas, figurando entre los Constituyentes de México, desempeñando también como Ministro de Justicia y Negocios Eclesiásticos, dejando de existir en Puebla el año 1854, donde también ocupó su sede.

    Extract from BLASONES Y APELLIDOS, 828-page book by Fernando Muñoz Altea
    In its second edition, the book can be ordered from blasones@mail.com or at
    P.O. Box 11232, El Paso, Texas 79995  or by contacting Armando Montes AMontes@Mail.com

     

    ORANGE COUNTY, CA

    June 5th, SHHAR quarterly:
    Sharing our History Visually
    Robert Gonzales, Inland Mexican
    Gobernador Lazaro Cardenas Batel
    Introduction to Military Records
         Workshops, 
    Fire in the Morning Exhibit 
    Carlos Velazquez, Keynote, LJOC



    Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research Quarterly Meeting

    June 5th, 2004

    10-11 a.m.

    SHARING OUR HISTORIES VISUALLY

    Orange Family History Center, 
    674 S. Yorba, City of  Orange
    No Cost, light refreshments

    Family History Research Assistance and Networking, 
    Before and After, 9-10 and 11-12



    Zapata (4' X 4' Oil) by Henry Godines


    Henry Michael Godines*
    will present a slide presentation of his paintings. 
    The theme most commonly associated with Henry's subjects   
    are in the area of military history, 
    1800s to the present.  
    This is the first time that the public will be able to see Godines' complete works.
    View 20th century aviation and maritime examples at:
    http://home.earthlink.net/~hgodines/


    Yolanda Ochoa and Steve Hussey
    We will also enjoy a visual family history display combining a very recent trip 
    Ayotlan, Jalisco and the
    pedigree information of the Luna family.
    Yolanda Ochoa and her husband Steve Hussey are artists in the area of web design. 
    They are the creators of SHHAR's new beautiful website.  
    http://www.SHHAR.org

    * Except for a brief period of study in 1975 with California artist John Ludlum, Henry is essentially a self taught artist.  Able to work in several mediums but preferring oils for the flexibility if offers.  His technique is based on realism.  "As a philosophical realist who happens to be an artist, the type of art form best suited for conveying my ideas is through figurative realism.  As far as my technique is concern, with as much emphasis as I put on the disciplined and pre-determined aspect of realist art, I always try to work in a good amount of spontaneity which, in my opinion, is an essential element in producing balanced works of art."

    Henry's art exhibit experience covers a period of thirty years with the American Society of Aviation Artists (A.S.A.A.) and the Orange County Latino Artist Network O.L.L.A.N. Henry is originally from Texas with historical Tex/Mex roots. 

    Avant Garde Publishing

    P.O. Box 809
    Midway city, Ca 92655
     714-898-7598   hgodines@earthlink.net  



    Photo by Pat Lozano

    Robert Gonzales and Mimi Lozano pause after Robert's presentation on March 27th to SHHAR.  Robert is the Director of the Inland Mexican Heritage project.  He spoke on the influence of population growth in affecting not only the landscape, but also the community of people that live in those areas. One aspect of the project is gathering oral histories of people living close to the I-10 Freeway.  Information:  909-347-2379, or email: info@mexicanheritage.org
     

     

    Gobernador Michoacano, Lazaro Cardenas Batel  

    El funcionario inauguró las oficinas de la Federación de Michoacanos en Santa Ana, California, 16 abril, 2004

    Parte de un artículo escrito por Patrica Prieto, Excelsior, Semana del 23 al 29 de abril de 2004


    De acuerdo con el Censo 2000, el 33 per ciento de la población del Condado de Orange es latina.  Más aún, las cifras señnalan que ocho de cada diez residentes latinos en el condado son de nacionalidad mexicana y, aunque las cifras no los dividen por estado oc ciudad de procedenia, la oficia consular de Mexico en este condado sabe muy bien, por su registro de matrículas consulares, que aproximadamente unos 140 mil proceden de Michaoacán.


    Luis Miguel Ortiz Haro
    Consul general de Mexico en Santa Ana


    Perfil de la comunidad michoacana
    • Cuatro milones de babitanes viven en el Estado de Michoacan, Mexico.(Censo de Mexico)
    • Tres millones (adicionales) de michoacanos viven en Estados Unidos. (Censo de Mexico)
    • Un millon de michoacanos reside en California . (Censo 2000 de Estados Unidos)
    • 140 mil residen en el Condado de Orange.(Datos del Consulado General de Mexico en Santa Ana) 
    • Aproximadamente unos 60 mil residen en Santa Ana. (Datos del Consulado General de Mexico en Santa Ana)


    The event was hosted by the Santiago Community College District.  Introductions were made by SCCD President Eddie Hernandez. A brief talk by Consul Haro was followed by a presentation by Governor Lazaro Cardena Betel. The event was attended to by many community leaders.  From left to right: Auxiliary Bishop, Reverend Jaime Soto, Businessman Gilberto Arteaga, Elder Carlos Garcia of the LDS Church, educator Gilberto Cerda, and Keith Atkinson, Public Affairs, LDS Church.

     

    Introduction to Military Records, May 5, 9:30 a.m.
    National Archives and Records Administration, Pacific Region
    24000 Avila Road, 1st Floor East, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677-3497
    This workshop will explore basic military resources for genealogy relating to American military actions from the Revolutionary War through conflicts of the late 20th century.



    Fire in the Morning,
     a Pictorial History of Mexican American History in Orange County

    Exhibit runs through May 21st at the Fullerton College Library
    321 East Chapman Ave. Fullerton
    Hours: Mon-Thurs. 7:30 a.m. - 9 p.m.  Fri. 7:30 a.m.- 4 p.m., Sat a.m. - 3 p.m.

    For information contact:  Yolanda Alvarez  yalvarez@fireinthemorning.com
    714-992-7061 or 714-538-8380 
     
     

    Carlos Velasquez, Century 21 South Coast
    Keynote:  Lincoln-Juarez Opportunity Center Gala, April 23, 2004 


    As a first generation Mexican growing-up in Santa Ana, Carlos Velazquez was raised on the values of the Hispanic community; faith, family, and an inherent work ethic.  He has used those values to build a successful real estate business that employs 21 Hispanics.  Carlos' clients are mainly Hispanics who are seeking to achieve the  American dream of own a home.  Mr. Velazquez became involved with The Lincoln-Juarez Opportunity Center because he was impressed with the unique approach they took in becoming a part of the community by offering support in needed areas such as education, healthcare and job opportunities.  (Program bio)

     

     

     

    LOS ANGELES, CA

    Buscando Nuestras Raices, Sept 25th
    May events at
    Rancho Los Cerritos
    Founding Documents of Los Angeles
    Los Angeles Public Library

      
    Los Angeles Times
      
    Jose Maria Garcia
       Tomasa Romero de Garcia
       Carolina Oden Sepulveda


     Save the date:  Sept 25th, Los Angeles  Buscando Nuestras Raices 
    Rancho Los Cerritos Celebrates Early California History  
    http://www.rancholoscerritos.org
     
    Saturday, May 8, 2004
    "Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo: Promises Kept and Broken," 
      
    The lecture by renown historian Ricardo Griswold del Castillo will focus on the history of the treaty, which marked the formal end of the Mexican-American war, and how the 1848 document continues to affect US-Mexican relations and Hispanic rights.  
     
    Gates open at 9:30 for the 10 a.m. lecture, and there is a $5 admission ($3 for members and full time students) that also includes light refreshments.  
     

    Sunday, May 16
    An Early California Celebration at the Rancho!  
     

    The day's activities honor the 220th anniversary of the Nieto land grant and 160th anniversary of the Rancho Los Cerritos adobe, and include early California music by Los Californios, and early California dances by Yesteryears Dancers.  
     
    Throughout the afternoon there will be living history presentations by such notables as Governor Pio Pico, Don Jose Sepulveda, Thomas and Rachel Larkin, and Father Serra, as well as a historical fashion show by volunteers from the San Juan Capistrano Mission.  
     
    Displays by Los Pobladores, Los Californianos, the LB Herb Society and others will offer detailed information on early California families and plants, and there will be a series of mini-lectures throughout the afternoon that will focus on the Nieto land grant, the Padua Hills Theater, historic costuming and other subjects.  
     
    There will also be plenty of hands-on fun for children, who can design a brand, tool leather, make candles or punch tin--tasks reminiscent of the days when the rancho raised cattle for the hide and tallow trade!  
     
    Admission to the event is $5, $3 for children 4-12 years, and free to those 3 and under.  Light refreshments will be available for sale, including tamales from Riveras Mexican Restaurant.  
     
    The event has been planned with considerable help from the Friends' Hispanic History Committee working with Rancho staff.  Join us for a great celebration of life during California's early Spanish and Mexican history, when land was plentiful and Ranchos dotted the California landscape. For information on both events, please contact the Rancho at (562) 570-1755. 



    Founding Documents of Los Angeles:
      A Bilingual Edition edited by Doyce B. Nunis Jr.  

    Documents include "Four Reports by Governor Neve," the "Instrucción," "Correspondence Pertaining to the Pobladores," "Governor Neve's Order for the Founding of Los Angeles," "Padrón of Los Angeles," and "Confirmation of Titles to Pueblo Lands"--accompanied by a listing of "Soldiers and Settlers of the Expedition of 1781" by Thomas Workman Temple II.
    [basically a corrected reprint of HSSC Annual of 1931]  Printed in a limited edition of 1600.  Will retail for $42.50 ($50.00 with tax and shipping) for non-members.  Pre-publication offer for members--$40.00 with HSSC paying tax and shipping.  Order and pay by check or credit card to HSSC, 200 East Avenue 43, LA, CA 90031.  
    Sent by Mary Ayers  M3Ayers@aol.com



    Los Angeles Public Library  


    The Los Angeles Public Library has recently added HeritageQuest Online to the list of databases offered by the library.  It is available to researchers at the Central Library and also at our 67 branches located within the city limits.  In addition, it is available to library patrons at home if they have a library card.  In order to do a search at home, you should begin at the library’s home page, which is http://www.lapl.org  Once there, click on Databases.  At this point you will be prompted to enter your library card number.  When you have been verified, you can scroll down through the alphabetical list to HeritageQuest Online and click on it.  Another database, which can be used at the Central Library, all branches, and at home, is the Biography and Genealogy Master Index (Gale).  It is useful for searching for prominent persons who might be mentioned in who’s who publications and biographical dictionaries.

    The library also offers access to Ancestry Plus, which is the library version of Ancestry.com.  It is available as a database at the central library and all of our branches, but not for home use.  
     
    A new database, which the library is gradually getting, is the Los Angeles Times, Historical Archives (ProQuest).  It is available at the Central Library and at all of our branches, but not for home use.  It currently covers from 1881-1961, but there are gaps in here that have yet to be digitized.  Eventually it will cover from 1881-1984.  For many of these years there was no index to the Times.  Now it is possible to easily search for obituaries and deaths notices and see the actual image of the article on the computer without needing to use microfilm.  In many cases it is now possible to print a better copy of the article because our old microfilm were often badly scratched after years of heavy use.
    Michael Kirley, Genealogy Librarian, mkirley@lapl.org


    LOS ANGELES TIMES
    Los Angeles Times, Feb 17, 1889
    RUN OVER AND KILLED
    Jose Maria Garcia, an Old Resident and a Matador
    Source Karla Everett  EverettKA@bak.rr.com
    CA-SPANISH-D Digest V04 #14
    CA-SPANISH-D-request@rootsweb.com

    Last evening about 7 o'clock an old Mexican named Jose Maria Garcia, for many years a resident of this city, was run over by a hack on Main street, opposite the Pico House, and so badly hurt that he died in a little over an hour from the time the accident occurred.  Garcia had been drinking in the saloon on Main street opposite the Plaza, and had started across the street.  He was very much under the influence of liquor, and had got only a few yards from the curb when he was struck by a hack, knocked down, trampled by the horses and run over by the vehicle.  The hack was going at a very rapid pace, and never checked up a moment to ascertain the extent of the old man's injuries, but, on the contrary, the driver whipped up his horses and made off.  The streets were filled with people, and in a few minutes a large crowd had collected about the place, and, after a few minutes delay, Fireman Vignes and one or two others picked Garcia up and carried him into the saloon. 

    Here he remained until the patrol wagon arrived, and he was taken to the police station, where Drs. Choate and McGowan were called in, arriving a few minutes later.  An examination showed that nothing could be done for him, as he was even then dying . . . a few gasps for breath and he was dead.  The Coroner was immediately notified, and the body was removed to Orr and Suten's undertaking rooms on Spring street, where the inquest will be held today.

    Garcia was about 60 years of age, and a native of Mexico, where his family still reside.  In his younger days he was a bullfighter, and had some reputation among old residents of this city, who saw him in the earlier days, when bull-fighting was the proper thing in the way of sport.  Of late years Garcia worked as a laborer, and was so engaged at the time of his death

    Immediately after the death of Garcia, officers started out to look up the hack driver, and about 9 o'clock Detective Glass found him on first street.  He was placed under arrest and locked up, charged with manslaughter.  He gave the name of Harry W. Thompson, and says that the man must have been drunk and staggered directly in front of the team.  Thompson denies that he was driving at an unusual rate of speed, and says that he has the reputation of being a very careful driver.  He does not explain why he did not stop and see whether the man was injured or not.  The case will be fully investigated at the inquest today. 

     

    Los Angeles Times, Jan 26, 1902
    LIVED SEVENTY YEARS AT SANTA BARBARA 
    Death of Mrs. Garcia where She Was Born
    Source Karla Everett  EverettKA@bak.rr.com
    CA-SPANISH-D Digest V04 #14
    CA-SPANISH-D-request@rootsweb.com


    SANTA BARBARA, Jan. 25. - Mrs. Tomasa Romero de Garcia died at her residence at De la Guarra and Anacapa streets, early yesterday morning, after a severe illness extending over a period of several days.  Mrs. Garcia was 70 years of age, and was one of the oldest inhabitants of this city, having been born in this vicinity.  She married Mr. Garcia shortly after his return from the South, where he went as a soldier with the Mexican troops to check the invasion of Gen. Fremont and his forces in 1847.  She leaves a widower and several children.  The funeral will be held at the Parochial Church on Sunday at 2 p.m., and the remains will be interred in the Catholic Cemetery

     

    Carolina Oden Sepulveda
    Los Angeles Times, Jan 21, 1927
    SEPULVEDA RITE ARRANGED
    Source Karla Everett  EverettKA@bak.rr.com
    CA-SPANISH-D Digest V04 #14
    CA-SPANISH-D-request@rootsweb.com


    Descendant of One of State's Oldest Families Will Be Buried in Inglewood Cemetery Tomorrow

    Funeral services for Carolina Oden Sepulveda, whose death Wednesday night severed another link with the State's historic past, will be conducted tomorrow morning from the Catholic church at Wilmington, where solemn high mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m.  Interment will be in Inglewood Cemetery.

    It was more than forty-eight years ago when Carolina Oden, belle of Southern California, and Roman D. Sepulveda, descendant of one of the State's oldest Spanish families, braved parental displeasure over their extreme youth and drove to Los Angeles to be married.  The ceremony was performed at the Old Plaza Church on February 10, 1879.

    Carolina Oden Sepulveda was born in Los Angeles on February 3, 1861.  Her father was George V. Oden, who came to California from Virginia.  Her mother came of the Spanish family of Machado, which had its casa grande at Viona (sic) Rancho, now The Palms, near Culver City.

    Roman D. Sepulveda, at the time of the romance, lived at the home of his father, Diego Sepulveda, near the old German settlement at Wilmington.  The picturesque adobe mansion, which stood until a few years ago, had been built by Ignacio Sepulveda.

    For a time the couple lived at the Sepulveda homestead, removing to San Pedro forty years ago.  The Sepulveda home is at 438 West Fifth street, San Pedro.

    Mrs. Sepulveda died Wednesday night from a cerebral hemorrhage.  At her bedside were her eight children and their families:  Albert, William, Louis, Benjamin and Philip Sepulveda, all of San Pedro, and Mrs. Nicholas Kokkopolis and Mrs. George Contos of San Pedro, and Mrs. Silas E. Snyder of Los Angeles.  Also present were her sisters, Mrs. E. F. Harriman of San Pedro and Mrs. Bert Ihrig of Glendale, and her brothers, J. M. Rocha and James, George and Mason Oden.

    She also leaves her husband, San Pedro capitalist and authority on the early Spanish history of California, and his sister, Senora Rudicinda de Sepulveda de Dodson of San Pedro.  Among the sorrowing friends were representatives of almost all the old Spanish families, including the Avilas, Machados, Estudillos, Dominguez, Verdugos, Yorbas and de la Guerras.

     

    CALIFORNIA

    J Antonio Buelna, Soldado de Cuera
    My Spanish Family
    May 19-22: National Genealogical Society Conference in Sacramento 
    Spanish Records 
    Gold in California in 1690
    Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe
    California Spanish Genealogy
    Historic adobes, San Diego County
    Ranchos in the San Joaquin Valley
    Sacramento County Cemetery  
    Latino Arts Network 

     


    Melbourne G. Slade II 

    4th
    great-grandson of 
    Jose Antonio Buelna

                  Josef Antonio Buelna,
                      Soldado de Cuera


    Long before the Revolutionary war and before the United States existed as a nation, Spain had laid claim to our western shores. Soldados were being sent to explore and then establish settlements. One such explorer was with Rivera in 1774. A soldado named Josef Antonio Buelna, son of Anastacio Buelna and Maria Ygnacia Dominguez, left his home in Sinaloa, Mexico and traveled with Rivera to what is now Monterey, California.


    Sent by Gail Slade  dardena@link2usa.com

     We find him as a soldier listed in the Census of Alta California 1775 at the Presidio of Monterey still single but on 26 May 1776 all that changed when he married Maria Antonia Tapia. She was the daughter of Felipe Santiago Tapia and Juana Maria Cardenas and had arrived in California with her parents in the Anza expedition. Her marriage was probably the first wedding of anyone in the Anza party in the new land.

    In 1782 Antonio is in the company list at the Presidio of Monterey again. Before 1795 he was grantee of the provisional Rancho Canada de Huerta encompassing 3,329.25 acres. On March 16, 1779, his son, Jose Joaquin Buelna, was baptized at Mission San Carlos de Monterey bringing the line one generation closer to my husband. While this soldier was a protector, rancher and father, he also was an educator. By 1818, according to Bancroft, but as early as 1811, according Clyde Arbuckle's History of San Jose, he was teaching school and did so for a few years. On October 1, 1821 Josef Antonio Buelna died and on October 2, 1821 he was buried from Mission Santa Clara.

    Jose Joaquin Buelna married Maria Guadalupe Gabriela Rodriguez on November 4, 1805 and on March 6, 1807 had a daughter, Maria Antonia Francisca Romana Buelna, closing the gap of one more generation to my husband. She went on to marry, on May 15, 1825, Jose Prudencio Espinosa, whose father was another soldado with Rivera but in the 1781 expedition. Prudencio and Maria Antonia had a daughter, Maria Angelita de los Angeles Espinosa on August 15,1843 who married Jose Ramon Domingo Bonilla and they became the parents of my husband’s great-grandfather, Alexandro Bonilla.

    Alexandro or as he later was known, Alexander married Amelia Guevara, the daughter of Gregorio Guevara and Francisca Soto. They were the parents of five daughters, two who became my husband’s grandmothers and one, Frances, became the mother of another soldier, Melbourne George Slade, II. In fact her funeral had to wait until Captain Slade of the 1st Cavalry could get home from Korea.

    The nature of soldier and teacher continues today in the life of Jose Antonio Buelna’s fifth great-grandson, Melbourne George Slade, III.

    Sources:
    Family records
    Genealogy Cards by Carol de Ruyter held by Monterey County Historical Society
    "Spanish Mexican Families of Early California" by Marie Northrup
    "Los Fundadores" by Leon Rowland
    " History of San Jose" by Clyde Arbuckle published by Memorabilia of San Jose in 1986,  page 202-203
    1790 Padron de Monterey
    1804 Monterey Church Padrone
    1836 Padron de Monterey
    Copy of the baptism of Joseph Joaquin Buelna
    Thomas Workman Temple Transcriptions
    Chart by Sheila Ruiz Harrell

    Child is Melbourne G. Slade II 



    My Spanish Family
    by 
    Tim Berenda-Martinez

    TBerenda@aol.com
    Phone 760-720-7113  Fax 760-720-6143

    Desperate for a better life in the late 1800’s, my widowed great grandmother, Antonia Martinez Ortiz, left her two sons with family in Calatayud, Zaragoza, Spain and took the gamble of her lifetime and moved to California. 

    Once landing in Los Angeles, in and around 1895, this pioneering woman went right to work to achieve her goals. Antonia took a job as a cook and housekeeper for the Secundo Guasti family, founder of the Italian Vineyard Company. She married Domingo Berenda and soon had her third son, Matias. Unable to out run fate, bad luck, in the way of personal tragedy struck Antonia once again. Her newly married husband Domingo died suddenly. Now with a young child to raise and alone in a new country, Antonia was again forced to risk everything. 

    Luckily and at this time in the late 1890s, the Italian Vineyard Company was in its early existence and Secundo Guasti was looking for hard working dedicated employees to count on. Secundo was impressed with this woman’s will to survive and over come personal tragedy. Secundo asked Antonia to be his personal family housekeeper and move out to the vineyard compounds located some 60 miles east of Los Angeles, in the communities of now Ontario and Rancho Cucamonga. 

    Antonia’s strong work ethics and her dedication to her family and goals finally paid off, when in 1906, she convinced Secundo Guasti to hire and bring over from Spain, members of her immediate family. In Spain, Antonia’s brother, Mariano Martinez was awarded with the Diploma de Las Rosas and was a highly regarded horticulturalist. Once at work at the vineyard, Mariano grafted and created various varietal grapes, for wines at the time. Antonia was also reunited with her two older sons, whom she had left behind in Spain and they along with their families moved to California. 

    Both sons, Aquilino and Bernardo took positions of management in the vineyard and winery and for the next 25 years, helped create the largest vineyard in the world. Over these years, Antonia was fondly known as the mother of the Guasti community. With many of the workers being migrant and coming from all over the world….Spain, Italy, France, Mexico, etc., Antonia became a surrogate mother to them all and helped them out in times of trouble. 


    Antonia at son Matias and Stella wedding


    Secundo Guasti as "Best Man" 

     

    The Cucamonga Valley Winery was started by Matias Martinez. 

    Text reads: Dodge Truck Starts first case of choice California Wines.  Sent to President Franklin D. Roosevelt by the Cucamonga Valley Wine Company.

    Upon retiring in 1929, the Italian Vineyard Company awarded Antonia with a trip back to her native Spain. With her dedication and hard work ethics, Antonia proved to be a worthy role model to her three sons and many grand and great grand children. Upon leaving the Italian Vineyard company, the Martinez families opened up many community businesses of their own……a vineyard and winery, a community market, a restaurant and bar, a liquor store, a gas station and towing service and a taxi service. The Martinez’ were all active with the Elk’s Club and Masons.

     


    Antonia, family and friends going away party prior to trip


    Antonia’s passport for her trip to Spain is in both French and Spanish, dated July 18, 1929.  

    Today, Italian Vinyard is gone, but not the town of Guasti (located at the entrance of Ontario Airport) nor is the legacy of Antonia and the rest of the Martinez family. They are all etched deep into the local areas and its vineyard’s history.
    If you are ever in the area, you can go visit this California historic site and see how once this small community prospered. The memorabilia books mention all of the individual achievements of this Martinez family. Thank you for reading about my family and Hispanic genealogy.

    With Hispanic pride,  Tim Berenda-Martinez 




    National Genealogical Society Conference  
    19-22 May 2004 ---- Sacramento, California

    REGISTER Today!  http://www.eshow2000.com/ngs
    Here is a quick rundown of the program you can look forward to:

    ---Assumptions in Genealogical Research: Your Own Worst Enemy
    ---California Gold Rush
    ---Westward Ho! But How?
    ---Documents and Books on the Web
    ---Three Females 10-16...Making Sense of Pre-1850 Censuses
    ---Reading Early American Handwriting
    ---NEHGS Luncheon: "New England Online: Tracing Your Ancestors 
    ---Sacramento German Genealogy Society Luncheon
    ---Afro-American Historical and Genealogical Society Luncheon
    ---Digital Imaging (Added Workshop)
    ---Where History Lives: Preservation and Genealogy
    ---Did Your Ancestors Siblings Take YOUR Family Papers to California?
    ---Mapping Software Tracks Migration
    ---Coincoin of Cane River: Breathing Life into "Forgotten" Women
    ---Federal Census Records: Going beyond the Population Schedules
    ---The Master Genealogist (Beginner)
    ---Accessing Records in Eastern Europe
    ---Using California Records to find Southern U.S. Ancestors ...
    ---Railroad Records & Railroad History: Methods for Tracking
    ---Westward Ho and Beyond - Genealogical Notes from One Easterner's Experience
    ---"The Dawn of Freedom" Records of the Bureau of Refugees, Freedmen and Abandoned Lands
    ---Railroad Museum Reception & Gathering
    ---Digital Imagingspace is available in additional Workshop on Weds-go to W128
    ---Recent Developments in Jewish Genealogy
    ---Tracking Your Genes in Genealogy: DNA Testing
    ---Keeping up with the Neighbors - Learning about Your Ancestors from People They Knew
    ---Research Techniques Using Anthropology, Geography, History, and  Political Science
    ---Before They Crossed the Pond - English Sources for Locating Emigrant Ancestors
    ---Finding German Ancestors Using Church Records in Germany & the U.S.
    ---Basic Union & Confederate Military Records in the National Archives
    ---Board for Certification of Genealogists Luncheon: "How Genealogy Hasn't Changed in Forty Years"
    ---Genealogical Society of Utah Luncheon
    ---Genealogical Speaker's Guild Luncheon
    ---Hands-On Land Platting Workshop
    ---Far From Home & Family: The Origins of California's Risk-Taking Culture
    ---Chinese Research: Chinese in the United States Since 1850
    ---The Master Genealogist (Intermediate)
    ---Resolving Research Dilemmas: Case Studies in Logical Analysis and Successful Methodology
    ---"She Came From Nowhere": A Case Study Approach to a Difficult Virginia Problem
    ---In a Rut? 7 Ways to Jumpstart Your Research
    ---Thinking Geo-Logically: Topographical Maps & the Geographic Names Database
    ---Found: One Ancestral Address, The Poor Farm
    ---Using Vital Records and Related Sources to Trace 20th-Century Immigrant Origins
    ---NGS Banquet
    ---What Language Are They Speaking? Understanding Legalese
    ---Southern Colonial Land Records:Maryland,Virginia,the Carolinas, and Georgia
    ---Major Resources for French Research: In France, Louisiana, and Elsewhere
    ---Federal Land Records: Getting a Federal Land Case File
    ---Documentation: A Formula for Every Day
    ---Deedmapper
    ---Before You Publish: What Every Genealogist Needs to Know About Copyright, 
    ---Southern Claims Commission Records: A Source for Southern Genealogies
    ---The Base of English Research - The Church of England Registers
    ---County Land Records in Depth
    ---Publishing in the Age of Technology
    ---German Gothic Handwriting: Anyone Can Read It
    ---Fleshing Our Ancestral Skeletons - The Case of Helen Law of  Aberdeen, Scotland
    ---Researching Pennsylvania Ancestors
    ---German Gazetteers: Necessary Tools for Successful Research
    ---Neighborhood Reconstruction: Using Land Records Effectively
    ---No Ring? No License? Are They Married? Applying the Common Law to Marriage
    ---Association of Professional Genealogists Luncheon
    ---CSGA Luncheon
    ---Clooz: Ancestor Detective (Beginners)
    ---Federal Court Records: Neglected Cache of Ancestral Information
    ---Clues in Missouri Migration
    ---Indentured Servitude as a Household Economy Strategy
    ---Land Records - How to Find Them in the Courthouse and on the  Internet
    ---Timelines: A Chronology of Life Events
    ---The Skills for Certification: Your Questions Answered
    ---Clooz: Ancestor Detective (Advanced)
    ---When There's Not a Will There Is a Way
    ---There's More Than Corn in Indiana: Finding Your Hoosier Ancestor
    ---From Italy to America: Starting Your Italian Genealogical Research
    ---Ireland's Estate and Land Records
    ---Getting Organized: A Genealogist's Greatest Challenge
    ---ISFHWE Dinner
    ---Calculating Transatlantic Travel Times in the Colonial Period
    ---Oregon Genealogical Resources
    ---Research for Treasures in State Archives
    ---Extra, Extra! Your Ancestors Are in the Newspaper
    ---Why You Might Have Missed Your Soldier: Basic Military Records at the National Archives
    ---BCG Education Fund Workshop: Abstracting Records for Accuracy and Success
    ---With a Little Help From My Friends and a Significant Number of Strangers
    ---Texas Before Statehood: The Spanish, Mexican and Republic Eras
    ---Research Facilities in the Golden State
    ---I Found It Online: Separating Fact from Fiction
    ---Separating Fact from Blarney in Irish Oral Tradition
    ---The Master Genealogist (Advanced)
    ---Strategies for Finding and Using Reliable Historical and Genealogical Data on the Internet
    ---Did They Come From New England?
    ---NUCMC - A Genealogist's Goldmine!
    ---Writing Your Family History in Small, Manageable Pieces
    ---Over the Mountains, Across the Plains... Using Electronic Records  to Connect Our Ancestors
    ---Federation of Genealogical Societies Luncheon
    ---NIGRAA Luncheon "Your NEW National Archives"
    ---NGS GENTECH Luncheon
    ---Compiling Your Family Health History
    ---Genealogical Proof Standard
    ---Finding Your Ancestor's New York Origins
    ---A Baker's Dozen: The Top Internet Sites that Professional 
    Genealogists Use-and Why!
    ---The 5 Ws: Using the Internet to Answer Who,What,Where,When and Why

    19-22 May 2004 ---- Sacramento, California
    REGISTER Today!
    http://www.eshow2000.com/ngs

    We'll see you all in less than three weeks,

    Cyndi Howells
    NGS Board of Directors

    Iris Carter Jones
    Join us - "A Golden Prospect"
    NGS Conference in the States
    In Sacramento, California
    19-22 May 2004
    www.sacvalleygenes.org
     


    Spanish Record Gold in California in 1690

    The history of the discovery of gold in California far antedates James Marshall's famous discovery in 1848, although the early accounts are often vague or uncertain..

    In 1690 a book was publish in Spain, Recordado en Historia el California Ata. A priest at "San Jose Mission on the Bay of San Francisco" mentions small quantities of gold in "placers" of streams to the north.

    In 1775 an account is given reporting placers working in the "Carga Muchacha" area near Yuma.

    In 1818 a "small thread of gold worked in Santa Barbara district in 1840.

    In 1842, Abel Stearns related the discovery of gold at San Francisquito ;by Franciso Lopez. Abel Stearns sent a sample of gold to the United States Mint in 1842. An emissary of the French government, notes the discovery referring to San Francisquito, 6 leagues beyond San Frernando, with pieces up to 2 to 3 ounces in weight.

    In 1844 Manuel Castenares sends a report to king of Spain concerning the San Francisquito gold fields: "Gold placers discovered in the course of the last year have attracked the great attention, for they extend nearly 30 leagues.

    In September 1846 specks of gold are recovered from the bank of San Joaquin river near Stockton.

    In1847 reports of abundant gold near San Diego and River Gila were widely distributed.

     



    Portuguese Heritage Publications of California
    The Holy Ghost Research Project Committee, recognizing the need and interest in recording the significant histories of the Portuguese-American experience in California, has formed a non-profit educational corporation, Portuguese Heritage Publications of California.  http://www.Portuguesebooks.org
    Portuguese Ancestry Vol XIII, #1 Apr 2003

    Obituary Lookups - San Francisco
    The Magazine & Newspaper Department of the San Francisco Public Library will provide one free lookup/photocopy for California residents if they provide their mailing address, name of deceased, place and date of death.  You can email your request to info@fpl.org or mail you request to:
    Attn: Magazine & Newspaper Dept.
    San Francisco Public Library
    Information Services Dept.
    100 Larkin St., San Francisco, CA 94102
    It is helpful if you include a self-addressed stamped envelope (S.A.S.E.) 
    Portuguese Ancestry Vol XIII, #1 Apr 2003



    Pueblo de San Jose de Guadalupe Lit of Mayors: 1783-1850
    La Oferta Review  http://www.laoferta.com,  November 22, 2002
    Shared by Jose Pantoja

     

    Mayor & year elected
    Jose Ignacio Archuleta 1783
    Unkown 1784
    Jose Manuel Gonzales 1785
    Ignacio Vallejo 5-1785 to 
          11-1792
    Jose Marcario Castro 1792
    Antonio Romero 1793
    Gabriel Moraga 1794-96
    Marcos Chabolla 1796
    Jose Maria Martinez 1797
    Jose Velarde 1798
    Ignacio Castro 1799
    Miguel de Osuna 1801
    Tiburcio Vasquez 1802
    Ignacio Archuleta 1803

    The Mayor is now chosen by lot from three candidates during a town meeting 
    Ignacio Castro 1804
    Jose Maria Martinez 1805
    Ignacio Archuleta 1806
    Unknown 1807 & 1808
    Ignacio Castro 1809 & 1810
         1806-1817
    Unknown 1811-1817
    Antonio Soto 1818
    Jose Tiburcio Castro 1819
    Teodosio Flores 1820
    Augustin Navaez 1821
    Juan Alvarez 1822 & 1823
    Ignacio Pacheco 1824
    Josquin Higuera 1825
    JuanAlvires 1826
    Mariano Castro 1827
    Salvio Pacheco 1828
    Florentino Archuleta 1829
    Mariano Castro 1830
    Mariano Durarte 1831
    Ignacio Peralta 1832
    Salvio Pacheco 1833
    Pedro Chabolla 1834
    Antonio Maria Pico 1835
    Jose Maria Alviso 1836
    Juan Alvires 1837
    Dolores Pacheco 1838
    Jose Noriega 1839
    Antonio Sunol 1840
    The Responsibility of Mayor/
    Vice Mayor is instituted

    Dolores Pacheco (1st) 1841
    Tomas Pacheco (2nd)
    Antonio Buelna (died in Nov)
         1842
    Salvio Pacheco (1st) 1843
    Antonio Maria Pico (2nd)
    Antonio Maria Pico (1st)
    Felix Buelna (2nd)
    Antonio Maria Pico  1845
    Dolores Pacheco (1st, Jan-Jul)
         1846
    Pedro Chabolla (2nd)
    John Burton (1st, Jul-Dec) 1846
    James Stokes (2nd)
    Charles White (1st) 1848
    James Weekes (2nd)
    H.K. Dimmick (1st Jan-Aug) 1849
    Richard May (1st Aug-Nov) 1849
    John c. Conroy (1st Nov-Dec)  
           1849
     

    California Spanish Genealogy
    http://www.sfgenealogy.com/spanish/
    Sent by Eddie Grijalva grijalvaet@sbcglobal.net

    Welcome to California Spanish Genealogy! This site is for the genealogical research of the California Spanish families who were here before 1849. It was created to fill a gap left by previous sites. If you have anything you would like to see here, please let me know! Web master Ron Filion

    Includes a keyword search and resources which includes a library, data nook, photographs, mailing list, societies, links and a collection of obituaries. 


    Historic adobes in San Diego County

    Several historic houses and buildings are open to the public across the county. They include:

    Asistencia San Antonio de Pala, Pala Mission Road in Pala. Open daily 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. (760) 742-3317.

    Bancroft Ranch House, 9050 Memory Lane in Spring Valley. Open Friday through Sunday from 1 to 4p.m. (619) 469-1480

    Casa De Estudillo, on Mason Street in San Diego. Open daily from 10a.m. to 5p.m. (619) 220-5422

    Los Penasquitos Ranch House, 12020 Black Mountain Road in San Diego. Open 9:30 a.m. to dusk Monday through Friday with tours at 11a.m. Saturday and 1 p.m. Sunday. (858) 484-7504.

    Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, 4050 Mission Ave. in Oceanside. Open daily from 10a.m. to 4p.m. (760) 757-3651.

    Rancho Buena Vista Adobe, 651 E. Vista Drive in Vista. Open Wednesday through Friday from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. with a tour Saturday at 10 a.m. (760) 639-6164.

