SEPTEMBER 2001, Issue 9 
Editor: Mimi Lozano, mimilozano@aol.com

          Dedicated to Hispanic Heritage and Diversity Issues
          Publication of the Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research © 2000
http://members.aol.com/shhar      714-894-8161

Content Areas
Hispanic Heritage Month
U.S. Hispanic Literary 
Spanish Surnames

United States . . . . . . .  . . . 5
Orange County, CA . . . . . .11
Los Angeles, CA. . . . . . . .16
California . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Southwestern U.S. . . . . .  .22
Northwestern U.S. . . . . . .  23
Texas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  25
East of the Mississippi . . . 30
East Coast . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Mexico . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Caribbean/Cuba . . . . . . . ..58
International . . . . . . . . . . . 59
History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
SOMOS PRIMOS home page

 Maximilian and Carlotta, Wax-Museum Treasures Found   
                 

The tragedy of the 1860s in Mexico is reflected in the eyes of the spectacular wax-figure of  a priest crafted by Mexico City's Master of Wax, Jose Neria.  The misery suffered by all of Mexico and the disastrous endings, Maximilan to a firing squad and Carlotta in the torment of insanity, are powerfully conveyed in a collection of life-size figures.  In 1962 Allen Parkinson who founded & owned the Movieland Wax Museum In Buena Park, Calif. commissioned Jose Neria to recreate full-size figures of the people involved in the reign of Maximilian, his court, his execution, and his funeral.

Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month September 16 at a Fund Raising Event 
All donations will be given by We Give Thanks to benefit the city of Tia Juana, Mexico
VIP tickets can be Pre-purchased

Antiques Plus, 1319 Katella, Orange, California.(714) 639-9799. 11 a.m. - 6 p.m. 
The final home of the wax-figures is in negotiations. 
To view more of the wax figures click  http://www.antiquesplusauction.com

                                     
                                     Brief History of  Hispanic Heritage Month
                                                      September 15 to October 15

September 17, 1968, the 90th Congress approved PUBLIC LAW 90-498. Resolved by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That the President is hereby authorized and requested to issue annually a proclamation designating the week including September 15 and 16 as "National Hispanic Heritage Week" and calling upon the people of the United States, especially the educational community, to observe such week with appropriate ceremonies and activities.

September 4, 1974, President Ford proclaim the week beginning September 10, 1974, and ending September 16, 1974, as National Hispanic Heritage Week. 

August 17, 1988, 100th Congress approved PUBLIC LAW 100-402 which authorized the designation of National  
HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH.

September 13 1988, Presidential Proclamation 5859 approved to start observing Hispanic Heritage Month as of January 1, 1989. 

For a more in depth history of Hispanic Heritage Month, click to: 

Recovering the U.S. Hispanic Literary Heritage  
Summer 2001, Vol. 10, No. 2

Editorial by Nicolás Kanellos 
(Included by permission)

     As a former member of the National Council on the Humanities, I have been tracking the NEH's support, or lack thereof, for projects run by or related to the national Hispanic minority, now constituting our largest minority in the United States.  Recently, I went through the NEH's 1999 annual report, the latest available, and attempted to assess the number and dollar amounts of Hispanic-related grants, project directors and panel members.
     Of about 670 panelists, only 23 are Spanish surnamed, and there is no telling if they are actually government-recognized minorities or foreign nationals.  This number represents an improvement over past years, but is still woefully short of representing our population.
     Out of 659 applications approved, only nine were related to Hispanic minority culture! Of these, 
only 3 had Hispanic minority project directors.  The total amount going to Hispanic minority-related projects was $596,648 or about one-half percent of the NEH grants budget.  But this is counting the largest grant, for $200,000 to Cornell University for a non-Hispanic-directed project on migrant workers in the Northeast, which in fact may or may not really deal with Hispanic migrant workers as the main subject - there is no telling from the title of the project.  Aside from the lack of funding, the above data also show that the NEH would rather fund non-Hispanics to study our culture than Hispanic shcolars, a real indicator of colonialism.  Only $130,000 of this half million went to projects directed by Hispanic minorities, if we count the Southwest and Border cultures Institute of New Mexico State University as a minority institution (no project director listed).  Also corroborating past allegations I have made to NEH directors, these data (as well as the overall annual report) appear to indicate that NEH prefers to fund elite Northeast institutions and fund them with more dollars.
     I have been complaining about the institutionalized racism and elitism at NEH for years.
     There continues to be a lack of representation of Hispanics at the NEH, the staff continues to overlook qualified Hispanic panelists and consultants, and, as far as I can tell, there is not even an operating definition of what constitutes a Hispanic minority or Hispanic minority culture at the NEH.
     One third of the population of the state of Texas is Hispanic.  Texas is the second most populated state in the Union.  I cannot help but conclude that the size of our minority population works to the detriment of Texas getting back the proportionate amount of taxes from the NEH and some other federal cultural institutions.
     

The surname histories range in size from 1-50, most are now 2-5 pages in length.  KFRC, 2191 S. 2200 E, Mt. Springs, Utah 84757.  Queries prior to purchase can be made to: lplatt@infowest.com.
  

UNITED STATES

»» National Latino Poll Reveals - - 
49% regularly access the Internet
56% own credit cards
72% regularly watch Spanish-language television while 66% regularly listen to Spanish radio
70% have savings and/or checking account
33% admitted to regularly sending money to family members outside the U.S.
43% use a cellular telephone
75% support expanding NAFTA to other Latin American countries 
Source: Hispanic Business Journal of Orange County, August 2001, Issue 8, Vol. 2

»» Latino Identify: Latinos who filled out the 2000 Census were first asked to identify themselves as Spanish/Hispanic/Latino (Question 5)and then asked to choose a racial category (Question 6).  Many felt uncomfortable with the possible racial combinations and chose "some other race". Ninety-seven percent of all Americans who checked "some other race" were Latino.
Sent by Tania Scott, San Jose Mercury News, 5-25-01

»»The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) recently launched a signage section on the SBA's website with content designed to help small business owners in their search for  new and innovative ways to communicate information about their products and services.  http://www.sba.gov/starting/signage/index.htm

After fighting disclosure of a report which revealed the existence and destruction of 162 boxes of records potentially relevant to a large American Indian-rights case, the Treasury Department was forced to go public.  The case involves potentially billions of dollars owed American Indians after their lands were taken more than 100 years ago. 

The government leased Indian reservation land to oil, timber, and other firms for a fee.  Individual Indians were given 80 to 160 acres apiece but were not trusted by the government to supervise their own finances.  So the government decreed it would serve as trustee.  Funds from the leases on 11 million acres of land are held by the Treasury Department, and the money is managed by the Interior Department's Bureau of Indian Affairs.

At any given moment, there is about $450 million in the trust-fund accounts, with roughly $300 million paid annually to 450,000 beneficiaries in recent years.  The problem is that the government accounts are in a state of disorder.    As many as 50,000 beneficiaries may be affected by the destruction of the records.  Extracts from article by James Warren, Chicago Tribune, O.C. Register, 8-15-01  

Message from Judge Edward F. Butler, Sr. Ambassador to Mexico and Central America, 
National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution 
and Vice President of the Texas Society of Sons of the American Revolution

I have been asked by the National Genealogical Society to submit an article about the Spanish involvement in the American Revolutionary War and the eligibility of their descendants for membership in the Sons of the American Revolution.

