SEPTEMBER 2003
Editor: Mimi Lozano, mimilozano@aol.com
SEPTEMBER
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Editor:
Mimi Lozano, mimilozano@aol.com
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Content Areas United States 3 Galvez 29 Surname 34 Orange CO 36 Los Angeles 40 California 45 NorthwesternUS 55 SouthwesternUS 57 Black 61 Indigenous 62 Sephardic 65 Texas 65 East Mississippi 84 East Coast 88 Mexico 91 Caribbean/Cuba106 International 107 History 113 Family Research 117 Miscellaneous 127 2003 Index Community Calendars Networking Meetings Sept 27th END 130
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El Paso, Texas Circa 1900, Matachines Performers |
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This never published before family photo was sent by Sergio Hernandez, (cartoonist in last month's issue) It is a picture of his wife Diane's maternal grandfather, Genaro Camacho, who danced with the Matachines. Genaro on the right side, between two boys with Indian headdress. He is wearing a cowboy hat and white scarf. This photo was taken about the turn of the century in old El Paso. |
| Sergio
writes: "What is interesting is that Diane's maternal
grandmother, Aurelia (Martinez) Camacho was born in Ranchos de Taos (New
Mexico), but was raised in "Vadito" one of the towns that is
tried
culturally to Picuris Pueblo and Los Matachines. When we were first
married we went to the funeral of an uncle who was honored by the Indios
of Picuris pueblo. They asked the family if they could bury him in the
pueblo cemetery. I believe he was a Matachine dancer as
well......However, the photo is of her grandfather who was from El Paso
and did not dance in New Mexico....So we have to find out if there is a
connection somewhere? .....look
at
this site as well." http://www.laplaza.org/penasco/activities/matachines.html Click to an article on the Matachines. |
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A man's feet should be planted in
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Primos Staff: Mimi Lozano, Editor Associate Editors John P. Schmal, Johanna de Soto, Howard Shorr Armando Montes Michael Stevens Perez Rina Dichoso-Dungao, Ph.D. Salena Ashton Contributors: Yolanda Alvarez Salena B. Ashton Jerry Benavides Bruce Buonauro Salvador Cabral Valdés Ellen Calomiris Norma E. Cantú Bill Carmena Ricardo Castanon Gus Chavez Raul Damas DearMyrtl Joan De Soto Rina D. Dungao, Ph.D. Megh Duwadi Darryl Fears |
Ken Flynn Lorri Frain Anthony Garcia Arnold Garcia Armando Garza George Gause Mauricio Javier Gonzalez Patrisia Gonzales J. Guthrie George F. Haskins Michael Hardwick Elsa Pena Herbeck Walter Herbeck Lorraine Hernandez Sergio Hernandez - - wife Zeke Hernandez Granville Hough, Ph.D Bernadette Inclan John D. Inclan David Lewis Cindy LoBuglio Luis Lopez Elizondo Gregorio Luke Juan Mayans J.V. Martinez, Ph.D. Ana Maria McGuan Roxanne Molina |
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Montes Paul Newfield Daniel A. Olivas Maria Angeles Olson Quentin Olson Guillermo Padilla Origel Juan Pardell Alejandro Pelayo Rangel Michael Perez Peter Phillips, Ph.D. Susan Goodman Novick Lorraine Quiroga Marguerite Rivera Houze Andres Rivero Roberto Rodriguez Viola Sadler Jack Scanlan Braulia Schipper John Schmal Albert Seguin Howard Shorr Mira Smithwick Ellen Sweet Mark Vallen Carlos Villanueva M. Ian West Carlos Yturralde |
| SHHAR Board: Laura Arechabala Shane, Bea Armenta Dever, Diane Burton Godinez, Steven Hernandez, Mimi Lozano Holtzman, Henry Marquez, Carlos Olvera, Crispin Rendon, Viola Rodriguez Sadler, John P. Schmal |
| Si...! Ours is a fast-transmuting culture! Hispanic Unity, Like Unicorns, is Mythical Largest Minority Remains Diverse, Scattered Latinos or Hispanics? A Debate About Identity Editor's comment on self-identity Positive Social Changes Characteristics of a warrior-healer: Paso al Norte Museum More Money Flowing Back to Mexico Immigrants Organizing Across Borders Top 10 U.S. Cities for Hispanics |
National Hispanic Heritage Month, 2001 Hispanic Heritage Clip Art "Soldados: Chicanos in Viet Nam" on PBS StoryCorps Commentary: Hispanic 'race' categories odd Book: "My Grandfather’s Grandfather" Book: "Assumption and Other Stories" U.S. Elites Celebrate Racism and Class Privilege HispanicIssues.com Advancing Women, Hispanic Women Public Support for the Matricula Consular Raising Bilingual Children |
| Si...! Ours is a fast-transmuting culture! By Ricardo Castanon August 18, 2003 Summary:
Hispanic Think-Tank: Hispanic Culture today is the sum of all the good and the bad from
everyone of us in this country. Consequently, today's Hispanic Heritage
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Sent by Carlos Villanueva. MBA.
CEO. C&V International
PR, Marketing, Promotion & Business Development |
Largest Minority Remains Diverse, Scattered Byline: By Megh Duwadi, The Dartmouth, 9. University Wire, July 21, 2003, Monday Source: Dartmouth College, Hanover, N.H. Sent by Carlos Villanueva They are young, urban and diverse. And as of this summer, Hispanics are also the most populous minority group in the country. Edging past the nation's African-Americans, Latinos have reached a total of 38.8 million, or 13 percent of the total population, the United States Census Bureau recently revealed. Still, within this group little uniformity exists, making it difficult to draw broad conclusions on what exactly it means to be Hispanic in America. Two-thirds are of Mexican origin, but the remaining percentage comes from a variety of backgrounds. More than one-half live in the suburbs, but sizeable populations remain in urban areas throughout the country. While more than 60 percent were born in the United States, immigration -- both documented and illegal -- is a large contributor to the population boom. And although many non-Hispanics perceive Latinos as lacking schooling, high-school graduates range from a high of 71 percent among Cubans to a low of 51 percent among Mexicans. "It's a very diverse population and becoming more so rather than less, in terms of differences between those who are native and foreign-born, national origin and regional differences," Pew Hispanic Center director Roberto Suro said. A high birthrate, especially compared to other ethnic groups, has also played a role in the surge in the nation's Hispanic population, which has more than doubled since 1980. Initially, Hispanics were not predicted to surpass blacks until 2014, although they were labeled as the majority among minority groups in 23 states as early as 2000. In the past three years, their numbers have increased by nearly 10 percent. "This is an important event in this country an event that we know is the result of the growth of a vibrant and diverse population that is vital to America's future," Census Bureau director Louis Kincannon said. Indeed, mainstream American society has felt the influence of this steady and significant growth, from the continually increasing popularity of Spanish language classes to changes in teen-age fashion styles and popular culture. Salsa, not ketchup, now ranks as the country's favorite condiment, according to industry reports. In every region of the nation, fast-food chain McDonald's offers its Tex-Mex-inspired breakfast burrito. And Latino performers, from the Venezuelan Shakira to Puerto Rico's Ricky Martin to the Bronx's Jennifer Lopez, are now top 40 staples. Missing from the scene has been political power. One in three Hispanics in the United States is under 18; many others cannot vote because they are not citizens. For these reasons, "it's important to remember that for Latinos, numbers will not for quite some time transfer into political clout," Suro said. "The important factor is that there are more than twice as many African-American voters than they are Hispanics -- the political power is going to follow very gradually." For the meantime, in town halls and on Capitol Hill, large numbers of Hispanics are politically voiceless. The situation affects all sectors of the population, but especially those immigrants who work menial jobs many Americans avoid, such as painting homes, washing cars and cleaning dishes. Education, above all, remains an issue of particular concern for this growing group. The Hispanic population is dependent on public schools, Suro said, especially since it is so disproportionately young. "The children of immigrants are fully absorbing English" they learn in the classroom, he added. "The vast majority of them are full English speakers by the time they're adults." AT DARTMOUTH, A DIFFERENT WORLD Hispanics, though they comprise the nation's largest minority group, make up only 7 percent of the College's student body -- a number dramatically and disproportionately lower than the nationwide figure of 13 percent would suggest, but significantly higher than the 35-to-40 student-per-class era of the mid-1990s. "We still don't feel they are represented enough at colleges, especially at elite ones," said Latino/Latina student advisor Alexander Hernandez-Siegel. Among Dartmouth's peer Ivy League institutions, the proportion of Hispanic students is comparable among undergraduate populations. A large part of the lag in numbers has to do with name recognition among Latinos, Hernandez-Siegel said, although he noted that under the leadership of College President James Wright, however, the atmosphere of inclusiveness at Dartmouth has significantly improved. A Latino recruitment committee exists to aid admissions efforts by strategizing on how to attract a more diverse population and to answer students' and parents' questions, he added. "We're very family-oriented," Hernandez-Siegel said. "Parents don't want their kids to go away." CLOSE TIES, BUT ONLY FOR SOME Once here, however, only a fraction of Latino students establish strong ethnic community bonds, joining groups with largely overlapping memberships to explore their cultures -- oftentimes recreating familiar, Spanish-centered environments in the process. Others choose not to emphasize their ethnic identity, participating in lesser degrees or not at all in campus cultural organizations. "I feel that the great majority of Latinos here on campus are not creating a real Latino community," Mexico-born Leandro Gonzalez '05 said. "Around 70 students per class are Latino, and honestly, when I look around, I don't see even half of that." Now active in M.E.Ch.A., an organization for Chicano students to promote cultural heritage, Gonzalez said that upon arriving at college, he felt that he had lost a sense of his ethnic identity, a phenomenon he attributed to an assimilationist tendency that exists at Dartmouth. "There are a lot of different cultures within the Latino community, but I don't see that being promoted as much as it needs to be," Gonzalez said. "Being a Latino means that you should try and attempt to help create a bigger and broader Dartmouth community and also to promote Latino culture." Through programs put on by the medley of Hispanic student organizations at the College, Latinos can make other students aware of their presence, he added. While participation has generally been anemic, signs of improvement have been made with time. ADDRESSING DIFFERENT NEEDS When two Latina students in the Class of 2003 didn't find a social outlet that fit their needs, they decided along with two underclassmen to transplant one from the outside. After two years of research, the women -- now numbering only two after Commencement -- formed a Dartmouth chapter of Sigma Lambda Upsilon, Inc., or Senoritas Latinas Unidas, a national ethnically-affiliated sorority. "The Latino community here isn't very united," President Betty Baez-Melo '05 said. "This was something that would empower Latinas, while at the same time helping out the entire community." When such community-outreach efforts are made, however, expected turnout remains consistently low, a factor Baez-Melo attributes to many of Dartmouth's Hispanic students feeling only a sense of racial -- not cultural -- links to their backgrounds. But for those who seek them out, an abundance of resources exist, she added. The Latin American, Latino and Caribbean Studies House, for example, is a place that mimics the Spanish-speaking households many students left behind when coming to Dartmouth. "It can make you feel at home," said Baez-Melo, who grew up speaking Spanish to her family while having a group of friends from a multitude of heritages. "When you meet someone with a similar cultural background, it's like an instant connection, or at least a conversation starter." A DIFFERENT ROAD "I've never been around large groups of Hispanics except when I'm with my family," Rosie Rodriguez '05 said. "I'm just used to that -- I've always had a mix of friends, and I didn't want to be the token Spanish person." Rodriguez, who is not affiliated with any ethnically oriented groups on campus or elsewhere, added that the diversity of Hispanic origins makes it impossible for her to adequately instruct others about Latino roots. Also, such organizations don't add to general understanding, she said. "I know about my own Cuban culture, but Spanish cultures are so varied that you can't generalize everything," Rodriguez said. In Census figures, 1.1 million Americans considered themselves black and Hispanic; 34.5 million white and Hispanic; and the rest as other groups and Hispanic. (C) 2002 The Dartmouth via U-WIRE |
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Latinos or Hispanics? A Debate About Identity By Darryl Fears, Washington Post, August 25, 2003 Sent by Howard Shorr, howardshorr@msn.com On a recent summer's day, Sandra Cisneros walked into Valenzuela's Latino Bookstore and thought she had discovered a treasure. It was one of the few independent book sellers in her home town of San Antonio, and on top of that, she said, its name appealed directly to her. But within minutes, her mood changed. A clerk innocently used a word to describe a section of books that made Cisneros's skin crawl. "She used the word Hispanic," Cisneros said, her voice dripping with indignation. "I wanted to ask her, 'Why are you using that word?' "People who use that word don't know why they're using it," said Cisneros, a Mexican American poet and novelist. "To me, it's like a slave name. I'm a Latina." That declaration -- "I'm a Latina" -- is resounding more and more through the vast and diverse Spanish-speaking population that dethroned African Americans as the nation's largest ethnic group a few months ago. It is also deepening a somewhat hidden but contentious debate over how the group should identify itself -- as Hispanics or Latinos. The debate is increasingly popping up wherever Spanish speakers gather. It was raised last month at the National Council of La Raza's convention in Austin. The Internet is littered with articles and position papers on the issue. Civic organizations with Hispanic in their titles have withstood revolts by activist members seeking to replace it with the word Latino. Cisneros refused to appear on the cover of Hispanic magazine earlier this year because of its name. She relented only after editors allowed her to wear a huge faux tattoo on her biceps that read "Pura Latina," or Pure Latina. Another Mexican American writer, Luis J. Rodriguez, only reluctantly accepted an award from a Hispanic organization "because I'm not Hispanic," he said. Some have called the argument an insignificant disagreement over words that is being blown out of proportion. But others believe such labels can change the course of a people, as advocates of "black power" showed when they cast aside the term Negro during their crusade for self-determination amid the 1960s civil rights movement. "I think the debate reflects the flux this community is in right now," said Angelo Falcon, a senior policy executive for the Puerto Rican Legal and Education Fund. "It's almost like a story where you ask, 'Where might this community be going?' " Although the terms Latino and Hispanic have been used interchangeably for decades, experts who have studied their meanings say the words trace the original bloodlines of Spanish speakers to different populations in opposite parts of the world. Hispanics derive from the mostly white Iberian peninsula that includes Spain and Portugal, while Latinos are descended from the brown indigenous Indians of the Americas south of the United States and in the Caribbean, conquered by Spain centuries ago. Latino-Hispanic is an ethnic category in which people can be of any race. They are white, like the Mexican American boxer Oscar de la Hoya, and black, like the Dominican baseball slugger Sammy Sosa. They can also be Ameri-Indian and Asian. A great many are mixtures of several races. More than 90 percent of those who said they are of "some other race" on the 2000 Census identified themselves as Hispanic or Latino. "As a poet, I'm especially sensitive to the power a word has," said Cisneros, who wrote the books "Caramelo" and "The House on Mango Street." "It's not a word. It's a way of looking at the world. It's a way of looking at meaning." Duard Bradshaw has a different opinion. "I'll tell you why I like the word Hispanic," said the Panamanian president of the Hispanic National Bar Association. "If we use the word Latino, it excludes the Iberian peninsula and the Spaniards. The Iberian peninsula is where we came from. We all have that little thread that's from Spain." A survey of the community conducted last year by the Pew Hispanic Center of Washington found that nearly all people from Spanish-speaking backgrounds identify themselves primarily by their place of national origin. When asked to describe the wider community, more than half, 53 percent, said both Hispanic and Latino define them. A substantial but smaller group, 34 percent, favored the term Hispanic. The smallest group, 13 percent, said they preferred Latino. A survey by Hispanic Trends magazine produced a similar finding. But advocates for the term Latino were unfazed. "The very fact that it's called the Pew Hispanic Center tells you something," said Fernando Guerra, the Mexican American director of the Center for the Study of Los Angeles at Loyola Marymount University. "The fact that Hispanic is in the name of the organization . . . biased the question." The term Hispanic was given prominence by the Nixon administration more than 30 years ago when it was added to the census questionnaire in 1970. Although that year's count of the large Mexican American, Puerto Rican and Cuban American populations was a disappointment, a seed had been planted. By the 1980 Census, Hispanic had become fixed as the official government term. It appeared not only on census forms, but also on all other federal, state and municipal applications for employment, general assistance and school enrollment. "It's a great gift that the government of the United States gave us," said Vincent Pinzon, the Colombian president and founder of the Americas Foundation. "If you want to acquire political muscle in this country, and you say you're just Argentinian or Colombian, then you have none." But Mexican American activists in California and Puerto Rican activists in New York were not