     

    Ranchos in the San Joaquin Valley
    by Norman Atkins
    Source: Sequoia Genealogical Society, Inc., Volume 31, Number 2, April 2004
    Tulare City Library, Genealogical Department, 113 North "F" Street, Tulare, CA 93274
    Sacramento County Cemetery  

    Sent by Cathy CathT@aol.com 
    CSGA-L@rootsweb.com 

    Greetings:

    The UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento was established at the old Sacramento County Hospital property in the 1970s.  When the County sold the University the property no provision was made for the County Hospital Cemetery.  During construction for an expansion project, contractors found human remains in the project zone.  

    The body count has increased from 2 sets of remains to 28 sets of remains WITHIN THE PROJECT ZONE.  The County Hospital Cemetery has been reported to have begun as 1 acre in 1877 and was expanded to 2 acres at a later date.  Thirty graves have been reported to have been moved in the past, though neither the County nor UC Davis has the records of that relocation.

    UC Davis Medical Center has petitioned the Superior Court of Sacramento County to allow them to exhume and relocate the 28 bodies found during their subsequent archaeological review.  The medical center claims to be the "cemetery authority" even though California cemetery law required the County of Sacramento to relocate the graves from the cemetery before the County had authority to sell the land.  A hearing will be held on April 13 in Sacramento Superior Court.

    This is a true instance of Murphy's Law for this poor cemetery.  What could go wrong, did go wrong.  Now UC Davis is forced to bear the cost of the relocation which the County should have done before transferring the land.  Now UC Davis only wants to address the 28 bodies in the project zone while ignoring the rest of the location of the cemetery and the untold remains that rest there.  (Mostly under a parking lot and temporary modular buildings.)

    If you had ancestors that were buried in the Sacramento County Hospital Cemetery, I encourage you to contact me direct at ssilver1951@jps.net  to learn more.

    This entire situation could have been avoided had the County of Sacramento complied with the law.  Without doing so, they had no statutory authority to sell the land from the county's ownership.

    What happens when we violate the law?  What happens when a County violates the law?  Nothing unless someone sues them.

    If you have someone buried in the Sacramento County Hospital Cemetery located at X St. and 45th St., please contact. 

    Thank you, Sue Silver, State Coordinator, California Saving Graves


    LATINO ARTS NETWORK Newsletter
     http://www.latinoarts.net
    April 16th, 2004 LAN Bi-Weekly Newsletter lanca@sbcglobal.net
     
    Dedicated to strengthening and deepening the cooperative relationship among California’s Latino artists, arts organizations and the communities we serve. The LATINO ARTS NETWORK is supported by our members and a generous grant from the California Arts Council. The Latino Arts Network Technology Project is supported by a generous grant from the National Endowment for the Arts 

    Founding Member Organizations: Arte Américas-Fresno, Centro Cultural de La Raza-San Diego, East Bay Center for the Performing Arts-Richmond, El Andar Publications-Santa Cruz, Galería de la Raza-San Francisco, La Peña Cultural Center-Berkeley, La Raza Galería Posada-Sacramento, Plaza de La Raza-Los Angeles, Mexican Heritage Corporation-San Jose, Self Help Graphics-Los Angeles 

    Events at LAN Member ARTE AMERICAS: La Casa de la Cultura, Marie Acosta, Director 
    1630 Van Ness, Fresno, CA 93721; Tel: 559-266-2623

    Friday, May 7, 2004 Afro-Peruvian Night at Arte Américas' La Peña with Mochi Parra and Carlos Hayre 

    La Peña at Arte Américas explores two very different approaches to the musical traditions of Latin America. One of the legends of this tradition is Afro-Peruvian/criollo master guitarist Carlos Hayre. Accompanying Maestro Hayre will be Mochi Parra, a talented interpreter of Afro-Peruvian music. Admission: $5 per person. La Peña's Open Mic session follows the guest artists.

    Friday, May 21 8 p.m. - The Spine of Califas: A poetic road trip 
    The Spine of Califas features renown performers such as the taco shop poet's co-founder Adolfo Guzman Lopez, acclaimed L.A. Poet, Marisela Norte, as well as legendary L.A. muralist and rocker, Willie Herron, local performer, Tim Hernandez, and various other emerging poets from throughout California. Admission: $10 / $8 Members and Students (available at La Tiendita in Arte Américas).

    April 13 through June 12, 2004 at Arte Américas Lobby Gallery. The "Migrant Project," is a 40-image in depth, photo journalistic exhibition by Rick Nahmias at Arte Américas. The exhibit details the lives and struggles of today's California Migrant workers. For information, contact: Kristen Sierra, Curator, at 559-266-2623. Photographs and Text by Rick Nahmias 


     

    NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES

    Latino Values fit in with Utah's Basque Family Trilogy
    Latinos picket Brewster High School
    Abstract: Latino Values fit Right in with Utah's
    Desert Morning News, Monday, Oct. 20, 2003

    Latinos hold conservative family values that may fit right in with Utahns, according to a nationwide survey by the Pew Hispanic research Center. To might have something to do with the migration of many Hispanics from California to Utah, a state with  a reputation for being conservation and family-oriented.
         Only two in 10 Latinos (20 percent) consider abortion acceptable, while more than four in 10 non-Hispanic whites called the procedure acceptable, noted the Pew report, which surveyed some 3,00 Latinos last year.
         On the subject of divorce, 40 percent of Latino respondents said it's unacceptable, while only 24 percent of whites said so.
         Gay sexual relations were thought to be unacceptable by 72 percent of Hispanic in the survey, compared with only 59 percent of whites.
         Then comes a response that, at first, doesn't seem to fit with the other traditionalist attitudes. 
         Having  a child out of wedlock was acceptable to 57 percent of Hispanic and 55 percent of whites. when asked to explain, Cantro de la Familia

     de Utah director Graciela Italiano-Thomas replied, "The answer is that children are scared. " A child is always joy, regardless of the circumstances," she said, adding that Latinos are against abortion for the same reason. " People may fell that the young woman and man may have made a mistake. But that's not the unborn child's fault."
         Italiano-Thomas was born in Uruguay and has lived in Mexico and Panama, so she's well-acquainted with Latino culture. But she emphasized that while she speaks for herself and definitely not for all Hispanic people. And she didn't hold back what she called her "personal bias," accommodating to children."
         They want those children to say home as long as possible. According to the Pew survey, 78 percent of  U.S. Hispanics want their offspring to live at home until they marry. Only 46 percent of whites had such thing in mind. 



    Basque Family Trilogy

    Robert Laxalt, Basque Series


    Robert Laxalt universalizes the immirgrant Family experience in his masterful three-volume work. The Basque Hotel is the coming-of-age story of Pete, a young boy whose family runs a board in house in Carson City, Nevada. In the second volume, Child of the Holy Ghost, an adult Pete travels to the Basque Country to learn more about his parents’ secretive pasts. Laxalt concludes the trilogy with Governor’s Mansion, as Leon, the eldest son, runs for the governorship of Nevada.

    The Basque Hotel: 136 pages, 1993, paper, 0-87417-0, $18.00
    Child of the Holy Ghost: 168 pages, 1992, cloth, 0-87417-196-2
    The Governor’s Mansion: 240 pages, 1994, cloth, 0-87417-251-9, $18.00


    Extract:
    Latinos picket Brewster High School
    Kevin Graman, Staff writer, Brian Plonka - The Spokane, WA Spokesman-Review, April 20, 2004
    Sent by Howard Shorr  howardshorr@msn.com

    BREWSTER, Wash. Five months after Latino students were singled out for reprimand by the principal of Brewster Junior-Senior High School, Rodriguez Salazar led about 50 civil rights protesters on a march from downtown to the school.

    On that day, 27 students, all Latino, were called into a meeting in the school's library by Principal Randy Phillips, who told them their Washington Assessment of Student Learning scores were lower than those of other students and that they have less respect for one another. The meeting has since become a rallying point for civil rights advocates across the state.

    After unsuccessful efforts by the U.S. Department of Justice's Community Relations Service to mediate the dispute between some Latino parents and school officials, parents have complained to the Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights.

    Rodriguez Salazar said school officials rebuffed earlier offers to communicate, and now the civil rights group is preparing a lawsuit against the district. LULAC also is asking the state Legislature to give the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction authority to watch over local school districts and hold them accountable on racial issues.

    Superintendent Jim Kelly also declined to be interviewed Monday. Instead, he released a written statement, which said that the protesters "have not yet expressed the clear focus of this rally."

    Participants in Monday's rally, called "the shout for my people," included parents; some students, including students from neighboring Pateros High School; representatives of the Spokane LULAC chapter, including its president, Carmella LeBlanc; about eight students from Washington State 
    University; and Jose Alamillo, WSU professor of comparative ethnic studies.

    Alamillo said his group was demonstrating "to show that at WSU we want students from Brewster attending college and to show that we are opposed to any kind of racial profiling."

    He said about 4 percent of WSU students are Latino, but that the university expects that number will rise to 17 percent to 20 percent by 2010, reflecting the growing population of the state's largest minority group.

    "We need structural reforms in education," Alamillo said, "including the hiring of Spanish-speaking instructors and administrators." He cited low WASL scores and high dropout rates among Latino students as evidence of this need. "What's happening in Brewster is not unique," Alamillo said.

    Statewide, Latino students scored among the lowest, if not the lowest, in 2003 WASL testing for math, reading and writing in fourth, seventh and 10th grades. That year a report prepared by the OSPI showed the dropout rate among Latino high school students the year before was twice that of white students.

    The report said schools shared the blame for the numbers. "Culturally insensitive teachers and classes may unwittingly contribute to disengagement or disillusionment of students of color," said the report's authors, Sue Shannon and Pete Bylsma.

    "Bureaucratic regulations and overt actions taken by school officials can actually eliminate students from school enrollment," the report continued, citing repeated suspensions or expulsions as "policies that purge" minority students from the public school system.

    In Brewster, school officials cited fighting and gang activity among Latino students as the reason for the November meeting in the library. Though Kelly admitted procedural errors in selecting only Latinos for reprimand that day, he steadfastly denies charges of racism or racial profiling. Those charges were repeated Monday by protesters calling for his and Phillips' dismissal and carrying placards that read "La Segregacion es ilegal" and "Equal Access to Education."

    SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES

    La Herencia
    Paso al Norte Museum, Non-Profit
    Documentary Relations, Southwest

    Espanola School Links With Spain
    Early 300th Albuquerque birthday
    Andrés Dorantes, de Gibraleón
    La Expedicion de Juan de Oñate 
    Tejas:  “Abrazo de Amistad”

     



    La Herencia 
    magazine, dedicated to the Hispanic community of New Mexico and the region has now made available on CD, 10 years of its quarterlies. 

    Volumes, 1-40
    1994-2003 Complete with a search engine and index.
    http://www.herencia.com

     

    Paso al Norte Museum to become Non-Profit

    The Paso al Norte Museum filed articles of incorporation on February 6, 2004, listing Carlos Arce as president, Belen Robels as vice-president, and Marguerite Rivera Houze as secretary-treasurer. By June, The Paso al Norte Museum will be able to accept donations contributed directly to the Museum. Gifts at all levels may be given in tribute to or in memory of a loved one.

    Most of the efforts will be directed at finding and engaging Los Fundadores, founding donors who agree to contribute a minimum of $10, 000 annually for three years.  Los Fundadores will be permanently recognized in the name of the donor or in the donor's honoree in the Paso al North Museum.

    A second effort will simultaneously target potential donors who have a direct connection to el Paso-Ciudad Juarez.  The El Paso del Norte Family Wall will be a memorial in the Paso al Norte Museum that honors los antepasados, ancestors who came to the United states through the Pass of the North, el Paso del Norte. With a contribution of $3,000, the name(s) of a family's honoree (s) will be permanently recognized in the Paso al Norte Museum.  Although this initiative will start in El Paso. it can easily expand to other sites where group of people still trace their arrival to the United states at El Paso del Norte. 

    Donations can be made in any amount, starting at $25..  Indicate, if you would like to receive the Paso al Norte Museum newsletters and/or museum reports to keep informed of the progress..  

    Make checks payable to Paso al Norte Museum
    500 W. University ~ El Paso, TX 70068
    Telephone: 915-747-8679  Fax: 915-747-5032
    pasoalnorte@utep.edu
        http://www.pasoalnorte.utep.edu

    [[ Editor comment: I have served on the International Advisory Council to the museum, since its inception. I strongly support the concept.  I feel that a museum in El Paso dedicated to Hispanic history is a perfect location for it.   El Paso was and is an important port of entry into the United States.  It is the Ellis Island of the west, but rather than just a few years of service, as was Ellis Island, it has been the pathway for centuries of migration back and forth.  If your roots are in El Paso, you can honor your ancestors by supporting the museum. ]] 
     

    Editor: Out of curiosity, I did a google search.  I think you will find the results of  interest.  Entering a cultural group followed by U.S. Museums, these numbers were the hits for each term. 

    This is not to say that there are that many museums for each cultural group, but the numbers give an idea of what cultural groups (terms)  have museum and public visibility, and which have the least.

    It appears that the urban youth of Mexican heritage who frequently assume the identity of Chicano are the least represented.

    I hope you each will support efforts to bring more visibility to your family.  
     

    Black
    African American
    Spanish
    German
    Dutch
    American Indian
    Italian
    Mexican
    Japanese
    Chinese
    Russian
    Jewish
    Arab
    Latino
    Hispanic
    Cuban
    Puerto Rican
    Filipinos
    Chicano

    834,000
    651,000
    530,000
    474,000
    452,000
    45
    1,000
    439,000
    415,000
    400,000
    394,000
    314,000
    223,000
    140,000
    84,900
    66.500
    68,000
    43.000
      23,900
         8,600

    Documentary Relations, Southwest
    http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/drsw/

    Search the DRSW Master Index and Biofile
    Sent by George Gause ggause@panam.edu

    The archaeological research and collections of ASM provide the 'prehistory' before written accounts.  Documentary Relations of the Southwest (DRSW) provides the research tools and finding aids to the written record that began with the arrival of the Spanish explorers in the 1530's.  The 1,500 microfilm reels of documents include the diaries of explorers and reports of missionaries and soldiers, from the first written accounts of contact with indigenous peoples in the 16th Century to the Mexican declaration of independence from Spain in 1821.  The place names, architecture, food, and many of the Southwestern cultures have their origin in the history of this region.  The 'Southwest' in this case covers Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and northern Mexico: all of what was northern New Spain.


    Extract;  Espanola School Links With Spain: 
    Students making old connections with new technology
    By Angela Turner, Albuquerque Journal
    Source: Carlos Villanueva carlosvillanueva@cvinternacional.com

    ESPANOLA -- The ties between northern New Mexico and Trujillo, Spain, are reconnecting, thanks to a new distance-learning lab unveiled Wednesday.

    The new technology site, or TechSitio, at Carlos F. Vigil Middle School will allow Espanola students and the community to compare Latino culture in different parts of the world.

    At the site, students can connect with technology sites at the National Hispanic Cultural Center in Albuquerque; Trujillo, Spain; and eventually in Mexico and Costa Rica.

    "In terms of interaction, it's not just talking back and forth," said Shelle Luaces, the National Hispanic Cultural Center director of education. "It's the ability to work together on projects."

    The system has video conferencing capabilities and allows two sites to share documents in real time. A person at one site can watch someone at another site edit a document, Luaces said.

    She said many of the families that settled in northern New Mexico came from Trujillo, Spain.

    Students will see that such last names as Chavez are common in Trujillo and that the Spanish city has mountains and seasons similar to those in northern New Mexico, Luaces said.  "I think the communities will have a lot in common," she said.

    Intel provided the computers and software for the technology sites.

    Gus Leyba, 15, said the distance-learning lab will bring positive recognition to the district, which he believes has talented students.

    "Our reputation is kind of bad," he said. "Now, they'll be like, 'they have all this technology; they will learn new things.' I'm looking forward to using it."

    The first phase of the project began last July when a TechSitios lab was launched at the National Hispanic Cultural Center. University of New Mexico students visiting Spain conducted a live Web video conference with staff members and students at the cultural center.

    Espanola native Rodney Sanchez, Intel community solutions global manager, was instrumental in Espanola having the first school in New Mexico to be chosen for the project, said Edward Lujan, president of the National Hispanic Cultural Center.

    Charlene Esparza, a retired teacher and administrator for Espanola's bilingual education department, said that, for several years, she had wanted students to connect with students from Costa Rica.

    "I think it's really wonderful to connect with other countries, to see what other students are doing," she said.

    Espanola was one of the first districts to implement SubeConnects, a program created to preserve the Spanish language, said Agnes Chavez.  Chavez owns the Taos-based educational Web company Logic Dream that created SubeConnects, which has evolved into a distance-learning program that provides opportunities to exchange curriculum based on culture, language and heritage.  "Espanola schools have been very involved," Lujan said. He said it made sense for the district to receive the first lab.



    An early . . . Happy 300th birthday to Albuquerque

    Albuquerque, New Mexico, will be 300 years old in 2006.  the city is planning a year long celebration beginning in April 2005.  the New Mexico Genealogical Society's contribution to the Tri-Centennial will be a book titled A Genealogical History of the Founding Families  of the Villa de San Felipe de Albuquerque.  The project is outlined at the NMGS website: http://www.nmgs.org
    Source: The Family Tree April/May 2004



    Andrés Dorantes, de Gibraleón.  
    Publicado en noviembre 2003, en Odiel Información  
    Por Angel Custodio Rebollo custodiorebollo@terra.es

    Este verano, uno de los libros que he leído ha sido “Naufragios” de Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, en la edición comentada por Trinidad Barrera. El libro que trata de la expedición de Pánfilo de Narváez, que al parecer era un incompetente y como dice Fernández de Oviedo, “era hombre mas para ser mandado que para mandar”, y a quien el Rey de España le había prometido el gobierno de Florida, naufragó y de los componentes de esta expedición  solo sobrevivieron cuatro personas.Cabeza de Vaca, después de describir todas las vicisitudes que tuvieron que pasar, en el último párrafo de su libro dice textualmente “ Y pues que he dado relación de los navíos, será bien que diga quién y de qué lugar destos reinos los de Nuestro Señor fue servido de escapar de estos trabaxos. El primero es Alonso del Castillo Maldonado, natural de Salamanca, hijo del dotor Castillo y de doña Aldonça Maldonado. El segundo es Andrés Dorantes, hijo de Pablo Dorantes, natural de Béjar y vecino de Gibraleón. El tercero es Alvar Núñez Cabeça de Vaca, hijo de Francisco de Vera y nieto de Pedro de Vera el que ganó a Canaria y su madre se llamava doña Teresa Cabeça de Vaca, natural de Xerez de la Frontera. El cuarto se llama Estevanico, es negro alárabe, natural de Azamor”¿ Quien era Andrés Dorantes y que hacía en Gibraleón su padre ¿. Creo que en aquella época en el que Gibraleón pertenecía  al Duque de Bejar, el padre de Andrés Dorantes pudo ser uno de los muchos funcionarios que desde la ciudad salmantina se habia desplazado a Gibraleón para desempeñar su trabajo para el Duque.  Y es lo que ha despertado mi curiosidad, ¿ que trabajo efectuaba Pablo Dorantes.?. Estoy en ello y cuando lo averigüe prometo decirlo.                                              
     

    La Expedicion de Juan de Oñate 
    by Angel Custodio Rebollo  custodiorebollo@terra.es
    Publicado el 5 de abril 2004 en “Odiel Información”, de Huelva (España)

    En la exploración y fundación de los primeros establecimientos españoles en el valle de Río Grande tuvo especial incidencia la intervención de Juan de Oñate, que  era hijo de Cristóbal de Oñate y Catalina de Salazar, propietarios de explotaciones mineras. Se casó con una nieta de Hernán Cortés y el emperador azteca Moctezuma y tuvieron dos hijos.

    El 21 de septiembre de 1595, el rey Felipe II de España autorizó a Oñate a explorar  Nuevo México y  en 1598 partió una expedición de unas 600 personas, incluidos soldados, frailes, indios y africanos, todo ello en 83 carros y unos 7000 animales.

    Hubo motines, deserciones y problemas que recaían en Juan de Oñate y al final fue este quien soportó las acusaciones, en muchos casos interesadas, sobre el trato recibido por los indios y que ocasionó la llamada al Explorador para que se presentara en México,  pasando el resto de su vida intentando demostrar que su nombre estaba limpio y murió en España el 3 de junio de 1626.

    En esta expedición encuentro 21 hombres de nuestra provincia: 8 de Cartaya, 3 de Ayamonte y de Niebla, 2 de S. Juan del Puerto y 1 de Moguer, Bollullos, Gibraleón, Trigueros y Manzanilla. Siendo de San Juan del Puerto el capitán Alonso Bayo.




    Tour de Tejas:  “Abrazo de Amistad”

    Sent by Blanca Villapando Blanca.Villalpando@senate.state.tx.us

    On September 10, 2004 a historic journey will begin!  A crew of four will launch a 34’ canoe to embark on a 1200-mile journey up the Rio Grande River, from Boca Chica and Bagdad all the way to El Paso and Ciudad Juarez…and finally to Anthony, Texas. In all of the history of the land, originally known as Tejas, such a feat has never been accomplished, let alone undertaken.  The only means of propulsion for this journey will be paddles and a sail.  

    The Mission.  The purpose of this “Tour de Tejas” is multifaceted.  The primary purpose is to bring attention to a special part of our state, country and world…in order to transform this region into an international tourist destination.  

    The second objective of the “Tour de Tejas” is to help show that the inhabitants on both sides of the Rio Grande comprise a unique community of neighbors that enjoys friendly relations.  

    The third objective of this “Tour de Tejas” is to further connect the inhabitants along the Rio Grande in an “Abrazo de Amistad”(Embrace of Friendship).   The canoe will arrive in each community along the banks of the river to meet with the civic leaders and residents to encourage a stronger alliance of friendship.  

    The fourth objective will be to encourage a clear and accurate awareness of the history of the region.  Few Americans or Mexicans…let alone Texans…understand the history of Tejas and that the Rio Grande was not the original border of the Republic of Texas after its independence in 1836.  Not until 1848 did the Rio Grande become the international border of U.S, Texas and Mexico, when the United States conquered Mexico and took all of the land of Mexico…north and west to the Pacific Ocean…in its quest of “Manifest Destiny” from “sea to shining sea”.   By making such a boundary change, the Tejano families and friends who live on both sides of the Rio Grande were cut in half like those of East and West Berlin.  The original inhabitants of Tejas were now divided by distant powers.  

    What occurred with the invasion of Mexico in 1846 and the dividing of the inhabitants in 1848 affected all those living along the Rio Grande.  What was once a shared geological feature became an international boundary separating friends and families.  Today, there is still the deep feeling within the Tejano community about such a division and that their role in history is overlooked.  The Tejano and the Tejano region has a distinct language, culture, cuisine and music…but few understand the meaning of Tejano.  This “Tour de Tejas” will highlight the distinct flavor of the Tejano country and its culture.

    The fifth object of “Tour de Tejas” is to bring about a closer and more cooperative relationship of the Great State of Texas with its four neighboring states in Mexico…Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila and Chihuahua.   By promoting the “Shared Experience” as is highlighted in the Heritage Trail, Los Caminos del Rio and the book entitled “A Shared Experience” by Dr. Mario Sanchez, the five states and the two federal governments will be able to enjoy the development of the history and tourism of this special region that they hold in common.

    The sixth objective of the “Tour de Tejas” is to bring about awareness of the geological and geographical attributes of the region.  The Rio Grande is a river so unique and diverse, from the Rio Grand valley to the canyons of the Big Bend.  It’s not only a place of human inhabitants, but it is rich in life forms of all sorts…fish, aviary and wildlife.   Many Texans know little about the Rio Grande.  Few know about the archeology of the Lower Pecos Dweller and their 5000-year-old cave dwellings along with their pictographs and petroglyphs in the canyon areas of the Devils River, the Pecos River and the Rio Grande canyons.  This trip will highlight all of this. 

    Such a partnership would also connect the dots of the four National Parks from the newest in Brownsville, Palo Alto, and Amistad in Del Rio, Big Bend and finally Chamizal in El Paso.  It would also highlight the Texas State Parks…as well and the birding trails.

    A seventh objective is to highlight the beauty of paddle sports.  Canoeing and kayaking are on the rise.  They don’t cause noise pollution nor do they pollute the waters.  The relationship between man and nature is not disturbed by such pleasure craft.  We will be inviting the kayaking clubs of Texas…and anyone else to join our “Tour de Texas” in a flotilla…and share with us in the festivities of the “Abrazo de Amistad”. 

    We will be using a GPS to log all of our “Tour de Tejas”.  Once completed, it is our intent to be able to produce a tour guide of the entire Rio Grande. 

    Interestingly, 105 years ago in 1899, Robert T. Hill, the Father of Texas Geology, was hired by John Wesley Powell (who surveyed the Grand Canyon) to survey the Big Bend.  Hill and his crew surveyed the Big Bend portion of the Rio Grande.   After Hill died in Dallas, his Big Bend field notes were declared lost in 1957.  In 1986, Pecos Jack discovered Hill’s field notes in archives that were going to be disposed of at SMU.  For five years in a row, from 1992 to 1996, Pecos Jack used Hill’s field notes to retrace the course that Hill took from Presidio to the Pecos River.  It will be our privilege, 105 years later, to compare his notes to what will be a state of the art GPS tracking experience.  We hope also to publish the two sets of notes.

    Yes, the Rio Grande (Bravo) is an international boundary, yet, little understood.  It is therefore the purpose of the “Tour de Texas” to illuminate all of the wonderful aspects and features of this region that stretches for 1200 miles.  It is an amazing part of our country and our earth…where two distinct cultures merge and coexist.  There is no other region or culture in the world like it.  

    We want our two countries as well as the international community to better understand our part of the world.   That will be good for tourism.  That in turn will be good for all the communities involved and their respective state.  That will be good for better relations between our two countries…and that in turn will produce a more positive image of the relations between our two countries.   In an era of global tensions and mistrust, it will be one of the few ultimate international win-win-win situations.   

    The duration of this trip will be about three months…from the mouth of the Rio Grande to El Paso.  Attached is an itinerary of the departures and arrivals.  We will have a four-member crew.  Three of the members will be Pecos Jack (Jack Richardson), Jay J. Johnson, Sr., and Barbara J. Johnson.  

    Here’s where some “special objectives” will come into play.  The fourth member will be rotated with specially selected persons who will help magnify the many objectives of the “Tour de Tejas”.  That position will first be occupied by James McAllen of McAllen Ranch.  George Guerra of Rio Grand City and Roma will follow James McAllen.  These first two crewmembers are personal friends of each other and of the crew.   They symbolically represent many generations of the original Anglo and Mexican inhabitants who immigrated to Tejas.  James McAllen is the 8th generation of his family in Tejas.  George Guerra is the 6th generation, his family settling here by land grant from King Philip of Spain.  Once George disembarks, we will be selecting and scheduling others to share in this experience.

    We will also have four additional positions open to the public on the canoe.   For two of those positions, we will be inviting dignitaries, mayors and/or tourism directors of each community from both sides of the river to join us for a short portion of the trip to share in promoting a “Shared Experience” of “Amistad”.  

    Here’s the most special highlight of our “Tour de Tejas”.  For the remaining two positions open to the public, we will be inviting two youths, one from each side of the border to share in and enjoy this historical experience of friendship.   We feel that the education of the youth is imperative if we want friendship to be embraced by generations to come.  

    It is our suggestion that the educational systems on both sides of the river involve the youth as soon as the school year begins this fall.  The youth to be selected could be chosen by submitting an essay for an essay contest in their respective schools.  The theme of the essay could be “Why I would like to participate in a ‘Tour de Tejas’ and in an ‘Abrazo de Amistad’”.  This would bring thousands of our youth into participation and meaning of the “Tour de Tejas”.  

    As we go up river, we will have four flags flying.  On the port side we will have the Mexican flag followed by the flag of the respective state that we are passing by (Tamaulipas, Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Chihuahua).  On the starboard side, we will have the American flag followed by the Texas flag, which will be displayed for the whole tour as the entire 1200 mile Rio Grande corridor all the way to El Paso is also the southern Texas border.  

    Our key target date for the “Tour de Tejas” is to arrive in Del Rio at the Amistad Dam on October 22.  Our arrival will be during the annual Festival de Amistad.  The Festival de Amistad is a two-week long “festival of friendship” shared by the two communities on both sides of the border.  During that festival, there is an event called “El Abrazo”.  This is a very special event that takes place annually in front of the two bronze eagles, which are positioned on the international line on Amistad Dam.  

    Three sets of U.S. and Mexico presidents have met there to confirm the bond of cooperative and neighborly friendship.   In 1965 President Eisenhower met with President Lopez Mateos to sign the accord between the two countries for an international reservoir.  In 1966, President Johnson met with President Diaz Ordaz to dedicate the ground breaking, and in 1969, President Nixon met with President Diaz Ordaz to dedicate the completed dam and unveil the twin bronze eagle in symbol of the partnership between the two countries.  

    Today, all the counterparts from both sides of the border…from national congressmen, state legislators, mayors, chiefs of police and fire departments…meet to physically embrace their counterpart right on the international boundary line directly in front of the two eagles.  

    Arriving at such an event will also be symbolic for our “Tour de Tejas” because we feel that in order for the Rio Grande corridor to become an exciting international tourist destination, the world needs to know that we, as border communities, enjoy the close feelings of friendship and share the unique culture.  Locally, we consider ourselves like one community divided by two far away powers. 

    It is our hope and strong suggestion that the Presidents of both the U.S. and Mexico schedule a meeting of Amistad and share in the Abrazo in Del Rio on October 22, 2004.  Of all possible years that our President Bush and President Fox might meet, this should be the year.  In fact, it might be the only year that it might even be possible.  We also hope that our Governor Perry would consider meeting with the four governors of the respective states of Mexico for an “Abrazo de Amistad”…to confirm the “Amistad” that exists between all five states.  

    We welcome the endorsement of any and all elected officials.  We believe that any elected official that supports and shares in “El Abrazo de Amistad” will earn the respect of this part of the world.  

    We also seek and welcome the endorsement of any civic leaders, as well as any state agency or organizations that would like to share in this “Tour de Tejas” and the “Abrazo de Amistad”.  We are confident that all the communities will enjoy sharing their solidarity of friendship with you, during this event.  

    We are also open to media participation since the more coverage we generate will only insure that this part of the world would become understood, appreciated and become a destination of discovery.  We will seek to document our journey and will welcome writers to help us do so.

    Since the “Tour de Tejas” will last about some three months, from September through December, we will welcome endorsements from a variety of companies.  With regard to our lodging, we will accept lodging in the communities along the way.   For the majority of the “Tour de Tejas” we enjoy camping along the banks of the Rio Grande.  We will be fully equipped to do so.   Needless to say, knowing how often we will go without a real bed and a real shower…we would more than welcome lodging and meals in the populated areas.  Of the three months and the 1200 miles, we will spend nearly two of those months without such luxuries.  Never would we turn down such a kind gesture as a shower or meal.   Margaritas will also be welcome.

    A final note.  Some may ask why we are going up river.  If you’ve ever tried to paddle down river in the face of a high wind, you’d not ask.  Going against the current of a slow moving river is a pleasure in comparison to going against a 50 mile an hour wind.  With exceptions, winds on the Rio Grande come from down river.  

    Presented by: Jay J. Johnson, Sr., Texas Synergist                     
    123 Hudson Drive, Del Rio, TX 78840
    jay@villadelrio.com  http://www.villadelrio.com
    (830)768-3167(Office & Fax)
    (830)734-8636

    BLACK

    Robert "Bobby" McDonald
    Slave narratives 
    African American history,  two sites
    Research collections in Chicago 


    Robert "Bobby" McDonald, 57, of Anaheim Hills, has been appointed to the California Cultural and Historical Endowment Board.

    The Endowment is a division of the California State Library. The Endowment was created to administer the Proposition 40 funds dedicated to reserving historic and cultural resources.
     

    McDonald is the president and executive director of the Black Chamber of Commerce of Orange County.  For Endowment Board information, go to:  http://www.library.ca.gov/CCHE/index.cfm 



    Slave narratives from the Federal Writer’s Project:
    From 1936 through 1938 the federal Writer’s Project of the WPA collected over 2,300 first-person accounts of slave life and 500 black and white photos. These were microfilmed in 1941 and 
    assembled into the seventeen volume, A Folk History of Slavery in the United States from Interviews with Former Slaves. These fascinating autobiographical accounts contain the impressions and reactions to their bondage. The Library of congress has made the collection available online. More than 200 photographs will be available to the public for the first time. The collection can be found at http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/sn.html/
    Source: The Family Tree, Section A, December 2003/January 2004



    African American history found at two sites

    Fayetteville, North Carolina, has a unique slice of African American history at two sites, Fayetteville State University and Evans Metropolitan AME Zion Church. 

    FSU, the second-oldest public university in North Carolina, was found in 1867. In 1877 it began receiving state support, and in 1972 it became a campus of the University of North Carolina.

    Henry Evan, a black preacher and shoemaker from the foothills of Stokes County, Virginia, founded Evans Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Zion in 1796. The church served black and white members until founding of the predominantly white Hay Street Methodist Episcopal Church in the early 1830s. By the 1870s Evans Church had become part of the African Methodist Episcopal Zion Church and in 1983 was listed on the National Register of his places.  

    Contact Fayetteville Area CVB, 245 Person Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301-5733; or call 800-255-8217
    Source: The Family Tree, Section A, December 2003/January 2004



    African American research collections housed in Chicago library
    The International Society of Sons and Daughters of Slave Ancestry maintains a research collection. The Slave Archival Collection is housed in the Vivian G Harsh Research Collection at the Carter G Woodson Library in Chicago, Illinois. This collection has alphabetized, census data and more. The society has acquired many photographs, stories, pedigree charts and names of formerly enslaved ancestors.  To contact the library call 773-238-2686.
    Source: The Family Tree, Section A, December 2003/January 2004


    INDIGENOUS

    Pictorial Calendars  Texas, Matachin Encuentro




    These images are from a winter count that Lakota calendar keeper Cloud Shield copied into a notebook in 1879.  this page from the notebook covers the winters of 1802/1803 through 1806/1807.  The events shown include war and peace with the Omaha and the coming of various white traders, including a man known as Little Beaver - as shown by the small drawing of a beaver above his head.


    Librarians Mona Grey Bear, left, and Vivian High Elk, right, hosted Candace Greene when she gave her presentation on the winter counts project at the Si Tanka Huron University Library on the Cheyenne River Sioux Reservation in South Dakota.  
    Extract:
    Native American pictorial calendars reveal an interest in sequential time 
    by Colleen Hershberger, 
    Smithsonian Office of Public Affairs

    Before the 20th century, most Native Americans did not keep track of time or recount events in terms of years. However, this was not the case for many Plains Indians. "They were very much concerned with time," says Candace Greene, an anthropologist in the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History. Instead of using numbers to mark years, they associated each year with a memorable event. A drawing depicting the event was then added to an animal hide that contained pictures representing all the previous years.

    Source: Smithsonian Institution Research  Reports,  Autumn 2002,  pg 4     Photo by Christina Burke


    These records are called winter counts, as most of the Plains tribes, which included the Lakota Sioux, the Kiowa, the Mandan and the Blackfeet, started their years in winter. The drawings served as a mnemonic device for the year’s name. For instance, the year "They Had Much Meat" on one Sioux calendar is represented by a rack loaded with meat hung to dry. The name of the year was then used as a way of placing other events within a timeframe. Recounting an important battle, a storyteller might say it happened the "Year the Woman’s Feet Froze."

    Scholars can deduce historical information by comparing the events referenced among different calendars. "You look for patterns," Greene explains. "For example, one can track major occurrences, such as astronomical or climatic events, epidemics or the movement of tribes across geographic locations and among bands. "There is one event that every calendar refers to," Greene continues. "There was a major meteor storm in November 1833, and many called this something like the ‘Year the Stars Fell.’ " In addition to astronomical events, other happenings that show up in calendars include deaths, epidemics, battles and location changes. Political history may also be extracted. If two calendars recorded corresponding events and then suddenly began to reference different events, "one might extrapolate that the tribal bands had separated and were in less interaction," Greene says. While the calendars are valuable in studying Plains history, Greene is most interested in what they can relate about Plains culture.