To be eligible for membership in the SAR, an applicant must provide satisfactory evidence of his pedigree, connecting him to a person who contributed to the American Revolution. Those eligible Hispanics would include descendants of :
a) The Carlos, III, King of Spain in 1775. The current King Juan Carlos is a member of our society;
b) The King of Sweden in 1775. The current king has an application pending and will be approved soon;
c) General Bernardo de Galvez, or any of his soldiers who participated in the campaign in the Gulf of Mexico;
d) Any of the Mexican or Texas ranchers who provided cattle or grain to the American Revolutionary soldiers;
e) Any of the cowboys or caballeros who herded the cattle to the Mississippi River;
f) Any of the Spanish soldiers who manned the Presidios of San Diego, Monterey, San Francisco and Santa Barbara, California
g) Hispanics of mixed blood who descend from an American Revolutionary patriot in the 13 colonies. The Hispanic members of our Laredo chapter are all descended from Patrick Henry.

If any of you know of any paintings or reproductions of paintings that depict General Galvez; his troops or ships; or the movement of cattle from Mexico to Valley Forge, please let me know. I would like to submit as many pieces of art work as possible to accompany this article.
Cordially, Judge Edward F. Butler
Click to article concerning Galvez written by Consul of Spain 

FREE DAR PATRIOT LOOKUP SERVICE    www.dar.org  Do you think you have a Revolutionary patriot in your family tree? The DAR will search their database of proven Revolutionary patriots. Contact: Margaret Driskill   Click for more information about Spanish Patriots.

Whatever reforms are instituted, Powell said they must respect ``the  enormously valuable role that Mexican immigrants continue to play in  helping us in building our nation.'' At the same time, he said the administration wants to ensure that the reforms do not disadvantage  American workers. 

Source: Zeke Hernandez  zekeher@juno.com

A new way to share your life stories was explored by those that attended the August Ex-Votos Workshop held at the  in Long Beach, MOLAA. The focus was to learn how to depict events from ones own life in a spiritual way. The traditional ex-votos tell simple, honest and direct stories in a powerful and moving way.  The visual re-creation is produced out of devotion and for the intercession of a spiritual being.   

The series of five meetings were taught by Raphael Vincent Noz whose formal training in painting and photography included the Rhode Island School of Design, the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston, and Gonzaga University in Florence, Italy. 

Source Information: Graden, Debra, comp. California State Roster, 1899 Government and Military records. [database online] Provo, UT: Ancestry.com, 2001. Original data:.California Blue Book or State Roster 1899. State Printing Office, Sacramento CA, 1899 or 1900. http://www.ancestry.com/search/rectype/inddbs/5733.htm

ORANGE COUNTY, CA

September 29th

An open invitation to 
Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research Quarterly Meeting

Come and Hear Practical Hints for Successful Hispanic Research in a Variety of Locations

9-10 a.m.  
Searching the Internet with victory!  
Dick Clift has compiled a valuable list of websites for genealogical research. 
He has helped thousands and will demonstrate on online . . .  valuable online websites.

10-12 a.m. 
The Trials,Tribulations and JOY of Researching out of the Country
Mary Lou Montagna has researched in many of the libraries, state and national archives in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Guanajuato, Mexico City, Aquascalientes, in Mexico,  and in Galicia, Madrid, and Sevilla, Spain.

Viola Sadler will share a recent research trip to Zacatecas, and earlier experiences of researching in northern Mexico when she was honored by the city of Marin, .  Viola was given the key to the city for her outstanding research in tracing a line back to Jose Martinez, an ancestor who was the city's founder. 

Mary Anne Curry will speak about honoring our ancestors by applying to the Daughters of the American Revolution. She will give specific information for applying.

Diane Godinez has researched Hispanic records in Canada and will surprise us with her findings.

Peter Carr will speak on finding his ancestral records in St. Augustine, Florida.
 

                                 »» Introducing our newest SHHAR Board Member
                                           by Patricia Diane Burton Godinez

A Canadian immigrant marrying a Mexican immigrant in Aurora, Illinois, is how I started doing Hispanic research. Actually the first 7 years of married life were spent trying to make it in the USA, being very poor, and moving to San Diego, California. When I was expecting my third child, I had some time to write letters to England for my own background and talk to my Jalisco father-in-law about my husband's  background. 

Unfortunately, my father-in-law died in 1979 but he gave me a good start and I started researching in Atotonilco el Alto and Ayo el Chico, Jalisco. I have been able to make 7 trips to Mexico and I found a second home with relatives who were receptive to me and my not so perfect Spanish. I also learned to look at microfilm and discovered new information at the old
Family History Center on 10th Street in San Diego. My mother gave me a reader and I bought 2 shoe-size boxes of microfiche so as to work at home. In other words, I was hooked. 

I found it hard to do my Canadian research and so I did the Mexican side of the family. I went to a few meetings with the SHHAR group and when I had a little less responsibilities as a mother to 4 sons, I got more involved.

I have spent the last 6 years working as a volunteer at the Family History Center in Bonita. My
specialty is of course, Hispanic Research. I have helped others with their research and spent some
interesting time with them doing work in Guatemala, the Philippines, and on the White Mountain Apache in Arizona.

I am also a founding member of an informal group from Tijuana, Mexico. It is called Hands Across the Board. We meet and exchange ideas and have had one very successful open house this summer. More activities are in the planning stage and we socialize. I have just finished 10 years of work at Nestor Elementary School in South San Diego. I work 6 hours, in a year-round school with children in grades 3-6.  They have learning disabilities but loved to do lessons on California Missions, US History, and World Geography.

I think of myself as a grassroots genealogist. I am usually on my own except for correspondence from other Hispanic researchers. However, my daughter-in-law Cindy is related to the first sheriff
of Old Town San Diego so we are slowly but surely working on records her mother left behind. I am even getting the grandchildren, ages 9 and 8, involved.  After all, when I am gone, I don't want all to be lost in the dust. 

Non-Mexican Hispanics in Orange County in 2000: 

»» The Latino Coalition Foundation

U.S. Treasurer, Rosario Marin and six other presidential appointees were honored in Orange County August 30th at an event organized by local Board members of the  D.C. based Latino Coalition Foundation. The goal of the foundation us to promote a better understanding of the various Latino communities throughout the country.  Through the use of ethnic research; public forums, and publications, TLCF will educate American leaders on the sensitive balance - and differences - within the Latino communities. 

TLCF is a non-profit, non-partisan organization. For more information, www.TheLatinoCoalition.com

»»  Workshops to be held at the  National Archives and Records Administration
24000 Avila Road, 1st Floor East, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677-3497
Reservations are required.  Please call (949) 360-2641, ext.0,  Cost $5. at the door.
 All workshops start at 9:30 am,

September 10:  Preparing for the 1930 Census
The 1930 Federal Population Census, se to be released on April 1, 2002, is almost entirely un-indexed.  This course will instruct beginners and experienced genealogists on the methods fused for locating individuals in this and other un-indexed census.

September 12: Introduction to Military Records 
This workshop will teach military resources for genealogy and will focus on American military actions from the Revolutionary War through the conflicts of the late 20th century.  Special resources and techniques useful in genealogical research from World War II to the present will be emphasized.  

October 2: Naturalization and Immigration Records
This course treats immigration and citizenship records, emphasizing procedural changes from 1790 to the present as well as methods for locating both naturalization records and passenger manifests. 

History Books That Lead To Our Past
By Douglas Westfall

Prisoners of the Civil War is a book I wrote this year on American history, detailing the lives of two men from opposite sides of the War Between the States. Not a reference that one would expect to find any genealogical record of Hispanic heritage.

Yet there is a significant reference in the last chapter on one of the great ranchos of California and the relationship of that family to one of these Civil War veterans.