pleased. They favored a term that included the brown indigenous Indians who they believe are the source of their bloodline. "Hispanic doesn't work for me because it's about people from Spain," said Rodriguez, author of the book "The Republic of East L.A." "I'm Mexican, and we were conquered by people from Spain, so it's kind of an insult." Rodriguez's views are typical of Mexican Americans in Los Angeles, the epicenter of immigrants from that country, and the Chicano rights movement. The term Chicano is thought to have originated as slang that described immigrants and refugees from the Mexican revolution. The term later evolved to define the uprising of Mexican American reformers and rights activists as well as farm laborers and other workers who lived in squalor while toiling for low pay. As activists from other Latin countries joined the movement, Latino was adopted as an umbrella term for all groups. "In L.A., if someone says he's Hispanic, and he's not from the East Coast, you begin to question this guy," said Guerra, the Loyola Marymount professor. "It means he didn't grow up in a Latino neighborhood." In Washington, where the Pew Center is located, Salvadorans who dominate the area's large Central American population say "somos Latinos" -- we are Latinos -- according to José Ramos, director of the United Salvadoran American Civic Committee. "Hispanic is a category for the U.S. Census," he said. "It's a formality. For me, the correct term is Latino. It identifies people who speak the same language, people who share a vision of the historical meaning of our community. I am Salvadoran, and I am Latino." But Cuban immigrants in Miami, conservative Mexican Americans in Texas and a group of Spanish descendants in New Mexico are among the groups that strongly identify themselves as Hispanic. The word Latin dates to an 18th century spat between England and France, according to a historical resource guide written by journalist Frank del Olmo for the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. Latin was used to distinguish Italy, France, Spain and their conquered territories in the Americas from the British empire and its colonies. Latino was popularized during the social movements of the 1960s, Guerra and other historians said. The disagreement over the pair of ancient terms is an annoyance to some. When the subject came up at the National Council of La Raza's annual meeting, Lisa Navarette, the group's Cuban American spokeswoman, dismissed it. "We've got so many real important issues to work on, we can't be bothered with this nit-picking." The community indeed faces daunting challenges: high unemployment, a skyrocketing high school dropout rate, widespread opposition to immigration reform and crowded communities. But the issue isn't apt to disappear. A few years ago, Bradshaw's group, the Hispanic National Bar Association in Washington, had to fight off a resolution by a group of members to remove the word Hispanic from its name and replace it with Latino. Last semester, students at Southern Methodist University in Dallas talked about changing the name Hispanic Student Services. And earlier this year, Cisneros, the author who abhors the word Hispanic, refused to accept an award from a Hispanic organization. At the Latino bookstore Cisneros visited, owner Richard Martinez didn't know what to think. "I don't know which is correct," he said. "I'm a Mexican, a Latino, a Hispanic, whatever. Be who you are. Be proud, like everyone else." |
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Editor's comment on the terms Latino or Hispanic |
The earliest reference to the term Hispanic was in a book on Latin American. The copyright was early 1930s. The textbook was among the library collection of a retiring UCLA history professor. The text itself explained that the use of the term was as a result of the growing interest in studying the history of the European migration into countries of South American. Acknowledging that the northern Europeans countries of Spain, Italy, France, Portugal all shared Latin as the foundation of their language, Latin American was coined by history professors to unite for study all the countries in South America populated by descendants of those that came from Europe with Latin heritage. Latin was used to denotes the non-indigeous European. Since most of the people in Latin America came under Spanish authority, (except for Brazil) and the official language was Spanish, historians decided to use the term Hispanic (from its base Hispaña, ancient name of Spain.) The concept was simply that Spain was the land of origination for the majority of those that had emigrated into Latin America, Mexico, Caribbean, Philippines, and the U.S.. Using the term Hispanic was to look at the collective global presence of a people who migrated into all parts of the world and intermarried with natives all over the world. |
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[[Editor: We received so many comments concerning the summary of positive social changes in the July letter of notification, that we decided to publish the list.]] The recognition that Hispanics are now living throughout the U.S., not just concentrated in the Southwest, and now are the largest U.S minority - with the youngest population - has resulted in an awareness that is bringing about positive changes. · Instead of arguing pro-or-anti bilingual programs, educators are successfully implementing programs for Spanish dominant speakers. · The high dropout rate of Hispanics on all levels of education is being recognized as a social problem, affecting the well being of the entire nation. ·Political activists are shifting towards building and promoting economic inclusion and business possibilities for Hispanics. · The Hispanics middle class is growing and moving into diverse leadership roles. · Hispanics leadership is actively seeking cooperative program with other ethnic groups in all aspects of social involvement. · More and more individual researchers are sharing personal information to the benefit of all, just look at the increasing numbers of personal websites. ·Cross-cultural, cross-racial, and successful assimilation is beginning to be understood as part of the invisible aspect of the Hispanic presence. ·Family clans are promoting their family's historical connections in specific locations, bringing historical awareness to their community. · A more accurate history of the Hispanic presence, and other minorities in the U.S. is beginning to come forth through programs for gathering oral histories. Sharing results in empathy and compassion. ·The complexity of Hispanic research in Americas spans 700 years, but the Internet has served to bring Hispanic researchers together, promoting the understanding of a common root and connection to Spain. ·Historical articles such as those written in this issue by Granville Hough, Robert Thonhoff, are bringing awareness of the historical part that Hispanic have played in the development of the United States. ·Respect for Hispanics and the Latino culture is clearly growing. |
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COLUMN OF THE AMERICAS By Patrisia Gonzales and Roberto Rodriguez Universal Press Syndicate, August 22, 2003 http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/082503coa.htm [[Editor: The writers point out the need for warriors to protect a nation (a people) and warriors to heal. The following list suggests what kind of leadership is required.]] Characteristics of a warrior-healer: -- Respects elders, treats men and women with equal respect, and always values the opinions of the young. -- Does not subscribe to beliefs in racial, cultural or ideological extremism or purity. Believes all human beings were created equal and treats them accordingly. -- Upholds the belief in the sacredness and connectedness of all life, even (and especially) when fighting. -- Never acts pompously. Does not act as though he or she knows more than everyone else. Is a good listener and always learns from others. -- Does not buckle under pressure in the face of threats, always accepts the consequences for stepping forward and never puts others in harm's way. -- Questions everything, does not act mindlessly and always has a dialogue with his or her heart. -- Believes in something. Does not simply fight against something, and believes that every heart and mind is winnable. -- Is not motivated by hate. Understands his or her role in relationship to creation. Creates. Does not simply react. -- Does not succumb to or engage in the tactics of divide and conquer, or scapegoating, nor resorts to the use of guilt to win over allies. -- Does not subscribe to extremist ideologies. Does not hold intransigent views and does not treat friends like enemies because of mere disagreements. -- Fights always for what's in the best interest of humanity, ahead of any blind loyalty. -- Fights to rehumanize society. Points people in that direction, but ultimately knows that everyone must find his or her own path. As Gandhi noted, warrior-healers cannot become that which they're fighting against: They need to become that which they desire now. Peace, respect, truth, justice and equality begin today, not after a recall, an election, an impeachment or the building of a new world. |
Paso al Norte Museum, August 2003 Update [[ Editor: Many have asked about the status of the Paso al Norte Museum. As a member of the international Advisory Council, I received the following report from Marguerite Rivera Houze, Executive Director.]] Business Plan/Prospectus The business plan for the Paso al Norte Museum has been prepared and a limited number of copies printed for dissemination. The document, which builds on the studies done by Threshold Studio and Herndon, Stauch and Associates, outlines the mission and vision of the museum, activities to date, and proposed plan to fully develop the museum by 2008. Council members will be sent a copy of the prospectus later this month. The substance of the document will provide the content for the Paso al Norte Museum’s new web site, which we plan to launch on September 1. Washington, D.C. Meetings Thirty copies of the business plan were printed in time for meetings in Washington, D.C., in late July. The document was extremely well-received by Congressional staff who appreciated the business-like approach to our planning. I was able to meet with staff at the offices of Senators Hutchison and Cornyn and Representatives Ciro Rodriguez, Rubén Hinojosa, Henry Bonilla, and Silvestre Reyes. You may be aware that Congressman Reyes has introduced H.R. 2496, a bill “to authorize a national museum, including a research center and related visitor facilities, in the city of El Paso, Texas, to commemorate migration at the United States southern border.” The bill has been referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce and to the Committee on the Judiciary. Although it is highly unlikely that any action will be taken on the bill during the 2004 federal budget cycle, the prospects for securing an appropriation in FY 2005 are good. Briefings and Hill visits early next year will be critical to keeping the museum on the budget radar. I was also able to meet with Council members Refugio Rochin, Bill Parsons, and Ignacio Duran, each of whom provided good advice and additional contacts to increase our visibility. Meetings with El Paso City Officials The month of August has been dedicated to briefing the mayor and city council about museum plans. City Council representatives with whom I’ve met have been consistently supportive of our plans. Three city council members plan to introduce a resolution endorsing the museum; this expression of support will be extremely useful as we seek funding from corporations and other funding sources. Meetings with county officials are scheduled for later this month. Local Steering Committee Belen Robles met with El Paso’s new mayor to discuss, among other issues, the Paso al Norte Museum. Mayor Wardy expressed his support and offered the names of local El Pasoans who may be willing to participate in a local steering committee. I will be meeting this week with the mayor’s staff to discuss museum plans in greater detail. A local steering committee is being assembled to help build local community support and assist us in site selection. The committee will include Miguel Fernandez, Maria Socorro Tabuenca, Adair Margo, and Belen Robles as representatives of the International Advisory Council. Ms. Robles has graciously agreed to chair the initial meeting of the local steering committee to be held later this month. Fundraising As expected, the Texas State Legislature reduced UTEP funding, which forced the University to lay off staff members for the first time in memory. Many positions were eliminated through attrition; the Paso al Norte Museum lost one position in this manner. Despite having a smaller staff and budget beginning in September, we are confident that our fundraising efforts will be successful. Several corporations have been identified as potential major underwriters during the next stage of the museum development. We first plan to seek support from Dell Corporation and we have made connections that will permit us to brief Michael Dell directly. We will make similar appeals for support to other corporations. We are planning several new projects and building on projects already underway, such as the Bracero Oral History Project. We have identified foundations that are likely to support these projects and we are preparing grant proposals accordingly. We are also developing a strategy to seek individual contributions from the general public through the museum newsletter and web site. The local steering committee may have additional ideas about how to target the El Paso-Cd. Juárez metropolitan area. I will be in contact with members of the International Advisory Council for other ideas when the planning is more fully developed. Support from International Advisory Council members continues to be an important facet of our fundraising. We especially thank Demetri Papademetriou for his generous contribution, and Mimi Lozano, who has added information about the museum on her web site, http://www.somosprimos.org . Casasola Project Update The Paso al Norte Museum and the Special Collections Department of the UTEP Library sponsored a reception on July 30 to mark the opening of an exhibit of Casasola Photo Studio photographs at the UTEP library and at area shopping malls. Among the large crowd were several community members whose photographs have been identified, the individual who sold the collection of negatives to UTEP, and a photographer who worked as an apprentice to Alfonso Casasola in the 1940s. Reporters from the El Paso Times and El Diario of Ciudad Juárez, also attended. The local ABC affiliate covered the event and produced a segment that ran during various news broadcasts over the next two days. The segment included interviews with some of the people whose pictures were identified through the newspaper, and an interview with Susan Novick who has managed the project from its inception. The traveling exhibit has been well received at Sunland Park Mall and Bassett Center. The last mall exhibit will take place at Cielo Vista Mall on August 23 and 24. This outreach into the El Paso community has been very well received and is generating interest about museum activities. Newsletter The next newsletter will focus on the Bracero Oral History Project which is nearing completion under the Ford Foundation grant. We plan to secure additional funds to complete the transcription and digitization of interviews collected over the past year. Look for the newsletter in early September. Susan Goodman Novick snovick@utep.edu Director of Collections, Paso al Norte Museum University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX 79968 915-747-5206 915-747-5032 - fax |
More Money Flowing Back to Mexico Top Headlines of HispanicOnline Briefcase, August 14, 2003 http://www.hispaniconline.com Mexican immigrants sent $6.1 billion back to their homeland in the first six months of 2003, a figure that is on track to equal or even surpass the amount that corporations invest in the country for the entire year. |
"The Sixth Section" Immigrants Organizing Across Borders" Sent by Zeke Hernandez LULAC147InfoNet@yahoogroups.com When we think of globalization, we usually think of corporations moving factories around the world in search of lower wages. But over the past few decades, there's been a second, parallel globalization occurring - this one driven by uprooted people from around the globe. Immigrants in the twenty first century are organizing across national borders, and forming "hometown associations." These immigrant-run organizations raise funds in the "First World" where the immigrants now live and work, but they use the money to rebuild their hometowns in the "Third World." There are at least a thousand of these roups around the United States, and collectively they send millions of dollars back to the hometowns they've left behind. Their stories shatter our assumptions about national identity, globalization, and the "American Dream." Award-winning filmmakers Alex Rivera and Co-Producer Bernardo Ruiz explore this complex phenomenon in THE SIXTH SECTION, which is scheduled to broadcast nationally on the critically acclaimed PBS series P.O.V. on September 2nd (check local listings). THE SIXTH SECTION blends digital animation with documentary to tell the story of Grupo Uni'n, an extraordinary transnational organization created by a community of Mexican immigrants living and working in upstate New York. Following its members over the course of 3 years, the film documents how they raised tens of thousands of American dollars to bring electricity, an ambulance and, most dramatically, a 2,000-seat baseball stadium to their Mexican hometown of Boqueron, Puebla. The group's remarkable ability to organize has transformed them into a political force to be reckoned with in southern Mexico. This revealing documentary makes it clear that immigrants are not only changing the face of America - they are radically altering the places they leave behind as well. Visit http://sixthsection.com and find out more about Hometown Associations, immigration policy, remittances, and U.S.-Latin American relations. Also on the website are ways you can work with advocacy organizations on the issues found in the documentary For a schedule of P.O.V. programs on your local PBS station, visit http://pbs.org/pov |
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Top 10 U.S. Cities for Hispanics According to the 2003 ranking by Hispanic magazine: Latino Clips, August 4, 2003 latino-business-owner@yahoogroups.com 1. Miami 2. San Diego 3. Austin, Texas 4. San Antonio 5. (tie) El Paso, Texas and Las Cruces, N.M. 6. Albuquerque, 7. Tucson, Ariz. 8. Los Angeles 9. Chicago 10. Las Vega |
National Hispanic Heritage Month, 2001 President Bush signed a proclamation this week
designating September 15 through October 15, 2001 as "National
Hispanic Heritage Month." Here is the announcement from the White