    The Smithsonian has the largest and most documented collection of Lakota winter counts, Greene says, with a total of 16 calendars in the National Anthropological Archives and at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the American Indian. She is editing a volume on the collection, with support from the Smithsonian’s Repatriation Review Committee and Ann McMullen, a curator at the National Museum of the American Indian.

     


    American Indians In Texas, Matachin Encuentro

    The American Indians in Texas is hosting the first Matahin Encuentro at the historic Mission San Jose located at 701 East Pyron street, San Antonio, Texas 210-227-4940 on May 29, 2004, from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m.

    American Indians in Texas/ Spanish Colonial Missions is a non-profit organization that preserves the history and culture of the Native Americans. Some of these Native Americans were called Coahuiltecans and they are known today as the Mission builders. The Matachin dance was a form of prayer of the Coahuiltecans at the Missions of San Antonio. Early records report that these dances were performed at the missions during the 1700's.

    Matachin groups interested in participating in this cultural event can contact The American Indians in Texas at 227-4940. The deadline for registration is Friday, April 30, 2004. Registration fee is $15.00 per group. For further information contact:
    Ramon Vasquez Y Sanchez at 432-1896 or Marisol Serbantes-Vasquez at 210-227-4940.


    SEPHARDIC

    Genealogy Camp for Kids 
    Sephardic Genealogy wins award!
    Villarreal DNA Testing Match
    Sephardic Jews in the Caribbean



    Genealogy Camp for Kids 


    As part of its Samberg Family History Program, the Center for Jewish History,  http://www.cjh.org
    in New York City is accepting applications from high school juniors and seniors to be Samberg High School Fellows. Accepted students receive full-tuition fellowships to research Jewish history and their genealogies using the center's collections.

    Application deadline is May 30; admissions are rolling. Visit http://www.cjh.org/family/samberg.cfm
    to learn more about the program and download an application.)

    Source; Family Tree Magazine email Update: Essential news and tips for family historians.            http://www.familytreemagazine.com



    Sephardic Genealogy wins great award!

    Sephardic Genealogy has won the Association of Jewish Libraries "Outstanding Reference book" Award.  This is the third book published by Avotaynu to win this award.  The company has released 26 books on Jewish genealogy since it began publishing in 1991.

    Avotaynu Guide to Jewish Genealogy will be published this summer.  This comprehensive guide is being written by more than 60 experts on Jewish genealogy and will consist of some 100 chapters.  Visit: http://www.avotaynu.com>/books/guide.htm
    Source; The Family Tree, April/May 2004



    Villarreal DNA Testing Match
    Source: Danny Villarreal Daniel5822@aol.com
    Sent by George Gause ggause@panam.edu

     As you know the Villarreal DNA project which is part of the Mexican Dna Project has had some success. Danny Villarreal from Harlingen Texas and Ed Villarreal who lives in Chicago have come up as exact genetic matches. This means that we have a same common ancestor. I think the common ancestor is Diego de Villarreal my 9th great grandfather who was born in 1601. We are working at tracing Ed's family tree and are within one generation away from Diego. We are just trying to figure which son he came from.  One common finding is that we are classified as Haplogroup E3b which means we are of Jewish origins and our closest genetic cousins so far are mostly Eastern European Jews.  A small percentage of Sephardic Jews or Spanish Jews are Ashkenazi Jews. I have made big leaps in my own research and have found more than one Villarreal family in Mexico. Diego had an uncle and several cousins. His father was General Francisco de Villarreal and there were two in the family whom were priests one was the tercer cura de Saltillo 1647 to 1667 . This was either his brother or cousin. It seems strange that the inquisition was after them and they were clergy. The parish priest of Saltillo once complained to the inquisition about Don Diego whom he described as riding a horse, wearing silk clothing and jewelry even though those privileges were denied by law to a descendant of parents who had been converted from Judaism to Catholicism as adults. This contradicts what I have found. One strange fact is that I can’t find the names of any of the mothers or wives of his father and grandfather.  Anyhow, just thought Id share this with you.

    This is the link for the Mexican DNA project http://members.tripod.com/~GaryFelix/index63.htm



    Sephardic Jews in the Caribbean

    By 
    Peter E. Carr


    At the time of the first voyage of Columbus, there were several crypto-Jews on his expedition. Certainly by the later ones, other Jews came as well.

    However they had to do so in secrecy because by this time Jews in Spain and its holdings either had to convert to Catholicism or be expelled. In fact, after the Jews were expelled form Spain in 1492, many went to live in Portugal.

    However, by 1497, they were expelled from Portugal, too. Many went to live in friendly European places such as Holland. I n Holland, they were still under the Spanish Crown until 1581 when The Netherlands gained its independence and religious tolerance was established. Some Jews went as far a field as the Portuguese colony of Brazil. Although they were forbidden to practice their faith, the Jews in Brazil prospered and maintained their faith secretly, hence the term "crypto-Jews’.

    Holland again enters the picture when in the 1630s, they entered the harbor at Recife in northwest Brazil, and claimed it for themselves. By 1642, there was a sizable Jewish community from Amsterdam, the Netherlands in the Rcife area which numbered well over 3,00 members.

    In 1654, Portugal attempted to regain control of the area form Holland. By 1664, the reconquest had taken place once again the Jews were expelled from the area and left aboard these was Isaac de Fonseca who would later become the first rabbi on the North American mainland. Other settled in the Caribbean islands of Curacao, Jamaica, Barbados, and Martinique as well as Surnam. Some of the Sephardic Jewish names in Curacao are reflected in census records of the early 18th century. These are: Curiel, Correa, Henriques, Alavares, Fonseca, Nunes, Salas,, Gomes and others.

    At the time the Jews arrived in 1665, Surinam was a British colony. The Jews had been lured to settle here by the British government by being given 10 acres of land, British citizenship, and recognition of the Sabbath.

    When in 1667 Surinam came under Dutch control, the Jews were once again in customary friendly hands. However, many moved to the British colony of Barnados in order to retain their British citizenship.

    For over half a century, Surinam prospered under Dutch control and Jewish plantation management . Though the Jews in Barbados prospered and enjoyed freedom starting as early as 1660s and for a long time, resentment appeared among other settlers. Restrictions on Jewish trade were put into effect.

    It was not until 1802 that all restriction were once again removed. As far back as early 1650s, a Sephardic synagogue had been established in Barbados and named of the head stones from the 1660s are still readable and in good shape.

    By 1671, Jews in Jamaica were being asked to leave by the newly-arrived British settlers. Though not successful, a special tax on the Jews was passed in 1693.

    In 1703, Jews were barred from using indentured Christian servants. Through all this, the Jews remained on Jamaica. There is a list dating from 1754 of Jewish landholders in Jamaica which includes such names as Fertado, Alvarez Fernandez, Gutteres, Gabay, Mendez, Henriques, Israel, Lousada, La Cruz, (surprisingly as this may seem), Perera and various others.

    On the French colony of Martinique as well as other French colonies, King Louis XIV ordered all Jews expelled in 1683. There were other smaller Jewish colonies on some of the smaller Caribbean islands. The larger islands, like Cuba, did not have any sizable Jewish settlement until well into the 20th century.

    From theses islands, many Jews would trade with mainland Spanish colonies such as Venezuela, Honduras, and even Mexico, though for the most part trade restrictions by the Spanish Crown did not allow easy contact or interchange between Caribbean Sephardic Jews and those on the mainland under Spanish control.



    TEXAS 

    Angel Goliad Descendants Reunion  
    Descendants Historical Preservation
    Will of Doña Maria Ignacia Urrutia
    Urrutia's
    Connection to the Seguin Family
    School Named after Juan Seguín
    Trinity Farms/Rancho Grande Cemetery Non-profit
    Should Causeway Honor Seguin or Menard?
    THE TEXAS REVOLUTION:  TEJANO PATRIOTS, by John P. Schmal
    Texans Cling to Comic Book Story of History, by Andres 
    HOGAR de Dallas
    Descendants of
    Descendants of Miguel G. Zaragoza, by John Inclan
    Descendants of Joseph-Bartholome Seguin, by John Inclan

     


    Sent by Ray Alvarez  Ray.Alvarez@lcra.org
     


    Photo by Lisa Krantz

    The Angel of Goliad Descendants Reunion  

    On March 27 & 28, 2004, descendants of Francisca Alvarez, also know as "The Angel of Goliad", met at La Bahia Mission and Presidio in Goliad, Texas. Family members for all over the world met in Goliad to reunite and attend the unveiling of a bronze statue honoring Francisca.
    For those that are not familiar with the story of the Angel of Goliad, the story starts in the Spring of 1836 when Mexican Troops under the command of General Urea crossed the Rio Grande River to quell a revolt by settlers in the then Mexican state known as Texas.  These settlers were in revolt over the suspension of the Mexican Constitution of 1824 by Mexican President and Dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana.  Under this Constitution, settlers in all the Mexican states were given many freedoms, rights and privileges.  All these rights were taken away when the constitution was suspended and Santa Ana declared himself dictator of Mexico.

    Under the command of General Urea, one of Santa Ana's generals,  there was  a cavalry officer named Col. Telesforo Alavez (Alvarez) who met and married Francisca in Matamors, Mexico before Urea's Army crossed the Rio Grande.  (The name changed possibly by those recording it from Alavez to Alvarez). As was the custom in those days, many of the officers traveled with their
    families on military campaigns.  Francsica was no exception.  When the Mexican Army arrived in Goliad it met resistance by a Texan militia under the command of Col. James Fannin.  After several days of skirmishes, Fannin's army finally surrendered to Urea.  Fannin had hoped that Santa Ana
    would allow the Texans, as prisoners of war, to be sent or expelled to the United States.  Santa Ana instead ordered them executed and on March 27, 1836, 350 plus Texans, including Col. Fannin, were marched out of the presidio and executed.  This event is known as the Goliad Massacre. However a few Texans guessed what was about to happen and ran as soon as the shooting started.  Some of these men escaped.  Francisca Alvarez, who witnessed the executions, pleaded for their lives.  Many of the wounded Texans were saved by Francisca when she hid them from Urea's officers and helped them escape from the presidio area.  Story has it that she even ran in front of the firing squads pulling Texans out of the line, yelling and scolding the soldiers doing the firing.  For that reason she was labeled "the Angel of Goliad" by many of those Texans she saved.

    So on March 27 & 28, 2004, after 168 years, the brave and heroic deeds of this compassionate Hispanic woman, Francisca Alvarez,  were again recognized and tribute to her was paid by her family by the unveiling of a  life-size bronze statue.  Various local dignitaries also attended the ceremonies as well as individuals just interested in Texas History.  The keynote address was made by Dr. Lauro Cavazos, also a descendant of the "Angel of Goliad." (Dr. Cavazos, who was born on the King Ranch in South Texas, was president of Texas Tech University, as well as Secretary of Education under President Ronald Reagan).  There have been approximately 1,200 Alvarez descendants of the Angel of Goliad.  

    During this weekend, family members also created a non-profit organization called "Angel of Goliad Descendants Historical Preservation" whose mission is to preserve the history and memory of this great Hispanic woman, by promoting education, providing scholarships and generally carry out her
    "compassionate legacy" by helping those in need.   It has always been said that "compassion" towards those in need has been one of the Alvarez family's greatest traits.  As my father always said, " if a person does not have "compasion y sentimiento per otros" they aren't worth two cents.  There
    surely is no lacking of compassion and sentiment in the Alvarez Family. 

    Angel of Goliad Descendants Historical Preservation 
    President Rudy A. Ramirez is supported by a slate of officers, listed alphabetically.
    To contact Rudy, email to rudyam@dctexas.net  Home: 903-729-5800  Cell: 903-724-5347 or 3866

    Arturo Alvarez
    Gerardo and Gloria Alvarez
    Gilbert Alvarez
    Humberto A. Alvarez
    Reynaldo G. Alvarez Jr.
    Rudy J. Garcia                                              
    Estolio J. Longoria
    Manuel & Belinda Munoz
    Lynell A. Murphy
    Herlin Pineda Jr. 
    Louis Ramirez
    Rebecca A. Shokrian 

    The unveiling of the Statue of the Angel of Goliad was finally realized on Sunday, March 28th 2004 in Goliad, Texas and history in Texas will never be the same.  More than 75 descendants of Francisca (Panchita) Alvarez attended and at least one descendant survivor of the Goliad Massacre. The statue's face was modeled after Alvarez's living descendants.

    Many comments were made by my cousins as the statue was unveiled by Rudy Ramirez 5th descendant of the Angel of Goliad from Palestine, Texas and Jayne Hoff from Goliad who was instrumental in getting the statue made.
    Rebecca Shokrian of San Antonio (left) holds on to Gemma Alvarez- Ibrahim of Kuwait. Both are 5th generation descendants of the Angel of Goliad.


    Photo by Lisa Krantz

                            

     The Texas Department of Transportation and the good people of Goliad funded this great undertaking.  A.J. Huffman 7th generation of the Angel of Goliad from St. Augustine, Texas stated "I've heard people tell our family thank you because if it wasn't for her saving their descendants, they wouldn't be here." 

    Joe Shokrian a 6th generation from San Antonio of the Angel of Goliad said , "She looks like my beautiful girlfriend Sandra." Joe Ramirez, 5th generation from Red Oak, Texas stated, " I wish mom were alive to see this." Gemma Ibrahim 6th generation from Kuwait stated, "She is so beautiful. So very beautiful" with tears in her eyes. Joey Hernandez 6th generation who came with his dad Joe Hernandez, Sr. 4th generation spouse of Amanda Alvarez Hernandez from Oakland, California stated," I can't believe that we all are here together so many of us Alvarez. It's just great to be here."

    Dr. Laugro Cavazos 5th generation former Secretary of Education under President Reagan stated," In the years ahead, this site will be a place where people will come to visit... to learn about her heroic accomplishments." Karen Evans from Houston, Texas a member of the Crossroads of Texas Living History Association who portrayed  the Angel in re-enactments for the past fourteen years and an Honorary Angel of Goliad descendant stated , "there are probably thousands of stories that need to be told. It's wonderful that hers is reaching a wider audience."  

    Rudy Ramirez, 5th generation from Palestine, Texas newly elected President of the Angel of Goliad Descendants Historical Preservation stated," I feel just relieved and really great that finally she's getting the recognition she should have gotten years and years ago." Rebecca Shokrian 5th generation from San Antonio, Texas stated," Dr. Shackleford and Dr. Barnard you finally got your wish." referring to the 2 doctors whose lives were spared on that terrible day when about 350 Texian soldiers were executed by orders of General Santa Ana. The doctors who referred to the Angel of Goliad as Pocahantas had written in their journals that they hoped she would be remembered for her compassionate deeds in saving Col. Fannin's men. 

    Described as a "high-bred beauty" Francisca known also as Panchita Alvarez, perhaps the common law wife of one of General Santa Ana's men Captain Telesforo Alvarez who was stationed in Victoria Texas was in charge of Texian prisoners of war headed for incarceration in Goliad. Panchita who accompanied Capt. Alvarez shamed the men's captors into loosening the soldiers' tightly bound wrist straps, giving them food and water before leaving for Goliad. Because of her efforts she saved a number of men from execution by hiding some and  others  by pleading for their lives. On one occasion she threw herself in front of the firing squad and told the executioners they would have to go through her first. 

    Her kindness and compassionate deeds were recorded by Doctors Jack Shackelford and Joseph Barnard. After the victory at San Jacinto Panchita and Capt. Alvarez returned to Mexico where he abandoned her. Panchita with her 2 sons Matias and Guadalupe lived in Matamoros where in the 1880s Capt. Richard King of the famous King Ranch in Kingsville Texas found them and brought them to live on the King Ranch. Here Panchita lived to be in her 90s and was buried in an unmarked grave on the King Ranch. Matias her son and Felipa Mosqueda Alvarez bore 12 children. Over 1200+ Alvarez living and deceased have been recorded as direct descendants of the Angel of Goliad.  

    Respectfully submitted by Rebecca Ramirez Alvarez de Shokrian.





    THE WILL OF DÕNA MARIA IGNACIA URRUTIA 
    February 7, 1812

    Submitted by John Inclan



    In the name of God and His Most Holy Mother, Our Lady, who conceived by grace without original sin.

    Be it well known by this my last will and written testament, that I, Maria Ignacia, a widow, am a resident of the City of San Fernando de Bexar.

    Though I am seriously ill, I am in possession of sound mind, memory, and understanding. Being so endowed with reason, I realize, especially since I am thus confined to my bed, that death is the natural debt of all creatures, and that it will claim us without our knowing the hour of it's coming.

    I firmly believe in the Most Holy Trinity, Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, three separate persons but only one true God, and I believe all the others creeds in which Our Holy Mother Apostolic Roman Catholic Church believes and confesses.

    With our Most Holy Mother of Guadalupe as my advocate and guide as she has been all my life and I pray her to continue to be, to strengthen my faith, I make, publish and declare this my last will in the following manner.

    FIRST: I commend my soul to God who created it and redeemed it with His most precious blood. It is my wish that my body be shrouded in the robe of the religious order of our Patron Saint San Fernando, and buried in the Campo Santo of this city. If it is God's will, I desire to be buried in the morning, and to have nine low masses celebrated in the Parochial Church, beginning on the day of my funeral. The other burial arrangements I leave to the good judgment of my executors and I order my wishes to be respected in these matters.

    SECOND: It is my will that 100 pesos be dedicted from my estate to pay for 100 masses to be celebrated in the following manner for the repose of my soul:  25 in the Mission of Espiritu Santos in the Presidio of La Bahia, 25 in the Mission known as Nuestra Senora del Refugio, 25 in San Francisco de la Espada, and 25 in the Mission San Jose. I command this to be done.

    THIRD: Although I do not recall that I owe any debts, if any persons should present claims against my estate and fully prove my indebtedness to them. I desire my executors to pay these debts from the corpus of my estate. I order this to be done.

    FOURTH: I declare that I was married in the first nuptials to Don Simon de Arocha, Commander of the Corps of Militia of Texas. During our marriage I bore my husband six children:
                                                                                                                         Francisco
                                                                                                                         Ana Maria
                                                                                                                         Tomás
                                                                                                                         Miguel
                                                                                                                         The preist Clemente
                                                                                                                         Ignacio
    I brought no dowry whatever to my said husband. This is the Truth.

    FIFTH:  I declare as my property the following real estate: a stone house, situated in the Plaza of this city; it is bounded on the West by the Acequia, on the North by a lot which is the property of Don Vicente Travieso, and on the South by the said Plaza. The lot consists of 40 varas frontage and 60 varas depth and the house consists of a hallway, a living room, and two bedrooms; the remainder of the 40 varas is enclosed by one solid wall. This I state to be true.

    SIXTH: I declare that I possess and claim as mine the following: two iron pots, two metates, one trunk, four flannel nightgowns, two underskirts, two pairs of top skirts without padding, one cot covered with hide, two sheets, one pair of pillows, one picture of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, one bench, one table, and one blue muffler. This is the truth.
    Seventh: I declare that I have brought action against Alferez Juan Antonio Urrutia concerning a lot for which he has not yet paid me in full but which is reputed to belong to hi, I order my executors to collect from the said Urrutia what he lawfully owes and to carry out my orders in this particular.

    EIGHTH: I declare that it is my last wish that the property known to be mine, listed in the above clauses, be distributed equally among in the above children, whom I charge to conduct themselves with complete harmony and brotherly affection. I order this to be done.

    NINTH: I name and appoint as my executors, first, my son the priest, Clemente Arocha, and second, my son Francisco, and it is my desire that they as my executors carry out the provisions of this my will. I give
    them jointly and severally all power and authority necessary  to dispose of or sell what they consider the most liquid of my assets if necessary to pay the bequests, legacies, church fees, ceremonies, and funeral and burial expenses mentioned in this will , carrying out my wishes in every detail. I pray them to acquit my conscience as I lay that burden on theirs, and whatever they may do thus, shall be as valid, binding and legal as if I myself had acted. I direct  this to be done.

    TENTH: I order my executors to pay the fees known as the compulsory church bequests, whatever is customary in this (city).
    It is my desire that this be recognized as my last will and testament and that it be qiven the full faith and credit which it merits under the law. Because some certain clause has been omitted, it should  not have less validity and force that it would have if such a clause had been incorporated in it.
    In this faith and belief thus expressing my intention, I executed this instrument as shown herein, but did not sign it because I did not know how to write. At my request Vicente Gortari, a resident of this city of San Fernando de Béxar, signed for me, January 7, 1822, in the presence of the Commissioner, Captain Luis Galan, and the witnesses to his proceedings, in the form and manner in which they will sign below.

    Luis Galan                              Vicente Gortari
              [rubric]                                   [rubric]
    Fernando Veramendi              Jose Antonio Bustillos
              [rubric]                                    [rubric]
    Jose Antonio de la Garza       Victor Blanco
              [rubric]                                     [rubric]
                                                   Manuel Delgado
                                                                [rubric]

    Inasmuch as the proceedings on the last will and testament of Maria Ignacia de Urrutia have been completed, I hereby forward the record to Lieutenant Colonel Manuel de Salcedo, Governor of this province, so that after due consideration of it he may make such disposition of it as he believes the circumstances warrant.
                                          San Fernando de Bexar, February 7, 1812
                                                                       Luis Galan
                                                                              [rubic]

    Source:Wills and Estates #114, Spanish Archives, Bexar County Courthouse.
    Wills & Inventories of Bexar County, Texas - San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society. 
    Sent by John Inclan  fromgalveston@yahoo.com 


    DÕNA MARIA IGNACIA URRUTIA connection to the Seguin family, 
    prepared by
    John Inclan, 


    Dona Juana-de-Dios de Urrutia 2nd marriage was to Don Pedro-Mariano de Ocon-y-Trillo.

    Don Pedro-Mariano de Ocon-y-Trillo was the father to Dona Luisa-Maria-Magdalena de Ocon-y-Trillo.

    Dona Luisa-Maria-Magdalena de Ocon-y-Trillo married Don Joseph-Bartholome Seguin. They are the Great grand parents of Lt Col Juan Seguin.

    Don Joaquin de Urrutia was the brother of Dona Juana de Urrutia

    Joaquin de Urrutia was the father to Dona Maria-Ignacia de Urrutia

    Dona Maria-Ignacia de Urrutia was married to Simon-Francisco de Arocha.

    Juana de Dios was the step-mother to Dona Luisa-Maria-Magdalena de Ocon-y-Trillo

    So Maria Ignacia would be a related by marriage to the Seguin family.

     

    School Named after Juan Seguín
    By Jennifer Arend
    The Dallas Morning News, April 10, 2004 
    Sent by Albert Seguin  A Seguin 2@aol.com

    The three newest Grand Prairie schools will be named for an American president, a Supreme Court justice and a Texas Revolutionary War hero, Juan Seguin. 

    School trustees voted last week to name the district's new middle school after President Ronald Reagan, and the two new elementary schools after Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall and Juan Seguín. 

    Glenda Eitle, principal of Thurgood Marshall Elementary, said she was pleased with the decisions to name the elementary schools for Justice Marshall and Juan Seguín. "Both of them had high expectations, and that's what we want to promote about our schools, " she said. 

    Ms. Eitle has been principal at Powell Elementary for the last five years. The vote to name the elementary school on Fourth Street for Juan Seguín was unanimous. 

    Juan N. Seguin by Henry Godines
    Oil painting based on the original 1838 portrait 
    by Thomas Jefferson Wright.  

    Copies are available from Avant-Garde Publishing P.O. Box 809, Midway City, CA 92655, 714-898-7598
    http://home.earthlink.net~hgodines

    Juan Seguín was a political and military figure of the Texas Revolution and Republic of Texas. He participated in the first part of the siege of the Alamo, surviving the battle only because he was sent to gather reinforcements and ordered by Sam Houston not to return. He later fought with distinction in the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution at San Jacinto. 

    The school district received more than 100 suggestions for names from community members this year. According to school board policy, facilities may be named for people who have served the district or community or any local, state or national heroic figure. A name suggestion can also be a local residential or geographic area, or state or national landmarks. 



    Trinity Farms/Rancho Grande Cemetery Non-profit
    Sent by Angelita Hernandez  Garmondez@aol.com
     
    On Dececember 05, 2003 Trinity Farms/Rancho Grande Cemetery was made into a Non - Profit Corporation.  For more information, go to the August 2003 issue of Somos Primos.
     
     President: Raymond Hernandez              Rancho Grande Cemetery, INC.
     Vice - President: Juan Gallegos               2401 North 1st
     Treasurer: Rey Trinidad                          Tahoka, Texas 79373
     Secretary: Elizabeth Hernandez                                       


    Should Causeway Honor Seguin or Menard?

    By Carter Thompson, The Daily News, Published April 10, 2004
    Sent by A.Seguin 

    GALVESTON — In an effort not to short either of the fathers of Galveston, the city won’t support naming the new Causeway in honor of Juan Seguin or Michel Menard, Mayor Roger “Bo” Quiroga said Friday.

    A descendent of Juan Seguin, who fought in Texas’ war for independence from Mexico, had sought the mayor’s support for naming the outbound bridge after Menard and the inbound in honor of Seguin.

    Alternatively, Albert Seguin Gonzales, founder of the Seguin Family Historical Society, proposed the new bridge be called the Seguin-Menard Causeway or the Menard-Seguin Causeway.

    Quiroga in turn forwarded the request and his endorsement to officials with the Texas Department of Transportation. Department officials replied that state law allowed for the new Causeway to carry only one name.

    The city council would have to pass a resolution supporting renaming the Causeway now under construction. Quiroga said city leaders talked about the issue last month and decided to keep the name as the Galveston Causeway.

    “We didn’t want to have any dispute with either of the families because they were so important to the history and success of Galveston,” he said.

    Texas was part of Mexico when Seguin was granted a claim for 4,605 acres on the island. Menard was Seguin’s attorney, but at the time was barred from personally obtaining such land claims because he was not Mexican-born, according to David McComb’s “Galveston: A History.”

    Seguin was stationed at the Alamo and was dispatched to get reinforcements before it fell. He also served at the Battle of San Jacinto, where the Texian forces defeated Santa Anna’s army.

    Gonzales said naming the bridge in Seguin’s honor would hold an educational value, promoting knowledge that Texians of Mexican descent fought alongside Anglos against Mexico.

    “It will always be the Galveston Causeway,” he said. “All we want is an honorary designation. We’re going to continue to petition the powers that be.” 

    Gonzales said he would take the request back to the city after the May 15 council elections. The council will have at least three new members because of term limits.

    After Texas won its independence, Menard purchased the land from the man who had acquired it from Seguin, who went on to a career in politics after fighting for the Texians.

    Jose Ramirez, the head engineer for the department’s Galveston division, said the name of the new bridge was the people’s, not the department’s call. Email this story. 




    THE TEXAS REVOLUTION:  TEJANO PATRIOTS

    By John P. Schmal

     


    On April 9, "The Alamo" will start playing in movie theaters around the country. This movie was produced by Ron Howard and Mark Johnson and directed by John Lee Hancock. Interviews with some of the people involved with this movie have indicated that this version of the Alamo will be a "historically accurate portrayal" of the events surrounding the battle that took place 168 years ago. So many of us are looking forward to seeing this movie and making our own judgments about the famous event.

    The siege of the Alamo lasted 13 days and ended on the morning of March 6, 1836 when the Mexican forces of General Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna stormed the old mission. While the men at the Alamo manned the front lines in the struggle for independence, a Convention was taking place on the banks of the Brazos River. This convention, lasting from March 1 to 17, 1836 declared Texas to be an independent republic and wrote a constitution.

    However, the declaration of independence did not save the men of the Alamo. It is believed that 189 men died at the Alamo, including such famous characters as Jim Bowie, William Travis, James Bonham and David Crockett. Several hundred Mexican soldiers also died in their attempt to take the mission fortress. Although they succeeded in taking the Alamo, the victorious forces paid a high price in casualties.

    The 189 men who died at the Alamo hailed from many parts of the globe. They represented a truly multi-racial, multi-ethnic force, all gathered together in a common cause. There is some controversy over what really happened at the Alamo.  There is
    the equally controversial issue over the motives of some of the Anglo rebels, in seeking independence from Mexico. (The Texas Constitution guaranteed the rights of slave owners and Texas joined the United States on December 29, 1845 as a slave state.) However, the controversy and debate does not diminish the fact that 189 men died at the Alamo, fighting for independence from the corrupt and brutal oligarchy of General Santa Anna.

    Very few of the 189 men at the Alamo were actually natives of Texas. A great number of them were from Southern states, such as Tennessee, Kentucky and the Carolinas. At least 32, in fact, came from Tennessee. Some northerners from Pennsylvania, Ohio and New York also stood their ground in the mission.

    But Europeans were also well represented. At least ten of the patriots were natives of England, and another 11 were from Ireland, a country that knew well the struggle for liberty against oppression. Of the thirty-plus Europeans, some also came from Germany, Denmark, Scotland and Wales.

    At the time of the battle, as many as eighty of the Alamo defenders were actually documented residents of Texas, but others had traveled to the fort from various states, volunteering their services for the revolution. Of the estimated 189 men who died in the Alamo, only six were actually born in Texas: Juan Abamillo, Juan A. Badillo, Carlos Espalier, Gregorio Esparza, Antonio Fuentes, and Andrés Nava. This work shall pay

    tribute to the Tejanos who died at the Alamo:

    Juan Abamillo
    was a native Tejano who had volunteered to serve in the Texas Revolution under the command of Juan N. Seguín. He had arrived at the Alamo on February 23, 1836 and he died there on March 6, 1836 as he fought alongside Travis, Crocket and the others.

    Juan Antonio Badillo was born in Texas and also served under Captain Juan N. Seguín. Badillo accompanied Seguín to the Alamo in February. But when Seguín was called out to rally reinforcements, Badillo stayed at the Alamo. Like his fellow revolutionary, Juan Abamillo, Juan Antonio Badillo died on March 6, defending the Alamo against Mexican Federal troops.

    Carlos Espalier (1819-1836) was born in Texas and was said to be a protégé of Jim Bowie. When he died at the Alamo, he was only seventeen years old.

    José María Esparza (1802-1836), also known as Gregorio Esparza, was born in San Antonio de Béxar, as the child of Juan Antonio and Maria Petra (Olivas) Esparza. He married Anna Salazar, by whom he had several children. Esparza had enlisted with Captain Seguín in October 1835. When Gen. Santa Anna and his forces arrived in February 1836, Esparza and his family were advised to take refuge in the Alamo. Although Esparza could have left if he had desired to do so, he decided to stay, and his family remained with him. He tended a cannon during the siege and died when the Alamo fell on March 6, 1836. His brother, Francisco Esparza, recovered his body and arranged for a Christian ceremony and burial. Most of the defenders were not given the same respect.

    Antonio Fuentes (1813-1836) was born in San Antonio de Béxar, Texas. He was recruited by Juan N. Seguín and took part in the siege of Bexar. Fuentes had a falling out with the Seguín and Travis, but when the Mexican troops arrived in San Antonio, he stayed and fell with the other defenders.

    Damacio Jiménez, a native of Texas, also joined Seguín's militia. Damacio had served with Colonel Travis at Anahuac and entered the Alamo in late 1835. He died with the other defenders.

    José Toribio Losoya (1808-1836) was one of Capt. Juan N. Seguín's company of Tejanos. He had been born in the Alamo barrio on April 11, 1808, to Ventura Losoya and Concepción de Los Angeles Charlé. He deserted the Mexican army to enlist as a rifleman in Seguín's company. In February 1836, Losoya rode to the Alamo with Seguín and was there when the fortress fall. His wife and three children sought refuge in the mission chapel and survived the siege.

    Andrés Nava (1810-1836) was a native of Texas who had enlisted for six months service under the command of Juan N. Seguín. He took part in the siege of Bexar and later died while defending the Alamo on March 6, 1836.

    It is ironic that so few native Texas died in Alamo. One man who played a very significant role in the fight for independence was Juan Nepomuceno Seguín (1806-1890). A native of San Antonio, Seguín is probably the most famous Tejano to be involved in the War of Texas Independence. His story is complex because he joined the Anglo rebels and helped defeat the Mexican forces of Santa Anna. But later on, as Mayor of San Antonio, he and other Tejanos felt the hostile encroachments of the growing Anglo power against them. After receiving a series of death threats, Seguín relocated his family in Mexico, where he was coerced into military service and fought against the US in the 1846-1848 Mexican War.

    One of the most famous Tejano patriots was José Antonio Navarro (1795-1871), who was one of the three Tejano Mexicano signers of the Texas Declaration of Independence (the other two were José Francisco Ruiz and Lorenzo de Zavala). Navarro was elected to serve twice in the Texas Senate, and Navarro County was named in his honor.

    It is important for the reader to understand that the several Tejano Mexicanos who died at the Alamo in the battle against Santa Anna were only a small representation of the many Hispanics who fought for freedom. To find out more about the Tejano Mexicano contribution to Texas / Tejas independence, you may want to visit this website:

    http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/tejanopatriots.htm

    This website, created by Wallace L. McKeehan and sponsored by the Sons of DeWitt Colony Texas, is entitled: "Hispanic Texian Patriots in the Struggle for Independence." Another website, created by Angel and Linda Seguín Carvajal Garcia, is entitled "Tejano Heroes of the Texas Revolution of 1836" and can be accessed at:

    http://www.seguindescendantshp.com/tejanoheroes.html

    Although the events of 1836 led to independence for the people of Texas, the Hispanic population of the state was very quickly disenfranchised to the extent that their political representation in the Texas State Legislature disappeared entirely for several decades. The slow battle to regain their rightful place in Texas politics and society during the Twentieth Century is described in some detail by this author in "The Tejano Struggle for Representation," located at:

    http://www.houstonculture.org/hispanic/tejano1.html

    http://www.houstonculture.org/hispanic/tejanorepprint.html (Print version)

    The story of the Alamo and Texas Revolution is an intriguing and complex story. The aftermath of independence is equally interesting as a disenfranchised people struggled to reassert their rights as American citizens, a guaranteed by the Texas and United States constitutions.

    Sources:

    Bexar County Archives, San Antonio. Raúl Casso IV, "Damacio Jiménez: The Lost and Found Alamo Defender," Southwestern Historical Quarterly 96 (July 1992).

    Daughters of the American Revolution, The Alamo Heroes and Their Revolutionary Ancestors (San Antonio, 1976).

    Bill Groneman, Alamo Defenders (Austin: Eakin, 1990).

    Thomas L. Miller, "Mexican-Texans at the Alamo," Journal of Mexican-American History 2 (Fall 1971).

    Ruben Rendon Lozano, Viva Tejas: The Story of the Tejanos, the Mexican-born Patriots of the Texas Revolution (San Antonio: Southern Literary Institute, 1936; 2d ed., San Antonio: Alamo Press, 1985).

    Reuben M. Potter, "Distinguished Mexicans Who Took Part in the Texas Revolution," Magazine of American History, October 1878, annotated by McArdle, The McArdle Notebooks, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.       

    Phil Rosenthal and Bill Groneman, Roll Call at the Alamo (Fort Collins, Colorado: Old Army, 1985).

    Amelia W. Williams, A Critical Study of the Siege of the Alamo and of the Personnel of Its Defenders (Ph.D. dissertation, University of Texas, 1931; rpt., Southwestern Historical Quarterly 36-37 [April 1933-April 1934]).



    Texans Cling to Comic Book History

    Houston Chronicle, April 17, 2004

    by Andres Tijerina 
    Tijerina is a professor of history at Austin Community College. 


    Historians have not yet reached a consensus on the strategic impact of the Battle of San Jacinto of April 21, 1836. Some Texas historians argue that it was a decisive battle of continental proportions. Mexican historians argue that the Mexican army entered Texas at will after the battle until the U.S. Army invaded Mexico in 1846. Many modern historians concede that the Republic of Texas could not stand alone and had to plead for annexation to the United States in order to avoid being retaken by Mexico. 

    For many Texans, however, the Battle of San Jacinto is significant today regardless of historical quibbles. To them, it represents the birth of the Texan. The Texan was born when a ragtag army of Anglo-American volunteers raised their arms and shouted, "Remember the Alamo." By defeating a superior Mexican Army, the Texans assumed a rational basis for their cause. Texans took on the mantles of heroes by bringing a democratic republic of Christians to a heathen land. 