From the book (p111):

The Glassell mentioned in the above paragraph, was the brother of the character in the book, Captain William T. Glassell. Their sister, Susan had married George S. Patton I before the Civil War and Patton died during the war:

From the book (p111):

One of those four children, was George S. Patton II and later:

From the book (p116):

George S. Patton II married Ruth Wilson, the daughter of Benjamin Wilson - first mayor of Los Angeles in American times, and Margaret Hereford. Wilson’s previous wife however, was Romana Yorba, the daughter of Bernardo Yorba -- the owner of the Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana that Andrew Glassell helped take apart.

So here we have a reference: The first mayor of Los Angeles in American times (Wilson,) had married into the prestigious Yorba family -- while they still held the vast Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana. Romona died five years later without having children and Wilson remarried. His daughter then married into the family that had broken up the rancho. Wilson (now called Benito) later became the grandfather of General George S. Patton of WWII fame.

How do you find this? Check the index. Yorba and Grijalva are both listed with the page numbers. (Actually, you can get the E-Book of Prisoners of the Civil War for free, just by going to the website listed below and the index is actively linked.

The point here is there are many, many books on American history, that contain significant references to our Hispanic heritage. By quickly checking the indexes of these books for Hispanic surnames you are tracing, you may discover a lost genealogical link and possible a famous ancestor.

Don’t discount the title, topics or references to the content -- look at the range of years the book covers and check to see if there are states or countries listed in the index (like California,) that could be the birth place of one of your ancestors.

From the information in Prisoners of the Civil War, is constructed the following genealogical tree that contains the Yorbas and Grijalvas and shows their relationship to the characters in the book.

Make it part of your routine to check the index of every history book you can, looking for the surnames on your list. Copy the references -- and the book’s title page -- for further use.

Douglas Westfall can be reached though his website: www.SpecialBooks.com

LOS ANGELES, CA

L.A. Times, 8-21-01

»» The History of the Los Angeles Archdiocese 
http://cemeteries.la-archdiocese.org/5csh.html

Prior to 1822, those dying in the Pueblo de Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles were buried in the cemeteries of Mission San Gabriel Arcangel (est.1771) or the Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana (est.1797).  In 1822  the first burial plot in the City of Los Angeles was established adjacent to Our Lady Queen of Angels Church, known to many as the "Old Plaza Church" or "La Placita" at 521 North Main Street.  It  served the area for about twenty years. A formal petition was presented to the Los Angeles Ayuntamiento on August 16, 1839 stating that the old cemetery was "totally inadequate to the present needs and endangering the health of the community."  

»»For the third consecutive year, The Procter & Gamble Company was selected by LATINA magazine as one of the 50 best companies for Latinas to work for in the United States. This was a result of a study looking at over 600 of the most respected corporations in the United States.
Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Orange County, Issue 9, Volume 3.

CALIFORNIA

»» The California Preservation Foundation is the only statewide, non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation and enhancement of California's historic built environment. The Foundation emerged in response to the need for a statewide organization which could focus on issues common to all, and provide the cohesive and vital link between state, regional and local preservation interests.

CPF is a statewide network of its members: individuals, businesses, organizations, and local governments long committed to historic preservation. Through this network the Foundation serves as a clearinghouse for preservation ideas, technical information and advice, available to all.
 http://www.slip.net/~cpf/about.html

                     »»  Torras/Torre from Spain to London to California to Alaska

A Vincent Torras or (Vicente de la Torre) from Castile area Spain is in London l840 as a printer for the Concordium group. He had a son and daughter. A Vincent Torras arrives in San Francisco l852.   l857 Torras and Fossas bought a San Francisco office of  the Santa Barbara Gazette. 
The Santa Barbara Census  in 1860 lists a Vicente Torras 58 Spain-printer and Longina Torras 40 Mexico.  Around 1870, a Vincent Torras married a Catharine Daly in Mission Dolores (San Francisco area). He had 3 children:  Raymond, May (Harris) and William Patrick. .He had a printing business in San Francisco in l889.  A Vincent Torras died in San Fran in l893 at the of age 54. If this name sounds familiar and you have additional info. I would really appreciate hearing from you. I am new at this. The V Torras in San Francisco was my great-grandfather 
Willette Torras Janes of  Juneau, Alaska.

Vincent Torras, Vicente Torras Catharine Daly Torras in Alameda Country Calif . l870 - l900

Sent by rjanes@gci.net  (rjanes)

As was true elsewhere in California, the Mexican elite was divided over whether or not to accept the American military rule. On one hand, some of the Californio landholders had married their daughters to Americans and family solidarity counted a great deal in their culture. Also some Californios stood to gain economically by the links they had forged with American traders and they believed that future prosperity would be assured under an American administration. On the other hand, the Mexican Californios felt a love of their patria chica, their homeland, and were fearful of what these foreigners would do to them and their families. Very few had abstract political loyalties to the Mexican government but most had a strong identity as Mexicans based in their language and culture.

http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/mas/chicanohistory/chapter04/c04s01.html

Sent by Johanna de Soto

»»  Santa Clara Co, California Reference Index
AUTHOR: California.  Superior Court (Santa Clara County).
TITLE: Naturalization records, 1831-1933.
Index to declarations, vols. A-B, 1831-1930 US/CAN Film Area, 1455370
Includes surname indexes. Some volumes include surname indexes.
                           
PUBLICATION INFORMATION
Salt Lake City : Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1986.
NOTES: Microfilm of records located in the Santa Clara County Courthouse,
San Jose, California. FORMAT: 18 microfilm reels ; 35 mm.
 http://members.aol.com/rngruwell/LDS/santaclararef.html
Sent by Johanna de Soto   

                                           »» California Websites

http://bss.sfsu.edu/calstudies/
California Studies at SFSU, especially "California on the Internet" and "California Books"

http://bss.sfsu.edu/calstudies/NativeWebPages/ca%20web%201.html
The California Native American Language Map, of Native American groups related by language. Has a link to the California Tribes site, with a map, listings of the tribes, and how to contact the tribal councils, plus much more.

Source:  Carol De Priest  depriest@azstarnet.com   Sent by Sam Quito-Padillo

The California Historic Cemetery Alliance is working on the production of a metal sign, to be produced in bulk, which would be available at cost to alliance members to be produced in bulk, which would be available to post at their cemetery sites.  Wording developed so far:
       HERE REST MANY OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE HISTORIC ERA WHO FIRST SAW THE BEAUTY AND VALUE OF THIS LAND, CHOOSING TO REMAIN AND BUILD THE COUNTY WE CHERISH TODAY.
       YOU ARE WELCOME TO VISIT THIS PIONEER BURIAL GROUND TO EXPRESS REVERENCE FOR THE DEPARTED, FOR HISTORICAL STUDY, FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH, OR FOR A PEACEFUL WALK.  PLEASE HELP US PRESERVE THESE GRAVES, LANDSCAPING AND MARKERS FOR THE GENERATIONS TO COME.

California Historian, Vol. 47, No. 4, summer 2001

The Presidio was founded by the Spanish in 1776 and served as a U.S. military base guarding the mouth of San Francisco Bay until it was slated for closure in 1989.  

Sent by Laura Shane, OC Register, 7-26-01
 

Rita N. Rivera, an elder of the Tataviam tribe, whose ancestors helped build the San Fernando Mission, has died.  She was 86 years old.  At the time the Europeans arrived there were 500 to 1,000 Tataviam in the Santa Clara River Valley  in a territory that included such modern-day towns as Piru and Newhall.  Of the various Indian tribes that built the San Fe4rnando Mission, about 30% spoke the Tataviam language.  Rita Rivera helped revive the Fernandeño-Tataviam Tribal Council to represent people with Tataviam roots attempting to get federal recognition.