House: For more than 30 years, the United States has annually celebrated the rich history and cultural traditions of our Nation's Hispanic American people. National Hispanic Heritage Month provides us an opportunity to express deep appreciation to Hispanic Americans for their countless contributions to our society and to pay tribute again to America's distinctive diversity. Since our Nation's founding, Hispanic Americans have played an integral role in our country's exceptional story of success. Hispanic Americans served with heroism in every major American military conflict. The Continental Army benefited from the valor of Bernardo de Galvez, who led his frequently outnumbered troops to numerous victories against the British. Luis Esteves organized the first Puerto Rico National Guard and rose through the ranks of the U.S. Army to become a distinguished Brigadier General. And 38 Hispanics have earned our Nation's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor. The United States academic and scientific communities benefited from the contributions of Hispanic Americans like physicist Luis Walter Alvarez, who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1986. Business leaders like Roberto Goizueta have had a positive effect on our Nation's economy; and many Hispanics have greatly influenced America's artistic, legal, and political communities. Today, Hispanic culture continues to shape the American experience. More than 30 million Americans, about 1 in 8 people in the United States, claim Hispanic origin. They contribute to every walk of contemporary American life, while simultaneously preserving the unique customs and traditions of their ancestors. All Americans, regardless of national origin, celebrate the vibrant Hispanic American spirit that influences our Nation's art, music, food, and faiths. We also celebrate the practices of commitment to family, love of country, and respect for others, virtues that transcend ethnicity, reflect the American spirit, and are nobly exemplified in the Hispanic American community. The strong ties that Hispanic Americans maintain with their ancestral homeland remind us that the United States must pursue robust relations with its trading partners in Latin America and the Caribbean. The future of our hemisphere is closely tied to these relationships, and improving trade will play a vital role in building important links with our Hispanic neighbors. Maintaining open and free trade creates job opportunities and promotes economic growth, improving the welfare of every citizen in every land it touches. Thus, we will negotiate for freer markets, which will allow us the opportunity to obtain better protections for our hemisphere's environment and will promote political freedom throughout the region. We have a great opportunity before us. By working together, we can achieve a fully democratic hemisphere, bound together by good will, cultural understanding, and free trade. The many contributions of Hispanic Americans to our Nation will help us reach this important goal by helping connect our country with the Hispanic nations to our south. This month, we celebrate the talents, culture, and spirit of Hispanic Americans, which deeply enrich our country and bless our people. The Congress, by Public Law 100-402, has authorized and requested the President to issue annually a proclamation designating September 15 through October 15, as "National Hispanic Heritage Month." I am proud to do so. NOW, THEREFORE, I, GEORGE W. BUSH, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim September 15 through October 15, 2001, as National Hispanic Heritage Month. I call upon all the people of the United States to observe this month with appropriate ceremonies and activities. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this twenty-eighth day of September, in the year of our Lord two thousand one, and of the Independence of the United States of America the two hundred and twenty-sixth. GEORGE W. BUSH |
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*** "Soldados: Chicanos in Viet Nam" on PBS *** by Charley Trujillo and Sonya Rhee. (26 minutes) Broadcast Date: Tuesday, September 2, 2003 (Check local listings http://www.pbs.org/pov Sent by LULAC147InfoNet@yahoogroups.com |
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You may just learn something new about Grandma: "A microphone allows you to talk about things you wouldn't ordinarily say," ways the creator of StoryCorps, David Isay. The project, financed by a $50,000 grant from the Rockefeller foundation, will also make oral-history recoding kits available at library for those who can't make it to the StoryBooths. At the end of each 40-minute interview session, participants will receive a CD with their story; another copy will go to the StoryCorps archive. The StoryBooth in Grand Central has paired up with its local public-radio station, WNYC, and Isay is hoping other locations will follow suite. WNYC will choose interview excerpts to play on "The Brian Lehrer Show," while the best of the best will make it to National Public Radio's All Things Considered." Potential historians will be able to schedule their interview at storycorps.net, which will also have tips on how to record and edit oral histories. "I dream of the day that kids will trade these things as MP3s" Isay says. But while you may not want to groove to Grandma's sound bite, it will sure get you to listen up. |
Extract: Commentary: Hispanic 'race' categories odd By Gregory Tejeda United Press International http://www.washtimes.com/upi-breaking/20030818-090125-5794r.htm It was a bizarre experience when a Census Bureau worker showed up at my doorstep recently -- one that illustrated perfectly the difficulty many experience in trying to comprehend Hispanic people. The Chicago suburb in which I live is trying to revise its head count in hopes of qualifying for more state funding. Since many people were ignoring the mailed-in forms asking for information, census workers were doing a canvass of the neighborhoods to learn how many people live in each home This confusion over Hispanic racial perception is not unique. The statistic that still stands out in my mind from the 2000 census results is the racial breakdown for people who identified their ethnicity as some sort of Hispanic. Forty-eight percent of self-identified Hispanics went with "white," while 42 percent were like me in choosing "other" back in 2000. Another 8 percent went with American Indian, while 2 percent chose African-American. 48%/white 42%/other 8%/American Indian 2% African-American [[ Editor note: Interesting, most people think of Hispanics/Latinos as those that look indigenous, yet 48% self-identified as "white".]] |
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Extract: Article about book: "My Grandfather’s Grandfather" by Mauricio Javier Gonzalez Article by Emilio Rabago III Laredo Morning Times, Page 8D, 3-14-03 728-2543 or by e-mail at emilior@lmtonline.com Sent by George Gause ggause@panam.edu “My Grandfather’s Grandfather” or “El abuelo de mi abuelo,” focuses on a family legend. This is Gonzalez' third book and follows his grandfather’s (Juan de Dios Rodriguez) memories of his grandfather (Tomas Rodriguez-Benavides) through a combination of history and genealogy. Gonzalez, a 10-year English teacher at Memorial Middle School who has roots in San Ygnacio, said his imagination was captured when his grandfather spoke. “The story is that my great grandfather was in a dispute over a land purchase and ended up killing a Texas Ranger,” he said. “My grandfather told me the story, and I wanted to know how much truth was in the legend. I wanted to see what I could prove.” To explore different parts of the legend, Gonzalez looked at many components, including old vital records, such as marriage documents, old books and people‘s personal files. The whole process took about two years to accomplish, he said. “If you know where to look, you can trace your family some generations back,” he said. “But you have to have a foundation, know your great-great-grandparents’ names and so on.” Gonzalez provides San Ygnacio-area families vital information about their ancestors. “I found out that families who don’t think they’re related are actually related from five or six generations back,” he said. “I never expected to find all this.” One particular family he traced was the Zapata County Rodriguez family, which originated in Saltillo, Coahuila. That Rodriguez family moved to Guerrero Viejo, Mexico and eventually made its way to Zapata, he said. Another significant event Gonzalez discovered was an attack by a Mexican revolutionary. “Catarino Garza had started a revolution because he was upset with Porfirio Diaz’ administration. He was a self-proclaimed revolutionary who wanted to (overthrow) the government in Mexico,” he said. “Catarino attacked the Zapata area in Mexico with some men from the San Ygnacio area.” Gonzalez said some of the area’s families were traced back to Spain and the 1400s. Although Gonzalez said his grandfather was falsely accused, some people said it was in self defense. “So story has it that he had to leave San Ygnacio, the Zapata area, and the country for that matter,” he said. “He supposedly lived along the border in Mexico and came back only at night to visit his family.” A major discovery was that many of the aspects of the story are true – most of the people were real, most of the locales his grandfather described existed, and events were documented. “I’m happy to say that I’ve proved the majority of the things mentioned in the legend,” Gonzalez said. Mauricio Javier Gonzalez has published two
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Assumption and Other Stories (Bilingual Press, July 2003) By Daniel A. Olivas Olivasdan@aol.com ISBN: 1931010196, Format: Paper; $11.00; 157 pp [[ Dan sent the following press release for his new book. Good reviews.]] Assumption is a collection of 18 short stories that revolve around Latinos in Southern California. The characters are so varied, that they defy easy stereotypes: converted Jews, lesbians, lawyers, newscasters, Catholic schoolchildren - just to name a few. In the suspenseful "Summertime," the parents of nine-year-old Jonathan Cohen-Ramírez are confronted with their greatest fears when a deranged white supremacist opens fire on people at the Jewish children's day camp that Jonathan attends. "Weatherman" tells the amusing tale of José Castro, a Los Angeles media personality who builds his fame by using the correct Spanish pronunciation of California city names during weather broadcasts. When a ruthless competitor attempts to beat Castro at his own game, the results are startling-and hilarious. Shifting effortlessly between pathos and wry comedy, Olivas is able through his character-driven stories to explore how a married couple deals with infertility, how a lawyer reconciles her lesbian sexuality with the expectations of her traditional-minded parents, and how the students of a Catholic grammar school come to terms with the suicide of a popular young priest amid swirling rumors of his sexual improprieties. "These stories are filled with such gusto and skill that they left me wanting more. Daniel Olivas charges the page with a Mexican American sensibility that is refined and earthy, a rare combination of intelligence and corazón. He joins the front ranks of our writers." --Stephen D. Gutiérrez, author of Chato's Day (2003) "Daniel Olivas asks us to walk with the outcast, the dispossessed, the hopelessly 'other' among us. These empathetic vignettes and stories show us people we know, if we are not these people ourselves." --Kathleen Alcalá, author of Treasures in Heaven (2000) Daniel A. Olivas is the author of The Courtship of María Rivera Peña (Silver Lake Publishing, 2000). His second collection, Devil Talk: Stories, has just been accepted by Bilingual Press. His stories and poems have appeared in many publications including the Los Angeles Times, The MacGuffin, Exquisite Corpse, THEMA, The Pacific Review, and Web del Sol. His first children's book, Benjamin and the Word, will be published next year by the University of Houston's Arte Público Press. He received his BA in English literature from Stanford University and law degree from the University of California at Los Angeles. The author practices law with the California Department of Justice specializing in land use and environmental enforcement. He makes his home with his wife and son in the San Fernando Valley. Web page: http://www.danielolivas.com. Bilingual Review/Press has been publishing the works of Hispanic writers since 1974. We have more than 150 titles in our backlist and publish eight to ten titles a year. Most of our books are by or about U.S. Hispanics and most are written in English, though we do feature bilingual and Spanish-only titles as well. Since its founding thirty years ago, the Press has pledged to forego the world of purely commercial entertainment and to focus instead on works of weight and significance. We are committed to publishing high-quality writing by both established and emerging writers, and a glance at but a few of the Press's titles reveals books that will not fall out of fashion or print any time soon. In addition to new works, classics of Chicana and Chicano fiction are being kept alive and available through the Press's Clásicos Chicanos/Chicano Classics imprint. As the Bilingual Review/Press begins its fourth decade, it solidifies its mission to make available the wealth that is to be mined from Hispanic writing. All signs indicate the next decades will be as rich as the previous ones. |
U.S. Elites Celebrate Patriarchy, Racism and Class Privilege By Peter Phillips. Ph.D. peter.phillips@SONOMA.EDU [[ Editor: This bit of social-class history is totally new to me. Ir was sent by Dr. Peter Phillips, a synopsis of his 1994 Ph.D. research on this fascinating topic.]] San Francisco Bohemian Club members and guests from around the world recently completed two weeks of celebration, self entertainment and partying at their private 2,700 acre redwood retreat on the Russian River in Sonoma County, California. Described as the "Greatest Men's Party on Earth," the members of the Club and international elites have been gathering in their redwoods for over 100 years. Private men's clubs have existed in the U.S. for over two and half centuries. U.S. clubs were modeled after British gentlemen's clubs, which date back 400 years. Gentlemen's clubs followed the English around the world and were a sanctum of racial, sexual and class homogeneity for English aristocrats throughout the British Empire. American men's clubs have served a similar function as did their British models. In most major American cities there are one or two distinguished metropolitan men's clubs whose members dominate the social and economic life of the community. Club activities are a blending of arts, business, and socio-political discussions. Men's clubs are private places where elites can mingle in an atmosphere of gentlemanly civility away from the common everyday world. The San Francisco Bohemian Club is unique among private men's clubs in that it holds an annual 16-day summer encampment where the 2,400 members are free to invite several hundred distinguished business associates and guests from around the world. Long days of glad-handing, off-the-record political discussions, government policy reviews, and the building of business friendships serve to facilitate consensus and ease of interaction among some of the top governmental and business leaders in the world. The collective corporate stock ownership by members and guests conservatively exceeds $100 billion. The Bohemian Grove summer gathering brings together the top business elite of California along with hundreds of men from leadership positions in government, education, business, military, and the arts from throughout the United States and the world. Foremost among attendees are former Republican presidents, numerous current and past U.S. cabinet members; military generals, famous actors; members of national policy councils, and CEOs and directors of hundreds of the largest corporations in the world. It is safe to say that the Bohemian Grove is one of the few locations in the world where such a large high level gathering of elites occurs without press coverage or public scrutiny. During the summer of 2003 the men at the Bohemian Grove heard off-the-record presentations -no media is allowed - from William F. Buckley Jr., William Safire, Charles Murray, George Shultz, Michael York and Charlie Rose. Additionally, there were daily lectures from world-class experts on global warming, war policy, school vouchers, mad deer disease, horse racing, stem cell research, terrorism, American-Russian relations, and marine ecosystem. Concerts, plays, and daily parties rounded out the two-week session for 2003. On June 4, 1994 a presentation at the Grove from a University of California Berkeley professor stressed that, elites are important and must set the values for society that are translated into "standards of authority," and that elites cannot allow the "unqualified masses" to carry out policy. The speech was given an enthusiastic standing ovation by the over 1,000 men present and seemed to represent the feelings of many club members. Like the British Empire's gentlemen's clubs, the American Empire elite gather annually in Sonoma County for an all-male 99%-white private party to find homogeneous comradeship and celebrate themselves through poetry, music, discussions and plays. And like the British before them they employ a cadre of servants, waiters, waitresses, grounds people, on-site medical personnel, and security officers to meet their every need, -women are prohibited from 90% of the Grove and can only work in the main dining area, the skeet range, and the parking lots. The Bohemian Club's summer encampment is the institutionalized embodiment of elite class privilege, a de facto celebration of race and gender exclusiveness, and a slap in the face to democratic process in the United States. Institutions of elite privilege like the San Francisco Bohemian Club run counter to the core American values of equality, due process and political openness. Americans deserve a public apology from the Bohemian Club for their celebration of eliteness, ongoing full disclosures of their lectures and presentations, and the transformation of the club to one of public service and gender and racial inclusiveness. Peter Phillips is a Professor of Sociology and Department Chair at Sonoma State University: Email peter.phillips@sonoma.edu. His 1994 dissertation on the San Francisco Bohemian Club is available at: http://libweb.sonoma.edu/regional/faculty/phillips/bohemianindex.html Peter Phillips Ph.D. Sociology Department/Project Censored Sonoma State University 1801 East Cotati Ave. Rohnert Park, CA 94928 707-664-2588 http://www.projectcensored.org |