    Then, as the decades went by, the public wove its own story by sharing memories of the great battle. Through museums, public monuments, memoirs and staged re-enactments, the public transcript became fully developed. The official discourse that evolved was that the Texans had won independence through a revolution for liberty. 

    Texas now celebrates March 2, 1836, as Texas Independence Day. The Battle of San Jacinto gave the Texan his identity in such names as Houston, Crockett, Travis, Lamar, Bowie and Austin. 

    All of the terms of the Texan identity are positive, such as independence, liberty and democracy. This is because the public played a major role in creating this memory of the Battle of San Jacinto and the victorious Texan. And it's also because the public doesn't want to remember anything negative about the battle or the Texans. As an example, the public wants to remember that the Alamo was a slaughter of brave soldiers, and that Goliad was a massacre. The public does not want to remember that San Jacinto was a slaughter. It was a slaughter, not of 188, not of 350, but of 630 soldiers killed in combat, shot in the back, shot while begging for mercy, shot while helplessly mired in the swampy mud. The public does not want to remember that even Mexican women were killed in the slaughter following the battle. 

    The public chooses not to remember that Texas was already independent before the Anglo-Americans ever immigrated. Tejanos had already fought, sacrificed and died to make Texas free from Spanish rule in 1821. The modern memory forgets to celebrate the Constitution of 1824, and the Tejanos who died to achieve it. 

    Tejano is a Spanish word. It means Texan. The Tejano became a Texan in the early 1700s. Tejanos were slaughtered by the Spanish army in 1813, during the war for independence. Yet, there is no shrine for the hundreds of Tejanos who died just a few blocks away from the Alamo in San Antonio. Not one historical marker. 

    Tejanos such as Juan Seguin, José Antonio Navarro and José Francisco Ruiz are not simply Mexicans living in Texas. They were the first Texans. Tejanos initiated the conflict with Santa Anna. They fought in the battles of Béxar, Alamo and San Jacinto. Indeed, the only Texan to fight at both Alamo and San Jacinto was a Tejano: Juan Seguin. Tejanos hosted the Anglo settlers, they defended Anglos from the Mexican centralist government, and they signed the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution of the Republic of Texas. 

    The public memory has forgotten that Americans brought their 37,000 slaves while spreading liberty. And while they were bringing Christianity to a heathen land, they forgot to bury hundreds of Mexican Christian soldiers. Texas has yet to make a conscientious effort to locate the remains of Mexican soldiers killed in action within the city limits of a major modern city. 

    Much of Texas history is based on the public memory rather than on documented facts. For many years, it was taught officially in public schools through comic books that depicted the Mexican as a cartoon character, and the Texan as the paragon of virtue. It served the exclusive purpose of Anglo-American gratification at the expense of other Texans. It silenced a credible history of our state. For too long it has alienated many loyal Texans from the public discourse, museums, parks and monuments supported by their own taxes. Much of Texas history is accurately proud. Much is vindictive. 

    The public must some day decide whether it wants to continue with a comic book history that excludes a major racial and cultural population, or if it wants to accept a documented state history that commemorates all Texans and helps to forge a unified community for the future, once and for all. 

    HOGAR de Dallas is seeking contributions for the 2004 journal 
    Requesting genealogical family trees, stories, queries, articles, and extracts. 
    Submissions in English or Spanish are acceptable.
    Contact: Jerry Benavides, http://home.earthlink.net/~hogardedallas/index.html




    Descendants of Miguel G. Zaragoza

    Generation No. 1

    1. CAPTAIN MIGUEL G.1 ZARAGOZA was born 1707 in Veracruz, Mexico. He married MARIA-DE-JESUS SEGUIN July 05, 1826 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. She was born 1809 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Children of MIGUEL ZARAGOZA and MARIA-DE-JESUS SEGUIN are:

    i. MIGUEL2 ZARAGOZA-SEGUIN, m. CONCEPCION FLORES, January 06, 1859, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    2. ii. CAPTAIN IGNACIO ZARAGOZA-SEGUIN, b. March 24, 1829, La Bahia, Goliad County, Texas; d. September 08, 1862, Puebla, Mexico.

     

    Generation No. 2

    2. CAPTAIN IGNACIO2 ZARAGOZA-SEGUIN (MIGUEL G.1 ZARAGOZA) was born March 24, 1829 in La Bahia, Goliad County, Texas, and died September 08, 1862 in Puebla, Mexico. He married RAFAELA PADILLA-DE-LA-GARZA January 21, 1857 in Sagrario Metro, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico, daughter of JOSE-MARIA PADILLA and MARIA-JUSTA DE-LA-GARZA. She was born November 01, 1836 in Nuestra Sra de Guadalupe, Salinas Victoria, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

    Notes for CAPTAIN IGNACIO ZARAGOZA-SEGUIN:

    Ignacio Zaragoza Seguin, (1829-1862). Militar. Héroe Nacional. Nació en la Bahía del Espíritu Santo. En Matamoros, Tamaulipas a fines de 1836 hace su instrucción primaria y después en Monterrey cursa estudios de preparatoria en el Seminario. En 1846, al iniciarse la Guerra de Intervención Americana, pidió su ingreso al ejército para batirse contra el enemigo, pero no logró su incorporación. En 1850 regresa a Monterrey con su padre quien obtuvo el retiro del ejército; trabaja como empleado de comercio y en 1853 sienta plaza en la Guardia Nacional del Estado de nuevo León iniciando su carrera militar; en 1855 tenía el grado de capitán y el 30 de mayo de dicho año secundó los Planes de Ayutla y de Lampazos desde Ciudad Victoria marchando hacia Monterrey para ponerse a las órdenes de Vidaurri con 113 hombres de tropa y algunos oficiales; participó en la ocupación de Saltillo en 1855 y obtuvo el grado de coronel después de la derrota del gobierno de Santa Anna, y al sobrevenir la Guerra de Reforma a fines de 1857 Zaragoza permanece fiel al bando liberal destacando en diversas acciones en Silao, Guadalajara y Calpulalpan, ascendiendo en 1860 al grado de general. En 1861 fue ministro de Guerra y Marina en el Gobierno del presidente Benito Juárez, cargo al que renunció para tomar el mando de una división frente a la Intervención Francesa que se iniciaba, participando en la Batalla de Acultzingo del 28 de abril de 1862, siendo nombrado días después por el Presidente Juárez, Comandante en Jefe del Ejército de Oriente en substitución de José López Uraga y con ese cargo dirigió la defensa de la ciudad de Puebla obteniendo la famosa victoria del cinco de mayo. El 8 de septiembre del mismo año, víctima de tifo, murió en su cuartel general en Puebla. Zaragoza no sólo pasó a la historia como héroe nacional sino también como reorganizador del Ejército Mexicano. Se le declaró Benemérito de la Patria. (Arroyo Llano, Rodolfo: Ignacio Zaragoza, Monterrey 1962; Ramírez Fentanes, Luis: Zaragoza, Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional. México, 1962; E. D. M., T. 12, 1130 y 1131).

    In 1852, hero of Cinco de Mayo at Puebla.

    Source:From the book, Juan Cortina and the Texas-Mexico Frontier by Jerry D. Thompson.

    Captain Ignacio Seguín Zaragoza, Mexican general and hero of Cinco de Mayo, was born on March 24, 1829, at Bahía del Espíritu Santo, Goliad in the state of Texas. He was the second son of Don Miguel G. Zaragoza of Veracruz, Mexico, and Dona María de Jesús Seguín of Bexar, who was a relative of Juan José Erasmo Seguín. With Mexico's defeat in the Texas Revolution, Miguel Zaragoza, an infantryman, moved his family from Goliad to Matamoros, where Ignacio attended the school of San Juan. The elder Zaragoza was transferred to Monterrey in 1844, and Ignacio entered a seminary there. Initially he wanted to be a lawyer and priest. By 1846 he realized that he did not have a strong vocation and left. When the United States invaded Mexico, he volunteered to serve as a cadet in the Mexican army but was rejected. He entered the mercantile business for a short time, and in 1853, he joined the National Guard of Nuevo León with the rank of sergeant, this began a brilliant military career, with the high point of which was the Battle of Puebla. When his regiment was incorporated into the Mexican army, he was promoted to captain.

     

    Children of IGNACIO ZARAGOZA-SEGUIN and RAFAELA PADILLA-DE-LA-GARZA are:

    i. IGNACIO-ESTANISLAO3 ZARAGOZA-PADILLA, b. November 22, 1858, Sagrario Metropolitano, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

    ii. RAFAELA ZARAGOZA-PADILLA, b. July 01, 1860, Sagrario Metropolitano, Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

     


    Descendants of Joseph-Bartholome Seguin
    Prepared by 
    John Inclan 

    fromgalveston@yahoo.com

     

    Generation No. 1

    1. JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN (JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born Abt. 1712 in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes, New Spain, and died January 11, 1791 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married (1) MANUELA MARTINEZ. He married (2) JACINTA RAMOS. He married (3) MARIA-BERNARDA GUERRERO-HERNANDEZ, daughter of CAYETANO GUERRERO and ANA-MARIA HERNANDEZ-GARCIA. She was born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married (4) LUISA-MARIA-MAGDALENA DE OCON-Y-TRILLO Abt. 1750 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, daughter of PEDRO-MARIANO DE OCON-Y-TRILLO and MARIA-JOSEFA FLORES-DE-ABREGO-Y-VALDEZ. She was born August 20, 1732 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for LUISA-MARIA-MAGDALENA DE OCON-Y-TRILLO:

    On May 01, 1746, in the the parish church, San Fernando de Bexar (San Antonio), her widowed father married Dona Juana de Dios de Urrutia. Dona Juana was the widow of Don Ignacio Gonzalez de Inclan, and the daughter of Captain Jose de Urrutia, the former commander of the Royal Presidio of San Antonio de Bexar.

    Children of JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME SEGUIN and MANUELA MARTINEZ are:

    2. i. HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-MARTINEZ, b. Abt. 1761, La Bahia, Goliad County, Texas; d. August 24, 1820, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
    ii. JOSE SEGUIN-MARTINEZ, b. Abt. 1765, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. August 24, 1799, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

     

    Children of JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME SEGUIN and JACINTA RAMOS are:

    iii. JOSE4 SEGUIN-RAMOS.

    3. iv. HERMEREGILDO SEGUIN-RAMOS.

    v. JUAN SEGUIN-RAMOS.

    vi. JACINTA SEGUIN-RAMOS.

     

    Child of JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME SEGUIN and LUISA-MARIA-MAGDALENA DE OCON-Y-TRILLO is:

    4. vii. JOSE-SANTIAGO4 SEGUIN-OCON, b. June 08, 1754, San Fernando Catholic Church, San Antonio, Texas.
     

    Generation No. 2

     

    2. HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-MARTINEZ (JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born Abt. 1761 in La Bahia, Goliad County, Texas, and died August 24, 1820 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married (1) MARIA FRANCISCA NAVARRO-FLORES-VALDEZ, daughter of JUAN NAVARRO and MARIA-JOSEFA FLORES-BARRERA. She was born Abt. 1763 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died September 12, 1803 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married (2) MARIA LEOMARDA RODRIGUEZ. She died in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Children of HERMEREGILDO SEGUIN-MARTINEZ and MARIA NAVARRO-FLORES-VALDEZ are:

    i. JOSE IGNACIO5 SEGUIN-NAVARRO, b. October 02, 1784, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    ii. JOSE IGNACIO SEGUIN-NAVARRO, b. July 29, 1786, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    iii. JOSE MANUEL SEGUIN-NAVARRO, b. November 09, 1788, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    5. iv. MARIA-FERNANDA-ISABEL DE ASCENCIO SEGUIN-NAVARRO, b. May 29, 1791, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    v. ANTONIO MARIA SEGUIN-NAVARRO, b. January 06, 1793, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    vi. JOSE MARIANO SEGUIN-NAVARRO, b. December 16, 1793, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; m. MARIA-DE-JESUS RODRIGUEZ.

    Notes for JOSE MARIANO SEGUIN-NAVARRO: He and his wife are listed on the 1830 Census of San Antonio, Texas. 
    Source:1830 Citizens of Texas by Gifford E. White. Page 97.

    vii. JUANA MARIA TOMASA SEGUIN-NAVARRO, b. December 16, 1793, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    viii. FRANCISCO JAVIER SEGUIN-NAVARRO, b. March 08, 1796, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    ix. JOSE ANTONIO SEGUIN-NAVARRO, b. August 16, 1800, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    x. JOSE LUIS DE JESUS SEGUIN-NAVARRO, b. August 16, 1800, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

     

    Generation No. 3

    5. MARIA-FERNANDA-ISABEL DE ASCENCIO5 SEGUIN-NAVARRO (HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-MARTINEZ, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born May 29, 1791 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. She married JOSE ANTONIO RUIZ-DE-LA-PENA January 12, 1827 in San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, son of JUAN RUIZ and MARIA-MANUELA DE-LA-PENA. He was born March 13, 1775 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died April 16, 1846 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for JOSE ANTONIO RUIZ-DE-LA-PENA: He and his family are listed on the 1830 Census, Barrio del Norte, San Antonio, Texas
    Source:1830 Citizens of Texas by Gifford E. White. Page 100.

    Children of MARIA-FERNANDA-ISABEL SEGUIN-NAVARRO and JOSE RUIZ-DE-LA-PENA are:

    i. FRANCISCO6 RUIZ-SEGUIN, b. 1813, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    11. ii. MARIA-SINFOROSA RUIZ-SEGUIN, b. August 22, 1817, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. October 08, 1875, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    iii. JOSE REMIGIO RUIZ-SEGUIN, b. 1820, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    iv. JOSE ANTONIO RUIZ-SEGUIN, b. 1823, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    v. EUDEVIGES RUIZ-SEGUIN, b. 1826, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; m. PABLO FARIAS-FLORES, July 18, 1841, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; b. 1820, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    vi. MARIA-LUISA RUIZ-SEGUIN, b. 1829, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; m. JUAN-DE-DIOS-CELEDONIO DELGADO-ZEPEDA, March 02, 1846, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; b. March 08, 1824, San Fernando Catholic Church, San Antonio, Texas.

    vii. MARIA ISABEL DE LOS DELORES RUIZ-SEGUIN, b. Abt. 1830; m. REFUGIO RODRIGUEZ.

    viii. MARIA ANGELES GREGORIA RUIZ-SEGUIN, b. Abt. 1832, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; m. JOSE MARIA LEAL; b. San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for JOSE MARIA LEAL: He is listed on the 1840 Census of the Republic of Texas. Bexar County.
    Source: book by the Pemberton Press, edited by Gifford White, 1966 Austin

    6. JOSE-IGNACIO5 SEGUIN-FLORES (HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born July 31, 1786 in San Fernando Catholic Church, San Antonio, Texas. He married LUGARDA MARTINEZ-MIRELES, daughter of NICOLAS MARTINEZ and MARIA MIRELES.

    Child of JOSE-IGNACIO SEGUIN-FLORES and LUGARDA MARTINEZ-MIRELES is:

    i. JOSEFA VICTORIANA6 SEGUIN-MARTINEZ, b. 1811.

    7. JOSEPH-MANUEL5 SEGUIN-FLORES (HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born January 13, 1788 in San Fernando Catholic Church, San Antonio, Texas, and died Bef. 1830. He married PAULA BERCERRA-DE-ORTIZ, daughter of JOSE-MARIA BERCERRA. She was born 1790, and died Aft. 1830.

    Child of JOSEPH-MANUEL SEGUIN-FLORES and PAULA BERCERRA-DE-ORTIZ is:

    12. i. MARIA-ISIDRA6 SEGUIN-ORTIZ, b. May 17, 1820, San Fernando Cathederal, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    8. JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES (HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born December 24, 1793 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married MARIA-DE-JESUS RODRIGUEZ. She was born 1804 in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.

    Children of JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS SEGUIN-FLORES and MARIA-DE-JESUS RODRIGUEZ are:

    13. i. MARIA-PETRA-DE-LOS-ANGELES6 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. August 01, 1821, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. February 25, 1904, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    14. ii. JOSE-ANTONIO SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. July 22, 1825, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. Aft. 1880, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    iii. MARIA-DEL-CARMEN SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. January 22, 1828, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; m. IRA-LESLIE HEWITT, July 20, 1845, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; b. 1818, New York.

    iv. MARIA-GUADALUPE-CARLOTA SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. November 10, 1833, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    9. MARIA-JOSEFA-CANUTA5 SEGUIN-FLORES (HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born January 20, 1798 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died Aft. 1830. She married JOSE-ANTONIO-GERVACIO RIVAS-DE-LOS-SANTOS-COY 1819 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, son of JOSE-FRANCISCO-ANTONIO RIVAS and MARIA-JOSEFA DE-LOS-SANTOS-COY-RAMON. He was born July 12, 1801 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died Aft. 1830.

    Notes for JOSE-ANTONIO-GERVACIO RIVAS-DE-LOS-SANTOS-COY: He and his family are listed on the 1830 Census of San Antonio, Texas
    Source:1830 Citizens of Texas by Gifford E. White. Page 93.

    Children of MARIA-JOSEFA-CANUTA SEGUIN-FLORES and JOSE-ANTONIO-GERVACIO RIVAS-DE-LOS-SANTOS-COY are:

    15. i. MARIA-JOSEFA6 RIVAS-SEGUIN, b. December 15, 1820, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. Abt. 1875, Graytown, Bexar County, Texas.

    ii. MARIA-DE-JESUS RIVAS-SEGUIN, b. 1821, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    10. LIEUTENANT COLONEL JUAN-JOSE-MARIA-ERASMO-DE-JESUS5 SEGUIN (JOSE-SANTIAGO4 SEGUIN-OCON, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born June 02, 1782 in San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died October 30, 1857 in Ranch Casa Blanca, Guadalupe County, Texas. He married MARIA-JOSEFA-AGUSTINA BERCERRA-SANCHEZ Aft. 1800, daughter of MIGUEL BERCERRA and BARBARA SANCHEZ-NAVARRO. She was born 1794 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died September 24, 1849 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for LIEUTENANT COLONEL JUAN-JOSE-MARIA-ERASMO-DE-JESUS SEGUIN: With the Makers of San Antonio by Frederick C. Chabot, Page 118,  July 25, 1820 - He began is term as Alcalde of San Antonio, Texas. He served in congress from 1823-1824. Source: The Handbook of Texas Online. He and his family are listed on the 1830 Census of San Antonio, Texas Source:1830 Citizens of Texas by Gifford E. White. Page 89.

    Children of JUAN-JOSE-MARIA-ERASMO-DE-JESUS SEGUIN and MARIA-JOSEFA-AGUSTINA BERCERRA-SANCHEZ are:

    i. UNKNOWN6 SEGUIN, d. Abt. 1834, Atascosa County, Texas; m. JOSE-MANUEL-NEPOMUCENO-PAUBLINO FLORES-RODRIGUEZ, 1831; b. June 22, 1799, San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. December 03, 1868, Atascosa County, Texas.

    Notes for JOSE-MANUEL-NEPOMUCENO-PAUBLINO FLORES-RODRIGUEZ:

    In the fall of 1835 he became a member of the volunteer company organized by his brother-in-law Juan N. Seguin. He was a participant in the Texas Revolution and fought in the battle of San Jacinto. He was a Mason in Alamo Lodge 44. Source: The Handbook on Texas Online.
    His will, dated - January 5, 1867 - February 27, 1867. Heirs: wife Margarita Garza de Flores; daughter Teresa Flores de Seguin, wife of Erasmo Seguin - daughter by a former marriage.
    Source: Wills and Inventory of Bexar County, Texas - San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society.
    He is listed on the 1850 Agricultural Census for Bexar County. Source: Our Heritage, Volume 42. #3-4.
    Publication of the San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society. Spring & Summer 2001.

    16. ii. MARIA-JOSEFA SEGUIN-BERCERRA.

    17. iii. LIEUTENANT COLONEL JUAN-NEPOMUCENO SEGUIN-BERCERRA, b. October 27, 1806, San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. August 27, 1889, Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

    iv. TOMAS SEGUIN-BERCERRA, b. December 21, 1807, San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    18. v. MARIA-LEONIDES SEGUIN-BERCERRA, b. August 12, 1809, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

     

    Generation No. 4

     

    11. MARIA-SINFOROSA6 RUIZ-SEGUIN (MARIA-FERNANDA-ISABEL DE ASCENCIO5 SEGUIN-NAVARRO, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-MARTINEZ, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born August 22, 1817 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died October 08, 1875 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. She married JOSE-MARIA LEAL-CASANOVA, son of JOSE-MIGUEL-CLEMENTE LEAL-AROCHA and MARIA-ANTONIA CASANOVA-DE-LA-GARZA. He was born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Child of MARIA-SINFOROSA RUIZ-SEGUIN and JOSE-MARIA LEAL-CASANOVA is:

    19. i. PAULA7 LEAL-RUIZ, b. January 07, 1841, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. January 07, 1930, Senior, Bexar County, Texas.

    12. MARIA-ISIDRA6 SEGUIN-ORTIZ (JOSEPH-MANUEL5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born May 17, 1820 in San Fernando Cathederal, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. She married ANTONIO DE AROCHA. He was born 1810.

    Children of MARIA-ISIDRA SEGUIN-ORTIZ and ANTONIO DE AROCHA are:

    i. ANTONIO7 AROCHA-SEGUIN, b. 1838; m. JOSEFA SIMELLIN, January 10, 1855, San Agustin, Laredo, Webb County, Texas.

    ii. JOSE MANUEL AROCHA-SEGUIN, b. July 21, 1841, San Fernando Cathederal, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    20. iii. CELSO AROCHA-SEGUIN, b. 1842, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    iv. JOSE MANUEL AROCHA-SEGUIN, b. April 27, 1844, San Fernando Cathederal, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    v. MARIA DE JESUS DE LOS DOLORES AROCHA-SEGUIN, b. February 09, 1846, San Fernando Cathederal, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    vi. FRANCISCO AROCHA-SEGUIN, b. April 29, 1848, San Fernando Cathederal, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    vii. JUANA AROCHA-SEGUIN, b. May 06, 1850, San Fernando Cathederal, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    viii. FRANCISCO AROCHA-SEGUIN, b. July 04, 1852, San Fernando Cathederal, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    ix. JOSE-DE-JESUS AROCHA-SEGUIN, b. June 02, 1854, Graytown-Floresville, Wilson County, Texas.

    13. MARIA-PETRA-DE-LOS-ANGELES6 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ (JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born August 01, 1821 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died February 25, 1904 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas. She married JOSE-JOAQUIN TARIN-LEAL January 17, 1842 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, son of VICENTE-MANUEL TARIN-ARAUJO and JUANA-ISIDORA LEAL-AROCHA. He was born August 08, 1821 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died November 17, 1880 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for JOSE-JOAQUIN TARIN-LEAL: He is listed on the 1850 Agricultural Census for Bexar County. Source:Our Heritage, Volume 42. #3-4. Publication of the San Antonio Genealogical and Historical Society. Spring & Summer 2001.

    Children of MARIA-PETRA-DE-LOS-ANGELES SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ and JOSE-JOAQUIN TARIN-LEAL are:

    i. CARMEN7 TARIN-SEGUIN.

    ii. MARIA-EULALUA-CAROLINA TARIN-SEGUIN, b. February 24, 1839, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; m. ANTONIO FLORENCO DE-LA-CADENA.

    iii. JOSE-BACILIO-JOAQUIN TARIN-SEGUIN, b. July 01, 1843, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    21. iv. MARIANO-ROQUE-DE-GUADALUPE TARIN-SEGUIN, b. September 25, 1844, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. 1904, Piedras Negras, Coahulia, Mexico.

    22. v. MARIA-FRANCISCA-DE-JESUS TARIN-SEGUIN, b. May 23, 1846, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    vi. JOAQUIN TARIN-SEGUIN, b. June 1847, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. December 12, 1848, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    vii. MARIA TARIN-SEGUIN, b. August 14, 1850, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. Aft. 1880, Wilson County, Texas; m. NIEVES GORTARI-XIMENEZ, November 23, 1871, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; b. 1848; d. Aft. 1880, Wilson County, Texas.

    Notes for NIEVES GORTARI-XIMENEZ:  He and his wife are listed on the 1880 USA census, Precinct 8, Wilson County, Texas.

    23. viii. MARIA-ANTONIA-JOAQUINA TARIN-SEGUIN, b. April 27, 1852, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. September 25, 1878, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    ix. MARIA CLEOFAS DE LOS ANGELES TARIN-SEGUIN, b. December 11, 1853, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. 1939; m. SANTIAGO TARIN-SMITH; b. September 24, 1854, San Fernando Cathederal, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    x. MARIA ISABEL TARIN-SEGUIN, b. January 11, 1855, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    xi. JOAQUIN TRINIDAD TARIN-SEGUIN, b. December 29, 1856, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; d. January 08, 1937, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    24. xii. CARLOTA TARIN-SEGUIN, b. 1856, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. Aft. 1880, Bexar County, Texas.

    25. xiii. DIONICIO-LORETO TARIN-SEGUIN, b. December 24, 1860, St Anthony, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; d. August 1937, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    14. JOSE-ANTONIO6 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ (JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born July 22, 1825 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died Aft. 1880 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married MARIA-CONCEPCION-DEL-REFUGIO RODRIGUEZ-DELGADO August 16, 1847 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, daughter of JUAN-JOSE-JULIAN-NEPOMUCENO RODRIGUEZ-VALDEZ and JUANA-FRANCISCA DELGADO-ZEPEDA. She was born April 22, 1832 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died Aft. 1880 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for JOSE-ANTONIO SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ: He and his family are listed on the 1880 USA census, Bexar County, Texas.

    Children of JOSE-ANTONIO SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ and MARIA-CONCEPCION-DEL-REFUGIO RODRIGUEZ-DELGADO are:

    i. MARIANA-MARTA7 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. August 03, 1848, San Fernando Chuurch, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; m. BLAS GORTARI-XIMENES, December 19, 1869, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    26. ii. MARIA-SARAGOSA SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. December 30, 1850, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    27. iii. AGAPITA ANTONIA SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. September 20, 1852, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    iv. CARLOTA-DE-LA-TRINIDAD SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. January 11, 1855, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    28. v. MARIANO SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. 1857, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. Aft. 1880.

    vi. JUANITA SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. 1859, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    vii. TRINIDAD SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. 1863, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    29. viii. GUILLERMO-EDUARDO SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. November 26, 1865, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    ix. ANTONIO SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. May 10, 1868, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    x. MANUEL SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. 1870, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    15. MARIA-JOSEFA6 RIVAS-SEGUIN (MARIA-JOSEFA-CANUTA5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born December 15, 1820 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died Abt. 1875 in Graytown, Bexar County, Texas. She married JUAN-MARIA-DEL-SACRAMENTO TARIN-LEAL January 04, 1838 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, son of VICENTE-MANUEL TARIN-ARAUJO and JUANA-ISIDORA LEAL-AROCHA. He was born December 26, 1816 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Children of MARIA-JOSEFA RIVAS-SEGUIN and JUAN-MARIA-DEL-SACRAMENTO TARIN-LEAL are:

    30. i. LUCINDA7 TARIN-RIVAS, b. Abt. 1839, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; d. 1923, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    31. ii. JUAN TARIN-RIVAS, b. May 25, 1841, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. November 04, 1908, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    iii. MARIA-ANTONIA TARIN-RIVAS, b. March 30, 1844, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    32. iv. ANTONIO-MARIA-DEL-SACRAMENTO TARIN-RIVAS, b. February 11, 1845, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. 1927, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    33. v. MARIA-ANTONIA TARIN-RIVAS, b. November 15, 1847, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. Aft. 1880.

    vi. RAFAEL TARIN-RIVAS, b. November 19, 1849, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    34. vii. MARIA-JOSEFA TARIN-RIVAS, b. November 25, 1851, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. August 1878, Pleasanton, Atascosa County, Texas.

    35. viii. SANTIAGO-LEON TARIN-RIVAS, b. April 24, 1854, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    ix. MARIA DE JESUS TARIN-RIVAS, b. August 08, 1856, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    x. LEON JACOBO TARIN-RIVAS, b. July 31, 1859, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; d. May 24, 1918, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    16. MARIA-JOSEFA6 SEGUIN-BERCERRA (JUAN-JOSE-MARIA-ERASMO-DE-JESUS5 SEGUIN, JOSE-SANTIAGO4 SEGUIN-OCON, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) She married CAPTAIN FRANCISCO ROJO-RODRIGUEZ.

    Children of MARIA-JOSEFA SEGUIN-BERCERRA and FRANCISCO ROJO-RODRIGUEZ are:

    i. JUAN MARIA7 ROJO-SEGUIN.

    36. ii. MARIA DEL PILAR ROJO-SEGUIN, b. February 17, 1825, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. July 05, 1882, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    37. iii. MARIA CONCEPCION ROJO-SEGUIN, b. 1827, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    17. LIEUTENANT COLONEL JUAN-NEPOMUCENO6 SEGUIN-BERCERRA (JUAN-JOSE-MARIA-ERASMO-DE-JESUS5 SEGUIN, JOSE-SANTIAGO4 SEGUIN-OCON, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born October 27, 1806 in San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died August 27, 1889 in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He married MARIA-GERTRUDIS-EUSEVIA FLORES-DE-ABREGO January 18, 1826 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, daughter of JOSE-ANTONIO-TEODORO FLORES-MONTES and MARIA-ANTONIA RODRIGUEZ-DE-LA-PENA. She was born March 08, 1807 in San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for LIEUTENANT COLONEL JUAN-NEPOMUCENO SEGUIN-BERCERRA: Christening on November 3, 1806, San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. Listed on the 1830 Census of San Antonio, TX. Source:1830 Citizens of Texas by Gifford E. White.  He served as senator from the Bexar District in the 3rd and 4th Congress of Texas from September 25, 1837 to February 5, 1840. He served as Mayor of the city of San Antonio from January 9, 1841, to April 18, 1841. Source: With the Makers of San Antonio by Frederick C. Chabot.  Political and military figure of the Texas Revolution and the Republic of Texas.Source: 
    The Texas Handbook Online

    Notes for MARIA-GERTRUDIS-EUSEVIA FLORES-DE-ABREGO: She is listed on the 1830 Census of San Antonio, Texas  Source:1830 Citizens of Texas by Gifford E. White.

    Children of JUAN-NEPOMUCENO SEGUIN-BERCERRA and MARIA-GERTRUDIS-EUSEVIA FLORES-DE-ABREGO are:

    38. i. MARIA ANTONIA CECILIA7 SEGUIN-FLORES, b. January 06, 1827, San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    ii. TERESA SEGUIN-FLORES, b. Abt. 1828, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; m. GREGORIO SOTO.

    Notes for TERESA SEGUIN-FLORES: She is listed on the 1830 Census of San Antonio, Texas. Source:1830 Citizens of Texas by Gifford E. White.

    39. iii. JOSE ERASMO SEGUIN-FLORES, b. December 29, 1829, San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    40. iv. SANTIAGO SEGUIN-FLORES, b. Abt. 1830, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

    v. MARIA JOSEFA SEGUIN-FLORES, b. October 28, 1831, San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. Wilson County, Texas; m. ALFRED A. LEWIS.

    vi. JUAN NEPOMUECENO SEGUIN-FLORES, b. June 30, 1833, San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. Wilson County, Texas; m. TRINIDAD RODRIGUEZ, May 20, 1859, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    vii. EUGENIO SEGUIN-FLORES, b. Abt. 1837, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. Wilson County, Texas.

    viii. MARIA GERTRUDIS SEGUIN-FLORES, b. December 27, 1841, San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. Wilson County, Texas.

    ix. MARIA GUADALUPE SEGUIN-FLORES, b. November 07, 1849, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for MARIA GUADALUPE SEGUIN-FLORES: Christening on Nov 22, !849, San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. 

    18. MARIA-LEONIDES6 SEGUIN-BERCERRA (JUAN-JOSE-MARIA-ERASMO-DE-JESUS5 SEGUIN, JOSE-SANTIAGO4 SEGUIN-OCON, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born August 12, 1809 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. She married JOSE-MARIA-DE-JESUS-DIONICIO FLORES-RODRIGUEZ June 18, 1831 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, son of JOSE-ANTONIO-TEODORO FLORES-MONTES and MARIA-ANTONIA RODRIGUEZ-DE-LA-PENA. He was born April 10, 1803 in San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for MARIA-LEONIDES SEGUIN-BERCERRA: She is listed on the 1830 Census of San Antonio, Texas.  Source:1830 Citizens of Texas by Gifford E. White.

    Children of MARIA-LEONIDES SEGUIN-BERCERRA and JOSE-MARIA-DE-JESUS-DIONICIO FLORES-RODRIGUEZ are:

    i. JOSEFA7 FLORES-SEGUIN, b. San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    ii. JOSE-IGNACIO FLORES-SEGUIN, b. April 26, 1843, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    iii. MARIA-LEONIDES FLORES-SEGUIN, b. April 20, 1845, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    iv. MARIA-GERTRUDIS FLORES-SEGUIN, b. November 02, 1846, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    v. MARIA-ANTONIA FLORES-SEGUIN, b. February 22, 1849, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

     

    Generation No. 5

     

    19. PAULA7 LEAL-RUIZ (MARIA-SINFOROSA6 RUIZ-SEGUIN, MARIA-FERNANDA-ISABEL DE ASCENCIO5 SEGUIN-NAVARRO, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-MARTINEZ, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born January 07, 1841 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died January 07, 1930 in Senior, Bexar County, Texas. She married GEORGE W. NOEL April 11, 1861 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He was born in Kentucky, and died in Texas.

    Child of PAULA LEAL-RUIZ and GEORGE NOEL is:

    i. MARY ELIZABETH8 NOEL, b. November 1868, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; m. CHARLES EZEKIAL DIXON, May 05, 1885, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; b. October 1864, South Carolina; d. August 09, 1950, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    20. CELSO7 AROCHA-SEGUIN (MARIA-ISIDRA6 SEGUIN-ORTIZ, JOSEPH-MANUEL5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born 1842 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married CARLOTA DE-LA-GARZA April 28, 1858 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Child of CELSO AROCHA-SEGUIN and CARLOTA DE-LA-GARZA is:

    i. PAULA8 AROCHA-DE-LA-GARZA, b. September 27, 1860, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    21. MARIANO-ROQUE-DE-GUADALUPE7 TARIN-SEGUIN (MARIA-PETRA-DE-LOS-ANGELES6 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born September 25, 1844 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died 1904 in Piedras Negras, Coahulia, Mexico. He married FAUSTINA-TERESA RODRIGUEZ-DELGADO June 09, 1868 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, daughter of JUAN-JOSE-JULIAN-NEPOMUCENO RODRIGUEZ-VALDEZ and JUANA-FRANCISCA DELGADO-ZEPEDA. She was born February 15, 1847 in Wilson, County, Texas, and died December 12, 1916 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.
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    Children of MARIANO-ROQUE-DE-GUADALUPE TARIN-SEGUIN and FAUSTINA-TERESA RODRIGUEZ-DELGADO are:

    41. i. MARIA-JESUSA8 TARIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. December 25, 1869, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    ii. MARIANO TARIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. June 01, 1871, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    iii. TERESA TARIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. March 09, 1873, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    iv. MANUEL TARIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. November 05, 1874, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    v. ANTONIA TARIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. November 17, 1878, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; d. December 22, 1939, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    vi. MARIA-CARMEN TARIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. November 22, 1885, Graytown, Bexar County, Texas; m. FORTUNATO DE-LOS-SANTOS.

    22. MARIA-FRANCISCA-DE-JESUS7 TARIN-SEGUIN (MARIA-PETRA-DE-LOS-ANGELES6 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born May 23, 1846 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. She married EPITACIO MONDRAGON June 09, 1863 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for EPITACIO MONDRAGON:  His first marriage was to Josefa Farias.  He served as city commissioner and tax assessor for Bexar County, Texas

    Children of MARIA-FRANCISCA-DE-JESUS TARIN-SEGUIN and EPITACIO MONDRAGON are:

    42. i. ZULEMA8 MONDRAGON-TARIN.

    ii. ADELINA MONDRAGON-TARIN.

    iii. JOAQUIN MONDRAGON-TARIN, m. MARIA JIMENEZ, Piedras Negras, Coahuila, Mexico.

    iv. ANTONIA MONDRAGON-TARIN, m. JORGE DEL BOSQUE; b. Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico.

    v. EPITACIO MONDRAGON-TARIN, m. (1) SERVERA DE HOYOS-DE-LA-GARZA; m. (2) MARIA-DE-JESUS TARIN, June 09, 1863, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    23. MARIA-ANTONIA-JOAQUINA7 TARIN-SEGUIN (MARIA-PETRA-DE-LOS-ANGELES6 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born April 27, 1852 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died September 25, 1878 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas. She married FEDERICO GORTARI-XIMENEZ April 03, 1876 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas, son of FERNANDO GORTARI-ESTRADA and JULIANA XIMENEZ. He was born 1847 in Texas, and died Aft. 1880.