L.A. Times, 8-13-01 

Hi, I'm Sheila Ruiz Muniain, a 7th generation Californian with my dad being the only *gringo* in my family lines. After beginning my search to find my Hispanic Heritage I realized how very little there is available, especially between the 1850-1900 years. To solve some of this problem for myself as well as others trying to find their Californio ancestors I began a project last year that is really catching on...a collection of Family Tree Charts, donated by individuals who wish to share their family histories for the benefit of us all.

The purpose of my collection of Family Tree Charts is, first, to have a reference base readily available for those researching their early California ancestors and, secondly, to form a bridge to the 19th century, a time period which is somewhat difficult to research.

Authors such as Dorothy Gittinger Mutnick and Marie Northrop grouped families in descendant order. The Family Tree Charts, however, are in ancestral order. By this method we are able to fill in many of the gaps with the information being provided by actual family members. Many of those already contributing have listed their grandparents, people they most likely knew personally, people who were born in the 1880-1900 time frame. Information concerning the submitters' great grandparents is often available through personal family records such as baptismal, marriage,
and death records. With just these two generations we fill in an otherwise difficult area to research. The addition of some Indian marriages within these families adds another dimension.

My offer to anyone interested in donating their own family histories is this: you may either fill out the chart yourself (I'll mail you a blank one) or, if you prefer to have me do it for you, I will do that. The
charts are then laminated for protection. An Index is available showing who is located on which chart. 

This is my own personal project, although I have been a member of Los Californianos, Los Descendientes, Los Fundadores, and Los Pobladores. If you are interested in submitting your family histories to the project you may contact me at sheila-ann@juno.com   to discuss the details. Thanks so much. I hope to hear from you soon!

Sheila Ruiz Muniain, researching my Early California & Pioneer Families:Armenta, Bastida, Bojorques, Buelna, Carrillo, Cartagena, Cordero, Enriquez, Estrada, Feliz, Fernandez, Galindo, Gonzales, Gutierrez, Higuera, Linares, Lopez, Millar, Miranda, Nunez, Ortega, Osuna, Palomares, Pico, Pinto, Quintero, Rivas, Romero, Rubio, Ruelas, Ruiz, Sanchez, Sinova, & Valenzuela...

NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES

JORNADAS IN GENEALOGY AND HISTORY: FAMILIES CROSSING FRONTIERS

OCTOBER 10-13, 2001
Provo, Utah

ORGANIZED by The CENTER for FAMILY HISTORY and GENEALOGY 
&
DEPARTMENT OF HISTORY OF THE BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY

Sponsored by 
Legado Latino, Spanish speaking chapter from the Utah Genealogic Association 
and La Academia de Genealogia Costa Costaricense

We extend an invitation to historians, genealogists, archivists and others with interest in Hispanic history and genealogy to participate in the Jornadas with genealogists and historians from all over Latin America and the United States. The registration cost is $50.00 for those who present papers* and $30.00 for everyone else. This cost will cover the academic sessions, a visit to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City and a gala dinner among other activities. Direct questions to: George Ryskamp, Department of History, 
334 KMB, Brigham Young University, Provo Utah 84602 
or via email at: george_ryskamp@byu.edu

* Two different categories of participants are established. Presenters, who present up to two unpublished research papers, and Attendees, who attend to the Jornadas. All participants subscribed will receive a certificate and CDROM containing the papers presented as accepted by the review committee.

Those desiring to be presenters should send a summary of 200 words before September 20, 2001. In a separate note give personal information (name and last name, address, phone, email and affiliate institution, if there is one. Also please specify If you want technical assistance or materials such as a slide , LCD or overhead projector to illustrate the presentation. Each presenter will have 20 minutes.

If you would like to participate in this conference by offering a one-hour instruction session, please send a proposal of 200 words before September 20, 2001. Include personal information such as name, address, phone, email and affiliate institution, if any.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE
Wednesday October 10, 2001
12:00- 18:00 Registration in the Wilkinson Center, Brigham Young University, Provo Utah
15:00- 17:00 First presentation session
19:00 - 21:00 Opening session and reception sponsored by the CENTER FOR FAMILY HISTORY AND GENEALOGY OF BYU with guided visits to the University Library

Thursday October 12, 2001 
9:00-12:00 Registration in the Wilkinson Center, Brigham Young University, Provo Utah
9:00- 12:00 Second presentation session.
12:00 - 12:30 Transportation to the offices of Ancestry.com
12:30 - 14:00 Buffet Luncheon sponsored by Ancestry.com 
15:00- 17:30 Third presentation session.
19:00 - 21:00 Reception sponsored by the MOLECULAR GENEALOGY PROGRAM OF BYU

Friday October 12, 2001
8:00-9:00 Transportation to Salt Lake City
9:00-10:30 Visit to the Family History Library in Salt Lake City
11:00-12:30 Visit to Temple Square and other places in Salt Lake City center
12:30 -14:30 Free time for lunch and shopping 
14:30-15:30 Return to Provo
16:30- 18:00 Forth presentation session  NIGHT FREE

Saturday October 13 at BYU, All participants invited to attend the 4th Annual Conference  sponsored by Legado Latino. It will include workshop style classes about practical genealogy topics for Hispanic research. 
Saturday 19:30 - 22:00 Closing session of the Jornadas, and gala dinner in the Museum of Art 
Sunday October 14, 2001 Opportunity to attend weekly concert of the Mormon Tabernacle Choir 

TEXAS

Somos Familia 
22nd Annual Texas State Hispanic Genealogical Conference 
Hosted by the Hispanic Genealogical Society of Houston

September 13-16, 2001
Houston, Texas
The Westin Galleria Hotel

As always, this conference will be an outstanding event,  bringing together scholars, historians and family researcher to explore Texas' rich Hispanic heritage and genealogical records. If you have not attended a Texas State Hispanic Conference, you are missing an opportunity of networking with national leaders in the field of Tex/Mex genealogical research.

Among the speakers and presenters:  Profesor Israel Cavazos Garza, Eng. Guillermo Garmendia Leal, Mr. Joel Rene Escobar, Dr. Carolina Castillo Crimm, Dr. Jesus F. de la Teja, Sr. Fernando Munos Altea, Mr. Michael Salinas, Dr. Benjamin Johnson, Professor Rafael Naranjo, Mr. Bruno Wolf, Cecilia Aros Hunter, Dr. Felix Almaraz, Dr. Aida Barrera. 

For more complete information, Schedule, costs, etc. go to the website: http://www.hispanicgs.com  or contact Joe Guerra at joguerra@brokersys.com


Upcoming. . .Texas researching trip
October 23-25, 2001, Los Bexarenos Genealogical Society has arranged a researching trip to Monclova, San Buenaventura and Cuatro Cienegas, Coahuila.  
The cost of the round trip bus fare: $50. per person. The bus will leave from San Antonio.  
For more information, contact Jesse Rodriguez, (210) 826-7192 110245.2376@compuserve.com 

   »» Institute for Oral History, University of Texas at El Paso 

»» STORIES FROM THE BARRIO AND OTHER 'HOODS

If you have El Paso family lines you may want to get a copy of Margarita Velez's charming book.
This is from the back cover of my book which is entitled STORIES FROM THE BARRIO AND OTHER 'HOODS. It is a compilation of articles and columns from various sources. Available from Barnes and Noble, Amazon.com.