Extract: Hispanics in U.S. Report Optimism By Simon Romero and Janet Elder, August 6, 2003 Sent by Cindy LoBuglio lobuglio@thegrid.net and John Inclan fromgalveston@yahoo.com A new survey of the nation's Hispanics finds they are far more optimistic about life in the United States and their children's prospects than are non-Latinos, despite the fact that many are much poorer and many do not intend to gain the full benefits of citizenship. The New York Times/CBS News poll found that nearly 70 percent of foreign-born Hispanics say they identify more with the United States than with their country of origin. Still, many continue to send money to family members even though they rarely visit their home countries. Sixty-four percent of Latinos said there was no specific instance when they felt discriminated against because of their ethnicity. Those who said they had had such an experience said it involved employment or a general sense of exclusion. The finding was in sharp contrast to that of the poll's non-Hispanic blacks. Seventy-three percent of them said they had experienced discrimination, while 25 percent said they had not. Much of the optimism expressed by Latinos appears to be related to the fact that most, 57 percent, said they were immigrants. Just 39 percent said they were born in the United States, making it clear that the expectation of better economic circumstances for themselves and their children was inherent in their decision to uproot their lives and come to the United States. Follow-up interviews with some respondents revealed the extent to which economic opportunities had fueled their decision to immigrate. Sixty-six percent of foreign-born Hispanics said they moved north looking for jobs and other opportunities, while only 9 percent said freedoms were an incentive and 6 percent said a search for a different culture or lifestyle encouraged them to come to the United States. "In Mexico one can study and study but there's no good work when you finish school," said Sylvia González, 39, a custodian in Denver who moved to Colorado from the Mexican state of Morelos. "Here we do the jobs that no one wants to do because we know the value of work. Here we understand that the person without a job is the person who does not have the will to work." Only 9 percent of Latinos said they thought immigrants coming to the United States took jobs away from American citizens, compared with 33 percent of non-Hispanics and 34 percent of non-Hispanic blacks. Eighty-two percent of Hispanics said immigrants took jobs Americans did not want. |
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http://www.advancingwomen.com/hispanic.html Sent by Joan De Soto Subscribe to AdvancingWomen Network - A free Ezine from AdvancingWomen.com In the U.S. and many areas abroad, we are now approaching the era of the Latina. Americans with ancestral roots in Mexico, Spain, Cuba, Peru, Portugal, the Dominican Republic-- indeed, all the Hispanic cultures... have taken what's best and most vibrant in those traditions and married them to the energy and innovation of the United States, to create new styles and rythms for a wide variety of careers and professions. As the Latin population has grown in all of the U.S.'s major cities, new identities, forged by the challenge of equal rights and labor struggles, education, immigration, bi-lingualism and other daunting issues have created new power for Latinos who are seizing success in virtually every arena of life in the U.S. From cinema to restaurants, singing to salsa, Latinas are no longer on the fringes of power, but in the white hot center. Business and particularly advertisers, whose livelihood depends on keeping a sharp eye on such seismic shifts in population, buying power and increased affluence and success, have not failed to notice the next big trend: Latinas in the forefront. |
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Release, 8-11-03: Overwhelming Public Support for the Matricula Consular Treasury Department Receives Confirmation from the Public Sent by JV Martinez Source: Lorraine Quiroga LQuiroga@LULAC.org , (202) 833-6130 The U.S. Department of Treasury learned that 76 percent of those who submitted comments on the matrícula consular issue approve of this form of identification for Mexican immigrants. Recently a group of anti-immigrant members of Congress pressured the Treasury Department to reopen the issue of whether the Mexican consular ID cards are valid for financial transactions. Last month the Treasury Department responded to the request and asked for additional public comments on the final rule. The public response was overwhelming supportive of this form of identification. After the passage of the Patriot Act, the U.S. Department of Treasury issued a report that ruled that the matrícula consular is a valid form of identification for Mexican nationals. In light of this decision, sixty-six banks across the country -including Citibank, Bank of America, and the Wells Fargo Bank-accept the card, providing Mexican nationals with the means to open bank accounts. "LULAC was very pleased to learn that so many people support this vital form of identification. Without the matrícula consular immigrants are unable to open bank accounts and manage their money," said LULAC National President Hector Flores. "We hope this will put an end to those who question the value of this measure once and for all," added Flores. |
Extract: More Parents Want Their Children to Learn Second Language By Marilyn Gardner | Staff writer of The Christian Science Monitor, August 29, 2003 http://cgi-bin/send-story?2003/0827/p11s02-lifp.txt [[Editor's note: Excellent article, with specific examples of strategies used by families trying to raise bilingual children in the United States.]] As the United States grows more culturally mixed,more parents share the Simões's desire to raise bilingual children. According to the US Census, 11 percent of the population was born in another country. That marks the highest percentage since 1930 and the largest number of immigrants in the nation's history. At least 10 million school-aged children live in homes where family members speak a language other than English, the Department of Education reports. When some family members speak little or no English, teaching children a second language is a necessity. In other cases, parents simply want to pass along their family heritage. "There is a growing appreciation of retaining one's home culture," says Carey Myles, author of "Raising Bilingual Children" (Parent's Guide Press). "There's a recognition that you can be an American and still have associations with another culture." That represents a sea change in attitudes from earlier generations, when the goal was assimilation and Americanization as quickly as possible. Whatever the motive for maintaining a bilingual household, linguists emphasize that parents must understand the long-term commitment it requires. That includes having clear goals. "You must have specific ideas about what you want your child to be able to do in both languages," says Ms. Myles. Most common other languages spoken at home in the United States. Source: U.S. Census Bureau Spanish: 28,101,052 Chinese: 2,022,143 French: 1,643,838 German: 1,383,442 Tagalog: 1,224,241 Vietnamese: 1,009,627 Italian: 1,008,370 |
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Long Beach City Council Presentation City of Long Beach, California Proclamation presented for Galvez Gala, October 12, 2003 September 3, Presentation to KCET September 8, Press Conference. . . Everyone welcome October 11, Long Beach hosting special reception for Galvez family members For Prospective DAR Members, Some Donativo Commissioners Macharaviaya, Spain, Bernardo de Galvez Hometown |
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City of Long Beach, California Proclamation presented for the Galvez Gala, October 12, 2003 Whereas, From 1776-1781, the colonial ancestors of Hispanic/Latinos throughout the Americas played a crucial role in the creation of the United States through Spain's contributions critical to the success of the American Revolution; and Whereas, Hispanic/Latino colonists in the Southwest and the
Americas assisted the American Revolution with arms, supplies, food,
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Whereas, General Galvez quickly raised a 5,000 man army which took
the British-held forts at Baton Rouge, Natchez, Fort Joseph, Michigan,
Mobile and Pensacola, and which closed British access to New Orleans and
the Mississippi River; and Now Therefore, I Beverly O'Neill, Mayor of the City of Long Beach, on behalf of the Long Beach City Council, support the Galvez Gala on October 12 and endorse the Hispanic American Heroes Series Project Series Project that will produce film documentaries to promote accurate historical understanding of the Hispanic contributions to our nation. Bevery O'Neill, Dated: August 5, 2003 |
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masters. This is the first time that many of the pieces will be on
display. http://www.lbma.org We are delighted to say that as part of the October 11th day's event, an 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. reception will be hosted by the Long Beach Museum of Art to honor the Galvez Family. In the afternoon, we have been invited by the
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The National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, accepts descendants of soldiers who served under General Bernardo de Gálvez in his campaigns in Louisiana and West Florida, but it does not accept Spanish soldiers who served with him in Guarico (St Domingue). Nor does it accept descendants of Spanish soldiers who served in other parts of New Spain under other leaders. The NSDAR does accept descendants of those who made voluntary contributions to defray expenses of the War with Britain. King Carlos III signed the request for this “donativo” on 17 Aug 1780, and he suggested two pesos from each Spanish male over 18, and 1 peso from from each male over 18 from mixed or Indian ancestry. The Viceroy of New Spain, Mayorga, developed a list of 13 instructions to assure the contributions were voluntary, and sent them out to each jurisdiction. They reached the Comandante General Cabellero de Croix of the Provincias Internas in August 1781, and he transmitted them to each Governor of the Northern Frontier. Communications had just been cut with Alta California by the Yuma Massacre, so that the request for the donativo probably reached Alta California during the latter part of 1781. However, collections were soon underway in each jurisdiction and continued until news came in 1784 that the war was over. After that time, the only collections were for pledges made earlier. The final tabulations for 10 Jul 1786 showed the military personnel and settlers at the Tucson Presidio of Alta Pimeria (AZ) had contributed 459 pesos, more than enough to cover every male over 18, settlers, soldiers, and Indians. The total for Sonora (including Sinaloa) was 22,420 pesos, 4 reales. The 1787 tabulation for New Spain showed that almost one million pesos had been collected. That amount would have purchased about 150,000 excellent riding horses or 400,000 beeves for the Spanish Army. Theoretically, this should give the NSDAR a recruiting base of about 500,000 patriots; however, there were problems. First, in nearly all jurisdictions, there were wartime shortages of paper, which was a monopoly. This limited the way the Viceroy’s instructions could be carried out. Second, in many jurisdictions, the collectors did not read nor write, and the issue of paper made no difference. Thirdly, who would keep that scrap of paper receipt, if provided, over 225 years? So, the NSDAR has limited its acceptance to those at upper levels, typically the Commisioners for different jurisdictions whose names are known, or other public figures. It is conceivable that a few lists exist in some archive, but they have not been identified thus far. Still, the lists of Commissioners will be helpful to a few prospective DAR candidates. Following is a partial list for Sonora (and Sinaloa): Andrés Arias Caballero, Capt of the Altar Presidio, 332 pesos. Manuel de la Azuela, Captain of the Fronteras Presidio, 100 pesos. Diego de Barcona, Commissioner of Copala province, 1,217 pesos, Juan María Bojórquez, Commisioner of Alta Pimería, 641 pesos. Cabellero de Croix, the Comandante General, and his household, 24 pesos. Francisco Dorronsoro, Commissioner of the mining town of La Cieneguilla, 506 pesos. Francisco Xavier Figueroa, Commissioner of Villa, Fuerte de Montesclaros, 2,480 pesos. Patricio Gómez de Cossío, Commissioner of Ostimura province, 2,415 pesos. Migual de Hugues y San Martín, Commissioner of Sonora valley, 306 pesos. Juan Agustín de Iriarte, Commissioner of the town of Alamos, 1,943 pesos. Manuel Agustín Mascaró, the Royal Engineer, 20 pesos. Pedro de Mata Viñolas, Lt of the Santa Cruz Presidio, 174 pesos. Juan Mazón, Commissioner for Santa María Baserac mission district, 141 pesos. Juan Mazón, also shown as Commissioner for Oposura valley, 375 pesos, possibly same person. José Antonio de Mesa. Commissioner for the town of El Rosario, 652 pesos. Agustín Antonio de Norsagaray, Commissioner for Villa of Sinaloa, 2,085 pesos. Mateo Ortega, Commissioner for Mazatlán village, 200 pesos. Gregorio Ortiz Cortés, Commissioner of Tepachi valley, 353 pesos. Juan Francisco Rendón, Commissioner for Maloya province, 277 pesos. Juan Honorato de Rivera, Commissioner of the town of San Antonio de la Huerta, 583 pesos. Miguel Saenz de Escabosa, Commissioner of Opodepe valley, 234 pesos. José Antonio Serrano, Commissioner for Chinapa village, 212 pesos. Francisco Velásquez de la Cadena, Commissioner for Culiacán province, 2,381 pesos. Juan Ventura Batiz, Commissioner for town of Cosalá, 1,040 pesos. Others whose names can possibly be determined through additional research: Administrator of the tobacco tax at El Rosario and his dependents, 114 pesos. Administrators of sales tax and liquor tax at El Rosario, 86 pesos. Commissioners for San Miguel de Horcasitas, 908 pesos. Intendent-Governor, Capital at Arispe, 201 pesos. Secretary of the Comandancy-General and his dependents, 19 pesos. Treasury officials at El Rosario, their dependents, and administrators of salt beds, 84 pesos. Others who would be on donativo lists not yet found: Dragoons of Spain, at Villa of Pictic, 175 pesos. Military personnel and settlers at the Santa Cruz Presidio, 134 pesos. Military personnel at Altar Presidio, 1,211 pesos. Settlers at Altar Presidio, 131 pesos. Military personnel and settlers at the Presidio of San Carlos de Buenavista, 205 pesos. Military personnel and settlers at the Tucson Presidio, 459 pesos. The list of soldiers and settlers are known, but not the amount of individual contributions. Military personnel at Fronteras Presidio and settlers of the village of Cuquiárachi, 369 pesos pledged but not yet collected at the time of accounting. References: Kieran McCarty, pp 51-56, Chapter 12, “Arizona’s Contribution,” Desert Documentary: The Spanish Years, 1767-1821, Arizona Historical Society, Historical Monograph, No. 4, Tucson, AZ, 1976. A footnote on page 56 states: “An unsigned early copy of the Sonora tabulation is in drawer 1 of file cabinet 3 of the Archivo Histórico del Estado in the library of the University of Sonora, Hermosillo, Sonora.” Granville W. and N. C. Hough, Spain’s Arizona Patriots in its 1779-1783 War with England during the American Revolution: Third Study of the Spanish Borderlands, 1999. In this study we listed all known males over 18, military, settlers, and Indians, and we feel sure we found most of those who contributed; however, this would not be acceptable proof that any one specific individual contributed. The military personnel would be suitable ancestors for those joining the Sons of the American Revolution, based solely on their military service during the war period. |
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The village is situated at 235 metres above sea level and is reached by road from the coastal town of Rincon de la Victoria or in about ten minutes by car from the new motorway. The population is approximately 350 inhabitants and as is typical of most villages in the region the principal source of income comes from the cultivation of almond and olive groves as well as vineyards. The village was founded in the sixteenth century on what had originally been an Arab settlement. The tranquil lifestyle of the villagers, indeed the entire rural population of the Axarquia was seriously affected by a blight, Phylloxera, which practically obliterated the vineyards in the year 1870. Macharaviaya, however, is particularly distinguished by a single name, Galvez. A family of this name rose to prominence not only in the town but in the political life of Spain at the time and members of this distinguished family were selected by King Carlos the third ( 1759-1788 ) for positions of importance in his reformist administration. The Galvez family which lived mainly in Madrid never forget their native town and in spite of the then vast distance in terms of transport between the capital and this small village, important schemes were financed by the family and carried out to improve the economical and spiritual life of the villagers. Roads were built, streets were paved, a church was built, a public laundry and schools were constructed and most importantly a playing card factory was established in 1776 which supplied Spain and the American possessions. The political prominence of the family also extended to America and the town of Galveston in Texas bears testimony to the name of Don Bernardo de Galvez who was a general and viceroy at the time of the American War of Independence and played a part in the conflict. Dearest: As with most dynasties and empires and periods of great bounty, time took its toll and little by little the village reverted to its simple agricultural roots. The family is still remembered and the visitor can admire the magnificent facade of the church of San Jacinto in whose interior lie the mortal remains of Don Jose de Galvez, marquis of Sonoro. The main facade of the church bears the coat of arms of King Carlos the third of Spain. In the adjoining hamlet of Benaque the poet Salvador Rueda was born (1857-1933). Poet, novelist and dramatist his work,of great range and diversity on mainly Andalusian themes, influenced many writers of the time, particularly the early works of another significent writer, Juan Ramon Jumenez. |
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Este
apellido del género taponímico, tuvo tres casas salares en la villa de
Elizondo, enclavada en el histórico Valle navarro del Baztán, que se
denominaron de Sastrearena, Errazurena y Errotazarrena. Hubo
también importantes asentamientos en la ciudad de Estella, Burguete y
Aranaz. Desde Navarra pasaron a Guipúzcoa, radicándose en el Valle de
Oyarzun, Guetaria, Irún y Asteasu.
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Para los principales fi1ó1ogos, esta voz vascona significa junto a la iglesia. Las
armas más antiguas y difundidas de este linaje, utilizadas en el Valle
del Baztan son: JAQUELADO DE PLATA y SABLE. Más tarde usaron: Cuartelado: 1º. y 4º., jaquelado de plata y sable, y bordura de gules con las cadenas de Navarra; 2º. y 3º., en oro, una faja de azur.