    Notes for FEDERICO GORTARI-XIMENEZ: He is listed as a widower on the 1880 USA census, Bexar County, Texas.  Surname listed as GOTARIES.

    Children of MARIA-ANTONIA-JOAQUINA TARIN-SEGUIN and FEDERICO GORTARI-XIMENEZ are:

    43. i. FEDERICO8 GORTARI-TARIN, b. 1877, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    ii. ANTONIO-FERNANDO GORTARI-TARIN, b. July 08, 1878, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. March 17, 1958, Elmendorf, Baxar County, Texas; m. LUCIA SEGUIN-TARIN; b. October 16, 1892, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas1; d. April 1979, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas1.

    Notes for LUCIA SEGUIN-TARIN:  [Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: May 27, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.88837.175]
    Individual: Gortari, Lucia 
    Birth date: Oct 16, 1892
    Death date: Apr 1979
    Social Security #: 450-18-7006
    Last residence: TX 78204
    State of issue: TX

    24. CARLOTA7 TARIN-SEGUIN (MARIA-PETRA-DE-LOS-ANGELES6 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born 1856 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died Aft. 1880 in Bexar County, Texas. She married MACEDONIO GORTARI-XIMENEZ January 19, 1877 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas, son of FERNANDO GORTARI-ESTRADA and JULIANA XIMENEZ. He was born 1855, and died Aft. 1880 in Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for MACEDONIO GORTARI-XIMENEZ: He and his family are listed on the 1880 USA census, Bexar County, Texas. Surname listed as GORTARIE.

    Child of CARLOTA TARIN-SEGUIN and MACEDONIO GORTARI-XIMENEZ is:

    i. CARLOTA8 GORTARI-TARIN, b. 1878, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    25. DIONICIO-LORETO7 TARIN-SEGUIN (MARIA-PETRA-DE-LOS-ANGELES6 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born December 24, 1860 in St Anthony, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas, and died August 1937 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas. He married (1) VICTORIA RODRIGUEZ-TARIN, daughter of JUAN RODRIGUEZ-DELGADO and LUCINDA TARIN-RIVAS. She was born 1862 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married (2) CECILIA CADENA-MONTES April 11, 1886 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas, daughter of JOSE CADENA-MONTES and CARMEL MONTES-DE-OCA. She was born 1859 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Children of DIONICIO-LORETO TARIN-SEGUIN and VICTORIA RODRIGUEZ-TARIN are:

    i. MARIANO-DE-JESUS8 TARIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. December 09, 1899, St Anthony, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; d. November 12, 1924, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    ii. GREGORIO-JESUS TARIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. April 27, 1901, St Anthony, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; d. March 1976, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; m. LEONOR RENDON; b. July 04, 1899, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas2; d. August 1985, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas2.

    Notes for GREGORIO-JESUS TARIN-RODRIGUEZ: [Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2 M-Z, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: May 27, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.95667.113]
    Individual: Tarin, Jesus
    Social Security #: 465-10-1749
    Issued in: Texas
    Birth date: Mar 12, 1901
    Death date: Mar 1976
    Residence code: Texas
    ZIP Code of last known residence: 78204
    Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
    San Antonio, Texas

     Notes for LEONOR RENDON: [Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2 M-Z, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: May 27, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.95667.142]
    Individual: Tarin, Leonor
    Social Security #: 450-22-2798
    Issued in: Texas
    Birth date: Jul 4, 1899
    Death date: Aug 1985
    Residence code: Texas
    ZIP Code of last known residence: 78207
    Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
    San Antonio, Texas 

    iii. MARIA HERMONIA TARIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. April 19, 1903, St Anthony, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    iv. GUADALUPE TARIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. September 28, 1908, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; d. November 12, 1995, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; m. FREDERICK WAHNE.

    Notes for GUADALUPE TARIN-RODRIGUEZ: [Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2 M-Z, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: May 27, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.109452.25]
    Individual: Wahne, Lupe
    Social Security #: 450-18-6448
    Issued in: Texas
    Birth date: Sep 26, 1908
    Death date: Nov 12, 1995
    ZIP Code of last known residence: 78112
    Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
    Elmendorf, Texas 

    Children of DIONICIO-LORETO TARIN-SEGUIN and CECILIA CADENA-MONTES are:

    v. HERMONIA8 TARIN-CADENA, d. July 01, 1901.

    vi. JOSEFA TARIN-CADENA.

    vii. DIONISIO TARIN-CADENA, b. June 11, 1889, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas3; d. August 31, 1970, Elmendorf, Baxar County, Texas.

    Notes for DIONISIO TARIN-CADENA: [Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2 M-Z, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: May 27, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.95667.46]
    Individual: Tarin, Dionicio
    Social Security #: 459-34-1579
    Issued in: Texas
    Birth date: Jun 11, 1889
    Death date: Aug 1970
    Residence code: Texas
    ZIP Code of last known residence: 78210
    Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
    San Antonio, Texas

     viii. CARMEN TARIN-CADENA, b. February 12, 1891, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas4; d. October 15, 1976, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas4.

    Notes for CARMEN TARIN-CADENA: [Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2 M-Z, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: May 27, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.95667.35]
    Individual: Tarin, Carmen
    Social Security #: 457-62-6873
    Issued in: Texas
    Birth date: Feb 12, 1891
    Death date: Oct 1976
    Residence code: Texas
    ZIP Code of last known residence: 78212
    Primary location associated with this ZIP Code:
    San Antonio, Texas
     

    26. MARIA-SARAGOSA7 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ (JOSE-ANTONIO6, JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born December 30, 1850 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. She married SANTIAGO-IGNACIO-EDUARDO FLORES-FLORES July 01, 1867 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas, son of JOSE-SALVADOR-ROMANO FLORES-RODRIGUEZ and MARIA-CLARA-ELENA FLORES-MONTES. He was born July 31, 1841 in San Fernando Catholic Church, San Antonio, Texas.

    Children of MARIA-SARAGOSA SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ and SANTIAGO-IGNACIO-EDUARDO FLORES-FLORES are:

    i. HERMINIA8 FLORES-SEGUIN, m. NEMENCIO DE LA ZERDA.

    44. ii. JESUS FLORES-SEGUIN.

    27. AGAPITA ANTONIA7 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ (JOSE-ANTONIO6, JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born September 20, 1852 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. She married JESUS SAUCEDO-GORTARI November 07, 1878 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas, son of JOSE-MARIA SAUCEDO and MARGARITA GORTARI-XIMENES.

    Child of AGAPITA SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ and JESUS SAUCEDO-GORTARI is:

    i. MARIA8 SAUCEDO-SEGUIN, m. RAFAEL TARIN-CASANOVA.

    28. MARIANO7 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ (JOSE-ANTONIO6, JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born 1857 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died Aft. 1880. He married ANA GORTARI-DELGADO December 19, 1877 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas, daughter of ANTONIO GORTARI-XIMENES and CANDELARIA DELGADO. She was born June 20, 1858 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas, and died Aft. 1880.

    Notes for MARIANO SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ: He and his family are listed on the 1880 USA census, Bexar County, Texas.

    Children of MARIANO SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ and ANA GORTARI-DELGADO are:

    i. MARIANO-FRANCISCO8 SEGUIN-GORTARI, b. January 18, 1879, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; m. JESUSA CHAVEZ.

    ii. SANTIAGO SEGUIN-GORTARI, b. December 05, 1879, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; m. MICHAELA CHAVES.

    iii. DIONICIO SEGUIN-GORTARI, b. April 29, 1883; d. July 15, 1968, South Houston, Harris County, Texas; m. ELOISA RODRIGUEZ-SEGUIN.

    iv. LUIS SEGUIN-GORTARI, b. 1884; m. JUANA CASANOVA.

    v. ANTONIO-SALVADOR SEGUIN-GORTARI, b. November 22, 1885, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; d. February 15, 1969, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; m. JUANA GOMEZ.

    45. vi. ALBERTO SEGUIN-GORTARI, b. July 13, 1887, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    46. vii. ANA SEGUIN-GORTARI, b. 1888.

    47. viii. MARIA-CANDELARIA SEGUIN-GORTARI, b. December 14, 1890, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    29. GUILLERMO-EDUARDO7 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ (JOSE-ANTONIO6, JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born November 26, 1865 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas. He married MARIA-JESUSA TARIN-RODRIGUEZ July 22, 1885 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas, daughter of MARIANO-ROQUE-DE-GUADALUPE TARIN-SEGUIN and FAUSTINA-TERESA RODRIGUEZ-DELGADO. She was born December 25, 1869 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    Children of GUILLERMO-EDUARDO SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ and MARIA-JESUSA TARIN-RODRIGUEZ are:

    i. ANTONIA8 SEGUIN-TARIN.

    ii. SOLEDAD SEGUIN-TARIN, m. RAFAEL FLORES-TARIN.

    iii. EDUARDO SEGUIN-TARIN, b. August 15, 1886, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    48. iv. GUILLERMO-PATRICIO SEGUIN-TARIN, b. May 27, 1888, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    v. ELOISA SEGUIN-TARIN, b. 1890; m. FEDERICO RODRIGUEZ-FLORES.

    vi. ALFREDO SEGUIN-TARIN, b. May 16, 1891, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    vii. LUCIA SEGUIN-TARIN, b. October 16, 1892, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas5; d. April 1979, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas5; m. ANTONIO-FERNANDO GORTARI-TARIN; b. July 08, 1878, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. March 17, 1958, Elmendorf, Baxar County, Texas.

    Notes for LUCIA SEGUIN-TARIN: [Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: May 27, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.88837.175] 
    Individual: Gortari, Lucia
    Birth date: Oct 16, 1892
    Death date: Apr 1979
    Social Security #: 450-18-7006
    Last residence: TX 78204
    State of issue: TX

    viii. JOSE-FELIX SEGUIN-TARIN, b. January 20, 1894, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; m. (1) ERNESTINA SEGUIN-CASANOVA; m. (2) JOSIE RODRIGUEZ.

    ix. MIGUEL SEGUIN-TARIN, b. September 28, 1895, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; m. ROSA RODRIGUEZ.

    x. ENRIQUE SEGUIN-TARIN, b. November 13, 1897, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; m. ELOSIA FLORES.

    30. LUCINDA7 TARIN-RIVAS (MARIA-JOSEFA6 RIVAS-SEGUIN, MARIA-JOSEFA-CANUTA5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born Abt. 1839 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas, and died 1923 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas. She married JUAN MANUEL RODRIGUEZ-DELGADO September 28, 1860 in Elmendorf, Bexar County, Texas, son of JUAN-JOSE-JULIAN-NEPOMUCENO RODRIGUEZ-VALDEZ and JUANA-FRANCISCA DELGADO-ZEPEDA.

    Children of LUCINDA TARIN-RIVAS and JUAN RODRIGUEZ-DELGADO are:

    i. DELFINA8 RODRIGUEZ-TARIN.

    ii. EUFEMIA RODRIGUEZ-TARIN.

    iii. JUAN MANUEL RODRIGUEZ-TARIN.

    iv. JUANA RODRIGUEZ-TARIN.

    v. MARGARITA RODRIGUEZ-TARIN.

    vi. MARIA DE JESUS RODRIGUEZ-TARIN.

    vii. MARIANO RODRIGUEZ-TARIN, d. May 13, 1945.

    49. viii. VICTORIA RODRIGUEZ-TARIN, b. 1862, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    50. ix. MARIA-OTILIA RODRIGUEZ-TARIN, b. August 03, 1873, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    31. JUAN7 TARIN-RIVAS (MARIA-JOSEFA6 RIVAS-SEGUIN, MARIA-JOSEFA-CANUTA5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born May 25, 1841 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died November 04, 1908 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas. He married CECILIA DELGADO-GIL April 30, 1868 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, daughter of JUAN-JOSE DELGADO-GALVAN and MARIA-DE-REFUGIO GIL-DE-LOS-SANTOS. She was born November 22, 1850 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died September 04, 1934 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Children of JUAN TARIN-RIVAS and CECILIA DELGADO-GIL are:

    i. HERMINIA MARIA8 TARIN-DELGADO.

    ii. TRINIDAD TARIN-DELGADO.

    iii. JOSEFA TARIN-DELGADO.

    iv. MIGUEL TARIN-DELGADO.

    v. JACOBO TARIN-DELGADO, d. June 19, 1942, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; m. (1) LOLA KELLY DE-LA-GARZA; m. (2) MARGARITA FLORES, January 02, 1912, San Agustin, Laredo, Webb County, Texas.

    vi. CECELIA TARIN-DELGADO.

    vii. RAFAEL TARIN-DELGADO, b. January 09, 1871, St Mary's, Somerset, Bexar County, Texas.

    viii. ZULEMA TARIN-DELGADO, b. May 14, 1874, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas?; d. June 20, 1911, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    32. ANTONIO-MARIA-DEL-SACRAMENTO7 TARIN-RIVAS (MARIA-JOSEFA6 RIVAS-SEGUIN, MARIA-JOSEFA-CANUTA5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born February 11, 1845 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died 1927 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married CONCEPCION CASANOVA-CURBELO, daughter of JOSE-SIMON-DESIDORO CASANOVA-LEAL and MIGUELA COURBIERE-DE-LA-GARZA. She was born July 02, 1850 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died October 01, 1935.

    Children of ANTONIO-MARIA-DEL-SACRAMENTO TARIN-RIVAS and CONCEPCION CASANOVA-CURBELO are:

    i. MANUEL8 TARIN-CASANOVA.

    ii. RAFAEL TARIN-CASANOVA.

    iii. ANTONIO LERDO TARIN-CASANOVA.

    iv. SIMON TARIN-CASANOVA, d. December 21, 1901, Elmendorf, Baxar County, Texas.

    v. MARY ESTELLA TARIN-CASANOVA.

    vi. RODOLFO TARIN-CASANOVA.

    vii. ANITA TARIN-CASANOVA, b. December 14, 1866, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    viii. VIRGINA TARIN-CASANOVA, b. November 18, 1870, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; d. July 04, 1957, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    ix. LUCINDA TARIN-CASANOVA, b. February 13, 1872, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    x. ADAN TARIN-CASANOVA, b. January 24, 1884; d. October 29, 1956; m. VIRGINIA DE-LA-GARZA.

    xi. ANTONIO TARIN-CASANOVA, b. July 24, 1886, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; d. March 13, 1949.

    xii. BENJAMIN TARIN-CASANOVA, b. March 13, 1889, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; d. November 03, 1935.

    33. MARIA-ANTONIA7 TARIN-RIVAS (MARIA-JOSEFA6 RIVAS-SEGUIN, MARIA-JOSEFA-CANUTA5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born November 15, 1847 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died Aft. 1880. She married JOSE-MARIA-DE-JESUS CASANOVA-CURBELO October 08, 1865 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, son of JOSE-SIMON-DESIDORO CASANOVA-LEAL and MIGUELA COURBIERE-DE-LA-GARZA. He was born October 01, 1844 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died Aft. 1880.

    Notes for JOSE-MARIA-DE-JESUS CASANOVA-CURBELO: He and his family are listed on the 1880 USA census, Precinct 1 and 8, Wilson County, Texas.

    Children of MARIA-ANTONIA TARIN-RIVAS and JOSE-MARIA-DE-JESUS CASANOVA-CURBELO are:

    i. EMILIA8 CASANOVA-TARIN.

    ii. GUADALUPE CASANOVA-TARIN.

    iii. MARIANA CASANOVA-TARIN.

    iv. SANTIAGO CASANOVA-TARIN.

    v. MARIA-CORINA CASANOVA-TARIN, b. November 25, 1866, St Anthony, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; m. JAMES HETTLER, May 05, 1891, Graytown, Bexar County, Texas.

    vi. RAFAEL CASANOVA-TARIN, b. 1868, Wilson County, Texas.

    vii. JESUS CASANOVA-TARIN, b. 1871, Wilson County, Texas; m. TERESA TARIN.

    viii. ADELA CASANOVA-TARIN, b. 1873, Wilson County, Texas.

    ix. RUBEN CASANOVA-TARIN, b. May 30, 1876, Graytown-Floresville, Wilson County, Texas.

    x. JOSEFA CASANOVA-TARIN, b. 1878, Wilson County, Texas.

    34. MARIA-JOSEFA7 TARIN-RIVAS (MARIA-JOSEFA6 RIVAS-SEGUIN, MARIA-JOSEFA-CANUTA5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born November 25, 1851 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died August 1878 in Pleasanton, Atascosa County, Texas. She married IGNACIO SOTELO-DELGADO March 25, 1868 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas, son of IGNACIO SOTELO and MARIA-RITA-DE-LA-LUZ-EMETERIA DELGADO-ZEPEDA. He was born January 27, 1850 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died February 25, 1918 in Pleasanton, Atascosa County, Texas.

    Children of MARIA-JOSEFA TARIN-RIVAS and IGNACIO SOTELO-DELGADO are:

    i. IGNACIO8 SOTELO-TARIN.

    ii. RAFAELA SOTELO-TARIN.

    iii. AURELIO SOTELO-TARIN.

    iv. DANIEL SOTELO-TARIN, b. October 20, 1873, St Mary's, Somerset, Bexar County, Texas.

    35. SANTIAGO-LEON7 TARIN-RIVAS (MARIA-JOSEFA6 RIVAS-SEGUIN, MARIA-JOSEFA-CANUTA5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born April 24, 1854 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married ANTONIA CASANOVA-CURBELO September 03, 1880 in Graytown, Bexar County, Texas, daughter of JOSE-SIMON-DESIDORO CASANOVA-LEAL and MIGUELA COURBIERE-DE-LA-GARZA.

    Children of SANTIAGO-LEON TARIN-RIVAS and ANTONIA CASANOVA-CURBELO are:

    i. ERASMO8 TARIN-CASANOVA.

    ii. VICTORIA TARIN-CASANOVA.

    iii. UBALDO TARIN-CASANOVA.

    iv. LEON TARIN-CASANOVA, b. February 18, 1881; d. December 02, 1973, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    v. EDWARDO TARIN-CASANOVA, b. March 25, 1885; d. July 28, 1954, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    vi. LUCIA TARIN-CASANOVA, b. May 27, 1887, Losoya, Bexar County, Texas; d. August 23, 1940, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; m. JOSE DE-LA-PENA.

    vii. SANTIAGO TARIN-CASANOVA, b. September 1888, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; d. February 25, 1906, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    viii. RAMON TARIN-CASANOVA, b. December 20, 1890, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas; d. October 03, 1961, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    36. MARIA DEL PILAR7 ROJO-SEGUIN (MARIA-JOSEFA6 SEGUIN-BERCERRA, JUAN-JOSE-MARIA-ERASMO-DE-JESUS5 SEGUIN, JOSE-SANTIAGO4 SEGUIN-OCON, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born February 17, 1825 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died July 05, 1882 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. She married JOSE MARIA CLEOFAS CHAVEZ-MONTES July 15, 1848 in San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, son of JOSE-YGNACIO CHAVEZ-PADRON and MARIA-LEONARDA MONTES-DE-OCA. He was born April 08, 1823 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died 1877 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for MARIA DEL PILAR ROJO-SEGUIN: She is listed on the 1830 Census of San Antonio, Texas.  Source:1830 Citizens of Texas by Gifford E. White.

    Notes for JOSE MARIA CLEOFAS CHAVEZ-MONTES: He is listed on the 1830 Census of San Antonio, TX. Source:1830 Citizens of Texas by Gifford E. White. He is listed on the 1870 US Census, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Children of MARIA ROJO-SEGUIN and JOSE CHAVEZ-MONTES are:

    i. IGNACIO EUSTAQUIO LINO8 CHAVEZ-ROJO, b. September 20, 1849, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for IGNACIO EUSTAQUIO LINO CHAVEZ-ROJO:

    He is listed on the 1870 US Census, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    51. ii. JOSE FRANCISCO ANTONIO CHAVEZ-ROJO, b. February 12, 1851, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. Aft. 1880.

    iii. JOSE MARIA MARTIN CHAVEZ-ROJO, b. November 11, 1854, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for JOSE MARIA MARTIN CHAVEZ-ROJO: He is listed on the 1870 US Census, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    52. iv. MARGARITA EUPEFEMIA CHAVEZ-ROJO, b. March 24, 1856, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. January 24, 1939, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    v. MARIA DE LA PAZ CHAVEZ-ROJO, b. January 24, 1858, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    vi. PAUBLA CHAVEZ-ROJO, b. December 13, 1859, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for PAUBLA CHAVEZ-ROJO: She is listed on the 1870 US Census, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    vii. MARIA ESVERNTIANA CHAVEZ-ROJO, b. January 10, 1860, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    viii. JULIO GABRIAL CHAVEZ-ROJO, b. March 10, 1862, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    ix. ALBERTO AUSELMO CHAVEZ-ROJO, b. April 21, 1864, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    37. MARIA CONCEPCION7 ROJO-SEGUIN (MARIA-JOSEFA6 SEGUIN-BERCERRA, JUAN-JOSE-MARIA-ERASMO-DE-JESUS5 SEGUIN, JOSE-SANTIAGO4 SEGUIN-OCON, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born 1827 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. She married JOSE-SALVADOR-ROMANO FLORES-RODRIGUEZ September 30, 1848 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, son of JOSE-ANTONIO-TEODORO FLORES-MONTES and MARIA-ANTONIA RODRIGUEZ-DE-LA-PENA. He was born March 24, 1805 in San Fernando Catholic Church, San Antonio, Texas, and died January 17, 1855 in Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for MARIA CONCEPCION ROJO-SEGUIN: She is listed on the 1830 Census of San Antonio, Texas. Source:1830 Citizens of Texas by Gifford E. White.

    Notes for JOSE-SALVADOR-ROMANO FLORES-RODRIGUEZ: Christening on March 24, 1805, San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Children of MARIA ROJO-SEGUIN and JOSE-SALVADOR-ROMANO FLORES-RODRIGUEZ are:

    i. SALVADOR8 FLORES-ROJO, b. 1849, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    ii. TERESA BALBINA FLORES-ROJO, b. 1851, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    38. MARIA ANTONIA CECILIA7 SEGUIN-FLORES (JUAN-NEPOMUCENO6 SEGUIN-BERCERRA, JUAN-JOSE-MARIA-ERASMO-DE-JESUS5 SEGUIN, JOSE-SANTIAGO4 SEGUIN-OCON, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born January 06, 1827 in San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. She married AGUSTIN SINFORIANO CHAVEZ-MONTES April 25, 1854 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, son of JOSE-YGNACIO CHAVEZ-PADRON and MARIA-LEONARDA MONTES-DE-OCA. He was born August 28, 1820 in San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died June 01, 1869 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for MARIA ANTONIA CECILIA SEGUIN-FLORES: She is listed on the 1830 Census of San Antonio, Texas. From September 25, 1837 to February 5, 1840, her father, political and military figure of the Texas Revolution and the Republic of Texas, served as senator from the Bexar District in the 3rd and 4th Congress of Texas He also served as Mayor of the city of San Antonio from January 9, 1841, to April 18, 1841. Source:The Texas Handbook Online; With the Makers of San Antonio by Frederick C. Chabot, and 1830 Citizens of Texas by Gifford E. White.

    Notes for AGUSTIN SINFORIANO CHAVEZ-MONTES: Descendent of the Duran y Chavez family, original settlers of New Mexico.  He is listed on the 1830 Census of San Antonio, Texas Source: From the book's With the Makers of San Antonio, by Frederick C. Chabot.
    Origins of New Mexico Families by Fray Angelico Chavez, Revised edition. 1830 Citizens of Texas by Gifford E. White.

    Children of MARIA SEGUIN-FLORES and AGUSTIN CHAVEZ-MONTES are:

    i. AGUSTIN8 CHAVEZ-SEGUIN.

    ii. MARIA JOSEFA CHAVEZ-SEGUIN, b. May 08, 1858, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    iii. IGNACIO ABRAM CHAVEZ-SEGUIN, b. May 16, 1861, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    iv. MARIA ANTONIA CHAVEZ-SEGUIN, b. December 18, 1864, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; m. PEDRO DE LA GARZA.

    39. JOSE ERASMO7 SEGUIN-FLORES (JUAN-NEPOMUCENO6 SEGUIN-BERCERRA, JUAN-JOSE-MARIA-ERASMO-DE-JESUS5 SEGUIN, JOSE-SANTIAGO4 SEGUIN-OCON, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born December 29, 1829 in San Fernando Church, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married TERESA JOSEFA FLORES-COURBIERE January 12, 1855 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, daughter of JOSE-MANUEL-NEPOMUCENO-PAUBLINO FLORES-RODRIGUEZ and MARIA-JOSEFA COURBIERE. She was born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for JOSE ERASMO SEGUIN-FLORES: He is listed on the 1830 Census of San Antonio, Texas. Source:1830 Citizens of Texas by Gifford E. White.

    Children of JOSE SEGUIN-FLORES and TERESA FLORES-COURBIERE are:

    53. i. MANUEL8 SEGUIN-FLORES.

    ii. ERASMO SEGUIN-FLORES.

    54. iii. GUADALUPE SEGUIN-FLORES.

    iv. CLOTILDE SEGUIN-FLORES.

    v. JOSEFA SEGUIN-FLORES.

    vi. ORTENCIA SEGUIN-FLORES.

    40. SANTIAGO7 SEGUIN-FLORES (JUAN-NEPOMUCENO6 SEGUIN-BERCERRA, JUAN-JOSE-MARIA-ERASMO-DE-JESUS5 SEGUIN, JOSE-SANTIAGO4 SEGUIN-OCON, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born Abt. 1830 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died in Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico. He married HILARIA RAMIRES. She was born 1842 in Camargo, Tamaulipas, Mexico.

    Notes for SANTIAGO SEGUIN-FLORES: Mayor of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, Mexico

    Children of SANTIAGO SEGUIN-FLORES and HILARIA RAMIRES are:

    i. GUILLERMO8 SEGUIN-RAMIREZ, m. JULIA EDELMAN; b. Eagle Pass,.

    ii. OTILIA SEGUIN-RAMIREZ.

    iii. SANTIAGO SEGUIN-RAMIREZ, m. CADEREYTA XIMENEZ.

    iv. ELVIRA SEGUIN-RAMIREZ.

    v. JUAN SEGUIN-RAMIREZ.

    vi. MARIA SEGUIN-RAMIREZ.

     

    Generation No. 6

     

    41. MARIA-JESUSA8 TARIN-RODRIGUEZ (MARIANO-ROQUE-DE-GUADALUPE7 TARIN-SEGUIN, MARIA-PETRA-DE-LOS-ANGELES6 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born December 25, 1869 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas. She married GUILLERMO-EDUARDO SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ July 22, 1885 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas, son of JOSE-ANTONIO SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ and MARIA-CONCEPCION-DEL-REFUGIO RODRIGUEZ-DELGADO. He was born November 26, 1865 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    Children are listed above under (29) Guillermo-Eduardo Seguin-Rodriguez.

    42. ZULEMA8 MONDRAGON-TARIN (MARIA-FRANCISCA-DE-JESUS7 TARIN-SEGUIN, MARIA-PETRA-DE-LOS-ANGELES6 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) She married ESTEVAN BERBAN January 08, 1885 in Santa Rosa de Lima, Melchor Muzquiz, Coahuila, Mexico.

    Child of ZULEMA MONDRAGON-TARIN and ESTEVAN BERBAN is:

    i. AURELIA9 BERBAN-MONDRAGON.

    43. FEDERICO8 GORTARI-TARIN (MARIA-ANTONIA-JOAQUINA7 TARIN-SEGUIN, MARIA-PETRA-DE-LOS-ANGELES6 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born 1877 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married MARIA HOBRECT.

    Children of FEDERICO GORTARI-TARIN and MARIA HOBRECT are:

    i. LENA9 GORTARI-HOBRECT.

    ii. CELIA GORTARI-HOBRECT.

    iii. CLARISA GORTARI-HOBRECT.

    44. JESUS8 FLORES-SEGUIN (MARIA-SARAGOSA7 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, JOSE-ANTONIO6, JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) He married DELFINA DELGADO-FLORES, daughter of CLEMENTE DELGADO and CONCEPCION FLORES. 

    Child of JESUS FLORES-SEGUIN and DELFINA DELGADO-FLORES is:

    i. TERESA9 FLORES-DELGADO.

    45. ALBERTO8 SEGUIN-GORTARI (MARIANO7 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, JOSE-ANTONIO6, JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born July 13, 1887 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas. He married JOSEFA TARIN-TALAMANTEZ, daughter of MACARIO TARIN-SMITH and JOSEFA TALAMANTEZ. She was born 1889. 

    Children of ALBERTO SEGUIN-GORTARI and JOSEFA TARIN-TALAMANTEZ are:

    i. LUISA9 SEGUIN-TARIN.

    ii. MACARIO SEGUIN-TARIN.

    iii. ALBERTO SEGUIN-TARIN.

    iv. ALFREDO SEGUIN-TARIN.

    46. ANA8 SEGUIN-GORTARI (MARIANO7 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, JOSE-ANTONIO6, JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born 1888. She married ANTONIO CASANOVA. 

    Child of ANA SEGUIN-GORTARI and ANTONIO CASANOVA is:

    i. ANA9 CASANOVA-SEGUIN.

    47. MARIA-CANDELARIA8 SEGUIN-GORTARI (MARIANO7 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, JOSE-ANTONIO6, JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born December 14, 1890 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas. She married GUILLERMO-PATRICIO SEGUIN-TARIN, son of GUILLERMO-EDUARDO SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ and MARIA-JESUSA TARIN-RODRIGUEZ. He was born May 27, 1888 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    Children of MARIA-CANDELARIA SEGUIN-GORTARI and GUILLERMO-PATRICIO SEGUIN-TARIN are:

    i. AURELIA9 SEGUIN-SEGUIN.

    ii. CANDELARIA SEGUIN-SEGUIN.

    48. GUILLERMO-PATRICIO8 SEGUIN-TARIN (GUILLERMO-EDUARDO7 SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ, JOSE-ANTONIO6, JOSE-MARIANO-TOMAS5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born May 27, 1888 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas. He married MARIA-CANDELARIA SEGUIN-GORTARI, daughter of MARIANO SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ and ANA GORTARI-DELGADO. She was born December 14, 1890 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    Children are listed above under (47) Maria-Candelaria Seguin-Gortari.

    49. VICTORIA8 RODRIGUEZ-TARIN (LUCINDA7 TARIN-RIVAS, MARIA-JOSEFA6 RIVAS-SEGUIN, MARIA-JOSEFA-CANUTA5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born 1862 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. She married DIONICIO-LORETO TARIN-SEGUIN, son of JOSE-JOAQUIN TARIN-LEAL and MARIA-PETRA-DE-LOS-ANGELES SEGUIN-RODRIGUEZ. He was born December 24, 1860 in St Anthony, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas, and died August 1937 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    Children are listed above under (25) Dionicio-Loreto Tarin-Seguin.

    50. MARIA-OTILIA8 RODRIGUEZ-TARIN (LUCINDA7 TARIN-RIVAS, MARIA-JOSEFA6 RIVAS-SEGUIN, MARIA-JOSEFA-CANUTA5 SEGUIN-FLORES, HERMEREGILDO4 SEGUIN-RAMOS, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born August 03, 1873 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas. She married JUAN TARIN-SMITH March 18, 1894 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas, son of ANTONIO-MACARIO TARIN-LEAL and MARIA-GERTRUDIS SMITH-RUIZ. He was born April 10, 1867 in St Anthony, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas, and died September 12, 1938 in Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    Children of MARIA-OTILIA RODRIGUEZ-TARIN and JUAN TARIN-SMITH are:

    i. LUCINDA9 TARIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. March 31, 1895, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    ii. PAULA TARIN-RODRIGUEZ, b. November 21, 1897, Graytown, Wilson County, Texas.

    51. JOSE FRANCISCO ANTONIO8 CHAVEZ-ROJO (MARIA DEL PILAR7 ROJO-SEGUIN, MARIA-JOSEFA6 SEGUIN-BERCERRA, JUAN-JOSE-MARIA-ERASMO-DE-JESUS5 SEGUIN, JOSE-SANTIAGO4 SEGUIN-OCON, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born February 12, 1851 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died Aft. 1880. He married WILLAMINA YOUNG Abt. 1878. She was born 1855 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died Aft. 1880.

    Notes for JOSE FRANCISCO ANTONIO CHAVEZ-ROJO: He is listed on the 1870 US Census, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He and his family are listed on the 1880 USA census, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Child of JOSE CHAVEZ-ROJO and WILLAMINA YOUNG is:

    i. GEORGE-ARNOLD9 YOUNG, b. January 04, 1879, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. September 29, 1938; m. FLORENCE ESPARZA, December 06, 1900, San Fernando, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. May 26, 1951.

    52. MARGARITA EUPEFEMIA8 CHAVEZ-ROJO (MARIA DEL PILAR7 ROJO-SEGUIN, MARIA-JOSEFA6 SEGUIN-BERCERRA, JUAN-JOSE-MARIA-ERASMO-DE-JESUS5 SEGUIN, JOSE-SANTIAGO4 SEGUIN-OCON, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born March 24, 1856 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died January 24, 1939 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. She married GEORGE ALBERTO GIBSON-MESA September 21, 1890 in San Fernando Cathedral, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, son of GEORGE GIBSON and MARIA MESA. He was born August 07, 1863 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died November 09, 1893 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Notes for MARGARITA EUPEFEMIA CHAVEZ-ROJO: She is listed on the 1870 US Census, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. Notes for GEORGE ALBERTO GIBSON-MESA: He is listed on the 1891 City Directory - San Antonio, Texas

    Children of MARGARITA CHAVEZ-ROJO and GEORGE GIBSON-MESA are:

    i. CELIA9 GIBSON, b. September 18, 1891, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. April 07, 1975, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; m. SAMUEL CRAIG ROTHWELL; b. February 20, 1888, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. October 04, 1951, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    55. ii. GEORGE THOMAS GIBSON I, b. December 28, 1893, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. November 04, 1955, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    53. MANUEL8 SEGUIN-FLORES (JOSE ERASMO7, JUAN-NEPOMUCENO6 SEGUIN-BERCERRA, JUAN-JOSE-MARIA-ERASMO-DE-JESUS5 SEGUIN, JOSE-SANTIAGO4 SEGUIN-OCON, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) He married MARIA MARTINEZ.

    Children of MANUEL SEGUIN-FLORES and MARIA MARTINEZ are:

    i. LEONIDES9 SEGUIN-FLORES.

    ii. ELIAS SEGUIN-FLORES.

    iii. ENRIGUE SEGUIN-FLORES.

    iv. MARIA SEGUIN-FLORES.

    v. CONCEPCION SEGUIN-FLORES.

    vi. CAROLINA SEGUIN-FLORES.

    54. GUADALUPE8 SEGUIN-FLORES (JOSE ERASMO7, JUAN-NEPOMUCENO6 SEGUIN-BERCERRA, JUAN-JOSE-MARIA-ERASMO-DE-JESUS5 SEGUIN, JOSE-SANTIAGO4 SEGUIN-OCON, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) She married NEPOMUNCENO RODRIGUEZ.

    Child of GUADALUPE SEGUIN-FLORES and NEPOMUNCENO RODRIGUEZ is:

    i. FEDERICO9 RODRIGUEZ-FLORES, m. ELOISA SEGUIN-TARIN; b. 1890. 

    Generation No. 7

     

    55. GEORGE THOMAS9 GIBSON I (MARGARITA EUPEFEMIA8 CHAVEZ-ROJO, MARIA DEL PILAR7 ROJO-SEGUIN, MARIA-JOSEFA6 SEGUIN-BERCERRA, JUAN-JOSE-MARIA-ERASMO-DE-JESUS5 SEGUIN, JOSE-SANTIAGO4 SEGUIN-OCON, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born December 28, 1893 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died November 04, 1955 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married (1) MARIA CHARO September 24, 1914 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married (2) CHRISTINA OLIVARES July 30, 1921 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. She was born February 08, 1904 in Laredo, Webb County, Texas, and died November 1979 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Child of GEORGE GIBSON and MARIA CHARO is:

    56. i. GEORGE THOMAS10 GIBSON II, b. October 26, 1914, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. January 21, 1994, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Children of GEORGE GIBSON and CHRISTINA OLIVARES are:

    ii. ERNEST GEORGE10 GIBSON, m. AMANDA GARZA.