STORIES FROM THE BARRIO AND OTHER 'HOODS began as a collection of stories for Margarita Velez' children. She moved around the country with her husband and feared that the children would miss the family hearth she experienced as a child. She wrote a permanent record of the people, customs and traditions that were integral in her life. Margarita Velez weaves her recollections of Abuelita, Mama, Papa and his exploits in the war and an assortment of relatives and other people who influenced her life. There's the man who sold bananas and painted his philosophy on cardboard signs nailed to the horsedrawn wagon. In charming, poignant stories, Velez tells about growing up in El Paso, TX where she says the international flavor of the desert city blends like a good salsa, with enough spice to whet anybody's appetite. Readers will enjoy Margarita's stories because they
are told in a way that makes everyone relate to them.

»» Spanish Colonial records in El Paso

G. L. Seligmann (GUS@cas.unt.edu)
Wed, 28 Jun 1995 09:22:07 CST6CDT

The University of Texas at El Paso has a number of records from the Spanish colonial period on microfilm, notably the municipal records of both Cd. Juarez (previously called El Paso del Norte) and Chihuahua. There were two filmings of the municipal records of Cuidad Juarez:
MF 495 Archivos del Ayuntamiento de Cd. Juarez (1726-1899)
MF 513 Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Municipal Records (1750-1947)
A partial card index is available for MF 495; a reel-by-reel guide for MF 513 is the subject of a project this summer, and should be available by September, 1995.

The Archivos del Ayuntamiento de Chihuahua (MF 491) have a date range of 1712-1941, but have no finding aid. They are voluminous (656 rolls) and are in roughly chronological order.

MF 492, the Archivo Historico del Estado de Durango also contains some early Spanish records: the inclusive dates are 1578-1860. A card file index is available for the first 12 rolls.

Another group of Spanish records from Mexico on microfilm at the University of Texas at El Paso is MF 476 El Archivo de Hidalgo del Parral (1631-1820). Other civil records on microfilm have date
ranges after the eighteenth century. We also have some church records and a few hacienda records from the 1600s and 1700s.

I hope that this information is helpful. If you have any questions, feel free to call us at (915) 747-5697 or to write or communicate through e-mail.

Claudia Rivers, Head, Special Collections   crivers@mail.utep.edu  
UTEP Library, University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, Texas 79968-0582        
http://www2.h-net.msu.edu/~west/archives/logsjun95/0071.html

Catholic Encylopedia  includes historical information on the founding of churches and development of areas and diocese.

EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

SPANISH CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR

“DISCURSO PRONUNCIADO POR EL SR. CONSUL GENERAL 
EL 29 DE MARZO DE 1979 ANTE LA LOUISIANA HISTORICAL SOCIETY,” 

by Hon. José Montero de Pedro, Marqués de Casa Mena, 
Consul General de España.

EAST COAST

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MEXICO

GENEALOGIA 

DE ALGUNAS FAMILIAS

ESTABLECIDAS 

EN PATZCUARO MICHOACÁN 

A PRINCIPIOS DEL SICLO XVII

        Por Guillermo Padilla Origel

Pátzcuaro, la bella ciudad de Mechoacán, sede del primer obispado de esta región encabezado per el ilustre Don Vasco de Quiroga desde el año de 1537, después de estar ubicado en Tzintzúntzan, cuando aún no se habia fundado la Antigua Valladolid, se asentaron a fines del siglo XVI y principios del XVII varias familias españolas enlazando con otras de la región , principalmente de Zamora, Taximaroa, (hoy Ciudad Hidalgo), Tlazazalca, Chilchota, Tangancícuaro, Uruapan y Valladolid. Con el tiempo algunas ramas de ellas emigraron hacia otras regiones del Hoy estado de Michoacán , Jalisco y Guanajuato.

Entre las mas destacadas podemos citar a los: Diaz infante, Alejandre, Vitoria, Padilla- Barahona, Cáceres, Sotomayor, Carvajal Velásquez, Castrejón, Pantoja, de Alba y Zenteno, Borja, Burgos, Almonte, Guido, Origel, Arévalo, Infante-Samaniego, Gómez o Arias de Bedoya, Béjar, etc. etc.

ABREGO

I.-Don Pedro de Abrego, se casa con Doña Beatriz de Castilleja, h.l.del ConquistadorDon Francisco de Castilleja y Doña Maria de Iguatzio, su hijo :
l.-Don Felix de Abrego Castilleja, se casa con Doña Catalina de Pantoja y su hermana
2.-Doña Mariana de Castilleja, se casa 3 veces primero con Don Pablo Caltzonci de la familia Real Tarasca, segundo con Don Luis Ruiz Pontechada y tercero Don Sancho de Agurto.

ALEXANDRE

I.-Don Pedro de Alexandre, casado con Ana Pérez Navarro, sus hijos:
1.-Don Francisco de Alexandre casado el 8 de agosto de 1600, en Pátz. con Doña Ana de Cueva. 
2.-Don Bartolomé de Alexandre, nació en Sevilla, y testó en 1625 en Pátzcuaro y se casó con Doña Isabel de Villaroel y fueron sus hijos :
a.-Don Juan de Alexandre, baut. el 8 de julio de 1599, casado con Doña Maria de Pantoja y fue su hija Doña Agustina de Alexandre y Pantoja, casada el 29 de agosto de 1685 con Don Jerónimo Maldonado, en Pátzcuaro.
b.-Don Manuel Alexandre, baut. el 14 de enero de 1603
c.-Don Diego Alexandre , baut. el 5 de sept. de 1605
d.-Don Jerónimo de Alexandre, baut. el 21 de agosto de 1607, y se casa con Isabel Velázquez. Y fueron sus hijos : Inés, baut. el 8 de mayo de 1633 y Juan que se casa con Maria de Sandoval el 7 de agosto de 1675
e-Doña Isabel de Alexandre
f.-Don Pedro de Alexandre, se casa el 5 de noviembre de 1658, con Doña Leonor de Mena y Valdivia y fue su hijo Don Pedro de Alexandre y Mena, baut. el 4 de sept. de 1659
Don Simón de Alexandre, se casa con Maria de la Huerta el 10 de Junio de 1647 y fue su hijo Simón de Alexandre y de la Huerta, baut. el 25 de marzo de 1652

ALMONTE

I.-Don Luis de Almonte, se casa con Doña Maria de Espinoza, vesc. De México, después de Pátzcuaro, fue su hijo :
l.-Don Felipe de Almonte y Espinoza, testó en 1651 y se casó, con Maria del Rivero, h.l. de Don Juan Ochoa Maldonado y de Doña Magdalena del Rivero., y fueron sus hijos :
a.-Don Luis de Almonte y del Rivero 
b.-Doña Mariana de Almonte y del Rivero, casada con Don Nicolás de Origel, viudo de Doña Maria de Guido, y fueron sus hijos : Don Tomás, Don Felipe, Doña Micaela, y Don Joseph Origel y Almonte
c.-Don Juan de Almonte y del Rivero, casado el 10 de junio de 1694, con Doña Mariana de Sosa y Maldonado, y fue su hijo Don Juan de Almonte y Sosa, casado con Doña Francisca Pulido, vec. De Valladolid.
d.-Don Joseph de Almonte y del Rivero.