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El
hábito de la Orden Militar de Santiago, fue vestido por las siguientes
personas, previas las correspondientes probanzas de sus calidades: Don
Juan de Elizondo y de Echenique. Elizondo, 1683; el Capitán don Gabriel
Matias de Elizondo y Rada, Los Arcos, Navarra, 1695; don Ignacio de
Elizondo y Segordia, Aranaz, Navarra, 1692, y don Francisco Javier de
Elizondo y Salamanca, Echenique y Zabala, natural de Madrid, Paje de S.M.,
en 1715, oriundo del lugar de Elizondo. En
la Real y Distinguida Orden Española de Carlos III, fueron admitidos
don Francisco Antonio de Elizondo y Alvarez, García de Trujillo y
Cenzano, natural de Lucena, Córdoba, Fiscal de la Real Chancillería de
Granada, y don Joaquín de Arrieta y Martínez, Ayerdi y Elizondo,
natural de San Sebastián, ex-Director de la Empresa de Correos Marítimos,originario
de Aróstegui por su último apellido. Don
Pedro Ignacio de Elizondo, vecino de Asteasu, en Guipúzcoa, hizo
patente en 1773 su noble ascendecia ante las autoridades municipales de
dicha villa. Ante
la .Sala de los Hijosdalgo de la Real Chancillería de Valladolid, siguió
pleito para que le fuese reconocida su calidad, don Francisco Antonio de
Elizondo, morador en la villa de Llamas de Ribera, León, en 1786. Don
Sebastián de Elizondo, fue designado Racionero de la Catedral de
Durango, en 1728 y don Domingo de Elizondo, Gobernador de Acapulco, en
1774. En
1663, le fue otorgada una Encomienda en la ciudad argentina de Tucumán,
a don Miguel de Elizondo. Los
Elizondo, se encuentran en en territorio novoleonés, al menos desde muy
principios del siglo XVIII. En Mazapil, Zacatecas, y quizás derivada
del aquel asentamiento, se conoce la siguiente genealogia: Don
Francisco Elizondo, vecino de Mazapil, que en su esposa doña Magdalena
de Aguilar, tuvo al Capitán don Francisco Elizondo y Aguilar, cónyuge
de doña Beatriz Gonzalez Camacho, ambos padres del General don Pedro
Elizondo González, que se desposó en MonterRey con doña Mariana de la
Garza Gonzalez. De esta unión nació don Bartolomé Elizondo de la
Garza, casado en la capital de Nuevo León el 14 de enero de 1720 con doña
Francisca Javiera González Treviño, siendo fruto de ambos don Marcos
de Elizondo González, que vió la primera luz en Salinas el año 1724,
que a su vez se unió en matrimonio en marzo de 1751, con doña Josefa
Villarreal González. Entre
otros hijos de la anterior coyunda, nació por 1780 don Francisco
Ignacio Elizondo y Villarreal, Capitán de Milicias en 1809 y
propietario de la hacienda de San Juan de Sabinas, quien después de su
retiro, en 1811 acaudilló a un importante número de fuerzas realistas,
mismas que aprehendieron al Cura Hidalgo en Acatita de Baján, Coahuila,
el 21 de marzo de 1811. Extract from BLASONES
Y APELLIDOS, 828-page book by Fernando Muñoz Altea
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New Book: Pobladores del Septentrión Novohispano by Elizondo Urdiñola. The English Title is Early settlers of Northeastern New Spain. Written by Luis López Elizondo luisle2002@yahoo.com. Luis writes that it should be ready in about six weeks. The book is about 120 or 140 pages in length. Included are de la Garzas, Maderos, Urdiñolas, Zuaznavar, Olidens, and others. It will be available from Borderland Books in San Antonio. |
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Historic Photographs of Mexican Americans in Orange County You are invited to attend the OPENING RECEPTION: Saturday, September 6, 2003, 6:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. in Santa Ana at Cal State University Fullerton Grand Central Art Center, 125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana. This exhibit of 100 historic photographs and stories, circa 1910 - WWII, of Mexican American history in Orange County, runs September 5 through October 3 at Cal State University Fullerton Grand Central Art Center 125 N. Broadway, Santa Ana. Exhibit hours are 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday through Saturday and by appointment. For information call 714-538-8380, (949) 858-0052. The reception for “Fire in the Morning” will introduce Orange County Mexican American Heritage Foundation (OCMAHF). Inquiries from the Smithsonian Institution, various research groups and several graduate students regarding: the era of segregation and the Mendez v Westminster Civil Rights Case, the deportation/repatriation during the Depression, women's and men's athletic teams - the baseball and softball teams, and the Strike of 1936 demonstrate the need for a source of such information. What these inquiries say clearly is that this information is significant. Orange County Mexican American Historical Foundation is the new organization that will continue collecting photos, stories and artifacts that will illustrate our history. Committees are being formed and we are on our way. The reception at the California State University Fullerton Grand Central will introduce the goals of the Foundation. Please join us and the Orange County residents who lent us their historic photos and stories for this exhibit. We extend this invitation especially to the thousands of people who lived in the historic neighborhoods of La Conga, La Paloma, Delhi, Logan, Colonia Juarez, Alta Vista, Little Hollywood, La Paz, La Jolla and the other 32 colonias and barrios of Orange County, L.A., Riverside as we celebrate our history. Bring your cameras, you might see some old friends. |
OPEN HOUSE: The New RCC Digital Library and Learning Resource Center Where 21st century technology and education meet Sent by Anthony Garcia agarcia@wahoo.sjsu.edu Source: Riverside Latino Calendar rivcal@earthlink.net Saturday, September 6, 2003, 9:30 am. - 11:30 am. Complimentary library cards for first 50 guests. Light Refreshments & Library Tours Tour Times 9:30, 10:00, 10:30 Information: (909) 222-8628 The mission of the Riverside Latino Calendar is to disseminate information on Latino political, cultura, social and educational activities in the Inland Empire area of Southern California. You have received this email because you are active in civic or educational organizations in the Riverside-San Bernardino areas. The Riverside Latino Calendar is published by the RIVERSIDE LATINO VOTER PROJECT, A voter registration and education project. Advancing the political empowerment of the Riverside Latinos. Su Voto es Poder! Francisco Solá, Chair Dámaris Pérez, Coordinator Alfredo Figueroa, Treasurer |
Agua Luna Dance Company Saturday September 13, 2003 in Santa Ana, CA, 8pm Sent by Anthony Garcia agarcia@wahoo.sjsu.edu Celebrating Mexican traditions, Artistic Director Gustavo Gonzales presents a nostalgic journey through Mexico's historical landscapes of movement, sound and emotional storytelling. Guest of Honor: State Attorney General Bill Lockyer Santa Ana High School Auditorium 520 W. Walnut Street Santa Ana, CA 92701 Your $15 tax-deductible donation benefits the Orange County Young Marines. The Orange County Young Marines is a non-profit organization that educates and inspires youth within our communities by promoting a healthy and drug-free lifestyle through instructional and adventurous activities. Enjoy a magical evening of dance and music and help this worthy organization. To purchase tickets please call: 714-558-8181 or via e-mail at: bethzabe@sbcglobal.net More about the OC Young Marines can be found at: http://www.theyoungmarines.org OC Young Marines 501(c)(3) Fed ID # 38-2346425 |
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5th and 6th Taller Coreográfico September 6, Genealogy Classes offered September 2, Artino Arts Group September 11, Misa Criolla |
Historical Background for August 29 The Legacy of Affirmative Action Los Angeles County City directories |
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An evening of Contemporary Mexican Ballet with acclaimed Mexican choreographer, Gloria Contreras and the principal dancer of the Taller Coreográfico de la UNAM. Taller fuses universal ballet with historical Mexican dances for a new aesthetic definition of modern Mexico. To date, the company has presented 197 ballets, with musical scores ranging from the 12th century to contemporary works. |
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All persons are welcome to attend all the classes offered during this day free of charge. You do not have to belong to a particular religion and you can join us regardless of how much or how little you may know about Mexican genealogy or Indigenous and Immigration History. The Classes to be held on Sept 6 are as follows: 9:30 AM - 11:00 AM Title: "Indigenous Mexico: Past and Present" Lecturer: John Schmal, Author, Historian and indexer The class will discuss the numerous indigenous groups living in Mexico at the time of Spanish contact, and about their subsequent assimilation mestizaje, and - in some cases - devastation and extinction. 25 overhead transparencies are used in order to give an accurate portrayal of pre-Hispanic Mexico. But we also inform the listener about the status of the many Mexicans who still speak indigenous languages (some of whom can't speak Spanish at all). Questions are encouraged. SECOND CLASS: 11:15 am TO 12:15 AM - Hispanic Research Methods -- John Schmal This will involve lecture and discussion about the availability of Mexican records (church and civil). Suggestions for how to trace a Mexican-American ancestor from several generations ago to his birthplace in Mexico are discussed. Latin American researchers are equally welcome to attend and ask questions. Next Class: "Indians of North America" ( 1 PM - 3 PM), by Daniel Bartosz. This class is a very informative class, offered by a person who has excelled in the research of Native American lineages and has great familiarity with Indian record keeping in the U.S. Next Class: "Mexican Immigration: Causes and Effects" by John Schmal (3:15 PM to 4:15 PM). This class points out the causes of Mexican immigration to American from 1890 to about 1950. Statistics about border crossings will e shown and there will be a discussion of the railroads that left northern Mexican cities for the United States. All are welcome to attend this all-day seminar. If you wish to contact the library for more questions, please check their website: http://www.lafhc.org. You may also call 310-474-2202 or contact Director Ross Birdsall and Barbara Birdsall at the following Email: BIRDSALL@aol.com. For questions about class room materials, contact me, John Schmal at Johnnypj@aol.com |
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The
ARTINO Arts Group
of Los Angeles will hold a month long exhibit titled El Grito - ¡Liberacion del Espiritu! (The Cry - Liberation of the Spirit!). The group exhibition celebrates Mexican Independence Day and focuses on the impact the historic Mexican anti-colonial struggle has had on the peoples of the Americas. In particular the show will explore the interplay between Mexico and the U.S., past and present struggles for liberty and democracy, cultural identity - immigration, and the celebration of heritage... all through the eyes of Latino Artists living in L.A. LANKERSHIM ART GALLERy . . Original Paintings, Prints, Drawings, and Sculpture September 2nd - 30th 2003 OPEN TO THE PRESS & PUBLIC: Tuesday, Sept. 2nd - 6th. ARTIST'S RECEPTION: Saturday, Sept. 6th. 7 - 10 pm. The Artists will be on hand to greet you and answer questions concerning their latest artworks, and new Print works will be made available for the first time. Refreshments and musical entertainment. CLOSING PARTY: Saturday, Sept. 27th. 3 - 6 pm. EXHIBITING ARTISTS MARK VALLEN (Creator of contemporary Social Realism and political graphics). FRANK MARTINEZ (One of L.A.'s original 1970's Muralists). LALO GARCIA (Designer of the "Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe" for L.A.'s Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels). AGUSTIN BRAVO (Traditional Painter and founder of the ARTINO group). SERGIO HERNANDEZ (Illustrator and Cartoonist for the legendary late 60's Chicano Magazine, "Con Safos"). JOE BRAVO (Painter & Muralist). RICARDO ORTEGA (Painter of Chicano iconography and indigenous spiritual themes). LIX MARIO RAMIREZ (Creates traditional and nontraditional sculpture). XAVIER MONTES (Paints with acrylics, musician, and founder of the De Colores Art Show in Santa Paula). FELIX PEREZ (Painter of the urban apocalypse and Chicano iconography). 5108 Lankershim Blvd., NoHo Arts District. North Hollywood, CA 91601 Phone: 1-818-760-1278 Web: http://www.doversart.com/lag E-mail: dover@doversart.com or http://www.artino.us After the Artist's Reception, various artworks from the show along with photos of the opening night's festivities, will be uploaded to the ARTINO and Art For A Change websites. |
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Hollywood Bowl - Calendar, Thursday. Sep 11, 2003 8:00 PM Sent by Ana Maria McGuan AnaMariaMcGuan@aol.com Program: Ramírez: Misa Criolla Beethoven: Symphony No. 9, "Choral" Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" Artists: Los Angeles Philharmonic; Esa-Pekka Salonen, conductor; Alexandra DesShorties, soprano; Joyce DiDonato, mezzo-soprano; Stuart Skelton, tenor; Kyle Ketelsen, bass-baritone |
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Live Community Theater in Boyle Heights to perform "August 29th" Historical Background for August 29 LULAC147InfoNet-owner@yahoogroups.com Las Cuatro, in conjunction with Courage and Hermosa Productions brings you "August 29", the story of Lucero Treviño, a young Chicano Studies Professor who must choose between pursuing a safe route toward obtaining tenure or speaking out against continuing police oppression. The spirit of slain Mexican-American journalist Ruben Salazar acts as her conscience as Treviño revisits her involvement in the Chicano movement of the 1970's. She struggles to make sense of her brother's death in Vietnam and must confront how the Vietnam War has impacted her past familial and romantic relationships as well as her current professional obligations. August 29 was originally written and brought to the stage in 1990 by the Latino Theater Company. A group of writers and actors, Evelina Fernandez, Enrique Castillo, Sal Lopez and Lupe Ontiveros collaborated on the creation of the play which was directed by Jose Luis Valenzuela. The 2003 production of August 29 is being sponsored by Courage Productions, a nonprofit arts and education organization whose mission is to nurture the development of writers in Los Angeles. Courage Productions was initiated by Josefina Lopez the writer of the play and independent film, Real Women Have Curves. August 29 is directed by Omar Gomez and stars: Ciro Suarez, Maricella Ibarra, Jacqueline Calderon-Guido, Zeke Ruelas, Maria G. Martinez,Teresa-Michelle Ruiz, Ricardo Molina, Sergio Villareal, Rob Macie, Toneey Acevedo, Silvia Curiel and Peter N. Schmeekle. Historical Background for August 29 --- August 29, 1970 was the day of the Chicano Moratorium. Over thirty thousand people attended the Chicano Moratorium to speak out against police brutality, demand better educational resources in the barrios of Los Angeles, and challenge the disproportionate rate at which Chicanos were being drafted to fight in the Vietnam War. The Chicano Moratorium was not only a march and rally but also a festive event attended by students, parents with their children, elderly and young people. Music played, ballet folklorico dancers performed for the large audience, and diverse speakers addressed the social and political concerns of the era. Everybody united to demand that our sons, brothers, and friends be brought back home. Call and response chants filled the air: "Chicano! .... Power!" "Viva La Raza! .... Que Viva!" The peaceful event turned deadly when police arrived dressed in riot gear. Tear gas soon filled the air and police began to indiscriminately beat up those attending the Moratorium, including parents who were trying to take their young children to safety. Among those killed by police were Ruben Salazar, a Los Angeles Times and KMEX reporter. Salazar had served as a voice for disenfranchised Chicanos and covered the Vietnam War in such a manner as to represent the concerns of this community. For those of us that were present, the Chicano Moratorium was an experience that changed our life. On that day Ruben Salazar was killed but not silenced. Since then, anniversary marches and events have been held in commemoration of the Chicano Moratorium and the park that served as the site of the 1970 event has been renamed Salazar Park. In 1990 the Latino Theater Company brought the Chicano Moratorium to stage through the play, August 29. Evelina Fernandez, writer of Luminarias (Golden Eagle Award - Outstanding Writer) and Dementia (2002 GLAAD Award - Outstanding Theater Production in Los Angeles), actors Enrique Castillo, Sal Lopez and Lupe Ontiveros wrote August 29 as a collaborative project. Jose Luis Valenzuela, Artistic Director of the Latino Theater Company and UCLA Theater Professor, directed the play. Evelina Fernandez describes the play as being "about a Chicano Studies professor and the spirit of Ruben Salazar." The producers of the 2003 production of August 29 believe that it is of utmost importance to once again present the spirit of Ruben Salazar during our current period of violence and war. The four female producers, known as "Las Cuatro," include: Jacqueline Calderon-Guido, Maricella Ibarra, Maria G. Martinez, and Teresa-Michelle Ruiz (Hermosa Productions). Las Cuatro will premiere the 2003 production of August 29 at the Boyle Heights arts space, CASA 0101, on Friday August 29. The production of August 29 is being sponsored by Courage Productions, a nonprofit arts and education organization which was initiated by Josefina Lopez to nurture and provide resources for future writers of Los Angeles. Lopez is the writer of Real Women Have Curves, recipient of the 2002 Sundance Audience Award in the dramatic competition. On July 24, 2003, Lopez was awarded the Nosotros Golden Eagle Award for her outstanding achievements and contributions in the entertainment industry and her work in nurturing young writers in Boyle Heights and its surrounding communities. The producers are honored to have the opportunity to invoke the spirit of Ruben Salazar, commemorate the Chicano Moratorium, and return to the site of the 1970 event by presenting the Latino Theater Company's play, August 29, within the neighborhood of Boyle Heights. Opens: August 29, 2003 Runs through September 21, 2003 (Fridays & Saturdays at 8 pm / Sundays at 7 pm CASA 0101, 2009 East First St., Boyle Heights, Los Angeles 90033 Tickets: $12 general admission; $10 students, seniors and Boyle Heights residents (with ID). Reservations suggested: (213) 810-9097 INFO: http://www.geocities.com/august29s Maria G. Martinez, (213) 810-9097 / August29s@hotmail.com |
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Howard Shorr created the first History of Boyle Heights course at Roosevelt High School in 1981 and previously published "A Multicultural Core Curriculum" in latinola.com in May, 2003. He can be reached at howardshorr@msn.com |