    57. iii. JOSEPHINE GIBSON.

    iv. ALFRED GIBSON, b. August 30, 1927, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    v. ALFRED GIBSON, b. September 29, 1931, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas; d. April 07, 1974, Comal County, Texas; m. (1) LIDIA M. JUAREZ; b. October 04, 1932, Bee County, Texas; d. April 07, 1974; m. (2) ELMA BUENO; b. April 11, 1935, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

     

    Generation No. 8

     

    56. GEORGE THOMAS10 GIBSON II (GEORGE THOMAS9, MARGARITA EUPEFEMIA8 CHAVEZ-ROJO, MARIA DEL PILAR7 ROJO-SEGUIN, MARIA-JOSEFA6 SEGUIN-BERCERRA, JUAN-JOSE-MARIA-ERASMO-DE-JESUS5 SEGUIN, JOSE-SANTIAGO4 SEGUIN-OCON, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) was born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, and died January 21, 1994 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. He married ALICIA BEATRICE VIDAL.

    Children of GEORGE GIBSON and ALICIA VIDAL are:

    i. OLIVIA ELENA11 GIBSON,  San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    ii. GEORGE THOMAS GIBSON III, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    iii. CHRISTINA GUADALUPE GIBSON, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    iv. GLORIA GIBSON, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    57. JOSEPHINE10 GIBSON (GEORGE THOMAS9, MARGARITA EUPEFEMIA8 CHAVEZ-ROJO, MARIA DEL PILAR7 ROJO-SEGUIN, MARIA-JOSEFA6 SEGUIN-BERCERRA, JUAN-JOSE-MARIA-ERASMO-DE-JESUS5 SEGUIN, JOSE-SANTIAGO4 SEGUIN-OCON, JOSEPH-BARTHOLOME3 SEGUIN, JOSEPH-ANTONIO2, GUILLAUME1 DE SEGUIN) She married WILLIAM INDALEZIO MALDONADO II. Died October 1988 in San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas.

    Child of JOSEPHINE GIBSON and WILLIAM MALDONADO is:

    i. WILLIAM INDALEZIO11 MALDONADO III, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas. 

    Endnotes

    1. Brøderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: May 27, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.88837.175

    2. Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: May 27, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.95667.142

    3. Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: May 27, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.95667.46

    4. Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 2, Ed. 6, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Date of Import: May 27, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.112.6.95667.35

    5. Broderbund Family Archive #110, Vol. 1, Ed. 4, Social Security Death Index: U.S., Social Security Death Index, Surnames from A through L, Date of Import: May 27, 2001, Internal Ref. #1.111.4.88837.175



    EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

    New Orleans passengers
    Archdiocese of New Orleans"
    "Making Nine Churches" 



    New Orleans passengers may be found at this website!
    Because the passenger lists for immigrants are not neatly assembled all one place, the following website may be helpful. Check out http://home.att.net/-wee-monster/neworleans.html. It suggest sources both online and offline for passengers arrivals at New Orleans. Each item mentioned is evaluated and explained. There are links to other websites for things not onsite.  Thanks to the Immigrant Genealogical Society, Burbank, CA 91510-7369, via The Family Tree, Dec03/Jan04




    "Sacramental Records of the Archdiocese of New Orleans"

    Here is a combined abstract of two entries from the "Sacramental Records of the Archdiocese of New Orleans", v.5, p.206 & p.274. It shows:  HERRERA -- Viscaya--Los Angeles -- New Orleans (1792)  It shows how easily people bounced around the Spanish empire in the 18th century.
    http://genforum.genealogy.com/cgi-bin/pageload.cgi?paul::herrera::543.html
    Sent by Paul Newfield pcn01@webdsi.com
     
    Joseph Albino Herrera, son of Xavier de Herrera (native of Vizcaya) and Maria Ortega (native of Los Angeles) married Rafaela Montoya, daughter of Christoval Montoya and Josefa Barela, "born, according to her, in Santo Thome in New Mexico, rescued from the savage Indians, sister of Josefa Montoya", on June 6, 1792 in New Orleans, Louisiana.

    The groom was a native of the town of Los Angeles, and a discharged soldier of this province [Louisiana] and the widower of Josefa Montoya. Rafaela Montoya and the deceased Josefa Montoya were apparently sisters. The witnesses to the marriage were Joseph Garzia Capotillo (native of Guadalajara in Mexico) and Antonio Montilla (native of Porcuna in the Kingdom of Jaen "[?]", and an employee of the royal revenues in this city [New Orleans]). (Ref: St. Louis Church, Book/Page "M5, 80".)

    The couple had several children born in New Orleans. In one of those birth records, the groom's parents are identified as Gabriel de Herrera (of Spain) and Ana Perez ("of Los Angeles in Mexico").

    Paul Newfield pcn01@webdsi.com
    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brasscannon
    Also, my personal genealogy page:
    http://www.gencircles.com/users/brasscannon/1/pedigree/72



    "Making Nine Churches" on Good Friday
    Paul "Skip" Newfield III,  Metairie, Louisiana
    pcn01@webdsi,com

    For about seven or eight years now, I have been "Making Nine Churches" on Good Friday.  It's an old New Orleans tradition.  Many people do it by automobile, but I have always done it on foot.  The route that I walked this year was about 10 miles.  I am indebted to John and Kathleen DeMajo  http://www.neworleanschurches.com  for their "New Orleans Churches Website", and for the fine representative images of the many churches in New Orleans and the surrounding  area.  I hope you enjoy their website.
      
    For this year's Good Friday Walk, I began at my house in Metairie (on the outskirts of New Orleans) at 07:15, accompanied by my friend and fellow peregrina de Santiago de Compostela, Christine Pacheco.  We visited the following churches (some were closed, some were opened):
      
    1.  St. Catherine of Sienna  (Closed), on Metairie Road   http://www.neworleanschurches.com/siena/siena.htm
       
    2.  St. Francis Xavier, on Metairie Road  http://www.neworleanschurches.com/xavier/xavier.htm
      
    3.  St. Anthony of Padua (the Dominicans), on Canal Street   http://www.neworleanschurches.com/stanthony/stjanthony.htm

    4.  Jesuit High School's Chapel of the North American Martyrs  (Closed), on Banks Street
      
    5.  St. Joseph Church (the Vincentians), on Tulane Avenue    http://www.gnofn.org/~vincent http://www.neworleanschurches.com/stjosno/stjosno.htm

    6.  Church of the Immaculate Conception (lovingly referred to by many Orleanians as "Da Jesuits"), on Barrone Street in the Central Business District of a unique arabesque style   http://www.neworleanschurches.com/jesuits/jesuits.htm

    7.  St. Louis Cathedral, in the heart of the French Quarter   http://www.neworleanschurches.com/stlouiscath/stlouiscath.htm

    8.  St. Mary's Church  (formerly known as Our Lady of Victory Church; formerly known as St. Mary's Church; formerly known as St. Mary's Italian Church; formerly known as the Archbishop's Chapel; formerly known as the Church of the Ursuline Convent) (Closed), on Chartres Street in the French Quarter   http://www.neworleanschurches.com/stmaryitalian/ursulchap.htm

    9.  The Center of Christ the Lord (formerly the Chapel of the Monastery-Convent of St. Joseph and St. Theresa of the Discalced Carmelite Sisters) http://www.neworleanschurches.com/rampartst/rampart.htm, on North Rampart Street, of the fringes of the French Quarter. 
      
    Usually I complete my Pilgrimage walk at St. Roch Cemetery  http://www.neworleanschurches.com/stroch/stroch.htm  in New Orleans, with the public Stations of the Cross at Noon.  St. Roch is an old and famous walled cemetery in New Orleans dating back to the early 1850s, with each of the twelve Stations set out in large niches in the walls and corners of the cemetery.  This year, however, my Walk ended at Church No. 9 on the list.
      
    The day was glorious.  Billowy white clouds in the sky to cut the heat, and soft breezes to refresh.  On the early part of the Walk Christina and I engaged in a lively discussion of the Catholic Church as experienced Yesterday (Pre-Vatican II) vs. Today (Post Vatican II); and in The United States of America vs. parts of Central / South America; and in its Liturgy and Theology.  We discussed Dogma, the Eucharist, the Sacraments, Latin; and the uniqueness of Catholic Church's position among all other religions.  Christina is a former teacher in Ecuador, and a former Peace Corps worker in El Salvador, and a present day Eucharistic Minister in New Orleans, so her experience and outlook are a bit different from mine.  
      
    St. Catherine of Sienna (closed, as usual);  St. Francis Xavier.  Continuing down Metairie Road.  Toward the end, we veered off Metairie Road and took to the quiet lanes of historic old Metairie Cemetery, with its many white stone tombs -- "The Cities of the Dead".  As grand as many of the tombs are, I delight in the details of many of the carvings.  I took some photos, then we crossed under Interstate-10 to Canal Street.  Decision Point:  The traditional route toward St. Roch...?  or, the CBD route toward the French Quarter...?  We opt for the CBD route.  At St. Anthony Church, I take the time to read part of an essay about the Passion of Jesus.  It was very deep and heavily imbued with the theological philosophy of Thomas Aquinas's "Summa".  It fails to hold my interest.  Our path then goes past Jesuit High School (chapel is closed), then along Banks Street to Tulane Avenue, to St. Joseph Church (10:00) where a group of social-activists (about 100 people) are about to step off on THEIR Good Friday march with band members and police escort.  Christina and I enter the magnificent St. Joseph's church; there are lots of visitors there, individuals following their own devotion and bus groups hopping from church to church to church.
      
    We left St. Joseph's and walked past Charity Hospital, where the Activist Group was stopped for one of their Stations.  It seemed to be more of a soft-core "Civil Rights" march than a religious pilgrimage.  The guitar player / singer was strumming a musical tune that sounded like it was right out of Sesame Street (...brought to you by the Letter "W"), and singing, "Welfare is a human right..  Da Da Dat Da Da; Welfare is a Human Right...".  We hurried past.
      
    On our way to the next church ("Da Jesuits"), we passed an old two story building about to be torn down forever.  I don't remember it's story, but it had something to do with the history of Jazz in New Orleans.  If those walls could talk!!  Right across the street was a high-rise office building with a unique collection of delightfully whimsical paintings on permanent display in the lobby.  I wanted to show them to Christina, so we ducked in for a quick visit.  Colorful, clever, amusing, but strange.  Next, a new belt.
      
    At "Da Jesuits", numbers of people were lined up for confessions, while many individuals pursued their own private devotions.  Next, into the French Quarter of New Orleans, to old St. Louis Cathedral.  Tourists abounded in Jackson Square, most of them seemingly mindless of the sacred nature of that day.  Street musicians, tarot readers, mimes, and other street performers played to the crowds.
      
    [I wanted to visit the M. S. Rau Antique Shop on Royal Street to see if they had sold "the Chevy Chase Sideboard" yet; they had not.  Price:  $750,000.00 and it is YOURS.  An amazing work of furniture art, with extraordinary carvings detailing the Story and Battle of Chevy Chase.  http://www.rauantiques.com/Articles.asp?ArticleID=68 ]
      
    Two more churches to go.  St. Mary's Church (sealed tight), then finally to the Center of Christ the Lord, number Nine, where they were expecting the imminent arrival of a group of about 200.  A large banner above the door said, "Enter for Your Final Blessing".
      
    And that was it:  Good Friday, 2004.

    Paul "Skip" Newfield III  pcn01@webdsi.com
    http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brasscannon

    PS:  Holy Saturday:  My aches and pains remind me of how out of shape I am.   
    I wish all of you a Happy and Holy Easter. 



    EAST COAST

    "Raices" 
    Pocahontas Site Possibly Found
    How smart is your state?
    Latino population of North Carolina
    Maryland Resolution Regarding Role of Galvez in the American Revolution
     

     

    "Raices" by artista Obed Gomez
      Parada Cultural de Puerto Rico & Festival Folklorico en Tampica, Florida

    The event was held on the 25th of April with free admittance at Centenial Park at Ybor City, 8th Ave. & 19th Street, Ybor City, Tampa, FL

    Some of the attractions included: 
    La Tuna de Cayey
    Paquito Acosta y Orquesta
    Compania Danza de Rosita Nieves
    Zanqueros Bellas Artes de Bayamon
    Pintores y Artesanos Pueertorriquenos
    Los Parranderos de Loiza
    Conjunto Cache
    Exhibicion Especial de las Batuteras de Loiza

    For more information, http://www.ObedArt.com

     


    Extract: Pocahontas Site possibly Found

    Orange County Register, 5-7-03
    In America folk history, the "Indian princess Pocahontas befriended English settlers and saved Capt. John Smith from certain death at the hands of his Algonquin captors. It happened near the Jamestown colony in Virginia, within a year of its founding in 1607. Or it may only be a story.

    But Pocahontas really was a princess, daughter of the powerful Powhatan, whose chiefdom encompassed much of costal Virginia. She got along so well with the English the she eventually married one of them, John Rolfe, and was received at the court of James I.

    Now Virginia archaeologists think they have found the site of the large village, Werowocomoco, where Pocahontas and Powhatan lived in the early 17th century. As the seat of the paramount chief of the region, it was the most prominent village in costal Virginia. Scholars hope the remains will provide clues to understanding one of the most advanced chiefdoms in eastern North America.

    In 1616, after her marriage to John Rolfe, Pocahontas and her husband visited England. Just before she was to sail for home, the Indian princess contracted smallpox and died.



    Live and Learn, How smart is your state?

    The smartest State in the union is Massachusetts, according to Education State Rankings a survey of the public school systems in all 50 states conducted by Morgan Quitno Press New Mexico ranks last – for the second year in a row. The smartest State Award evaluates 21 variables, including positive factors such as per-pupil expenditures, reading and math proficiency, pupil-teacher ratios, and high school graduations rates. State lose points as for negative behavior such as high dropout rates and physical violence. – Rebecca L. Weber   
    Source; NRTA, Live & Learn, Fall 2003

    RANKING  by STATE 
    1 Massachusetts 
    2 Vermont 
    3 Connecticut 
    4 Montana 
    5 New Jersey 
    6 Maine 
    7 Pennsylvania 
    8 Wisconsin 
    9 Iowa 
    10 New York 
    11 Nebraska 
    12 Minnesota 
    13 Indiana 
    14 Wyoming 
    15 Kansas 
    16 Rhode Island 
    17 Virginia 
    18 Maryland 
    19 Delaware 
    20 Michigan 
    21 North Carolina 
    22 Ohio 
    23 Alaska 
    24 North Dakota 
    25 Utah 
    26 New Hampshire 
    27 Illinois 
    28 Missouri 
    29 West Virginia 
    30 Idaho 
    31 South Dakota 
    32 Oregon 
    33 Washington 

    34 Texas 
    35 Colorado 
    36 Georgia 
    37 Kentucky 
    38 Arkansas 
    39 Oklahoma 
    40 Florida 
    41 South Carolina 
    42 Tennessee 
    43 Hawaii 
    44 California 
    45 Arizona 
    46 Alabama 
    47 Louisiana 
    48 Mississippi 
    49 Nevada 
    50 New Mexico 


    The Latino population of North Carolina

    According to US Census Bureau figures, about one in eight Americans is Hispanic. The current national estimate of 37 million Latinos living in the United States represents the largest minority population in the U.S. The growth of the Latino population is enormous, projected to increase from 9% of the total population in 1990 to 16% in 2020.

    The Latino population of North Carolina is the fastest growing of any state in the country. From 1990-2000, the Latino population grew by almost 400% to an estimated 530,328 individuals. This growth includes five of the country’s thirty fastest growing counties in terms of Latino population (Wake, Mecklenburg, Forsyth, Guilford, and Durham). Raleigh, Greensboro, and Charlotte have three of the four fastest
    growing Latino populations in the nation.

    The Latino population has become an integral part of the North Carolina economy. Latinos are a valuable human resource, providing labor for agriculture, construction, and manufacturing industries across the state. 75% of construction workers in Mecklenburg
    County are Latino, as are over 95% of “guest workers” in NC agriculture, and over 50% of workers in meat processing plants across the state. This new labor supply has rescued an aging workforce in certain regions and has enabled traditional economic sectors to maintain their importance in their respective regions, such as agriculture, food processing, and vegetable farming in the eastern part of the state.

    The Latino population is much younger than the total population. While only 52% of the total NC population is under the age of 35, 77% of Latinos fit that age bracket. This reflects the overall youth of Latinos nationwide – the median age for the Latino population is 9.4 years younger than that of the overall population. Moreover, because most female Hispanic newcomers are in their peak childbearing years, the potential for continued growth of the state’s Latino population is enormous.

    The Hispanic workforce not only represents a valuable and needed supply of labor, but its earning and spending power exerts a tremendous impact on North Carolina’s economy. North Carolina was the top-ranked state for rate of growth of Hispanic buying power over 1990-2002 with an increase of 912%. Their buying power in North Carolina was nearly 9 billion dollars in 2002 and is projected to increase to 23 billion dollars by 2007.

    Just like most North Carolina families, Latinos share common values of education, family unity, work ethic, and religious faith.

    Source: El Pueblo: Legislative Advocacy for North Carolina Latinos
    El Pueblo is a statewide Latino advocacy and public policy organization working on behalf of the Latino community since 1994.
    Nolo Martinez, Director of Latino/ Hispanic Affairs, Governor’s Office
    118 South Person Street • Raleigh, NC 27601
    Tel 919-835-1525 • http://www.elpueblo.org

     



    Maryland Resolution Regarding Role of Galvez in the American Revolution
    http://www.thecajuns.com/marylnrs.htm
    The Cajuns.com Genealogy, History & Culture
    Sent by Bill Carmena JCarm1724@aol.com

    March 16, 1996

    Maryland Resolution re Role of Governor Galvez in American Revolution

    The Governor, Lieutenant Governor, President of the Senate and Speaker of the House of Delegates of the State of Maryland, surrounded by Hispanic leaders -many of whom were instrumental in the passing of the resolution- on the day of the signature of the Joint Resolution of the State of Maryland on the Role of Hispanics in the American Revolution MARYLAND STATE RESOLUTION ON THE ROLE PLAYED BY HISPANICS IN THE ACHIEVEMENT OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE

    16 March, 1996

    WHEREAS, the Independence of the United States of America was achieved not only due to the efforts of American patriots, but also to the assistance of foreign governments, soldiers and individuals who supported them, and

    WHEREAS, in spite of being an important factor in the victory, the participation of Hispanics in the War of Independence is not mentioned in the history textbooks of this nation, and

    WHEREAS, thousands of Hispanics fought the British and their allies during the American Revolution in what today is the United States, winning crucial battles which eased the pressure of the Crown's forces against the armies of General George Washington, and

    WHEREAS, Spanish Louisiana Governors, don Luis de Unzaga and don Bernardo de Gálvez, provided assistance to the revolutionary governments of Maryland, Pennsylvania and Virginia in the forms of arms, war materiel and funds to wage campaigns and protect themselves against the British, and

    WHEREAS, this assistance allowed American General George Rogers Clark to wage his successful campaigns west of those colonies and also was instrumental in preventing the British from capturing Forts Pitt and Henry in Pennsylvania and Virginia respectively, which guarded the last leg of the only remaining major patriot supply route at the time, that which originated in Spanish New Orleans, traversed the Mississippi and Ohio rivers and ended overland in Philadelphia, and

    WHEREAS, don Juan de Miralles, a wealthy Spanish merchant established in Havana, Cuba, was appointed as a royal envoy of King Carlos III of Spain to the United States in 1778, and while traveling with his secretary, don Francisco Rendón, to the revolutionary capital of Philadelphia, he initiated the direct shipment of supplies from Cuba to Baltimore, Maryland; Charleston, South Carolina; and Philadelphia, aside from making significant stopovers in Williamsburg, Virginia and in North Carolina, and

    WHEREAS, after Spain declared war on Britain in June, 1779, the victories of General Don Bernardo de Gálvez in the lower Mississippi and at Baton Rouge, Mobile and Pensacola dismantled British resupply of close to 10,000 Native American warriors who were a major concern for General Washington because of the raids they had been carrying out in the western areas of the colonies, and

    WHEREAS, the Maryland Loyalist Regiment, a force comprised of Marylanders from the Eastern Shore, was also defeated and captured during the campaigns of General Gálvez, and

    WHEREAS, the victories of General Gálvez resulted, additionally, in the capture of four other British Regiments including the Pennsylvania Loyalists, the elite British 60th Foot also known as the Royal Americans, the British 16th Foot, and the German Waldeck Regiment, and

    WHEREAS, fighting under the command of General Gálvez were men from Spain, Cuba, México, Santo Domingo, Puerto Rico, Venezuela, Costa Rica as well as from the United States, France, Germany, Italy and Native American Nations such as the Choctaw, Chickasaw, and Creek, and

    WHEREAS, the United States Senate has recognized that the actions of those men and their brave commander were very important for the triumph of American efforts in the Carolinas and Georgia, and also for the final vistory against Lord Charles Cornwallis in Yorktown, Virginia, and

    WHEREAS, the success of the French and American armies at Yorktown would have been difficult to achieve without the donation of 500,000 pounds tournois that were collected in six hours by prominent citizens of Havana, Cuba, for the campaign, and without an additional 1,000,000 pounds that were subsequently donated by King Carlos III of Spain for the same purpose, and

    WHEREAS, the Yorktown campaign not only consisted of a siege by land but also by sea, undertaken by the French fleet under Admiral de Grasse, whose ships had been readied and supplied with 100,000 pesos from the Spanish colonies of Santo Domingo and Puerto Rico that were handed over by Spanish authorities to the French for said purpose, and

    WHEREAS, an important element in the French naval victory at the Battle of the Virginia Capes, which sealed the fate of Lord Cornwallis army at Yorktown, was the numerical superiority enjoyed by Admiral de Grasse's fleet, which resulted from a Spanish naval squadron taking over the protection of the French colonies in the Caribbean to allow the Admiral the benefit of maintaining his fleet intact, and, thus, obtain the superiority in numbers deemed necessary to defeat the British, and

    WHEREAS, hardly any of these Hispanic contributions to American independence are mentioned in the current history textbooks of this nation, be it RESOLVED, that the Legislature of Maryland acknowledges the pivotal role of Spain and Spanish America in the triumph of the American Revolution, and also recognizes General Bernardo de Gálvez and his men for their significant contributions and achievements in this respect, and, be it further

    RESOLVED that the Legislature of Maryland hereby urges historians nation-wide to a deeper examination and dissemination of the role played by Hispanics in the accomplishment of American Independence as well as in the development and progress of the United States in general, and that the study of these contributions be made an integral part of the Social Studies and History courses taught in the State of Maryland. 

     

    MEXICO

    Pepe Ramirez
    Jorge de Jesus
    Milenio.com
    Biblioteca Vitual 
    Angel Custodio  Rebollo
    Faltan recursos Consejo Crónica
    Matrimonios  Pátzcuaro, Michoacán, 1632-1662
    Matrimonios, Jerez, Zacatecas, 1`731-1745

      The Artistry
     of 

    Pepe Ramirez

    in the region of 
    Pátzcuaro, Michoacán

    Shared by his friend
    Armando M. Escobar Olmedo

     


    JORGE DE JESUS "El Glison Berumen"

    Por Lic. 
    Leonardo De la Torre y Berúmen

    Por amistad a la familia de tan distinguido personaje, me he dado a la tarea de escudriñar su ascendencia la cual retornaré desde Monclova, Coahuila, en cuya ciudad el 8 de junio de 1959 contrajeron matrimonio don Miguel José GLEASON Y PEART y doña María Elena BERUMEN DORSEY, y entre sus hijos procrearon a JORGE DE JESUS, nacido a las siete horas con cincuenta minutos del día 27 de octubre de 1960 en la ciudad de Lima, Perú y bautizado el 13 de abril de 1961 en la ciudad de México. Posteriormente habría de ser reconocido como Jorge de Jesús "El Glison Berumen", torero y poeta.

    Los abuelos paternos de Jorge de Jesús, lo fueron los señores Miguel José GLEASON BORNASINE, nacido el año de 1911 en la ciudad de Puebla y Eva PEART PEREZ, nacida el año de 1910 en La Candela, Coahuila.

    Don Miguel José GLEASON Y PEART nació el 13 de abril de 1932 en la ciudad de México y fue nieto por línea paterna del finado Miguel José GLEASON y de su viuda Esther BORNASINE, nacida en Niza Francia, el año de 1888. Y por línea materna de los señores Jorge Federico PEART, nacido en Guala Guachin, Argentina, el año de 1877 y de Juana PEREZ nacida en La Candela Coahuila, el año de 1887.

    Por sangre materna "El Glison", es sobrino del reconocido poeta mexicano Ramón López Velarde, ya que el abuelo de Jorge de Jesús, lo fue el señor UBALDO BERUMEN GONZALEZ, quien nació el año de 1896 en Jerez Zacatecas y falleció en la ciudad de Monclova, Coahuila el año de 1990, siendo sus progenitores EZEQUIEL BERUMEN BERUMEN y MARIA DEL REFUGIO GONZALEZ MIRANDA, nacida el año de 1874 e hija legítima de don Cayetano González Berúmen y de doña Francisca Miranda, padres que fueron de don José González Miranda, dueño que fue de "El rancho de el Padre"

    Don José González contrajo matrimonio civil y eclesiástico con la señora Josefa Berumen, madre de Cayetano González Berumen quien contrajo matrimonio con Ma. del Socorro Carlos Salas.

    EZEQUIEL BERUMEN BERUMEN, nació en El Marecito, Tepetongo, Zacatecas el año de 1871 y murió en San Luis Potosí el año de 1916. Y fue hijo de don DOMINGO BERUMEN DE LA TORRE aún vivo para 1916, en cuyo año, tenía 78 años de edad y era viudo de doña MARIA ANA BERUMEN ESCOBEDO, hija que fue de José Sacramento Berumen Díaz de Inguanzo, quien nació el año de 1846 en El Marecito, siendo hijo de Pastor Berumen Valdez, nacido el año de 1814 en la villa de Jerez, lugar donde murió el 11 de diciembre de 1903.

    Don Pastor Berumen Valdez fue hijo de los señores Cinecio Berumen Félix de Arellano y Ana María de Llanos y Valdés, padres legítimos que fueron del señor don José María Prudenciano Berumen Valdez, abuelo materno del poeta jerezano Ramón López Velarde.

    La madre de "El Glesón Berumen", nació el año de 1937 en el Campo Obrero de Mata Redonda, Veracruz, y fue hija de UBALDO BERUMEN y de ABIGAIL DORSEY MARTINEZ, nacida el año de 1910 en San Luis Potosí e hija de los señores Eduardo Dorsey y Abigail Martínez. La señora DORSEY MARTINEZ falleció el año de 1989 en Monclova, Coahuila.

    Por las líneas de Berumen y González, pero más directo por la última línea, su ascendencia llega hasta Alfonso X, cuya ascendencia y descendencia ya ha sido estudiada.




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    EL PRIMER EMBAJADOR    

    El onubense Sebastián Vizcaíno, tuvo una vida muy intensa, pues primero combatió en la invasión de Portugal de 1580 al mando de una tropa de caballería, después en 1583 se trasladó a Nueva España, de allí viajó a Manila donde se dedicó al comercio y sirvió en el ejercito y en 1589 regresó a Méjico obteniendo buenos beneficios con la venta de las mercancías que había adquirido en oriente.

    Ya en 1594 le dieron licencia para explotar el negocio de perlas del golfo de California, pero le impusieron la obligación de explorar el litoral del golfo, cosa que hizo satisfactoriamente, levantando planos y fijando la toponimia, con tal perfección, que hasta el año 1800 se han utilizado sus mapas para navegar.

    En el deseo de Felipe III de establecer relaciones comerciales con el Japón, en 1611 fue nombrado embajador ente la Corte del shogunato de Tokugawa, por lo que fue el primer europeo en desempeñar este cargo.

    Llegó a Japón en el barco “Buenaventura” portando una carta autógrafa del rey y como regalo un reloj “hecho en España en 1581”, que se encuentra depositado en el museo de Toshogu como el reloj mas viejo del Japón.

    Su negociación con los japoneses fue muy fructífera ya que con sus conocimientos cartográficos y su experiencia, hizo estudios de la costa japonesa que resultaron muy importantes, y en 1613 con el misionero Sotelo y una delegación del shogunato visitó al Rey de España y al Papa.

    En 1615 se retiró a Nueva España  para administrar sus bienes, pero también tuvo que encabezar la tropa que rechazó a los corsarios holandeses de Joris van Spilbergen, que intentaron tomar agua y provisiones en su zona de residencia.

    Debido a su notoriedad le designaron alcalde mayor de Acapulco y en 1619 se retiró a la capital de Méjico, dejando la administración de sus bienes a sus hijos.

                                                 
    Y DE NUEVO, ESTEVANICO Algo que me llamó mucho la atención en el libro “Naufragios” de Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, es la importancia que tuvo para salvar la vida de los componentes de la expedición de Pánfilo de Narváez, el esclavo negro de Andrés Dorantes de Gibraleón, llamado Estevanico.Según se desprende del relato que hace Cabeza de Vaca, aunque quitándole importancia, porque  al fin y al cabo era un esclavo, Estevanico lograba comunicarse en los dialectos de las tribus que iban encontrando, lo que generaba confianza entre los nativos y permitía que permaneciesen los cuatro supervivientes durante algún tiempo en las tribus. Además según parece fue Estevanico el que llevaba la voz cantante cuando se dedicaban a curar enfermos, con lo que hacían que era una mezcla de curanderismo y hechicería  adulterado, porque solo tenían ideas muy elementales sobre el tema y añadían a todo mucho teatro.Que se sanasen enfermos con solo ponerles la mano encima, considero era normal entre gente primitiva que veían a los españoles casi como dioses y estaban sugestionados con los poderes que les atribuían. Pero lo que mas me llamó la atención es que  entendiesen los dialectos Pero leyendo, leyendo, me entero que en la época colonizadora, los monarcas españoles acostumbraban a incluir en las expediciones uno o dos africanos, porque al parecer los musulmanes tenían una mayor facilidad para comunicarse en el dialecto de los indios. Fernández de Oviedo observó que los nativos usaban palabras castellanas sin haberlo aprendido de nadie. La creencia general es que antes del descubrimiento hubo gente que naufragó y el mar lo arrastró a aquellas tierras y unos se adaptaron en lo posible y otros perdieron la vida, pero fueron regando palabras que a los nativos se le quedaron.                                      



    Faltan recursos al Consejo de la Crónica

    Suspenden la integración de una base de datos con las actas parroquiales del siglo XVII
    Por: Dora Luz Haw,  Grupo Reforma
    Reforma, Ciudad de México, 12 Abr 2004  http:/www.reforma.com

    Distrito Federal (12 abril 2004).- La falta de recursos, el "pan nuestro" de cada día, impide que el Consejo de la Crónica de la Ciudad de México, creado por decreto presidencial en febrero de 1987, camine con paso firme.

    Su secretaria general, la historiadora Ángeles González Gamio, explica que la carencia de presupuesto, un millón de pesos anuales, ha obligado a suspender uno de sus principales proyectos: la integración de una base de datos con las actas parroquiales del siglo 16, los registros más antiguos de América.

    El presupuesto del Consejo, con un comité directivo integrado por 22 personalidades, entre quienes destacan el escritor Carlos Fuentes, el arquitecto Teodoro González de León y los historiadores Andrés Lira y Miguel León-Portilla, siempre ha dependido de la voluntad del titular en turno, lamenta la historiadora. 

    "La Secretaría de Cultura tiene graves problemas económicos y, aunque su titular Enrique Semo quiera ayudarnos, apenas y puede salir adelante con sus propios proyectos. Eso nos afecta directamente, porque con ese dinero pagamos absolutamente todo, desde sueldos hasta el papel de baño". 

    El origen del conflicto, apunta, es la falta de autonomía del Consejo, que desde el 2002 depende de la Secretaría de Cultura. "La idea es crear un marco legal para convertirlo en un organismo autónomo".

    La situación económica es tan grave, dice González Gamio, que se ha visto en la necesidad de pagar de su propio bolsillo a los cinco empleados del Consejo; pero se niega a detallar la cantidad aportada.

    La historiadora considera "incorrecto" que las secretarias, contadoras y el chofer, contratados por honorarios, sufran las consecuencias de la burocracia capitalina.

    Tras un sondeo se constató que las dependencias de la Secretaría cuentan ya con los recursos para ejercer en el 2004, tal y como lo confirma Wilfrido Espinosa, responsable de difusión de esta instancia.

    El Consejo contó el año pasado con un presupuesto de un millón de pesos; cifra que se utiliza en el pago de salarios, luz, teléfono, papelería, investigación y publicaciones.

    En la Inercia

    Aunque de acuerdo con el decreto de creación de la Secretaría de Cultura, a ésta le corresponde fijar los lineamientos de operación del Consejo y, conforme a la Ley de Fomento Cultural, estimular su actividad para promover la preservación de la historia colectiva del Distrito Federal, su apoyo ha disminuido.

    Desde agosto del 2003 suspendió la partida adicional de 30 mil pesos mensuales que destinaba a la integración de la base de datos con las actas sacramentales del siglo 16; proyecto que implicó la restauración de sus 24 mil registros, su fotocopiado, paleografía y la realización de histogramas.

    La iniciativa, impulsada por el historiador Augusto Vallejo desde hace nueve años, tiene como fin crear un CD-Rom. "Está prácticamente listo, porque los expertos han trabajado incluso gratis; pero hacen falta 200 mil pesos para terminar las últimas correcciones", dice González Gamio.

    La relevancia del proyecto reside en que los libros sacramentales de bautizos y matrimonios ?que fueron rescatados del Sagrario Metropolitano y de las parroquias de Santa Catarina Mártir y la Santa Veracruz? arrojan información precisa sobre el modo de vida y la relación social entre los habitantes de la Nueva España.

    El historiador Guillermo Tovar de Teresa, quien renunció a su cargo como cronista de la Ciudad en 1987 para favorecer la integración del Consejo, en el que forma parte del comité directivo, lamenta que el proyecto se encuentre estancado.

    Considera una pena que el organismo se haya convertido en una "dependencia burocrática" del Gobierno capitalino. "Sus miembros no son empleados públicos, sino personas que participan por razones de tipo honorífico. Que se trate como estructura administrativa a un consejo consultivo es una medida muy torpe".

    Tras manifestarse, junto con el filósofo Ramón Xirau (¿también integrante del comité directivo?) a favor de la autonomía del Consejo, Tovar de Teresa dice que a Semo no le preocupa terminar el proyecto.

    "No es posible que dependamos de una instancia que suelta dinero de acuerdo con sus propios intereses y que no tiene idea de qué es la cultura. La Secretaría realiza una labor lamentable e impulsa un proyecto populista y mediocre. Me extraña que siendo historiador y hombre culto, Semo se comporte como funcionario de pueblo", dice.

    El Jefe de Gobierno Andrés Manuel López Obrador ignora por completo al Consejo, al que no recurre ni para pedirle opinión sobre proyectos relacionados con el patrimonio cultural, señala el escritor y miembro también del comité directivo, Homero Aridjis.

    "Como seguimos en un sistema político piramidal, Semo no mueve un dedo sin la aprobación de López Obrador, porque es un funcionario que no tiene autonomía ni voz propia. Que el Consejo haya pasado a formar parte de la Secretaría es un salto mortal hacia la inercia".

    Cronistas Anónimos

    Quienes se encargan de documentar lo que sucede en la capital son los cronistas de las delegaciones y barrios: hombres y mujeres que, aunque viven de otros oficios, se dedican por un gusto personal a esta actividad.

    Están agrupados en la Asociación de Cronistas de la Ciudad de México, que a su vez forma parte del Consejo, instancia que los nombra oficialmente y en cuyas instalaciones se reúnen mensualmente.