ARÉVALO

Don Juan Hidalgo, se casa con Doña Catalina de Arévalo, orig., de Osuna en Castilla, sus hijos:
l.-Don Bartolomé Arévalo, se casa con Luisa de Mendoza, h.l.de Don Francisco Gutierrez y Doña Juana de Mendoza, el 12 de diciembre de 1599 y fueron sus hijos: 
Elema, b. 1606, Adriana, b.1608, Pedro, b. 1610, Maria b. 1613, Luisa, b. 1615 y Catalina b. 1600 casada con Juan de Vergaza h.l, de Juan de Vergaza y Ana de Medrano, el 15 de marzo de 1619 ,sus hijos a su vez Gabriel , b. 1620 y Antonia b. 1623
2.-Lic. y Juez Don Francisco de Arévalo se casa con Doña Maria de Valdéz


ARIAS O GÓMEZ DE BEDOYA

I.-Don Juan Gómez de Bedoya, alcalde ordinario de Zamora, se casa con Doña Ana de Cárdenas, y fueron sus hijos:

1.-Doña Juana de Bedoya, murió el 3 de noviembre de 1655 en Zamora, y se casa en primeras nupcias con Don Juan de Silva y fueron sus hijos:
a.-Don Joseph de Silva y Bedoya que se casa con Maria de Abrego y Benavides el 10 de agusto de 1656
b.-Doña Isabel Gómez de Bedoya, b.. En 1626, casada el 10 de febrero de 1655, con Don Juan Bartolomé de Mendoza y
c.-Don Sebastián de Silva y Gómez de Bedoya, b.. En 1628 y se casa con Juana de la Huerta, hl. de Francisco Navaro Gaytán y Magdalena de la Huerta, y en segundas nupcias con Don Juan de Garibay, y fueron sus hijos :
a.-Don Juan de Garibay y Gómez de Bedoya, b.. En 1632, murió el 4 de octubre de 1709 y se casó con su pariente Doña Micaela Arias de Bedoya y
b.-Don Antonio Garibay y Gómez de Bedoya, b.. En 1636, casado con Doña Luisa de Herrera, padres a su vez de Don Nicolás de Bedoya, casado con Doña Antonia Martinez de Borja , en Pátzcuaro el 25 de marzo de l690

2.-Doña Maria de Bedoya y Cárdenas, se casa en primeras nupcias con Don Clemente Martín y fue su hija Magdalena Martín y Bedoya, bautizada el 19 de noviembre de 1613 en Zamora; y en segundas nupcias con Don Diego Méndez de Torres, y fueron sus hijos a la vez :
a.-Don Joseph de Torres y Bedoya, casado con Catalina de Lupiana
b.-Simón de Torres y Bedoya, casado con Ignacia de Lupiana.
c.-Doña Leonor de Torres y Bedoya 
d.-Doña Juana de Torres y Bedoya
e.-Doña Josefa de Torres y Bedoya, casada con Don Estéban Gutiérrez.

3.-Doña Maria Francisca de Bedoya y Cárdenas, se casa el 27 de febrero de 1614 , con
Don Juan Barajas, h.l. de Don Pedro Barajas y de Doña Ana de Chavez, vec. de Tlazazalca, y fueron sus hijos :
a.-Don Juan de Bedoya y Barajas, bautizado el 5 de febrero de 1617
b.-Doña Maria de Bedoya, nace por 1620, y se case con Don Francisco Torres Guerrero, h.l. de Don Juan de Torres Guerrero y Doña Maria de Ovalle y a su vez fueron sus hijos: Don Juan, b. en 1644 y se casa con Antonia de Mendoza, Melchor, b. en 1647, Doña Francisca, b. en 1649, se casa con Don Francisco de Origel y Guido, Don Joseph, b. en 1654, .Doña Ana, b.. En 1661 y Doña Josefa Ovalle, b. en 1663, casada con Don Nicolás Alvarez del Castillo, el 27 de junio de 1687, h.l. de Don Salvador Alvarez del Castillo Jr  y Doña Josefa de Castañeda, vecinos de Chilchota.

4.-Doña Beatriz Arias de Bedoya y Cárdenas, se casa con Don Pedro Martinez Barragán. Y fueron sus hijos Don Pedro b. en 1625 4· Magdalena en 1636
5.-Don Baltasar Gómez de Bedoya y Cárdenas, se casa con Doña Catalina de Valdéz, y fueron sus hijos : 
a.-Don Nicolás b. en 1637 y Doña Jerónima .

MARTINEZ DE BORJA

I.-Don Fabián Martinez y Doña Mariana de Borja
Fueron sus hijos :
l.-Doña Mariana de Borja, casada con Diego de Antúnez, y fue su hiia Doiia Maria Antúnez Borja b. el 16 de sept. de 1599
2.-Doña Catalina de Borja, se casó con Fabian Martinez, y fueron sus hijos: Fabián Martinez Borja b. el 27 de oct. de 1599 y se caó el 15 de enero de 1631, con María de Rueda h.l. de Francisco Ponce y Maria de Rueda y fueron sus hiios :
a.-Pedro Martinez de Borja y Rueda, b. el 19 de julio de 1634
b.-Antonio Martinez de Borja y Rueda, b. 20 de junio de 1636, y se casa el 15 de Marzo de l656 en primeras nupcias con Lorenza de Castrejón y en segundas con Luisa de Villegas, que se casó el 8 de Enero de 1678

3.-Doña Maria Martinez de Borja y Rueda, b. el 18 de abril de l638 y se caso el 3 de agosto de 1656 con Don Nicolás de Coria.
4.-Don Hemando Martinez de Borja y Rueda, b. el 2 de april de 1640
5.-Don Marcos Martinet de Borja y Rueda, b. el 28 de april se 1642

CARVAJAL

I.-Capitan Don Juan de Carvajal, orig. De la villa de Placencia, Alcalde en la ciudad de México, llego en 1536 , vecino de Mechoacan, fueron sus hijos :

I.-Doña Leonor de Carvajal, casada con Don Pedro de Guerra, su hija Maria Guerra y Carvajal, b. el 2 de Octubre de 1597 y en segundas nupcias con Don Francisco de Ayala el 28 de diciernbre de 1602 y fueron sus hiios .
a.-Diego de Ayala y Carvajal b. el 5 de julio de 1606
b.-Don Nicolas des Ayala. y Carvajal, b. el 21 de mayo de 1617 
c.- Doña Fabiana de Velasco, b. el 13 de enero de 1624

2.-Doña Ana de Carvajal, se casa con Don Blas Ruiz de Gama, y fue su hijo:
a.-Don Sebastián Ruiz de Gama y Carvajal, b. el 26 de enero de 1599 y se casó con Doña Isabel Paz y Solis y a su vez fue su hijo Don Nicolas Ruiz de Gama y Paz, n. el 31 de octubre de 1624
3.-Doña Luisa de Carvajal se casó con Don Alonso Carrillo de Guzman, el 29 de enero de 1601
4.-Doña Maria de Carvajal, se casó con Don Juan Trujillo, el 20 de febrero de l611, y fue su hija, Doña Melchora de Carvajal y Trujillo, que se casó con Francisco Román el 9 de septiembre de 1636, y a su vez sus hijos:
Don Diego, b, el 12 de noviembre de 1638 y Doña Maria , b, en 1640

CASTREJON

I.-Don Antonio de Castrejón, regidor , teniente de ciudad Mechoacán, se casó con Doña Leonor de Pacheco, y fueron sus hijos :

l.-Don Francisco de Castrejón y Pacheco, luego vecino de Zacatecas, se casa con Doña Ignacia de Rivera en primeras nupcias y fue su hija Doña Petronila de Castrejón y Rivera, b. d 17 de julio de 1624, y en segundas nupcias con Doña Jerótima Altamirano y fué su hijo Don Antonio de Castrejón y Altamirano , b. el 14 de noviembre de 1627