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1927 & 1931 Culver City (Los Angeles County), California city directories released. View at http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/ca/lan/landlink.htm |
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Pioneers Chicano doctoral program Computer Basics HACU Conference in Anaheim California Ranchos Litigation Saga Calvary Cemetery, Established 1870 Familia Olivo |
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Multi-National Workforce Like many other nationalities that settled in California after the gold rush, the Chinese initially came as miners. They then helped build the railroads and eventually migrated to domestic work as cooks and launderers. Ying and Fan, the Bixby's valued cook and assistant, learned to make American and Mexican dishes for the family and workers. |
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Mexican Cultural Institute Seeks Artwork LatinoLA Newsletter + Calendar is published weekly by LatinoLA.com, 10811 Washington Blvd., Ste. 400, Culver City, CA 90232. 213 688-7695 (phone). 213 688-7791 (fax). Excellent information on media related subjects in L.A., jobs and events. Source: LatinoLA E-newsletter and Calendar http://www.latinola.com Sent by Anthony Garcia amigos@latinola.com The Mexican Cultural Institute is seeking artwork to use as a cover for a new book by Professor David Hayes-Bautista, Director for the UCLA Center for the Study of Latino Health and Culture, called: La Nueva California: Latinos in the Golden State. The Artist will be given credit in the book and all related publicity, and will be paid a fee of $1,000 to use the image on the book cover, with an option to sell original artwork to the Center. Please submit all artwork to the Mexican Cultural Institute no later than September 5th, 2003 to: Mexican Cultural Institute, 125 Paseo de la Plaza, Suite 300, Los Angeles, CA 90012 or Via email: maria@mexicanculturalinstitute.org. For any questions or concerns call (213) 624-3660. |
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Los Californianos Alert Sent by j.guthrie@worldnet.att.net Dear friends of San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park and SPBVA members: As some of you may already know, our state park system is facing possible closure of many parks (as many as 100 or even more of our 277 state parks) that bring in less than $100,000 per year. You can probably guess that this targets many of our cultural/historic parks. In the San Diego area that means San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park and possibly others. The board members of the volunteer association for San Pasqual want to be advocates for their park. We have worked too hard trying to acquire the school property adjacent to the park (not quite finished), to find that the visitor center and park will be closed. Our park is small yet unique because it represents three different cultures--Indian, Californio, and American--that took part in the Dec. 6, 1846 Mexican War battle, the most significant one in California. Our organization presents monthly living history programs (first Sundays January-June and October, November), reenacts the Battle of San Pasqual in December (this year on Dec. 7), holds monthly history discussions, presents programs to school groups, presents military programs for the Marines, and gives special docent tours on request. Our park does not charge admission fees and thus we are dependent on donations. Action by all of us is needed now. E-mail, fax, write, and/or call your legislator to support San Pasqual Battlefield State Historic Park and to keep the park open. Please emphasize the services we perform to the community and that we commemorate three cultures. You can find a sample letter and updates on the status of the park system itself at the website for the California State Parks Foundation http://www.calparks.org Or a short personalized email may be more compelling. You can find an email listing for both your own state assemblyman and senator by inputting your home address in: http://www.assembly.ca.gov or http://www.sen.ca.gov will give you access to senator emails The park itself is represented by Assemblyman 75th George Plescia Assemblymember.Plescia@assembly.ca.gov Senator 36th Dennis Hollingsworth Senator.Hollingsworth@sen.ca.gov Help with the acquisition of the adjacent school property for the park and use by the Archaeological Center has been given by Sen. Dede Alpert. She is working on this project now and has helped with Old Town in the past. Please thank her for her efforts on our behalf. Senator 39th Dede Alpert Senator.Alpert@sen.ca.gov Key legislators are: John Burton, Speaker pro Tempore California Senate (916) 445-1412 or fax (916) 445-4722 or http://democrats.sen.ca.gov/senator/burton Herb Wesson, Speaker California Assembly (916) 319-2047 or fax (916) 319-2147 or Assemblymember.Wesson@assembly.ca.gov Dave Cox, Assemblymember R-Fair Oaks (916) 319-2005 or fax (916) 319-2105 or Assemblymember.Cox@assembly.ca.gov Jim Brulte, Senator R-Rancho Cucamonga (916) 445-3688 or fax (916) 327-2272 or Senator.Brulte@sen.ca.gov Please use your influence to ensure that our state parks remain open and available to the public. All of us at San Pasqual Battlefield Volunteer Association thank you for your help. Ellen Sweet ELSweet@att.net Editor, Battlelines SPBVA board member 858-459-7759 |
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Bay Miwok: Past, Present and Future The First Peoples of Contra Costa County Los Californianos Alert Sent by j.guthrie@worldnet.att.net (Los Californianos) Conference on the Bay Miwok Peoples: Chupcan, Julpun, Ompin, Saclan, Tatcan, Volvon On September 20, 2003 the Contra Costa County Historical Society, in conjunction with Diablo Valley College and the Easy Bay Regional Park District will present a one-day conference. Participants will gain an understanding and appreciation of the people who thrived for thousands of years in present-day Contra Costa County. WHEN: September 20, 2003, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Registration and coffee 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. WHERE: Diablo Valley College, Performing Arts Center 321 Golf Club Road, Pleasant Hill, CA 94523 COST: $25 general admission, $20 for students, seniors and members of the CCCHS For registration and program information, click here or contact the Contra Costa County Historical Society at a special number set up for this seminar: 925-228-2379. Please do not call the regular History Center phone number. You may also click here to get an Adobe Acrobat copy of the registration form which you may fill out and mail to the History Center (address on the form). |
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Phelipe de Neve, Governor of California, 1777-1782 Sent by Mike Hardwick hardwic2@cox.net When Phelipe de Neve arrived at Monterey in 1777, the Spanish held only 8 toeholds along a 600-mile coast. Most buildings in California were mere basketwork frames of interlaced poles plastered with clay. These and the few adobe structures were roofed with thatch, easily set on fire. Settlements were not walled and almost defenseless. Nowhere else in the northern frontier did New Spain face such a concentrated Indian population, and these Indians were far from submissive. San Diego and San Luis Obispo missions had recently been burned, and San Juan Capistrano abandoned. There were only 146 soldiers in California lacking in horses, arms, and equipment. Soldiers were resentful of the conditions of service, the shortness of rations, and the exorbitant prices in the commissary. Evasion of duty and desertion were serious problems. In five years, 1777-1782, Colonel Neve transformed Alta California. He rewrote the fundamental law under which California was governed with his Reglamento of 1781. He founded the pueblos of San José and Los Angeles, and brought experienced farmers from Mexico, thereby relieving the dependence upon food ships from San Blas in Baja California. Neve reformed finances, introducing order in the commissaries, bringing down prices, and at the same time increasing real pay of the military. He walled in the presidios, built up the army both in numbers and efficiency. Colonel Neve personally directed the construction of a new presidio at Santa Bárbara in 1782, and planned a string of 3 new missions along the Channel Coast. New missions were to be San Buenavetura (1782), Santa Bárbara (1786), and La Purísima Concepción (1787). Phelipe de Neve was awarded the Cross of Carlos III in 1783 for meritorious service and advanced to the rank of brigadier. In 1783 he was also named Captain General of the Interior Provinces, a position second only to the viceroy of Mexico. Neve died in 1784 at the age of 57. |
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Extract: UC Santa Barbara pioneers Chicano doctoral program Department to be first in U.S., results from decade-old student, faculty demands, strike By Tanya Schevitz, tschevitz@sfchronicle.com San Francisco Chronicle Staff Writer http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/081103ce.htm Wednesday, August 6, UC Santa Barbara is starting the nation's first doctoral program in Chicano studies, part of a growing interest at colleges and universities in understanding Latinos' heritage and their role in the contemporary United States. UC Santa Barbara established its department in 1969 and is one of only 19 four-year universities -- and the only one in the UC system -- to have full department status for Chicano studies. UCLA is also considering proposals to establish a department and to add doctorate and master's degrees. The Latino population is growing around the country, not just in California -- where Latinos make up a third of the population and are expected to become the state's largest ethnic group by 2014. UC Santa Barbara's creation of a doctoral program "verifies the emergence and is really symbolic of the education and politics of the Hispanic community in this country," said Sheldon Steinbach, vice president and general counsel with the American Council on Education in Washington, D.C. The new doctoral program will focus on five areas, from pre-Columbian cultures to contemporary American society, and deal with politics, education, literature, the arts, sciences and religion, Sandoval said. |
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"Computer Basics," the Genealogical Society of Santa Cruz County will host a meeting conducted by Bob Boscarella on Thursday, October 2. On Thursday, November 6, Karen Roberts will speak on "Southern Research," and on Thursday, December 4 the GSSCC will hold its annual holiday lunch. The regular meetings of GSSCC start at 1:00 p.m. in the Meeting Room of the Central Branch of the Santa Cruz Public Library, 224 Church St.The time and location of the Holiday Lunch are to be arranged. The Computer Users Group meets prior to the general meetings at 12:00 noon. |
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Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities Conference in Anaheim Sent by: Emily Robinson emrobinson@earthlink.net HACU represents more than 300 colleges and universities including 93 California institutions serving the largest concentrations of Hispanic higher education students in the United States. HACU will hold its 17th Annual Conference in Anaheim in October. Higher education institutions reeling from state budget cutbacks and an uncertain national economy also are turning to HACU to help win record new federal investments in cash-strapped colleges and universities, especially those serving large concentrations of Hispanic and other emerging majority populations. Latest legislative strategies, and potential impact for California colleges and universities regarding bills now being voted on by Congress, also will be addressed. For more information, contact Daniel Casillas at (210) 692-3805. Ext. 3249 or (210) 264-9327 dcasillas@hacu.net"dcasillas@hacu.net http://www.hacu.net |
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California Ranchos also includes a chronological listing of the governors appointed by Spain and Mexico during California's colonial period (1769-1847), an index of governors and other grantors, an index of rancho names (including alternative versions), and an index of grantees. This will be a valuable addition to the collections of researchers and libraries interested in the history of early California and its land. |
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Litigation Saga Sent by Lorri Frain lorri.frain@lmco.com Perched on a hill overlooking Palo Alto stands an historic house - a house that was once the home of an extraordinary Hispanic woman, Juana Briones. And it is under threat. A decision in February has delayed the demolition. |
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ordered them to repair the earthquake damage, and remove the illegal
alterations made by the previous owner, in addition to performing the
basic maintenance to protect the home from further deterioration from
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Calvary Cemetery, Established 1870 Home to Pioneers of the Salinas Valley Research your family name on our website: http://www.cemeteriesdom Sent by j.guthrie@worldnet.att.net A Bit of History : Old Calvary Cemetery was established in 1870 on two acres of land belonging to George Graves. Mr. Graves was a farmer who settled in the Salinas Valley in 1855. He had set aside a place for private burial ground on his ranch, when some of his young children died. He soon saw the need for a community cemetery, and deeded the site to the Catholic Church and Calvary Cemetery was born! If you would like to join our restoration committee, or sponsor an improvement at Old Calvary Cemetery in honor of a relative, please call Leticia at Queen of Heaven Cemetery 1-831-449-5890 or e-mail ofhcem@redshift.com Contributions can be made to: Old Calvary Cemetery Restoration Fund P.O. Box 2048, Monterey, CA 93942 |
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Olivo Sent by Texan Jerry Benavides Jgbenavide@aol.com who writes our California Olivo "primos" were featured in a San Diego State University write-up--web site: http://advancement.sdsu.edu/marcomm/Fall98news/ReleasesONLY/familia.html Octubre 14, 1997 Contacto: José A. Álvarez (619) 594-2585 Familia Olivo: Un ejemplo de superación Cuatro de los hermanos Olivo se graduaron de la SDSU; otro de un colegio local, y el último aún estudia en ella Cuando pequeños, Vicenta y Librado Olivo, residentes de San Jacinto, California, llevaban a sus hijos a sus respectivos lugares de trabajo; Vicenta a los campos de pizca; Librado a los sitios de construcción donde laboraba. Los llevaban allí para que vieran dónde y cómo se ganaban la vida. Su objetivo no era enseñarles a desempeñar el tipo de labores que ellos realizaban, sino todo lo contrario. Querían mostrarles lo duro que puede ser la vida cuando no se cuenta con una educación universitaria. "Los llevaba a que me vieran a mí y a mi jefe", cuenta Librado, ahora jubilado de la construcción. "Les mostraba como vestía yo y como mi jefe siempre llevaba camisa y corbata. Les decía: ‘Yo quiero ser aquel, el que cuenta con un título universitario’". La importancia de la educación Según Librado fue de esta manera que inculcó en sus hijos, tres varones y tres hembras, lo importante que es conseguir una educación universitaria y una profesión. Sus seis hijos -Irasema, Edalia, Estella, René, Rolando y Ricardo-aprendieron bien la lección. Cuatro se graduaron de la Universidad Estatal de San Diego; uno prefirió quedarse en casa y asistir a un colegio local y el menor aún estudia en la SDSU. "La meta siempre fue que todos obtuviéramos títulos (más) universitarios", recuerda Edalia Olivo-Gómez que en 1982, acompañada por Irasema, su hermana mayor, salieron de casa en busca de un mejor porvenir y del sueño que sus padres anhelaban para sus hijos. Irasema tuvo que estudiar en un colegio local durante dos años mientras Edalia terminaba la secundaria para poder asistir a la universidad juntas. "Fue difícil para ellas porque no estaban impuestas a estar fuera de casa. Pero, gracias a Dios siguieron el ejemplo que les dimos", dice Vicenta, madre de los Olivo. "Ya que nosotros no pudimos, por lo menos ellos van a poder tener un mejor porvenir", agrega la madre explicando que tanto ella como su esposo sólo tuvieron estudios equivalentes a tercer año de primaria. Cinco asisten a la SDSU La entrada de Irasema e Edalia pavimento el camino para que sus otros hermanos asistieran a la universidad, principalmente a la Universidad Estatal de San Diego. En 1986, a la SDSU llegaron Estella y René. Cinco años después Estella se graduaría con un título en educación. Ahora trabaja como maestra para el Distrito Escolar de San Diego. "Quise seguir el mismo camino que mis hermanas", dice René, quien llegó a la SDSU, al igual que el resto de los Olivo, gracias al Programa de Oportunidades Educativas, diseñado para proporcionar ayuda financiera a estudiantes de bajos recursos y con desventajas educativas. El hecho de que la SDSU tiene un excelente programa de ingeniería civil fue otra de las cosas que lo atrajo a la universidad. "Mi estancia en la SDSU fue una de las mejores épocas de mi vida", agrega René indicando que fue en la SDSU donde conoció a la que se sería su futura esposa. Irasema e Edalia también se casaron con graduados de la SDSU. En 1992, René se graduó con un título en ingeniería civil y ahora trabaja para Rudolph & Sletten, una compañía contratista del área de San Francisco con sucursales en La Jolla. Cuatro años después de la graduación de René, al recinto universitario de SDSU llegó Ricardo, el menor de los Olivo. Ricardo planea ser médico y cursa su segundo año en la SDSU. La tarea termina Para Librado, quien siempre vigiló el desenvolvimiento académico y comunitario de sus hijos -siempre asistió a las conferencias con los maestros y jugo un papel muy importante en la implementación del programa bilingüe en su distrito escolar local, la incursión de su hijo menor a la universidad significaba que su trabajo como promotor de la educación estaba por terminar. Todos sus hijos se habían graduado o asistían a un colegio o universidad. "Siempre los insté a superarse. Lograr que asistieran a la universidad fue la tarea más grande que he tenido", asegura Librado explicando que quiso que sus hijos asistieran a la SDSU porque "tenía un poco más que ofrecerles" y estaba convencido de que allí "apoyaban a los estudiantes latinos". También, prefirió que algunos lo hicieran a la misma vez para que se respaldaran los unos a los otros en lo moral y en aspectos económicos. "Creía que si estábamos juntos, teníamos mejores probabilidades de salir adelante", dice Edalia indicando que tanto ella como sus hermanos trabajaron durante su estancia en la universidad para ayudar a su padre a costear sus estudios. Al principio, concuerda con su madre, a ella y a su hermana Irasema les fue difícil adaptarse a la vida universitaria y "pasábamos todos los fines de semana en casa". Pero, tan pronto empezaron a involucrarse en actividades educativas y recreativas lograron cortar el cordón umbilical de la familia. La llegada de Estella y René hizo más placentera su estancia en la SDSU ya que no sólo contaban con más apoyo moral sino con dos personas más con quien compartir los gastos. En un tiempo los cuatro llegaron a vivir juntos. "La SDSU se convirtió en parte de la familia. Visitar la universidad era como visitar mi segunda casa", afirma Librado quien con frecuencia visitaba a sus hijos y reitera que desde temprano empezó a planear su futuro y los preparó para que "tomaran sus propias decisiones". Una experiencia "agridulce" No obstante, Edalia considera que la ida de ella y sus hermanos ha sido una experiencia "agridulce" para sus padres. "Están felices porque todos asistimos a la universidad. Pero, también todos -excepto Rolando- nos fuimos de casa", afirma Edalia que al igual que Irasema se graduó con una maestría en Administración Pública. Ambas trabajan para la ciudad de Chula Vista; Edalia en el Departamento de Planificación e Irasema en el de Policía. Los cinco hermanos Olivo viven en esta ciudad. No obstante, Librado dice estar satisfecho con las decisiones que han tomado y el camino que han seguido sus hijos. "Desde temprano comprendí que era lo único que podía dejarles de herencia, mi apoyo para que sigan adelante con su educación", asegura Librado quien a pesar de que la mayoría de sus hijos viven un poco lejos de él y su esposa dice estar orgulloso de todos por haber seguido su buen ejemplo. "Todo lo que uno quiere y lo que vale la pena cuesta trabajo". |