    Cronistas como José Antonio Urdapilleta y María Elena Solórzano, de la delegación Azcapotzalco; Alfonso Hernández, del barrio de Tepito, y Jaime Orozco, de la delegación Tlalpan, coinciden en que a partir de agosto de 1995, cuando González Gamio asumió el cargo de secretaria general, existe un interés por su trabajo.

    Formar parte de la Secretaría no ha resultado positivo, opinan, sino que les ha afectado en términos económicos. "No podemos hacer nada cuando los intelectuales orgánicos que están en el Gobierno no pelean por las cosas importantes", dice Orozco.

    González Gamio refiere que, a principios de la actual administración, envió a cada delegado una carta para presentarle a los cronistas oficiales de la demarcación. "Pero sólo uno que otro responsable de Comunicación o de Desarrollo Social se tomó la molestia de darse por enterado; de ahí en fuera, nada sucedió".

    El Consejo impulsa también el programa Historia Oral de los Barrios y Pueblos de la Ciudad de México, que recopila testimonios que ahora integran un archivo con más de 600 documentos y 100 fotografías a disposición de cualquier interesado.

    En el 2003, por decisión de Semo, quien es su director editorial, se relanzó la revista A pie. Crónicas de la Ciudad de México, que edita tres números trimestrales con un tiraje de 2 mil 500 ejemplares, a la que se destina un presupuesto anual de millón y medio de pesos.

    "Si pudiese hablar con López Obrador para convencerlo de lo importante que es el Consejo, le diría que los cronistas no son historiadores de gabinete, sino personajes que resguardan la memoria de la ciudad, su identidad, el amor y el orgullo de pertenencia, aspectos que permiten que haya buenos ciudadanos. Le diría que la gente no puede amar lo que no conoce y por eso es importante difundir su historia", concluye González Gamio.


    EXTRACTOS DEL PRIMER LIBRO DE MATRIMONIOS DE ESPAÑOLES 
    DE LA PARROQUIA DEL SAGRARIO DE PÁTZCUARO, MICHOACÁN.

    1623-1662  Segunda parte
    Prepared by Guillermo Padilla Origel

    18 de junio de 1623
    Diego de Solórzano y Mariana de la Parra.

    4 de agosto de 1623
    Juan de Camargo, hijo legítimo de Alonso Hernández y Úrsula Jiménez, vecinos de la villa de Albornoz en los reinos de Castilla ; con Jerónima de Bedoya, hija legítima de Baltasar Gómez de Bedoya y Catalina Martínez.

    10 de diciembre de 1623
    Juan de Cáceres, y Catalina de Espinoza, hija de Juan Hernández y Catalina de Vargas.

    13 de enero de 1624
    Francisco de Lozornio con Fabiana de Velazco , hija de Francisco de Ayala y Leonor de Carvajal.

    18 de mayo de 1624
    Cristóbal de Portugal y Micaela Delgadillo.

    7 de abril de 1625
    Antonio de Sosa y María de Estrada.

    8 de septiembre de 1625
    Miguel de Urbina y María de la Serna.

    11 de enero de 1626
    Simón de Cáceres con Isabel de Alba y Centeno.

    30 de julio de 1626
    Diego de Alexandre con Isabel de Carvajal.

    21 de febrero de 1627
    Alonso de Ariza, vecino de Zinapécuaro ; con Leonor García de Sanabria , hija de Andrés García de Sanabria y Beatríz de Rojas.

    10 de noviembre de 1628
    Pedro de Anda , vecino de México, con Úrsula de Soria y Amaya, hija de Melchor de Soria y Luisa de Amaya.

    8 de diciembre de 1628
    Diego Centeno y Ana Morán.

    11 de febrero de 1629
    Francisco Martín, vecino del pueblo de Querétaro ; con Mariana de Guido, hija legitima de Roque Rodríguez y María de Guido.

    2 de agosto de 1630
    Nicolás de la Parra y Constanza Alfaro.

    15 de enero de 1631
    Fabián Martínez de Borja, hijo legítimo de Fabián Martínez de Borja ; con María de Rueda, hija de Francisco Ponce y María de Rueda.

    24 de junio de 1631
    Martín de Soto, hijo de Martín Rodríguez y Juana de Soto ; con María de Castrejón, hija de Antonio de Castrejón y Leonor Pacheco.

    5 de febrero de 1632
    Pedro de Isaguirre, hijo de Juan de Isaguirre y María de Aranguren, originarios de Vizcaya en los reinos de Castilla ; con Catalina de la Serna, hija de Luis de la Serna y María del Águila.

    21 de abril de 1633
    Francisco Martínez, hijo de Antonio Martínez de Araujo y María Martínez, naturales de la villa de la Guardia en Galicia : con Leonor Rodríguez hija de Manuel Leal y Juana Rodríguez.

    28 de diciembre de 1633
    Pedro del Corral, viudo de Ana de Alvarado ; con Francisca de Alba Centeno, hija de Jerónimo de Alba y Ana Centeno.

    16 de noviembre de 1634
    Pedro de Arbizo, hijo legítimo de Tomás de Arbizo y María de Torda, de la villa de Jampi, provincia de Vizcaya en los reinos de Castilla ; con María de Guido, viuda de Francisco Martínez e hija de Roque Rodríguez Torrero y María de Guido..

    25 de noviembre de 1635
    Diego Leal, hijo legitimo de Manuel Leal y Juana Rodríguez ; con Catalina de Vitoria, hija de Roque de Olivera y Juliana de Vitoria.

    2 de febrero de 1638
    Juan Gómez de Santa María y Agustina de Guido, hija de Roque Rodríguez Torrero y María de Guido.

    6 de mayo de 1638
    Diego de Borja, de la real audiencia de la ciudad ; con María de Toledo y Covarrubias, hija de Don Juan Juárez de Covarrubias e Inés de Herrera.

    7 de enero de 1639
    Diego Suárez de Figueroa, viudo de Clara de Silva, vecino de la ciudad de México ; con Teresa de Alarcón.

    2 de julio de 1640
    Capitán Don Joseph de la Paz y Toledo, hijo legítimo del capitán Manuel Hernández de la Paz y Juana de Toledo y Valdivia, vecinos de la ciudad de Santiago de Guatemala ; con Doña María de Mena Valdivia y Toledo, hija legítima de Antonio Ramírez, escribano público de esta ciudad y de Doña Leonor de Valdivia y Toledo.

    2 de mayo de 1641
    Cristóbal Rendón , hijo legitimo de Juan Rendón y Leonor de Vargas ; con Isabel Velásquez, hija de Diego Felipe Velásquez y Lorenza de la Parra.

    20 de febrero de 1642
    Diego de Villegas, hijo de Luis de Villegas y Ana Pérez ; con María Mexía, hija de Miguel de Pedroza y Bernardina de Lupiana.

    3 de mayo de 1642
    Nicolás de Origel, hijo de Juan Velásquez Origel, y Catalina Velásquez ; con María de Guido, vecinos de esta ciudad.

    10 de mayo de 1643
    Gaspar Hernández Romero, vecino del pueblo de Acámbaro, y María Álvarez de Sanabria.

    11 de mayo de 1646
    Juan de Cueva y Carvajal y Antonia de Vitoria.

    6 de junio de 1646
    Andrés de Cáceres y María de Castilleja.

    29 de enero de 1647
    Lucas de Zepeda e Inés de Ávalos.

    10 de junio de 1647
    Simón de Alexandre con María de la Huerta.

    8 de agosto de 1647
    Alonso Calderón y Úrsula de Acevedo

    28 de mayo de 1651
    Pedro Infante , con Antonia de Figueroa.

    18 de octubre de 1651
    Nicolás Trujillo con Josefa Moreno

    12 de noviembre de 1653
    Cristóbal de Orejón con Isabel Domínguez

    10 de julio de 1654
    Jacinto Navarro y Gregoria Carvajal

    30 de agosto de 1656
    Nicolás de Coria y Margarita de Borja y Rueda.

    6 de diciembre de 1656
    Francisco Tello con Úrsula de Villalobos

    7 de enero de 1657
    Nicolás de Origel, viudo de María de Guido ; con Mariana de Almonte

    5 de enero de 1657
    Nicolás de Padilla, vecino de Taximaroa ; con Doña María de Salmerón, vecina de esta ciudad.

    5 de noviembre de 1658
    Pedro de Alexandre Villarroel ; con Leonor de Mena y Valdivia, hija del Capitán Francisco de Mena y María de Valdivia.

    5 de abril de 1660
    Toribio Díaz de Arenas y Juana de Alba y Centeno

    2 de febrero de 1661
    Toribio del Rivero y Josefa de Guido.

    7 de febrero de 1661
    Diego Pérez de Pliego y Margarita de Alfaro

    20 de febrero de 1662
    Salvador Velásquez con Josefa Infante



    Libro de Partidas y certificaciones de matrimonio, 
    Jerez, Zacatecas
    número 3 de 6 
    Años: 1731 - 1745

    Por Lic. Leonardo de la Torre y Berumen

     

    Al paso de los años me he dado a la tarea de paleografíar los dos más antiguos libros de partidas de matrimonio existentes en el Archivo de la parroquia La Inmaculada de Jerez, Zac. Y ahora presentó la primera de varias partes que he realizado, concluyendo con esta parte el año de 1732, esperando sirva de algo esto que en mi tiempo libre he capturado para ti...

    1732

    TALAVERA Andrés Cristóbal DE, indio, originario del pueblo de Tlaltenango y residente desde hace 6 años de la villa de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Nicolás de Talavera y de Juana Alvarez. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Juan Antonio de Aldrete en Jerez el 24 de febrero de 1732 con Tomasa López, india originaria del pueblo de Tlalcosahua y vecina desde hace 18 años de la villa de Jerez, hija legítima de Juan Alonso, difunto y de Lucia Magdalena. Padrinos: Tadeo Pinedo y Gertrudis de la Encarnación. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Fojas: 8 vuelta y 9.

    MARTÍNEZ CRISTOBAL, mulato libre, originario de la villa de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Luis Martínez y de Juana de la Cruz. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Juan Antonio de Aldrete en Jerez el 24 de febrero de 1732 con María Isabel de Escobedo, española, originaria de la jurisdicción de Jerez, hija legítima de Tomás de Escobedo y de Catalina de Avila. Padrinos: Juan Martínez y Tomasa Pérez. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Foja: 9.

    GONZALEZ Juan, coyote, originario de la villa de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Sebastián González y de Felipa de la Cruz. Casado y velado por el Bachiller don Salvador de la Vega en Jerez el 24 de febrero de 1732 con Ignacia Rodríguez, mestiza, originaria de la villa de Jerez, hija legítima de Francisco Rodríguez y de Salvadora Briseño. Padrinos: Nicolás Angón y Margarita de Haro. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Foja: 9.

    CORREA Juan Aparicio, español, originario de la jurisdicción de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Juan Correa y de Josefa Félix de Arellano. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Salvador de la Vega en Jerez el 25 de febrero de 1732 con Margarita de Chávez, española, originaria de la villa de Jerez, expuesta a las puertas de Pedro de Chávez. Padrinos: Miguel de Espinoza y María Brigida. Testigos: Vicente de Chávez y Diego de Acevedo. Foja: 9 vuelta.

    JUAN JOSE DE SANTA CRUZ, indio, originario de la hacienda de El Cuidado, hijo legítimo de Antonio Martínez y de Pascuala Francisca. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Juan Antonio de Aldrete en Jerez el 25 de febrero de 1732 con Juana de Chávez, española, originaria del valle de Valparaíso y residente desde hace cuatro meses en la jurisdicción de Jerez, hija legítima de Pedro Solís y de María de Robles, difunta. Padrinos: Juan de los Santos y Juliana de Meza. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Foja: 10.

    MEJÍA Cristóbal, español, originario de la jurisdicción de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Nicolás de Mejía y de Antonia de Avila. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Juan Antonio de Aldrete en Jerez el 25 de febrero de 1732 con María Inés Muñoz, originaria de la villa de Jerez, expuesta a las puertas de María de Olague. Padrinos: Ignacio Marroquin y María Lugarda. Testigos: Juan de Medrano y Pedro de Medrano. Foja: 10.

    RAMÍREZ Juan, mulato esclavo de Simón de Escobedo, hijo natural de Juana de la Cruz, difunta. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Juan Antonio de Aldrete en Jerez el 26 de febrero de 1732 con María Manuela Martínez, originaria del puesto de La Ermita, jurisdicción de Jerez, hija legítima de Juan Martínez, difunto y de Ángela de Santiago. Padrinos: Juan de Avila y María Pérez de la Rosa. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Foja. 10.

    OROZCO Pedro Antonio DE, español, originario y vecino de la jurisdicción de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Felipe Tello de Orozco y de Agustina Gutiérrez. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Juan Antonio de Aldrete en Jerez el 30 de abril de 1732 con Francisca Rodarte, española, originaria de la jurisdicción de Jerez ,hija legítima de Juan Rodarte, difunto y de María Ana Carrillo, y viuda de Lorenzo de Gaeta. Padrinos: Ventura de la O y Micaela Félix. Testigos: Juan Cabral y Cristóbal Román. Foja: 10 vuelta.

    LUNA Gregorio José DE, español, vecino de la villa de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Bartolomé de Luna, difunto y de Tomasa de Olague. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Salvador de la Vega en Jerez el 7 de mayo de 1732 con Ana Gertrudis Carrillo, española, originaria de la villa de Jerez, hija legítima de Juan Carrillo Dávila y de Juana Félix. Padrinos: Andrés de Luna y Josefa Ciriaca de Salas. Testigos: Cayetano Rodarte y Sebastián Flores. Foja: 10 vuelta.

    RON Antonio, español, originario de la villa de Jerez, expuesto a las puertas de don Pedro Alvarez de Ron, difunto. Casado y velado por el Bachiller don Salvador de la Vega en jerez el 12 de mayo de 1732 con María de Acevedo, española, originaria de la villa de jerez, hija legítima de Francisco de Acevedo, difunto y de Inés de Llanos y Valdés. Padrinos: Diego de la Torre y Margarita de Escobedo. Testigos: Juan de Medrano y Pedro de Medrano. ( mi ancestro) Foja: 10 vuelta – 11.

    JUAN JOSE DE LOS SANTOS, indio, originario de Saín el Bajo y vecino desde hace 6 años en el ranchos de Los Pinedos, jurisdicción de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Santiago Hernández y de Nicolasa de Salas, difuntos. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Salvador de la Vega en Jerez el 14 de mayo de 1732 con Leonarda Cid, española, originaria del Rancho de Los Pinedos, jurisdicción de Jerez, hija legítima de José de Cid y de Dominga de Avila. Padrinos: Cayetano Rodarte y Juana Cid. Testigos: Sebastián Flores y Luis Pinedo. Foja: 11.

    VILLAGÓMEZ Pedro DE, mestizo, originario del valle de Valparaíso, y vecino desde hace dos años en la jurisdicción de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Ignacio de Villagómez y de Sebastiana Cabral. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Juan Antonio de Aldrete en Jerez el 14 de mayo de 1732 con María de la Cruz, mestiza, originaria de la jurisdicción de Jerez, hija legítima de Juan de Barrios, difunto y de Antonia de Avila. Padrinos: Marcelino Bañuelos y Gregoria García. Testigos: Luis de Aguirre y Luis Pinedo. Foja: 11.

    GUTIERREZ DE VRAGA Juan, español, originario y vecino de la ciudad de Zacatecas, hijo legítimo de Juan Estebán Gutiérrez y de Rosa de Braga. Casado y velado por el Bachiller don Bartolomé Cervantes Negrete en Jerez el 18 de mayo de 1732 con María Teresa de Aldrete, española, originaria del pueblo de del Ahualulco y vecina desde hace 5 años de la villa de Jerez, hija legítima de Francisco de Aldrete y de Francisca de los Reyes. Padrinos: el Capitán Jorge de Olague Etulaín y su esposa doña Francisca Pacheco de Güero. Testigos: los Bachiller don José Osorio Melgarejo, don Salvador de la Vega, don Antonio Cabrera y don Juan José Alvarez de Quiñones. Foja: 11-11 vuelta.

    MELÉNDEZ Matías, español, originario del valle de Suchil, y residente desde hace más de un año en la jurisdicción de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Ambrosio Meléndez y de Juana Robles. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Juan Antonio de Aldrete en Jerez el 2 de junio de 1732 con Juana de Dios, india, originaria de la punta, jurisdicción de la villa del Nombre de Dios y vecina desde hace 6 años de la jurisdicción de Jerez, hija legítima de Francisco Turrón y de Teresa de la Cruz. Padrinos: Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Foja: 11 vuelta.

    CUEBA Y CARABAJAL don Manuel DE LA, vecino de la villa de Jerez, hijo legítimo de don Lázaro de la Cueva Carabajal y de Juana López, difunta. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Salvador de la Vega en Jerez el 5 de junio de 1732 con María Magdalena Caldera, española, vecina de la jurisdicción de Jerez, hija legítima de José Caldera y de Alfonsa Ortiz. Padrinos: Cristóbal de Avila y María Gutiérrez. Testigos: Juan de Medrano, Cristóbal Román y Julián de Ayala. Foja: 12.

    BAÑUELOS José, español, originario de la villa de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Dionicio Bañuelos y de Juana de Olague. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Salvador de la Vega en Jerez el 5 de junio de 1732 con Lugarda Brigida de Barrios, española, originaria de la villa de Jerez, hija natural de María de Barrios. Padrinos: Cristóbal de Olague y María de la Rosa. Testigos: Luis Muñoz y José Carrillo. Foja: 12.

    GALLEGOS Francisco, español, originario de la villa de Jerez, hijo legítimo de José Gallegos y de Sebastiana Carrillo, difunta. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Salvador de la Vega en Jerez el 8 de junio de 1732 con Nicolasa de la Torre, española, originaria de la villa de Jerez, hija legítima de Roque de la Torre y de doña Juana Mújica de la Torre, difunta. Padrinos: José Caldera y Magdalena Caldera. Testigos: José de la Torre y Francisco de Castro. Foja: 12 vuelta.

    LAMAS Juan DE, español, originario de la jurisdicción de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Jacinto de Lamas, difunto y de Beatriz González. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Salvador de la Vega en Jerez el 8 de junio de 1732 con Mónica Margarita de Sifuentes, española, originaria de la jurisdicción de Jerez, hija legítima de Pedro Sifuentes, difunto y de Ana de Robles. Padrinos: Miguel Caldera y Gertrudis Fernández. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Foja: 12 vuelta.

    RUEDAS Sebastián Tadeo DE, español, originario y vecino del Real y Minas de Sombrerete y vecino desde hace 12 años de la jurisdicción de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Nicolás de Ruedas y de Juana de Castañeda, difuntos. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Salvador de la Vega en Jerez el 15 de junio de 1732 con Quiteria de Acuña, española, hija legítima de Clemente de Acuña y de Isabel Caldera, vecinos de la jurisdicción de Jerez. Padrinos: Alejandro Juárez y María de la Cañada. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Foja: 13.

    GONZALEZ Agustín, español, originario y vecino de la villa de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Juan González y de Juana Robles, difunta. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Salvador de la Vega en Jerez el 30 de junio de 1732 con Juana Josefa Ledesma, española, originaria y vecina de la jurisdicción de Jerez, hija legítima de Santiago de Ledesma, difunto y de Lorenza de Avila. Padrinos: José Navarro y Margarita Ramírez. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Foja: 13 vuelta.

    LOPEZ DE LA MADRID Juan José, español, originario de la villa de Jerez, hijo legítimo de don Juan López de la Madrid y de doña Teresa Sánchez Castellanos. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Salvador de la Vega en Jerez el 21 de julio de 1732 con Gertrudis Joaquina, española, originaria de la villa de Jerez, hija legítima de Lorenzo Pinedo y de Josefa Gamboa. Padrinos: Juan José Ontiveros y María Gertrudis Pinedo. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Foja: 13 vuelta.

    JIMÉNEZ Francisco Javier, español, originario de la ciudad de Querétaro y vecino desde hace un año de la villa de Jerez, expuesto a las puertas del Bachiller don Juan Jiménez de El Guante, difunto, vicario que fue de dicha Ciudad. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Juan Antonio de Aldrete en jerez el 30 de julio de 1732 con Felipa Gertrudis de Aguirre, mulata libre, originaria de la ciudad de Zacatecas, y residente desde hace 16 años en la villa de Jerez, hija legítima de Leonardo Lázaro de Aguirre y de Antonia Jiménez. Padrinos: Juan de Córdoba y Josefa de Zarate. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Foja: 13 vuelta.

    AGUIRRE Juan DE, español, originario de la villa de Jerez, y viudo desde hace 3 años por muerte de Isabel de Jaramillo. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Juan Antonio de Aldrete en Jerez el 4 de agosto de 1732 con Juana Petrona, española, originaria del Fresnillo, y residente desde hace más de 4 meses en el puesto de Martín Chiquito, jurisdicción de la villa de Jerez, hija natural de Magdalena de Escobar. Padrinos: Juan de Silva y María Magdalena. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Foja: 14.

    MURO Francisco Javier DEL, español, originario de la villa Gutiérrez de la Águila, y residente en la villa de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Francisco del Muro, difunto y de Francisca de Salas. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Juan Antonio de Aldrete en Jerez el 6 de agosto de 1732 con Estefanía de la Torre, española, originaria de la villa de Jerez, hija legítima de Pedro de la Torre y de Rosa María Flores. Padrinos: Vicente del Muro y María Gálvez de Alvera. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Foja: 14 vuelta.

    MEDRANO Cornelio, español, originario de la villa de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Juan de Medrano y de Teodora de la Torre, difunta. Casado y velado el Bachiller Salvador de la Vega en Jerez el 16 de agosto de 1732 con doña Juana Carrillo, hija legítima de don José Carrillo y de doña Francisca de la Torre. Padrinos: Manuel de la Torre y Simona Torres. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Foja: 14.

    MARTINEZ José, coyote, originario de la villa Gutiérrez del Águila, y residente desde hace un año en la villa de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Felipe Martínez, difunto y de María Francisca. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Salvador de la Vega en Jerez el 10 de septiembre de 1732 con María Martínez, española, originaria y vecina de la jurisdicción de Jerez, hija legítima de Ventura Martínez y de María Díaz, difunta. Padrinos: Francisco de Meza y Tomasa Pasillas. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Foja: 14 vuelta.

    RIO Francisco Teodoro DEL, español, originario de la villa de jerez, hijo legítimo de Miguel del Río y de Lorenza Ortiz de San Pedro. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Salvador de la Vega en Jerez el 7 de octubre de 1732 con María Gertrudis Lozano, española, originaria de la villa de Jerez, hija legítima de José Lozano y de Bernarda González. Padrinos: Francisco Javier García y Josefa Gallegos. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Foja: 15.

    NAVA Juan José Antonio DE, indio, originario de la villa de Jerez, hijo natural de Matiana de Nava. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Juan Antonio de Aldrete en Jerez el 13 de octubre de 1732 con Micaela Flores, mestiza, originaria de la villa de Jerez hija legítima de Juan Flores y de Francisca González. Padrinos: Gregorio de los Reyes y María de la Encarnación. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Foja: 15 vuelta.

    CASAS Juan DE, español, originario y vecino de la villa, hijo legítimo de Pascual de Casas, difunto y de Antonia de Miranda. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Salvador de la Vega en Jerez el 19 de octubre de 1732 con Clara de la Torre, española, originaria de la villa de Jerez, hija legítima de Domingo de la Torre y de María Manuela Torres. Padrinos: Miguel Correa y Anastasia de Miranda. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro de Medrano. Foja: 15 vuelta.

    CHAVEZ José DE, mestizo, originario de Sierra de Pinos y residente desde hace 12 años en la jurisdicción de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Juan de Chávez y María Navarro, difuntos. Casado y velado en Jerez el 23 de octubre de 1732 con Antonia Meléndez, española, originaria del Real del Fresnillo, y vecina desde hace 10 años de la villa de jerez, hija de José Meléndez y de María de la Encarnación, y viuda desde hace 5 meses de Bernabé Velázquez. Padrinos: Agustín José y Juana Meléndez. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Foja: 15 vuelta.

    MONJONEL Juan José, español, originario de la villa de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Pablo Monjonel y de Florencia Pacheco, difuntos. Casado y velado por el Bachiller Juan Antonio de Aldrete en Jerez el 6 de noviembre de 1732 con María Magdalena del Río, española, originaria de la villa de Jerez, hija legítima de Mateo del Río y de Gertrudis García. Padrinos: don Francisco Javier Zesati y doña Francisca Quiroz. Testigos: Pedro de Medrano y Juan de Medrano. Foja: 16.

    JUÁREZ Clemente, mestizo, originario de la villa de Jerez, hijo legítimo de Juan Juárez y de Matiana de Espinoza. Casado y velado Juan Antonio de Aldrete en Jerez el 26 de noviembre de 1732 con Juana María, mulata libre, originaria de la jurisdicción de Jerez, hija legítima de Pedro Sánchez y de Juana de la Encarnación, difunta. Padrinos: Fernando de Horta y Josefa Rosales. Testigos: Juan Medrano y Pedro Medrano. Foja: 16 vuelta.

    BIBLIOGRAFÍA: Archivo de la Parroquia La Inmaculada de Jerez, Zac. Area: Sacramental. Sección: Matrimonios. Serie: Partidas y certificaciones. Subserie: general. Caja: 139. Libro: 3/6. Expediente 1. Fojas: 196. Fechas: 1° agosto 1731 - 3 mayo de 1745.

     

    CARIBBEAN/CUBA

    Ojos,  Our Journeys, Our Story Ricardo E. Alegría Archivo Nacional de Cuba

    OJOS, Our Journeys/Our Stories: Portraits of Latino Achievement
    http://latino.si.edu/virtualgallery/OJOS/OJOSmainMenu.html
    Sent by Lourdes Tinajero  

    Traveling exhibit led by the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives in collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Traveling explores the diversity of the Latino experience in the United States through stories and portraits of men and women who have led extraordinary lives. Twenty-five newly commissioned portraits depict Nobel laureates, scientists, artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, politicians, community activists, and people from all walks of life. Stories of Latino achievement, self-discovery, and roots and traditions are celebrated in biographical highlights and excerpts from recent oral history interviews conducted by the Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives. 

    These inspirational narratives explore how the 25 featured Latinos pursued their goals, were inspired by their forebears, or mentored others. An advisory committee made up of historians, curators, and cultural workers from the Latino community selected these 25 remarkable stories to convey a broader picture of Latino achievement. Ricardo Viera, professor of art and director/curator of the Lehigh University Art Galleries, challenged three of today's most exciting photographers, including Celia Alvarez Muñoz, Héctor Méndez-Caratini, and Luis Mallo, to capture the dignity and character of our subjects.While navigating this online exhibition visitors will learn about photographic portraiture in an interactive comparative-study section. In addition, they will get an opportunity to hear " first voice" testimonies, engage in educational activities, and learn about Latino history through essays and resources in the research section. 

    The virtual exhibition was developed by Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives; Melissa Carrillo, Designer for the Latino Virtual Gallery; Magdalena Mieri, Director of the Latino Virtual Gallery, Henry Estrada, Project Coordinator, Maritza Solano, SCLI Fellow, and Maria del Carmen Cossu, educator.This online exhibition would not have been possible without the great assistance of Luis Alfonso-Roselló, Samantha Grauberger, Marc Bretzfelder, and Lionel Fernandez.


    Ricardo E. Alegría
    Cultural anthropologist and archeologist, 
    Born: San Juan, Puerto Rico



    http://latino.si.edu/virtualgallery/OJOS/Oral%20Histories%20-%20Menu.htm
    Sent by Lourdes Tinajero  LourdesTinajero1@cs.com

    A world-renowned authority on the culture, language, and history of the native peoples of Puerto Rico, Ricardo Alegría founded the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña and the Centro de Estudios Avanzados de Puerto Rico y el Caribe.

    “ I was greatly motivated by my father, the writer Jose Alegría, who taught me to dearly love Puerto Rico and to be proud of our history and culture.”

    Director of institutions of culture and learning, exhibition curator, and author of more than 20 books, Alegría has dedicated his life to preserving Puerto Rican history and culture. He was selected by Luis Muñoz Marín, Puerto Rico’s first elected governor, to head the Instituto de Cultura Puertorriqueña, where he created an awareness of the commonwealth’s cultural history, from its pre-Columbian inhabitants to the present day

    “ When I started the restoration of Old San Juan, people said everything should be torn down and that we should make it a ‘little New York.’ But that was because of their ignorance about the historic importance of the city to both Puerto Rico and the U.S.” 

    Alegría was a pioneer scholar in the study of the culture of the Tainos, the native peoples who existed in Puerto Rico before Columbus’ arrival. He has also transcribed many Puerto Rican folktales, which are an important link to the island’s African, Native American, and Hispanic past. 
    “ If we know ourselves better, then we will be prouder of who we are, what we have, and what we want to preserve.” 


     

    Cubagrande - Archivo Nacional de Cuba
    http://www.cubagrande.com/historia/archivo.html

    Sent by Paul Newfield  pcn01@webdsi.com

    Dirección: Calle Compostela #906, esq. San Isidro, Habana Vieja
    Provincia: Ciudad de La Habana
    Teléfono(s): (537) 629436  Fax: (537) 338089
    Correo Electrónico: arnac@ceniai.inf.cu

    La documentación que atesora el edificio sede ocupa más de 25 kilómetros lineales de documentos depositados en 32 naves, los que se encuentran distribuidos en 221 fondos documentales. Estos fondos y colecciones documentales corresponden a tres períodos históricos: el colonial, desde 1578 hasta 1898; el neocolonial, desde la fecha anterior hasta 1958 y el período revolucionario desde 1959 hasta nuestros días, son expresión de la actividad estatal y privada que se ha desarrollado en Cuba desde la colonización hasta la fecha.  



     

    INTERNATIONAL 

    Angel Custodio Rebollo, articles:
           Cristobal Rodriguez de Lepe
           Eran Nuestos Paisanos
           Marineros Serranos 
           Y de Nuevo, Estevanico
     
    Spaniards Bring wheat to Americas  
    La Historia del Arma Submarina 
    Latin American Resources by 

    List of Passengers to America



    Introducing with a warm welcome, a new submitter to Somos Primos, Angel Custodio Rebollo, columnist from Spain . . .   custodiorebollo@terra.es

    Soy natural de Cortegana un pueblo en la provincia de Huelva, en Andalucia, casado con dos hijos y dos nietos, tengo 73 años. He pertenecido durante muchos años a la Banca, de ellos 15 como Director y he trabajado en empresas españolas en Portugal, Senegal, Guinea Biussau y Gambia. 
    Siempre he sentido inclinación por escribir y la investigación histórica y cuando me jubile profesionalmente, me dedique a escribir en prensa y alguna que otra cosa en forma de libro, que creo publicaré algún día. Tambien fui Gerente de un periodico local. Actualmente escribo en "Odiel Información", de Huelva, que es un periodico diario de tipo regional y en el "Jornal do Algarve" un semanario portugués de la región del Algarve. Tengo hechas algunas investigaciones sobre acontecimientos relacionados con las historias de Huelva y del sur de Portugal.


    Publicado en febrero de 2004, en “Odiel Información” 
    CRISTOBAL RODRÍGUEZ, DE LEPE
    Escrito por Angel Custodio Rebollo 

    Nos gusta buscar los nombres de esas personas que aun cuando no lo supieron influyeron en el carácter y forma de actuar de muchos onubenses, aunque ellos no pudieron reconocerlo.Eran auténticos luchadores que embarcados en una cáscara de nuez, porque los barcos que ellos llevaban eran como una cáscara de nuez en una bañera, iban desde España a América para ganar un sustento que aquí no conseguían en mucho tiempo y por ese afán de aventura que siempre han tenido los onubenses.Huelva dio muchos hombres para la aventura americana, pero uno de los pueblos con mas tradición marinera en nuestra costa es Lepe, y Cristóbal Rodríguez era natural de Lepe, hijo de Juan Rodríguez y de Ana Maria Fernández, y poco después de casarse con Catalina de la Feria se enroló como despensero en la nave Trinidad, de la expedición de Fernando de Magallanes que dio la vuelta al mundo, aunque Magallanes no llegó al final al encontrar la muerte en Filipinas.Cristóbal Rodríguez fue de los españoles que murieron en la traición de la isla de Cebú.Para los que no lo recuerden, se conoce por la Traición de la isla de Cebú, a una emboscada que el rey de aquella isla tendió a los españoles que estaban fondeados en su bahía, invitándolos con el pretexto de entregarles un regalo especial para el Rey de España. Cuando estaban los españoles en la comida, el filipino ordenó a sus hombres que pasaran a cuchillo a todos los españoles que habían bajado, que según unos autores fueron 24, otros dicen de 28 y hay quien llega hasta 32.Los pocos que quedaban en el barco vieron desde lejos como asesinaban a sus compañeros, pero como eran tan pocos, nada pudieron hacer ante aquellas salvajadas que veían en la playa. 


    ERAN NUESTROS PAISANOS

    De forma accidental ha caído en mis manos un trabajo del onubense Francisco Canterla publicado en 1983 y que creo es muy interesante para todos los que sentimos lo onubense de cerca.

    Titula Canterla el estudio “ Hombres de Huelva en la América del siglo XVI” y en él hace comentarios sobre 136 de los 487 expedientes  referentes a nuestra provincia que se encuentran registrados en la Sección de Contratación del Archivo General de Indias. Estos son los documentos “enviados por los Juzgados de difuntos que eran los que tenían la misión de garantizar que los bienes de los españoles fallecidos en Indias, sin descendientes legítimos en aquellas tierras, se liquidasen en almoneda pública y su importe se remitiera a la Casa de Contratación de Sevilla para que pasara a poder de sus legítimos herederos”.

    De los 136 expedientes hay 40 de naturales de Ayamonte, 27 de Moguer, 12 de Huelva, 11 de Lepe, 7 de Palos de la Frontera, y otros de menores cantidades y que oscilan entre los 3 y l. También en las listas de profesiones la que tiene mayor contingente es la de marineros con 58 individuos, pero también hay mercaderes, labradores y ganaderos, grumetes, pilotos y clérigos.

    Dice Canterla que “sería interesantes estudiar la repercusión que en el orden económico tuvo en nuestra provincia el dinero llegado por esta procedencia. Sobre todo, en el caso concreto del ornato de las iglesias, que fue muchas veces decisivo”.

    Estas pequeñas perlas contribuyen a conocer mas de cerca nuestra historia y los hombres de nuestros pueblos que se aventuraron en aquellos momentos, unos voluntariamente y otros por necesidad, a dejar a familia y a todos para marchar a lo desconocido.

    Los nombres de aquellas personas hoy están ignorados incluso en las poblaciones de donde son naturales.

                                                      

     MARINEROS SERRANOS  
    En diferentes crónicas hemos efectuado una detallada revisión de los oriundos de las distintas poblaciones de la provincia de Huelva que formaban parte de las tripulaciones de los barcos con los que Fernando de Magallanes inició su viaje para descubrir una nueva ruta para llegar a las especias y que no pudo terminar ya que fue asesinado.Hemos localizado personas de diferentes pueblos de la costa y de la llanura, pero escudriñando un poco mas hemos encontrado a dos personas de la serranía onubense.Estuve buscando con la esperanza de encontrar alguien de mi pueblo, Cortegana, pero no encontré ninguno. Pero si hallé a un vecino de Almonaster la Real, que figuró como “sobresaliente” en la nao Concepción y murió junto a Magallanes en el combate de Mactán el 27 de abril de 1521. Su nombre era Juan de la Torre y había dejado en su pueblo a su esposa Juana Serrano.La otra persona que encontré se llamaba Lázaro de Torres, su esposa era Leonor. Era hijo del “físico” de Aracena, Pedro Alonso y su esposa Elvira Gómez. También entró de “sobresaliente” en la Trinidad y bajo a tierra en Tenerife, según parece con autorización de Magallanes, porque no se cuenta como desertor. En la tripulación fue sustituido en el mes de octubre de 1519 por Hernán López.Por mas que he leído y releído la información que poseo sobre esta gran aventura y no he encontrado mas marineros serranos, aunque, pensándolo bien, no creo que en aquellos tiempos hubiera mucha gente de tierra adentro que se aventurara a emprender estos viajes.                                                           
    Y DE NUEVO,  ESTEVANICO
    Escrito de Angel Custodio Rebollo  custodiorebollo@terra.es

    Algo que me llamó mucho la atención en el libro “Naufragios” de Alvar Núñez Cabeza de Vaca, es la importancia que tuvo para salvar la vida de los componentes de la expedición de Pánfilo de Narváez, el esclavo negro de Andrés Dorantes de Gibraleón, llamado Estevanico.