2.-Doña Maria de Castrejón y Pacheco, se casa con Don Martín Rodriguez de Soto, el 22 de junio de 1631, h.l. de Don Martín Rodriguez y Doña Juana de Soto mayor y fueron sus hiios a su vez ; Jeróimima, b. el 23 de oct. de 1631 , Baltazar, b. el 15 de febrero de 1636 y Martín, b. el 9 de abril de 1642

DE ALBA Y CENTENO

Don Fernando de Alba y su primer esposa Doña Ana Centeno, fueron sus hijos :
l.-Juan b. el 9 de octubre de 1601
2.-Sebastiana b. el 27 de enero de 1603
3.-Luisa b. el 14 de febrero de 1605 
4.-Isabel, b. el 16 de julio de 1608, casada con Simón de Cáceres, el 11 de enero de 1626 y fue su hijo Don Jerónimo, b. el 4 de agosto de 1628  

Don Fernando, se casó en segundas nupcias con Doña Jerónima de Alba, y fueron sus hijos:
l.-Don Ignacio , b. el 7 de julio de 1613 casado a su vez en primeras nupcias con Maria Morán y fue su hijo Joseph De Alba y Morán y en segundas nupcias con Maria de Vargas el 29 de julio de l667
2.-Catalina, b. el 1 de diciembre de 1614 
3 -Francisca b. el 1 de octubre de 1616 
4.-Ana, b. en 1618 casada con Don Marcos de Peña y Vera el 5 de Octubre de l663


GU IDO

Don Juan Gómez de Tagle, se casa con Doña Ana de Guido, vec. De Pátzcuaro, Hermana de Don Fernando de Guido, estante en Guayangareo o Valladolid. Fueron sus hijos de los primeros:

1.-Doña Maria de Guido, se casa con Roque de Santa Maria Rodriguez Torres, el 13 de agosto de 1604 y fueron sus hijos a la vez; 
a.-Don Juan de Santa Maria b. el 7 de julio de 1605
b.-Doña Agustina Rodriguez se casa con Juan Gómez de Santa Maria el 2 de febrero de 1638 y fueron sus hijos : Gabriel Gómez de Santa Maria , b.el 24 de febrero de 1642 y Nicolás Gómez de Santa Maria, b. el 29 de septiembre de 1643
c.-Don Roque de Santa Maria, b, el 28 de noviembre de 1615
d.-Doña Leonor Rodrigueg b. el 16 de julio de 1617

e.-Doña Maria de Guido, b. el 31 de diciembre de 1618 y se casa en primeras nupcias con don Francisco Martinez y en segundas con don Pedro de Arrízu el 16 de noviembre de 1634 y fué su hija Doña Juana de Guido que se casa en primeras nupcias con Don Bemardo de la Vega el 18 de septiembre de 1664 y en segundas nupcias con Don Mateo Gómez de la Madríz , el 17 de mayo de 1673

2.-Doña Mariana de Guido, se casa con Francisco de Secadura el 2 de septiembre de 1607
3.-Doña Francisca de Guido, se casa con Hernán Sánchez el 24 de agosto de l609 y fué su hija Petronila Sánchez Guido b, el 18 de junio de 1616
4.-Doña Juana de Guido, se casa con Juan PrSrez, el 2 de agostcl de 1612
5.-Doña Jerónima de Guido, se casa con Lorenzo Piréz de Mendoza el 19 de deciembre

de 1614 y fue su hija : Doña Maria de Guido, b. el 14 dr; enero de 1620 y se casa el 3 de marzo de 1642, con Don Nicolás de Origel y Velázquez.

ORIGEL

Don Francisco de Origel, de Ascendencia Vasca , orig. De la Albuera, Extremadura, España, salió a Nueva. España el 25 de Octubre de 1571 y se casa con Doña Juana. Velásquez Coronado, en Pátzcuaro, sus hijos :
I.-Don Francisco López de Origel, se casa con Doña Leonor de Osorio, y fue su hijo el Pbro. Don Francisco de Origel, cura Beneficiado de Turicato y Pénxamo.
2.-Don Juan Velásquez de Origel ( escrito como Urigel Orejel o Orixel) casó el 16 de junio de 1606 , con su prima Doña Catalina Velásquez Ocaña, h,l. de Don Diego Velásquez, Alguacil de Uruapan y Doña Maria de Ocaña y fueron sus hijos :
a.-Don Juan de Origel Velásquez, b. En 1608 se casa con Doña Leonor Rodriguez, en 1648 h.l. de Don Gaspar Fernández y Doña Leonor Rodriguez , testó en 1642, su hijo Don Juan Origel Rodriguez b. el 4 de enero de 1649, se casa con Agueda Velásquez, con sucesión.
2.-Doña Mariana Origel Velásquez.. En 1612, murió el 25 de abril de 1674 y se casó con Don Nicolás de León, con sucesión
3.-Don Nicolas de Origel Velásquez, ba. En 1620, murió el 20 de diciembre de 1680, casó el 3 de marzo de 1642 en primeras nupcias con Doña Maria de Guido y en segundas nupcias con Doña Mariana de Almonte, con sucesión ( ver libro " Los Origel En México" por Guillermo Padilla Origel )
3.-Doña Juana Origel Velásquez b. en 1614 y se casa con Don Cristóbal del Castillo con sucesión,

PADILLA-BARAHONA

Don Alonso Martín Padilla Barahona, orig. De Jeréz de la Frontera, España, fundó capellania en la hacienda de Xaripeo,(el grande y el chico )y Maravatío, en Michoacán en la ciudad de Pátzcuaro el 12 de noviembre de 1569, su hijo:

l.-Don Hernando de Padilla Barahona, orig. De Jeréz y vec. De Taximaroa se casa con Doña Gertrudis Hurtado de Mendoza, h.l. de Don Diego Hurtado de Mendoza. Y fueros 7 hijos: a.-Doña Leaner Padilla Barahona
b.-Don Nicolas Padilla Barahona, se casa primero con IMaria Salmerón y fueron sus hijos
Nicolas, y Antonio b. 1655 en Taximaroa y este a su vez se casa con Doña Javiera González de Arriola, h.l, de Don Nicolas González de Arriola y Doña Francisca de Reynoso, padres a la vez del Pbro. Joseph de Padilla v Barahona que ingresó en 1714. y en segundas nupcias con Doña Maria Maldonado, según inf. Matrimonial del 1 de noviembre de 1657, con sucesión

c.-Don Diego de Padilla Barahona y Hurtado de Mendoza
d.-Don Jerónimo Padilla Barahona y Hurtado de Mendoza, se casa en primeras nupcias con Doña Jerónima de Sedeño el 29 de diciembre de 1642, y fueron sus hijos a su vez Don Nicolas y Don Fernando Padilla Barahona, este ultimo casado con Doña Maria Espinoza Cervantes y Monzón h.l. del regidor Don Francisco de Espinoza y Monzón y de Doña Leonor Solis y Cervantes, orig. Del Real de Tlalpujahua, del partido de Zinapécuaro, con sucesión.

e.-Don Agustin Padilla Barahona y Hurtado de Mendoza.
f.-Don Francisco Padilla Barahona y Hurtado de Mendoza
g.-Doña Catalina Padilla Barahona y Hurtado de Mendoza se casa en primerau nupcias con Don Juan Dominguez Caballero y en segundas con Don Antonio de Villacreces y Aguilar, oidor de la Nueva Galicia, que murió en Guadalajara en 1633

(Esta rama de los Padilla Barahona, en México, no tiene nada que ver con la numerosa Rama de los Padilla Avila o de Avila , establecida en Guadalaxara y los altos de Xalisco)