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New magazine to showcase Latino culture By Maria Gonzalez, Seattle Times Eastside bureau Tuesday, September 02, 2003 When the first issue of Persona magazine hits stores in King County this week, the cover will show Seattle Mariners pitcher Joél Piñeiro dressed as though he's stepping out on a date instead of stepping out of the dugout. |
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Creators of the new lifestyle magazine wanted to capture Piñeiro the regular guy, not the baseball star. In the issue, Piñeiro — who turns 25 this month — talks about his path to being famous, his approach to life and his hobbies outside of baseball. Besides the Piñeiro interview, Persona's first issue covers a variety of topics, from recipes for cooking Paraguayan food to a look at unemployment in the Northwest. Persona is filled with a mix of stories on celebrities, financial advice, recipes and film reviews — with a Latino focus. But it's not just for Latinos. Persona is written in English so it appeals to anyone with an affinity for Latino culture. "It is really a connection of cultures that we're trying to make," said Juan Mayans, owner and publisher of the magazine. Mayans is also giving businesses interested in the Latino market a deeper interpretation of Latino culture — and offering them the advertisement space to reach the public. For John Camargo of Bellevue, Persona is one way for businesses eager for a piece of the Latino market to connect with the community. "We need this in our area," said Camargo, a financial adviser contributing as a business columnist for Persona. Latinos living in the United States make up the country's largest minority group. The number of Latinos living in King County has doubled in the past decade, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. King County is home to about 95,000 Latino residents of various backgrounds. In South King County, Latinos make up more than 10 percent of the population. In Bellevue, the number of Mexican immigrants rose from 156 to 2,364 between 1990 and 2000. In the past few years Bellevue's entire Latino community has grown by more than 40 percent. Camargo said large businesses are still figuring out how to tap into that population. "There's different ways to approach us," said Camargo, who also is president of the Eastside Latino Leadership Forum. "We're trying to build bridges to these companies." The economic downturn after the attacks on Sept. 11 two years ago meant difficult times for businesses and individuals. Mayans saw the low cost of overhead as an opportunity to begin plans for his magazine. Mayans had already run his own company, Pi Factor, for years. He first came to the Seattle area about nine years ago from Spain, where he founded Pi Factor with his younger brother in 1998. The marketing and design agency now has additional offices in Bellevue and Copenhagen, Denmark. Persona will be published and distributed out of Mayans' Bellevue office, where he works full time. He also serves on the board of directors of the Washington State Hispanic Chamber of Commerce. While the new magazine is funded through his business and investments, and with the help of his younger brother, Mayans is also seeking investors to expand Persona's circulation beyond the Northwest. The first issue of Persona is actually the fourth magazine published. Three original issues, published under another name, Discovering Latinos, were used as a tool to test the market and see if the investment would pay off. Mayans placed the magazine in various Spanish-goods stores three months ago and waited. "People loved it," Mayans said. "They wanted more — more content and better content." After an original investor pulled out of the deal, expressing a difference in interests, Mayans went to work repackaging the magazine. That meant scrapping the original name, which hinted at Latino culture as something to be discovered in the Seattle area, even though the community has had a presence here for a long time. Mayans thinks Persona's title, which means "person" in Spanish, is inclusive of both Latino and American cultures since it can be understood in English or Spanish. The magazine will be distributed to about 500 Latin-goods stores from Everett to Tacoma as well as the Wenatchee area. The monthly magazine costs $3.25 an issue and also can be picked up at various grocers, such as Top Food and Drug in Bellevue's Crossroads Shopping Center and Azteca restaurants. Mayans is working out deals with a few downtown Seattle bookshops and is in talks with a national bookstore chain, where he hopes Persona will stand out. "There's an intent in the community to work toward that goal of full integration," he said. "But there's nothing that's trying to bridge the gap." Maria Gonzalez: 206-464-2449 or mgonzalez@seattletimes.com Copyright © 2003 The Seattle Times Company |
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Photo courtesy of Sal Berroteran,
January 1932
The Berroteran family Standing, from left, Enrique Berroteran and Alfred Berroteran.
Front row, from left, son Jose Berroteran
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family's history during a weekend reunion. Sal Berroteran served as city
alderman from 1964-1972. Closer look: Brief
history: Joaquin and Trinidad Berroteran, Jose and Carolina
Berroteran came to El Paso from Chihuahua City during the Mexican
Revolution in 1914 and settled in the South Side. Jose
Berroteran opened a successful photo finishing
business. The family grew and many of them moved from El Paso to as far
north as Alaska and Canada and from coast to coast.
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Reunion brings history back to life for South Side Icons Members of the Berroteran family of El Paso's South Side have always been known as good talkers. When they met at Gerardo's Restaurant at Montana and Geronimo this past weekend, the younger generations found out where that trait comes from. |
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Descendants of the Conquistadors http://genforum.genealogy.com/lopez/messages/860.html Sent by Paul Newfield pcn01@webdsi.com Just released “Descendants of the Conquistadors” 26 volumes containing over 30,000 pages on the genealogy of the descendant of Juan Onate’s conquistadors who settled New Mexico in 1598 and 1600. One volume on each of the 26 conquistadors who left descendents in New Mexico. Contained on one CD in Adobe “pdf” format. Each volume includes a genealogy report listed their descendant and if known their wives names and giving dates of birth, marriage and death; a kinship report listing alphabetically all descendants with their relationship and, if know, their date of birth; and a descendant family tree. Individuals listed lived between 1598 and the mid to late 1800s in the Rio Grande valley of New Mexico between Taos and Socorro counties. If you can trace you Hispanic genealogy in New Mexico to the mid 1800s there is a high probability that you will have Conquistadors in your family tree. For more details download the attached Adobe “pdf” file and open it in Adobe Acrobat Reader. If you have any questions e-mail NM1598@aol.com with “Conquistadors” in the subject line. |
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| Presidio of San Agustin del Tucson Hispanic Tucson: A History by Gus Chavez http://www.library.arizona.edu/images/hispamer/agustin.html [[ Gus Chavez has created an informative website linking to other websites with Arizona family connections, good strategy.]] Introduction to the website. From 1775 to 1821 Tucson was under Spanish rule and was part of the region known as Pimería Alta which included the area that is now known as southern Arizona and northern Sonora. On August 20th, 1775 Lieutenant Colonel Hugo O' Conner of the Royal Spanish army selected and surveyed the site for the building of the Presidio of San Agustín del Tucsón and laid the foundation for the beginning of the modern day City of Tucson. The Presidio site located on the east side of the Santa Cruz River was selected because it had access to water, pastures, and woodlands; all the resources necessary for the settlers to survive in the rugged desert. In addition the site was an excellent location to protect the surrounding settlements and the overland route from Mexico to California which led to the founding of San Francisco by Juan Bautista de Anza. In 1776 the Presidio soldiers along with their families moved from the Presidio of Tubac founded in 1752 to the new Tucson Presidio site. These first soldiers were a true representation of the ethnic diversity that existed on the Sonoran frontier. Spaniards, Mestizos, Coyotes, Mulatto and Moriscos were all represented in the 27 soldiers of the Presidio of Tucson. While there was friction between the Indian inhabitants and the Hispanic settlers, a spirit of cooperation developed for the mutual protection from Apache raids and for economic survival. Both Pima Indians and Hispanic settlers worked side by side in cultivating and irrigating the fields and protecting the settlements from Western Apache raids. The Soldiers known as soldados de cuero wore protective leather jackets when fighting Apaches. When the soldiers were not fighting they served as mail couriers, escorts for missionaries, settlers and supply trains. By 1804 the population of Tucson and the surrounding area was over 1,000 and was composed of Mestizos, Indians and Spaniards. These settlers grew corn, wheat, beans and vegetables and were successful in stockraising claiming more than 7300 head of cattle, sheep and horses. By the end of the Spanish period Tucson was prospering as more Mestizos settlers and retired soldiers moved near and around the Presidio displacing the Pima Indians. Some of the family names which have been researched are: Soza, Moraga, Zepeda, Pentland-Salcido, Ronstadt. |
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new sites. These sites are quite large with databases, marriages,
surnames, history, cemeteries and much more.
ew Mexico Ancestors (NMA) at http://www.rootsweb.com/~nma/
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Matricula Consular Abstract by Raul Damas, Director of OperationLatino Opinions (703) 299-6255 Raul@OpinionesLatinas.com Las Vegas Sun – Hispanic Chamber Supports Matricula Consular The state's largest Hispanic organization told the federal government it supports the use of the controversial Mexican consular identification cards in the nation's banks. The Latin Chamber of Commerce statement responded to a Treasury Department request for comments on what types of identification banks should accept. The chamber -- third largest in the Southwest, at 1,200 members -- filed its comments right before the federal agency's deadline Thursday. "This is one of -- if not the most -- significant business issues in the Hispanic community today," Tony Sanchez, president of the chamber, said. |
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Handbook of Texas Online: Matachines Moctezuma II descendants Seek Pensions |
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Handbook of Texas Online: Matachines Extract of article by Norma E. Cantú http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/MM/lmm1.html MATACHINES. Los matachines denotes a traditional religious dance and the dancers, musicians, and elders who participate in it. Its roots go back to a type of widespread medieval sword dance called a morisca. Originally, the dances acted out the battle between Christianity and paganism. The Spanish brought the ritual with them to the New World, where over time it incorporated Mexican, Indian, and American religious and social symbols. Most modern versions rely heavily on representations of the Virgin Mary and the Holy Cross. The dance is usually performed in connection with major liturgical feast days The costumes vary from group to group but usually represent a mixture of Spanish, Mexican, and Indian dress. Brilliant colors and elaborate masks are common to most performances. The syncretism of pre-Columbian and Christian symbols found on the matachín costumes crops up in various other elements of the celebration, which typically lasts from three to five days. Los Matachines de la Santa Cruz de la Ladrillera is the oldest of the three groups that still do matachín dances in Laredo. In 1987 the group was invited to the American Folklife Festival at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington. It has also received a Texas Folklife Resources apprenticeship grant. The troupe performed at the Texas Folklife Festivalqv in San Antonio in 1988 as well as the Dance Performance program in Houston. Matachines are also performed in other Texas towns and as far west as California, as well as in northern Mexico; some performances occur in Yaqui, Mayo, and Opata pueblos, but others, as in Laredo and El Paso, in Mexican-American communities. Some groups such as the Yaquis prohibit women from participating, but for the most part the dance is performed by both |
Extract: Moctezuma II descendants Seek Pensions http://www.hispanicvista.com/html3/082503fm.htm Moctezuma II descendants try to recover pension granted them in 1550 suspended in 1934. MEXICO CITY (AFP) – August 22, 2003- The descendants of Moctezuma II, the last Aztec emperor of Mexico, are trying to recover the pensions granted them in 1550 and suspended in 1934. The pensions, paid in gold, are now worth 90,000 dollars per person a year. Moctezuma's descendents are demanding the Mexican government resume the payments, claiming they were illegally suspended. "We intend to rescue this inheritance, so that first and foremost we are recognized as direct descendents of the last Aztec emperor and his daughter, independent of the monetary amounts," said Guillermo Acosta, a 14th generation descendent of Moctezuma through his daughter, Princess Isabel Moctezuma. The pensions were granted in perpetuity to Isabel Moctezuma and her descendents by Spain's King Carlos V shortly before she died in 1550, as rent for the use of her holdings. "After the Spanish crown, the governments of independent Mexico, even the revolutionary ones, all recognized the pensions, until in 1934 they bid us goodbye," Acosta said. Acosta's paternal grandmother was the last person in the family to receive the pension, and still has the stubs from the payments, he said. Historian Alexander Gonzalez, citing historical documents, said the descendents of Moctezuma -- the Acostas and the Spanish counts of Miravalle -- were each receiving 5,258,090 gold pesos a year at the time the pensions were cut off. That was the equivalent of 1,480 grams (250.28 ounces) of gold, which at current value is worth more than 90,000 dollars. Acosta said he and his relatives were considering taking the case to court to recover their birthright, which they claim regardless of the passage of time or the amount of money concerned. "Whether two pesos or 10,000, we are investigating with lawyers what can be done, including using the money for social work in Mexico," Acosta said. It's unlikely however that the families will find a legal ground to get the pensions reinstated, because the current Mexican government is not obligated to pay a pension granted by the Spanish colonial administration, even if past governments honored the deal, constitutional scholar Ignacio Burgoa said. "If a president in 1934 cancelled these payments, their rights have already been proscribed," Burgoa said. "Those pensions, those privileges, were only valid in colonial times. They have no value now," Burgoa said. (In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes.) |
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Extract: The Mighty Mesquite - - Tree has long history of relationship with humans By Travis M. Whitehead, The McAllen Monitor Staff Writer travis@themonitor 8-18-03 (956) 683-4452. Alberto Barrera, 73, of Rio Grande City, Texas said his mother once used dried mesquite beans in a flour, mesquitamal. “She would get the clusters, we called them macoyas, and she would get these clusters and pound on them,” Barrera said. “She would put them in a piece of cloth and as she twisted the piece of cloth she would make them into little balls. We’d get a glass of goat’s milk and put three to four balls. It was sweet. It contains a lot of sugar.” Mesquite beans also contain vitamins A, C, and D, said Benito Treviño, owner of Rancho Lomitas Nursery and the 177-acre Rancho Lomitas Native Vegetation and Wildlife Refuge in Starr County. “You can grind the mesquite beans and make mesquite flour,” Treviño said. “And the flour, in almost any recipe that uses whole wheat flour, you can use a smaller amount of flour than what the recipe calls for.” Barrera said his mother told him local Indians made mesquitamal in a slightly different way. “She said the Indians used the trunk of the tree and they carved out a little bowl,” Barrera said. “They would use it to dump the mesquite beans in and pound them and leave the pulp at the bottom. Then they would put it in a piece of cloth and make it into little balls. Some people here in Rio Grande have some trees that were used that way.” The beans can also be eaten right off the tree. One bite into a red pod of beans yields a refreshing, sugary sweet that you suck on for a few minutes until you have drawn out all the juices, then you spit out the pulp and pick another bean. “I used to love them, right off the tree, when they are plump and red,” said Joe Garza of Mercedes. The mesquite beans has medicinal qualities.