    Según se desprende del relato que hace Cabeza de Vaca, aunque quitándole importancia, porque  al fin y al cabo era un esclavo, Estevanico lograba comunicarse en los dialectos de las tribus que iban encontrando, lo que generaba confianza entre los nativos y permitía que permaneciesen los cuatro supervivientes durante algún tiempo en las tribus. Además según parece fue Estevanico el que llevaba la voz cantante cuando se dedicaban a curar enfermos, con lo que hacían que era una mezcla de curanderismo y hechicería  adulterado, porque solo tenían ideas muy elementales sobre el tema y añadían a todo mucho teatro.

    Que se sanasen enfermos con solo ponerles la mano encima, considero era normal entre gente primitiva que veían a los españoles casi como dioses y estaban sugestionados con los poderes que les atribuían. Pero lo que mas me llamó la atención es que  entendiesen los dialectos.

    Pero leyendo, leyendo, me entero que en la época colonizadora, los monarcas españoles acostumbraban a incluir en las expediciones uno o dos africanos, porque al parecer los musulmanes tenían una mayor facilidad para comunicarse en el dialecto de los indios. Fernández de Oviedo observó que los nativos usaban palabras castellanas sin haberlo aprendido de nadie. 

    La creencia general es que antes del descubrimiento hubo gente que naufragó y el mar lo arrastró a aquellas tierras y unos se adaptaron en lo posible y otros perdieron la vida, pero fueron regando palabras que a los nativos se le quedaron.   



    La Historia del Arma submarina Espanola 1858

    http://www.submarinos.net/index.cfm
    Sent by Orlando Lozano  o.g.lozano@worldnet.att.net

    Información: 
    Sobre los submarinos españoles, características técnicas y armamento, funcionamiento e historia. 
    Hombres
    Biografías de los hombres que han contribuido al desarrollo del Arma Submarina Española 
    Documentos
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    Spaniards Bring wheat to the Americas  

    Wheat was brought to the Americas by the Spaniards in the 1500s. According to the accounts of Andres de Tapia, after Mexico was taken, Hernandes Cortes was shown three grains of wheat among their supply of rice.

    Hernandes ordered his servant Juan Garrido to plant the wheat. Numerous historical accounts confirm that Juan Garrido was the first to plant and harvest wheat on the American continent. All wheat subsequently grown came from those 3 grains.

    Jesuit and Franciscan missionaries carried the wheat into what is now Arizona and California. Colonists in Massachusetts and Virginia began early in the 17th century.




    Family Tree Magazine

    Discover, Preserve, and Celebrate Your Family History
    http://www.familytreemagazine.com/ethnic.asp?id=1149
    Sent by Paul Newfield pcn01@webdsi.com
     
    [[A wonderful free resource with weekly news letters and very specific resources, such as research forms that can be downloaded for free.]]

    Hispanic Organizations: In addition to the listing of organizations in South America, the online Family Tree Magazine has a bookstore and other resources for searching 
    Argentina 
    Archivo General de la Nación 
    Avenida Leandro N. Alem 246
    1003 Buenos Aires, Argentina
    http://www.archivo.gov.ar/mc_general.htm

    Biblioteca Nacional 
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    Belize 
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    Bolivia 
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    20042 Rio de Janeiro, Brasil  http://
    www.bn.br

    Chile 
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    Santiago, Chile

    Biblioteca Nacional
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    Colombia 
    Biblioteca Nacional de Colombia
    Calle 24, 5-60 Apartado 27600
    Bogota, Colombia
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    Costa Rica 
    Archivo Nacional de Costa Rica
    Calle 7, Avenida 4 Apartado 10217
    San Jose, Costa Rica
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    /archives/project7.html

     
    Biblioteca Nacional
    Calle 15-17, Avenida 3 y 3B Apartado 10008
    San Jose, Costa Rica
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    Cuba 
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    Ciudad de La Habana, Cuba
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    Biblioteca Nacional "Jose Marti"
    Plaza de la Revolucion Jose Marti
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    Dominican Republic 
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    Ecuador 
    Archivo Nacional de Historia
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    Quito, Ecuador
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    Biblioteca Nacional
    Avenida 12 de Octubre, 
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    Quito, Ecuador
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    Palacio Nacional
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    San Salvador, El Salvador
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    French Guiana 
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    Campus de Schoelcher, BP 7210
    Martinique  http://www.univ-ag.fr
     

    Guatemala 
    Archivo General de Centro America
    4A Avenida 7-16, zona 1
    Guatemala City, Guatemala
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    Biblioteca Nacional de Guatemala
    5A Avenida 7-26, zona 1
    Guatemala City, Guatemala
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    Guyana 

    National Library
    Box 10240
    Georgetown, Guyana
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    Honduras 
    Archivo Nacional de Honduras
    6A Avenida 408
    Tegucigalpa, Honduras

    Biblioteca Nacional de Honduras
    Avenida Cristobal Colon
    Calle Salvador Mendieta, Number 1117
    Tegucigalpa, Honduras 

    Mexico 
    Archivo General de la Nación
    Tacuba 8, segundo piso
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    Mexico 1, Mexico  http://www.agn.gob.mx

    Biblioteca Nacional de Mexico
    Instituto de Investigaciones Bibliograficas
    Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
    Centro Cultural, Ciudad Universitaria
    Delegacion Coyoacan Apartado 29-124
    04510, Mexico
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    Nicaragua 
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    6A Calle 402 Apartado 101
    Managua, Nicaragua

    Biblioteca Nacional
    Calle del Triunfo 302 Apartado 101
    Latin American Archives Managua, Nicaragua

    Panama 
    Archivo Nacional
    Avenida Peru 3131 Apartado 6618, zona 5
    Panama City, Panama

    Biblioteca Nacional
    Apartado Postal 7906
    Panama 9, Panama  http://www.binal.ac.pa

    Paraguay 
    Biblioteca y Archivo Nacionales
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    Peru 
    Biblioteca Nacional del Peru
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    Puerto Rico 
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    00905 San Juan, Puerto Rico 

    Suriname 
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    Uruguay 
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    Biblioteca Nacional del Uruguay
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    Biblioteca Nacional
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    Caracas 106, Venezuela
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    List of Passengers to America
    : http://www.ldelpino.com/aeren.html
    How to access the lists of passengers to American in the AER database

    LIsta de pasajeros a Indias: http://www.ldelpino.com/aer.html
    Instrucciones para acceder a las listas de pasajeros a Indias en AER

    Source: Alex Moreno amoreno51@hotmail.com
    and George Gause ggause@panam.edu

    HISTORY

    Admiral Farragut Hispanic Confederate Heritage

     



    Admiral Farragut
    http://www.chinfo.navy.mil/navpalib/allhands/ah0997/pg34.html
    Sent by Bruce Ashcroft
    Air Force Historian, Randolph Air Force Base, Texas 

    Full Story by LT David H. Waterman
    Public Affairs Officer
    Naval District Washington, Washington, D.C.

    David Glasgow Farragut was born July 5, 1801, at Campbell's Station, a few miles southwest of Knoxville, Tenn. He was the second of five children of Jorge Farragut who was born on the Spanish island of Minorca, and Elizabeth Shine Farragut of North Carolina. Jorge was employed in the Caribbean merchant trade in 1776 when he decided to join the American colonists in their fight for freedom against the British. The Spanish mariner served his adopted country throughout the American Revolution where his heroic exploits earned him the special thanks of the governor of South Carolina.




    Hispanic Confederate Heritage
    http://www.sterlingprice145.org/hispanic.htm
    [[Much more on this site. This is just a extract.]]

    Sent by Bill Carmena, JCarm1724@aol.com 
    whose great grandfather listed below is:
     2nd Lt. Antoine Sanchez


    The names below are only a sample of the total number of Hispanics serving in the Southern army. Nevertheless, it illustrates the significance of the Hispanic contribution to the Confederate armed forces. Alabama Division Commander of the SCV, David Toifel, correctly observes that, "For too many years the Confederate soldier was portrayed only as white, predominately Scotch-Irish and Protestant. New studies are not so much changing a myth as they are adding the color and diversity which has always existed in the South to its proper place in our history. "Not only was there diversity in Confederate ranks, but there was a broad racial makeup of Hispanics living in the Old South.  Hispanics, then and now,  include members of European, Indian, African races or even more commonly of mixed ethnicity.

    Note: It should not be forgotten that many more Hispanics served as non-commissioned officers and enlisted men. It should be emphasized that since Confederate records are frequently fragmentary,  this list of officers certainly is not complete. The following includes officers serving in State units as well as those in regular CSA units. A few names may appear twice, if they served in more than one unit, been promoted, or if there were two soldiers by the same name. For a much more complete listing of Hispanic Confederates (officers and enlisted men), see a roster (ninety pages) compiled by Cuban exile, John O'Donnell-Rosales, (also a descendant of a Hispanic Confederate and member of the SCV). It has been called  "a must for genealogist", especially if Texas, Lousiana, and Florida are your areas of interest. To get your own copy, order from: Clearfield Company, Inc., 200 E. Eager Street, Baltimore, MD 21202 or call (410) 625-9004.  Request book number 9362. "You can send a check or call and use your credit card.  Cost is $18.00 plus shipping ($3.50 first book, $1.25 each additional book). MD add 5% sales tax, MI add 6% sales tax.". (Ordering information given only as a courtesy, we make no benefit from sales)
     
    One special addition to this list, even though he has no Hispanic last name, is the Cuban revolutionary journalist John Thrasher, who was Superintendant of the Confederate Press Association. He had an American father and a Cuban mother. This and other information on Hispanic Confederates comes from Sterling Price Camp member Darryl Brock. Like John Thrasher, Darryl is of mixed Anglo-Hispanic roots (Puerto Rico) and has taken up the pen for the cause of the South.  His upcoming book, "Hispanics of the Gray and Blue", due out in 1999, will bring light on a subject that has been far too long neglected. His fact sheet, by the same title, is a preview of some of that material.

     

    2nd Lt. Julien J. Acosta, Co I 8th Florida Infantry
    1st Lt. Jose Albarez, Co 1 5th Reg't, European Brigade, Louisiana Militia
    Capt. T. M. Alonzo, Co. D, 4th Reg't, 1st Brig., Louisiana Militia
    Lt. Frank Angello, Co. C, Mosby's Reg't, Virginia Cavalry
    Lt. Col. J. M. Anquera, Cazadores Espanoles Regiment, Lousiana Militia
    Capt. Jose Anguera, Co 3, Cazadores Espanoles Regiment, LA Militia
    1st Lt. Charles Arroyo, Co B, C.S. Zouave Battalion. LA
    1st Lt. Feliz Arroyo, Co G, Orleans Guards Reg't, LA Militia
    1st Lt. J. Barba, Co 1, European Brigade, LA Militia
    3rd Lt. Antonio Barrera, Co. 5 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. Francis Baya, Co H, 2nd Florida Infantry
    Lt. Col. William Baya, Co. D, 8th Florida Infantry
    Capt. Cristobal Benavides,  Co H, 33rd TX Cavalry
    Capt. Refugio Benavides, Co I, 33rd TX Cavalry
    Col. Santos Benavides, 33rd TX Cavalry
    3rd Lt. Edward Bermudez, Co 3, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    3rd Lt. Jose Bernal, Co 3, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. Dormian Campo, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. Anderas B. Canova, Co D, 1st Florida Infantry
    2nd Lt. Paul B. Canova, Co G, 1st Florida Infantry Reserve
    2nd Lt. Lorenzo Carbo, Co 8, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. J. B. Cassanova, Co K 3rd Reg't, 2nd Brigade, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. J.A. Cassanova, Co E, Orleans Guards Reg't, LA Militia
    3rd Lt. L. Castera, Co 2, 1st Chasseurs, LA Militia
    1st Lt. C.A. Castillo, Co H, Orleans Guards, LA Militia
    1st Lt. Jesus T. Castro, Co C, Ragesdales Battn., TX Cavarly
    1st Lt. J. F. Castro, Co H, Bairds Reg't, TX Cavalry
    Capt. Pedro Cevallos, Co F, 3rd TX Infantry
    2nd Lt. Erasmo J. Chaves, Co H, 8th TX Infantry
    2nd Lt. E. J. Chavez, Co E, Benavides Reg't, TX Cavalry
    1st Lt. John Cordero, Co A, 1st SC Infantry
    2nd Lt. Rene E. Cortes, Tobin's Co., Tennessee Lt. Artillery
    2nd Lt. John N. Cortinas, Co F, 3rd TX Cavalry
    2nd Lt. Manuel De Bolle, Co D, 8th LA Infantry
    2nd Lt. N. De La Zerda, Benavides Reg't, TX Cavalry
    1st Lt. G. Del Castillo, Co. 7 Chasseurs, LA Militia
    1st Lt. Gabriel Corral, Co 8, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    3rd Lt. H. H. De Leon, Eason's Co., 16th SC Militia Regiment
    2nd Lt. Esteban Del Nodal, Jackson Rifle Battalion, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. Eduardo Deu, Co 6, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    Capt. J. Domingo, LA Defenders
    2nd Lt. Jerome Eslava, Mobile City Troops, Alabama
    Capt. S. G. Fabio, Co 1, Cazadores Espanoles Regiment, LA Militia
    Capt. Domingo Fatjo, Co 5, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. Denis Fernandez, Co A Orleans Guards, LA Militia
    Capt. E. A. Fernandez, Fernandez's Mounted Co. (Supply Force) Florida
    Capt. F.  Fernandez, Co A, 1st Reg't, 2nd Brigade, LA Militia
    1st Lt. Henry G. Fernandez, Co G, 11th Mississippi Infantry
    1st Lt. John Fernandez, Co 5, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. Juan Fernandez, Co 5, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    Capt. J.B. Fleitas, Co B, C.S. Zouve Battalion, LA
    Capt. J.B. Fleitas, Waul's Legion, TX
    1st Lt. S. J. Font, Co 2, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. A. Fornaris, Co 1, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. Canazio Fraetas, Co E, 3rd VA Infantry
    1st Lt. Charles L. Francisco, Co I, 14th VA Cavalry
    2nd Lt,. M. Francisco, Hert's Co., Alabama Militia
    Capt. Robert L. Francisco, Co E, 4th VA Infantry
    Capt. Manuel Fruch. Co 10, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    3rd Lt. C. Garcia, Co A 1st Reg't, 2nd Brigade, LA Militia
    1st Lt. Jas. M. Garcia, Co H, 33rd TX Cavalry
    1st Lt. Jose Maria Garcia, Co H, 33rd TX Cavalry
    1st Lt. Valerio Garcia, Co 3, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. Eugenio Garza, Co. I 33rd TX Cavalry
    1st Lt. Joseph R. Garza, Co H, 17th TX Cons. Dismounted Cavalry
    1st Lt. Joseph R. Garza, Co K, 6th TX Infantry
    2nd Lt. Luciano Garza, Thomas' Co., TX Partisan Rangers
    1st Lt. P. A. Gomez, Co C, 22nd LA Infantry
    Col. Ambrosio J. Gonzales, (Cuban) Chief of Artillery under Gen. Beauregard, Hardee and Johnston
    2nd Lt. J.A. Gonzales, Co A, Ogdens Cavalry, LA
    2nd Lt. T. Gonzales, 9th (Nichols') TX Infantry
    Capt. Thomas Gonzales, Hughes' Co., TX Lt. Artillery
    Capt. C. Gonzalez, Co. H, 1st Florida Infantry
    Lt. Daniel Gonzalez, Confederate States Marine Corps (Savannah Station, CSS Macon, CSS Sampson)
    Maj. Samuel Gonzalez, C.S. Marine Corps (Naval Storekeeper, Pensacola, FL)
    1st Lt. Felix Gortari, Co. C, Benavides' Reg't, TX Cavalry
    1st Lt. Felix Gortari, Co C 8th TX Infantry
    Capt. A. L. Gusman, Co A, 8th LA Infantry
    1st Lt. Paul Gusman, Co F, 10th LA Infantry
    2nd Lt. Valentin Hamsen, Co A, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    1st Lt. Antonio Helizo, Co A, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    3rd Lt. Bernardo Heres, Co 4, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    Francis Hernandez, CS Navy Pilot for the CSS Atlanta, CSS Macon, CSS Isondiga (Savannah Squadron)
    1st Lt. J. M. Hernandez, "LA Defenders"
    2nd Lt. Joseph S. Hernandez, Co A, 26th GA Infantry
    2nd Lt. Randolph Hernandez, Co A, 1st FL Infantry
    Lt. Severin Herrero, Co G, 10th LA Infantry
    2nd Lt. Florencio Liscero, Trevinio's Co., TX Cavalry
    Capt. Jose Llado, Co I, Cazadores Espanoles Reg't, LA Militia
    A. Lopez (Surgeon), 2nd Alabama  Militia Volunteers
    Capt. John H. Lopez, Co B, 63rd GA Infantry
    Capt. Pedro Lux, Co 7, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. Antonio Madguer, Co 4, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    Capt. Jayme Magi, Co 5/6, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. Antonio Mariadal, Co. 7, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. P. Marrero, Gomez's Co A, 22nd LA Infantry
    3rd Lt. Alonzo C. Martin, Co A, 50th GA Infantry
    1st Lt. Leonidas M. Martin, Co K, 6th TX Cavalry
    2nd Lt. Orlando Martin, Co B, 1st (Yagers) TX Cavalry
    2nd Lt. R. Martines, Co C, Cater's Battn., TX Cavalry
    2nd Lt. R. Martinez, Co 2, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    1st Lt. R. Martinez, Caters Battn., TX Cavalry
    1st Lt. Vicente Martinez, Co A, Ragsdale's Battn., TX Cavalry
    2nd Lt. Antonio Mercadal, Co 7, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. M. Molina, Co D, 1st Battn., GA Militia
    2nd Lt. Ceferino Monasteria, Cazadores Espanoles Reg't, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. F. Mondragon, Co B, Benavides' Reg't TX Cavalry
    2nd Lt. Franco Mondragon, Co H, Baird's Reg't, TX Cavaly
    Aristides Monteiro (Surgeon) 26th Virginia Infantry
    2nd Lt. Celestino Moreno, Co G, 60th NC Infantry
    2nd Lt. F. Moreno, Co A, Orleans Grds Reg't., LA Militia
    Maj. F. A. Moreno, 17th Alabama Infantry
    Capt. Angel Navarro, Co H, 8th TX Infantry
    1st Lt. E. Navarro, Co K, 6th/15th Cons. TX Infantry
    Capt. S. E. Navarro, Benavides' Reg't, TX Cavarly
    Capt. Sexto Navarro, Co H, 8th TX Infantry
    Capt. W. C. Nicolas, Co A, 3rd TX Infantry
    3rd Lt. Eduardo Del Nodal, Co 8, 1st Chasseurs a pied, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. Felix Nunez, Co B 18th Cons. LA Infantry
    Capt. Robert F. Nunez, Co. B, 7th FL Infantry
    Capt. B. Otero, Otero's Titterton Guards, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. Antonio Padilla, (Mexican Volunteer) C.S. Army, TX
    2nd Lt. Joseph Pardo, Co. C, 15th LA Infantry
    2nd Lt. Juan Parra, Co 5, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. Samuel M. Pedro, Morris's Co., Ferguson's Battn., VA Cavalry
    Capt. Joseph M. Penaloza, Co C, 8th TX Infantry
    1st Lt. Vicente Planellas, Cazadores Espanoles Reg't, Euro. Brigade, LA Militia
    1st Lt. Andrew J. Pou, Co C, 1st Alabama Infantry
    Capt. Magin Puig, Co 5, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    Capt. Jose Quintana, Co 4, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    Jose Agustin Quintero, Confederate "Diplomatic Officer"
    2nd Lt. R. Reyes, 1st Native Guards, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. Thomas Ribero, Co F, 28th Battn. GA Siege Artillery
    Francisco Ribot (Surgeon), Cazadores Espanoles Reg't, LA Milita
    2nd Lt. Hilaire Rivas, Co B., 8th LA Infantry
    Capt. John J. Rivera, Co E, 6th LA Infantry
    1st Lt. Antonio Robira, Co 4, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    1st Lt. L. Roca, Co. 3, Cazadores Espanoles Reg't, LA Militia
    Lt. Oscar Rodrigues, Castellanos' Batty., LA Artillery
    3rd Lt. Bernardo Rodriguez, Co 8, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    Capt. Thomas A. Rodriguez, Benavides' Reg't, TX Cavalry
    2nd Lt. Tomas Rodriguez, Co H, 8th TX Infantry
    2nd Lt. Manuel H. Rogero, Co F, 9th FL Infantry
    Capt. Alex M. Ruiz, Co A, 3rd TX Infantry
    2nd Lt. Armand Ruiz, Co A, 30th LA Infantry
    Capt. Emile Ruiz, Co I, 4th Reg't, 1st Brigade, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. Jacobo Salinas, Co I, 33rd TX Cavalry
    3rd Lt. Jose Salor, Co. 10, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. Juan Sanceda, Co C, 8th TX Infantry
    2nd Lt. Antoine Sanchez, Landry's Co., Donaldsonville Artillery, LA
    1st Lt. Bernardio S. Sanchez, Claghorn's Co., 1st (Olmsteads) GA Infantry
    Capt. William Sanchez,  Co C, 18th (Cons.) LA Infantry
    1st Lt. A.F. Santos, Co. H 12th VA Infantry
    Capt. M. Gracia Soto, Recruiting Officer (TX)
    3rd Lt. F. Suarez, Co 1, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    Capt. Lorenzo Trevinio, Trevinio's Co., TX Cavalry
    Capt. Justo Trevino, Trevinio's Squadron, TX Partisan Mounted Volunteers
    Capt. L. Trevino, Cater's Battn.m TX Cavalry
    2nd Lt. Pedro Trevino, Co I, 33rd TX Cavalry
    2nd Lt. Ydalecio Trevino, Rhodes Co., 3rd (Yagers) Battn., TX Cavalry
    2nd Lt. A. Truxillo, Co F, Jeff Davis Reg't, LA Infantry
    Capt. A. Pons Valencia, Co. 3, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    2nd Lt. Atanacio Vidanani, Co I, Benavides' Reg't, TX Cavalry
    Capt. A. Gonzalez Vigil, Jackson Rifle Battn., LA Militia
    1st Lt. Eduardo Villa, Co. 6, 5th Reg't, European Brigade, LA Militia
    Capt. J. Viosca, Co. H, Orleans Guards, LA Militia
    1st Lt. Eduard Vivies, Co. H, 28th (Thomas') La Infantry
    Capt. Manuel Yturri, Co F, 3rd TX Infantry

    Hispanic Surnamed Missouri Confederates

    Pvt. Ferdinand Alvarez  is listed as serving in both Co A, Boone's Reg't, Missouri Mounted Infantry and Co. G, 9th Missouri Infantry. Ferdinand Alavarez was reportably a resident of St. Louis according to an article in the "St. Louis Republican". The article list Alvarez, as one of the 49 Confederate Guerillas, under command of Capt. Nathaniel Ferguson, that was captured 20 Aug 1862 near Manchester (along Meramec River in St. Louis County)(There is also a Pvt. F. A. Alvarez, which may be the same individual, that served in Von Phul's Company, Missouri Light Artillery). 
    Pvt. Agustin Calderon, Co C, 2nd Missouri Cavalry
    Pvt. J. B. Cassanova, Barrett's Company, Missouri Light Artillery.
    Pvt. M. Castillo, Co A, 1st Missouri Infantry
    Pvt. Ferdinand Cortes, 9th Missouri Infantry
    Pvt. D. Faria, Co. F, 8th Missouri Infantry
    Cpl. A. Francisco, Farris' Battery, Clark Artillery, Missouri Light Artillery
    Pvt. Andrew Francisco, Co C, 3rd Battalion, Missouri Infantry
    Pvt. H. C. Francisco, Farris' Battery, Clark Artillery, Missouri Light Artillery
    Pvt. Henry Francisco, Co. G, 6th Missouri Infantry
    Pvt. James J. Francisco, Co. E, 6th Missouri Infantry
    Pvt. John Francisco, Walsh's Company, Missouri Light Artillery
    Pvt. John Guitar, Co. C, Robertson's Reg't., Mo. State Guard
    Pvt. Manuel Ignacio, Co. C, 2nd Missouri Cavalry
    Pvt. R. Martinez, Co. E, 2nd Missouri Infantry
    Pvt. S. Munis, Co. K, 5th Missouri Cavalry

    "Hispanics in Gray and Blue"

    By Darryl Brock,

     Sterling Price Camp, No. 145


    This fact sheet is prepared by the Education Committee of the Sons of Confederate Veterans for distribution by its members to professors, teachers, librarians, principals, superintendents, ethnic leaders, city officials, members of the press, and other groups interested in promoting an understanding of Hispanic contributions to United States history. The SCV hopes this information will enrich the celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month. This sheet may be freely copied and distributed without permission or notice; if republished in part or whole, please credit the Sons of Confederate Veterans.

    The Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) is a patriotic, historical, and educational organization, founded in 1896, dedicated to honoring the sacrifices of the Confederate soldier and sailor, and to preserving Southern Culture. Its projects include educational talks, grave-site dedications, medical research scholarships, and publication of Confederate Veteran magazine. The SCV is not affiliated with any other organization, except for its officers corps, the MOSB. For more information, call 1-800-380-1896 or visit the SCV website at http://www.scv.org.

    FAMILY HISTORY

    Networking with Researchers
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    Networking with Fellow Researchers
     

    Whether you're networking with fellow researchers that you find on this website, on www.familysearch.org  or other websites, a few small tips can make your success even more productive:
     
    1. When contacting a fellow researcher for the first time, (usually by email in this day and age), be sure to address the following in the first paragraph: who you are, the line of research you are referring to, how you connect (or think you connect) into the line, and where you found the person's research and contact information. Addressing these items will immediately answer most concerns that the recipients will have. 
     
    2. In the rest of the first email you can add details of your own research, questions you have had about others' research, etc... Some say to keep the first email short, but personally the longer the email I receive, the more likely I'll respond.
     
    3. End the first email with your contact information and an offer to swap information. Often, I receive emails from people who just want to receive information and not contribute. If they come right out and say, "I don't have that much information" I feel fine giving to them. But, more often than not, unfortunately, the people who just want to receive will sound like they have a lot or know a lot, but in reality do not. It isn't necessarily something they say, it comes more from the tone of the email and the lack of two powerful words: thank you.
     
    If you offer to trade information, that might convince others to trade with you. If you do not have that much information, be honest about it. Honesty is always the best policy. Telling some researchers up front that I don't have much information has always served me best.
     
    4. When receiving an email from someone for the first time, don't get too upset if they sound a little lost or unsure of what to do. Remember, we were all beginners at one time. Most of the time, people who write make clear what they are researching, how they fit into the line, and that they would like to trade information. However, if there are concerns they don't address in their initial message, there is nothing wrong in asking them.
     
    5. When trading information, the most convenient way to do so is emailing gedcom files. If you save files in another format, (PAF or FTM, for example), the other person may not be able to open that file. Sometimes people don't have access to a computer (and emailed you from a library computer). That is okay. Trade phone numbers and talk over the phone. From there you can come up with solutions to getting the information to each other, whether it be by snail mail, returning back to the library, posting the information on the Internet, etc.
     
    6. Rarely, very rarely, will you receive requests for information in a rude manner. The rudest experience I have had so far was when a long-distance relative, (not researching, however), contacted me after learning I was researching a branch of the family we had in common. She said, "I want a copy of everything you have. It's our family too and we have a right to that information." Well, there are many things that I could have replied, but what good would that have done? In instances like this, again rare, you could simply ignore them. You are not obligated to work with rude people just because they are researching (or interested) in the same family. But do make sure that they are being rude and it's not just your perception of them being rude. In this woman's case, I just replied, "I'll see what I can do. What are you working on right now?" Never heard back from her.
     
    7. Be sure to thank people, treat them with respect, and offer to work together with them. With the wide-spread computer access, some think that since you are not facing the person face-to-face, there is no place for manners. Did you know that 55 % of communication is body language, facial expression, personal appearance, and posture. 35% of communication is voice inflection. Only 7%  of communication is strictly verbal. (How to be an Effective Speaker  by Cristina Stuart, 1988). 
     
    This means that when building working relationships with fellow researchers via the Internet, you must remember that they are getting only 7% of your entire message. So, if there is a misunderstanding, chances are it is because of this and not because someone is trying to be rude. If someone is truly rude, you'll know it, like that lady who demanded genealogy from me. (By the way, this is the same reason Internet romances almost never work out when the people meet face to face). 
     
    Hopefully these tips will encourage you to build working relationships with fellow researchers across the globe. 
     
    ***If, through experience, you have found some tips that have helped you and believe it can help others, please feel free to email them to me and I will post them up for others to see. Thank you in advance
     
    Salena B. Ashton, salena_ashton@hotmail.com


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    ARCHAEOLOGY

    Multiple Migrations
    Jawboning Evolution
    California Mixtecs Glimpse Their Past in Ancient Manuscripts


    Multiple Migrations
    Source: U.S. News & World Report, Feb 23/Mar 1, 2004
    Rather than a single migration of Clovis people, "there were clearly several waves of human exploration," says Douglas Wallace, a geneticist at the University of California-Irvine.  Wallace's DNA studies of American natives identify at least five genetically distinct waves, four from Asia and one possibly of European descent, the earliest of which could have arrive more than 20,000 years ago.  that diversity jibes with research by linguists who argue that the Americas' 143native language we couldn't possibly have all developed from a single 11,5000-year-old-tongue.  And if they had, then the languages would be most diverse along the mainland route the Clovis people traveled.

    In fact, the number of languages is greatest along the Pacific coast, adding to suspicions that at least some of the first immigrants came that way.

    Clovis-style spear points recovered from barrier islands near the Chesapeake Bay and inland in Virginia and Pennsylvania bear a striking resemblance to tools made by the ancient Solutrean people of northern Spain, leading some to speculate about a pre-historic crossing of the Atlantic.

    "That could explain how DNA from ancient Europeans showed up in some of the first Americans," says Dennis Stanford, chairman of anthropology at the Smithsonian Institution.  

    Whether they threaded their way through Pacific archipelagoes or negotiated the ice-choked Atlantic, "we need to open our minds and give these early explorers their due," says Stanford.  The first people to explore the Americas" were modern humans very much like ourselves . . . smart, adventurous, and very much capable of making their way in the world."

     

    Extract: Jawboning Evolution 
    by Thomas Hayden, U.S. News & World Report, April 5, 2004

    Scientists have stumbled on a minute genetic shift that may underlie a key difference between humans and our ape relatives - brain size. Because jaw muscles constrict skull growth by attaching to the top of the skull, the advent of weaker jaws may have given our ancestor's noggins room to get bigger.

    "We're not suggesting that this mutation along buys you Homo sapiens," says Penn's Hansell Stedman, who studies muscle disease.  "But it seem reasonable to suggest that it lifted a constraint."




    California Mixtecs Glimpse Their Past in Ancient Manuscripts

    Eduardo Stanley, Pacific News Service, News Feature, Feb 13, 2004 
    http://news.ncmonline.com/news/view_article.html

    Sent by Bill Carmena  JCarm1724@aol.com

    Editor's Note: Mexican indigenous immigrants to California's Central Valley are discovering a new path to their remote past: codices, ancient manuscripts now being researched by specialists here and internationally. Immigration, writes PNS editor Eduardo Stanley, means some who may lead the next breakthrough in decoding the artifacts may be living in California's Central Valley. 

    FRESNO, Calif.--When the Spanish arrived in Latin America, part of their conquest campaign involved destroying the culture of indigenous people. One aspect of this cultural holocaust in Mexico was the burning thousands of ancient books called "codices," in which indigenous people recorded their history, myths, ceremonies, economic systems and daily life. 

    For some Mexican immigrants to this agricultural Central Valley area, the codices are a revelation, boosting pride in their roots. For researchers, the Mixtec Indian immigrants are a potential goldmine, providing a new generation of increasingly educated persons who still speak the Mixtec language, and might some day provide keys to deciphering Mixtec manuscripts.

    "There is a movement of resurgence of the indigenous identity and consciousness -- immigration has a lot to do with it," says anthropologist Dr. Bonnie Bade, an anthropologist at California State University San Marcos, who studies Mixtec culture. Although their lives and communities have lately been shaped by the disruptions of migration, both in their home Oaxaca region of Mexico and the United States, the recovery of historical memory has helped the Mixtec culture grow more robust, say specialists familiar with them.

    Their valued codices did not always demand the global respect they do today. The so-called Nuttal Codex, a lengthy history of the Mixtecs, was sent to Rome during the 15th century. Catholic Church authorities declared, "The document was probably intended for the amusement of children but was so foolish that it could only bore them."

    In a moment that typified the coming together of the immigrants with their ancient history, Binational Indigenous Oaxacan Front recently organized a talk here on the codices by Dr. Bade, aided by handouts. In the audience were some of the 60,000 farm laborers hailing from Oaxaca in the area. "I am Mixtec, but I wasn't aware of this part of our culture, and it makes me feel proud," said laborer Fausto Sánchez, 35, a resident of Arvin. 

    "The codices are proof that they pertain to an ancient, sophisticated, creative culture that constitutes a true historical and cultural wealth," Bade said later.

    Continent-wide, the population growth rate of indigenous groups is higher than that of non-Indians. The bonfires set by clergymen that burned books across the Americas in the wake of the conquest, destroying most codices, impede study of the cultures that continue to influence large regions of the continent. 

    Seven Mixtec codices were saved from the conquistadors, however, including the Nuttal Codex. They were sent to Europe by the first conquerors as gifts and proof of the existence of the New World. Once there, the codices changed hands as they were borrowed, lent and presented as gifts. 

    Written in a kind of hieroglyph by native priests, the codices were made primarily out of deer hide and coated with lime, giving them a white color, on which text was drawn with ink made from plants and seeds. Mixtec communities no longer maintain their pre-Columbian writing traditions. 

    Some in the Fresno audience expressed indignation that only one of the seven codices -- the so-called Colombino -- remained in Mexico. The others are in European institutions.

    Deciphering the codices is a difficult task. In ancient Mixtec society, only the upper class had access to the written language. Today, many Mixtec in Oaxaca, and some here, remain illiterate. 

    "It is you, the new generations, who can change things," Bade told the Central Valley audience in Spanish, which most speak. "The majority of the investigations are in the hands of Europeans or Americans, but there needs to be greater participation by people who speak the Mixtec language, like you." 

    Several young people appeared inspired by the talk and pictures, expressing a desire to engage in new research. Currently, only one Mixtec, Gabina Aurora Perez, a Oaxacan, is known for her participation in deciphering the codices. Perez teamed up with her husband, a Dutch scholar, to work on the codices, and currently lives in Holland.

    In Mexico, social stigmas and a political bias against the indigenous mean Indians may not tout or even identify strongly with their ancestry. For indigenous Mexican immigrants in the United States, that is changing. In the Central Valley, individuals may identify themselves as Mixtec, or as members of other Oaxacan groups, such as Zapotec or Triqui. 

    The spark for a strengthened indigenous movement in the Americas came with the 500-year commemoration in 1992 of the Spanish conquest of the Americas. But now immigration is a factor, because newcomers to the United States may become involved with identity and native pride groups in a way they never did at home.

    PNS contributor Eduardo Stanley (nuestroforo2001@yahoo.com) is a freelance writer based in the San Joaquin Valley. He hosts the bi-lingual "Nuestro Foro" weekly radio program on KFCF in Fresno, Calif.


    MISCELLANEOUS

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       Memorialization, 
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    Gloria and Jerry Benavides Jgbenavide@aol.com  shared the site in honoring their son, Daniel Richard Benavides' tragic death on April 8 at the early age of 38.

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    GenealogyToday.com launches subscription database Family Tree Connection

    Software Wonders of New Jersey, owner of  http://www.genealogytoday.com  is launching a subscription database.  Among the more than 100 sources on the site are rosters of fraternal organizations such as the Masons, school commencement lists, the Boston & Maine Railroad roster and college-reunion lists. In all, the site indexes about 23,000 listings. D'Addezio says that number is increasing by several hundred listings daily.

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    New Society CD 

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