SOTO O SOTOMAYOR

Capitan Don Pedro de Sotomayor, el 21 de noviembre de 1586, vec. De Cd. Michoacán, se casa con Doña Beatriz de Borja, y fué su hija:
l.-Doña Juana de Sotomayor y Borja, casada con Don Martín Rodríguez, natural del Puerto de Santa Maria, España, el 29 de septiembre de 1604 y fueron sus hiios :
a.-Don Martín de Sotomayor b. el 10 de enero de 1608, y se casa el 24 de junio de 1631 con Doña Maria de Castrejón, y fueron sus hijos :Jerónima, b. 23 de octubre de 1641, Martin, b. el 9 de abril de 1642, Francisca , casada con Don Marcos de Burgos el 6 de abril de 1684, h.l. de Don Andres de Burgos y Lucia Blanco, orig. De Castilla., su hijo de los primeros Don Marcos de Burgos y Sotomayor se casa a la vez en 1708 en Valladolid con Doña Mariana de Origel

b.-Don Juan de Sotomayor b. el 11 de febrero de l620
c.-Don Nicolás de Sotomayor, b. el 29 de noviembre de 1621
d.-Don Joseph de Sotomayor, b. el 10 de enero, de 1626
e.-Don Pedro de Sotomayor, b. el 21 de julio de 1628

Doña Jerónima de Sotomayor, se casa el 5 de noviembre de 1631 con Don Nicolas de Avila h.l. de Juan de Sarria y Catalina de Avila y fue su hija : Jerónima, b. el 10 de oct. de 1632

VELÁZQUEZ

I.- Diego Velázquez Coronado y Maria de Ocaña. fueron sus hijos:
l.-Gonzalo Velázquez Ocaña, casado con Luisa Ramirez, su hijo Diego Velázquez casado en primeras nupcias con Doña Luisa de Anda el 15 de agosto de l635, su hijo Salvador Velázquez, b. el 15 de agosto de 1636, se casa con Josefa Infante, y su hijo a la vez Don Diego Velázquez Infante b. el 9 de noviembre de 1662 y en segundas nupcias con Doña Luisa de la Parra, y fue su hijo Joseph Velázquez de la Parra, b. el 10 de noviembre de 1649

2.-Femando Velázquez Ocaña, se casa con Maria de Olmedo el 6 de agosto de 1600
3.-Agustina Velázquez Ocaña, se casa con Luis Moreno el 12 de octubre de 1614
4.-Maria de Velázquez y Ocaña, se casa con Juan de Vitoria el 20 de octubre de 1604,
  y su hija Andrea de Vitoria y Velázquez se casa con Melchor González el 10 de mayo de 1623
5.-Doña Catalina Velázquez Ocaña, se casa el 16 de junio de l606, con Don Juan Velázquez Origel, h.l.de Don Francisco de Origel, Extremeño, y de Doña Juana Velázquez Coronado, hermana de Don Diego.

VITORIA

Don Francisco Diaz Infante, se casa con Doña Juliana de Vitoria, y fueron sus hijos :
l.-Doña Juliana. de Vitoria , que se casa el 1 de julio de 1604 con Don Rogue de Olivera y fueron sus hijos :
a.-Nicolas de Olivera y Vitoria, b.el 17 de septiembre de 1610
b.-Ma. Catalina de Olivera y Vitoria, b. el 8 de diciembre de 1612 y se casa el 25 de noviembre de 1635 con Don Diego Leal y Velásquez, h.l. de Don Manuel Leal y Doña Juana Velásquez
c.-Antonia de Olivera Vitoria, b. el 15 de enero de 1615 se casa con Don Juan de Cueva el 11 de mavo de 1646
2.-Doña Catalina de Vitoria, se casa el 1 de junio de 1601 con Don Antonio Rodriguez 
3.-Don Juan de Vitoria, se casa el 20 de octubre de 1604 con Doña Maria Velásquez, y fué su hija a la vez: Andrea de Vitoria, se casa el 10 de marzo, de 1623 con Mlelchor González 
4.-Antonia de Vitoria., se casa el 14 de octubre de 1613 con Lucas de Viluán
(No se sabe si esta familia es la misma Vitoria , establecida sn Colima )

Notas. -Bibliografia

Archive parroquial de Pátzcuaro, Michoacán ( primeros libros de bautismos y matrimonios)
Casa de Morelos, sección informes matrimoniales, siglo XVII
Catálogo del archive de Pátzcuaro, Mich. Siglos XVI y XVII
Libro "Los Origel En México" por Guillermo Padilla Origel
Antología de Pátzcuaro, de Don Enrique Soto González

León, Gto. México, 26 de Junio de 2001 
e-mail: guillermopadilla@prodigy.net.mx

MICHOACÁN: FROM KINGDOM TO COLONY
   by John P. Schmal

Genealogía de Nochistlán Antiguo Reino de la Nueva Galicia
en el Siglo XVII según sus Archivos Parroquiales
y
José Luis Vázquez y Rodríguez de Frías

100 Chapters, 500 pages, 6500+ name Index, 40 trees, 50 signatures (XVII century), baptisms, confirmations, marriages, wills, dispensations, statistics, deaths, padrinos, testigos, dates, half of book in paleography of the original documents, 5 years of research, a MUST for the genealogist
who wants to go into the XVII century in the Nochistlán Area (Jalos, Tepa, Teocaltiche, Cuquío, Ayo el Chico, Aguascalientes, Mesticacán, etc.) Based on the census of 1649 and 1664 published for the first time (the originals have been “misplaced” at the Sagrada Mitra de Guadalajara). With the
collaboration of top genealogists Mary Lou Montagna, José Alfonso Rodríguez de Carbajal (historiador de Mesticacán), Consuelo Domínguez, Luz Montejano, Mariano González de Rubalcaca y Leal and Jaime Holcombe (+), Includes 100s of dispensations (81 from Luz Montejano’s book. Only 300 copies to be printed in the first and only edition. Price $50.00 plus 5.00 shipping in the US and Méjico.

Reserve your copy or put yourself on the list, contact:  asturias_vazquez@yahoo.com
(the mail address is asturias_vazquez, the underscore may not be seen), 
also you can give your info to Mary Lou Montagna, 
or call  011 52 1 615 3924 in Juárez, Méjico. 
Mailing Address: José Luis Vázquez, 4300 Wallington Dr., El Paso, Tx. 

GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH 
in MEXICO
by 
John P. Schmal

Organismo del Ejército Méjico

There are four main branches to the Ejército Mexico.  Each of these units (except for the artillery) is broken down into three units. Good information for understanding the structure of the Mexican infantry battalions. 
Go to http://alamo-de-parras.welkin.org/history/1836/the_battle/the_mexicans/ejercito.html

Mexican Infantry Battalions are of two kinds:

1. Permanente (Permanent or Standing or Regular Army) Battalions, formed in 1823 and reformed in 1833). Between 1823-1833 these were numbered, between 1833-1839 these were named in honor of the heroes of the Mexican War for Independence.
2. Activo (active or National Guard) battalions. These were named for the geographical location in which the battalion was originally raised.

A Mexican Infantry Battalion is comprised of eight companies.These were:

1. Compañía Cazadores(roughly light infantry rifle company, similar to the French chassueres, also called preferred company). Used as the battalion skirmishers or flankers. Armed with the British Baker Rifle or the British Light Infantry Musket.
2. Compañía Granaderos (grenadier company). Pick troops of the battalion used for reserves. Armed with the British East India Pattern musket.
3. Compañía Fusileros (Fusilier or line company). There were six of these companies comprised of regular foot soldiers armed with East India Pattern musket.