“The leaf can be crushed and placed in just a little bit of water, and it
can be used in place of eye drops to reduce redness of eyes,” Treviño said.
“The leaf also can be crushed real good in a molcajete and mixed in two or
three tablespoons of water and used for severe acid indigestion. It’s many
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Dallas Arts and Culture Tejano R.O.O.T.S. Hall of Fame With All Arms . . .second edition Movie: The Alamo HOGAR's 2003 Journal Is Now Ready Robert Runyon Photo Collection: 1900-1920 Cano Family webpage Affidavit Don Manuel Muñoz, 14 August 1794 The Hispanic Women's Network of Texas |
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With All Arms . . . second edition http://withallarms.chez.tiscali.fr Sent by George Gause, ggause@panam.edu and Manuel Quinones, manuel.quinones@cen.amedd.army.mil Introduction: To the self-conscious seeker of identity and the clinical examiner of historical lore alike: Between its covers, With All Arms brings a unique offering. It is at once a historical account, a sociological survey and a genealogical goldmine - all bearing on the heritage of the modern New World Hispanic. The result of forty years digging, it combines the research of civil documents, extensive site surveys, bi-lingual networking, and the cultural immersion of a lifetime among its subjects, including, but not only consisting of, the author’s own people. In his colorful narrative, Carl Duaine addresses several questions familiar to us all: · who are we? · who were our people? · where have we come from? · how have we become as we are? · why should we care about any of it? In no other single source is there to be found so much to do with the specific identity of those citizens of today who have emerged from this amazing past. Beginning with Cortes at Veracruz, Duaine carries on through to all the way north of the Rio Grande, and the triumph of the mestizo. Through nearly five centuries along the way runs a tale of drama and derring-do second to none. To absorb this large volume of narrative, geography, topography, social commentary and genealogical documentation is to grasp at last the real significance of Hispanic Culture in North America, past and present. At present, this second edition is undergoing conversion to a new format, including upsized type, editing for clarity and enhanced illustration. Printing is scheduled in time for the work to be available by Christmas 2003. Pricing target is below $50 the copy. Watch this page for periodic updates on the schedule. |
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San Antonio embraces 'Alamo' all over again by JEANNE JAKLE San Antonio Express-News SAN ANTONIO, August 28, 2003 -- Disney's upcoming film about the legendary Alamo will premiere in the home of the real thing. The entertainment company says The Alamo will air at the Majestic Theatre in San Antonio December 12, 2003. The film features Quaid as Sam Houston, Thornton (Davy Crockett), Patric (Jim Bowie), Patrick Wilson (William Travis), Emilio Echevarria (Santa Anna) and Marc Blucas (James Bonham). The movie, which wrapped up filming in Dripping Springs in June, cost about $90 million. "Copy and paste the following link!!!
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HOGAR's 2003 Journal Is Now Ready Greetings to all HOGAR members, "primas", "primos" and friends: We are proud to announce the completion of our 325-page HOGAR 2003 Journal and it looks great. With pride, our special thanks go to the many 'primos' and friends, who graciously submitted and unselfishly shared their family histories, stories, trees, photos and their research and extraction work with HOGAR members and friends. The HOGAR 2003 Journal includes works contributed by: Angelita Hernández, Esther Arredondo Herold, Irma Saldívar Vela, Dorina Alaniz Thomas, Gloria H. Benavides, Mickey García, Alicia Peña Solis, Patricia Savidge, Lesley Tellez, Mary Castilla, Martha Cuéllar, David Castro, José María Peña, Jesse Thomas, Roberto Vela, Charlie Tamayo, René Reyna, Arturo Garza, Fred Alaniz, Raúl Ruiz, Arturo Romero, Adalberto Sánchez, Martín Solis, Raúl Mitre Valle, and Jerry Benavides. You will find these individuals in Virginia, Colorado, Houston, El Paso, McAllen, San Antonio, Laredo, and the Dallas area. Gloria Benavides created a BUSCAPALABRAS BILINGÜE, on the History of San Antonio, for the San Antonio Genealogical conference. So be sure to visit the HOGAR table to receive your free copy. HOGAR members who pay their dues will receive their journals shortly or at the September San Antonio conference. Nonmembers will be able to obtain their copy for a $25.00 donation. Cariñosamente, Jerry Benavides, Jgbenavide@aol.com HOGAR Publicity, Co-Chair |
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Robert Runyon Photo Collection: South Texas Border, 1900-1920 http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/award97/txuhtml/runyhome.html Sent by and George Gause ggause@panam.edu Source: Roberto R. Calderón beto@unt.edu The Robert Runyon Photograph Collection, housed at the Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin, is especially strong for South Texas between the years 1900-1920. A special presentation within the collection documents the Mexican Revolution in Matamoros, Tamaulipas. From the introduction to the web site: "The Robert Runyon Photograph Collection of the South Texas Border Area, a collection of over 8,000 items, is a unique visual resource documenting the Lower Rio Grande Valley during the early 1900s. Donated by the Runyon family to the Center for American History in 1986, it includes glass negatives, lantern slides, nitrate negatives, prints, and postcards, representing the life's work of commercial photographer Robert Runyon (1881-1968), a longtime resident of South Texas. His photographs document the history and development of South Texas and the border, including the Mexican Revolution, the U.S. military presence at Fort Brown and along the border prior to and during World War I, and the growth and development of the Rio Grande Valley." |
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Cano Family webpage http://www.tisd.net/~dcano/ SOURCE: Danny Cano dcano@tisd.net Victoria, Texas Sent by George Gause ggause@panam.edu |
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Don Manuel Muñoz, Lieutenant Colonel of the Cavalry of the Royal Army and, by order of His Majesty, Political and Military Governor of the province of Texas which is divided into two Ministries, the Royal Treasury and that of War. I certify: It is also true that he treated
and applied medication to Don Miguel Yañez, (who served briefly as a notary to
the Governor who writes this), but he did not appear to give a
declaration. He did state, however, that his illness was due to other
causes. From the Spanish Archives at the Bexar County Courthouse, microfilm roll #24 Los Bexarenos, 1986 Sent by George Gause ggause@panam.edu |
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War of Words Divides Residents of Texas Town By SIMON ROMERO, New York Times, July 16, 2003 Sent by George Gause ggause@panam.edu [[Editor's note: The complete text of this article is included. At issue is the vocabulary used in describing the past, the choice of words shapes the attitudes in the present. In this case the words massacre versus execution certainly does provoke a different response. I have long questioned why the Spanish soldiers/colonizers are referred to as Conquistadors and the English soldiers/colonizers as Pilgrims and Puritans. The article should alert all to the emotional response that vocabuary can provoke.]] GOLIAD, Tex., July 16 — In history books, the killing of more than 300 Texan rebels by Mexican troops here has long been known as the Goliad Massacre. But to many residents of Goliad, with its 18th-century Spanish fort and towering monument to the dead, that brutal episode in its history is still open to interpretation. At the heart of the dispute, largely between Anglos and Mexican-Americans, is the porous definition of who is a Texan and what is Texas history at a time when Hispanics are growing in number and influence. Some of Goliad's Mexican-American residents prefer "execution" to "massacre" in describing what happened here in 1836 because of Mexican law at the time, which was explicit in meting out de facto death sentences for foreigners taking up arms against the government. "For so long in Texas history classes it's been drilled into us that Mexicans were the demons and Anglos the enlightened heroes," said Emilio Vargas III, an assistant principal at the Goliad elementary school and a descendant of Canary Islanders who settled here in the 18th century. "On this point we're no longer going to accept it without a fight." Such talk has shaken Goliad, where the population of 2,000 is almost equally divided between Hispanics and Anglos, with a small black minority. The dispute has included the Roman Catholic Church, which owns the Presidio de la Bahía, the site of the killings 167 years ago, when American and European settlers were engaged in a war to pry Texas from Mexico. Responding to letters and protests from parishioners and residents in Goliad, the Diocese of Victoria two years ago stuck with the long-used interpretation of events and refused to describe the killings as an execution. The church has owned the Presidio, a fort that operates as a tourist site and includes a chapel, since 1853. "I'm aware of the sensitivity of the issue, but it's historically been called a massacre, and we don't feel qualified to change the name," Bishop David Fellhauer said. The bishop's view might have signaled the end of the dispute, but tempers have continued to flare around Goliad, with many residents refusing to accept the church's position. Benny Martinez, president of Goliad's chapter of the League of United Latin American Citizens, said that many Anglos "still hate Mexicans and using `massacre' is a subtle way for them to express it." Mr. Martinez said he ruffled feathers at a meeting of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas in April when he said that the 1836 killings should be described as an execution. Bishop Fellhauer and Newton M. Warzecha, director of the Presidio de la Bahía, consulted historians when a group of residents from the General Zaragoza Society, a Latino rights organization, sought to change the fort's description of events. Few experts dispute the brutality of the killings: Mexican forces shot hundreds of Texans on river roads near the Presidio, burned their bodies and left the remains to vultures. Documents from the time show that even among high-ranking Mexican officers there was ambivalence over carrying out the orders from Gen. Antonio López de Santa Anna to kill the Texans, who had surrendered after a battle. "Those men might have fought to the death if they thought their lives would not have been spared," said Ron Tyler, a history professor at the University of Texas and director of the Texas State Historical Association. The different views illustrate a rift between old-school historians and a newer group who assert that Hispanics were marginalized — sometimes brutally — after Texas gained independence from Mexico. "The cliché that victors write the history is too simple for Goliad," said Andres Tijerina, the author of several works on 19th-century Texas. "Would we be surprised today if the U.S. government executed a group of pirates, or terrorists, as they're known in modern language, who were found operating on American soil?" Mr. Tijerina and other historians who say "massacre" is too clumsy and insensitive a term call attention to the methods Anglos used to suppress Mexican-Americans in Goliad in the decades that followed Texas independence and statehood. Near the courthouse here is a large oak, called the Hanging Tree. A plaque describes the Cart War of 1857, when Anglos attacked competing Mexican-American ox cart drivers, stole their freight and hanged 70 Mexican-American drivers on the tree. "There's no mention of that violence when the fort does its re-enactments," said William Zermeno, a retired postal worker who lives a few hundred yards from the Presidio, where hundreds of people gather each March for re-enactments of the 1836 killings. Many people in Goliad find history hard to ignore. The town was founded in 1749 as a missionary outpost and was later known as La Bahía del Espiritu Santo. In 1829, its leaders changed the name to Goliad, a phonetic anagram of the surname of Miguel Hidalgo, the Roman Catholic priest who is known as the father of Mexican independence. Texans of Anglo and Mexican descent gathered here in 1835 to sign a declaration of independence. Some people here think it folly to dwell so much on the past. "No wonder our town is not growing," said Rajesh Bhakta, an immigrant from India and manager of the Antlers Inn on Goliad's outskirts. "Who wants to invest in a place with all this unseemly fighting over long-ago affairs?" Some friction is unavoidable in a place where it is almost impossible not to cross paths. Mr. Zermeno and his wife, Estella, also an outspoken "execution" proponent, attend the same church as Mr. Warzecha, the administrator of the Presidio and a staunch member of the "massacre" camp. They often avoid one another. "I don't know if it's bad conscience on their part, if they feel guilty," said Mr. Warzecha, who grew up in the nearby ranching town of Cuero. "My best advice to them would be to just go on to better things." There are few signs of appeasement from either side on the matter of the past. But divisions are not insurmountable. Anglos and Hispanics mingle freely in Goliad and intermarriage is becoming common. Robert Parvin, a photographer who had an ancestor killed at Goliad, came to the aid of the Zermenos this week after Hurricane Claudette damaged their home. " `Massacre' is so engraved in people's minds that we don't realize this is not a semantic issue but a moral one," Mr. Parvin said. "When you boil this thing down, it's about power, one group having more than the other. How long is that supposed to last?" |
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Interment.net, Cemetery Transcription Library http://www.interment.net/Default.htm Browse 3,493,388 cemetery records across 7,327 cemeteries from around the world Sent by John Inclan fromgalveston@yahoo.com
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Mexico became a country when it gained independence from Spain in 1821. However, for almost three hundred years it is New Spain and its citizen’s Spanish subjects. In 1835, the Mexican State of Tejas declares independence from the new nation of Mexico. Nonetheless, to this day, Spanish roots are deeply entrenched in the histories and composition of both Mexico and Texas. The political, military and powerful elite families from New Spain begin this history and this story.
Much
data and legends exist on the Oil tycoons and the cattle barons of
Texas. Nevertheless, these men are mere latecomers in Texas history.
Under the leadership of the Silver Magnate, Governor Juan de Oñate,
Spanish Colonization of what is now the United States began in 1598.
Nine years before the English established the first settlement
at Jamestown and twenty-two years before the pilgrims landed at
Plymouth Rock, this early trailblazer used his immense wealth to
finance an entire entrada into New Mexico. This expedition included
his son, Cristóbal de Oñate, then eight-years old and a commissioned
lieutenant governor and captain general, the two Zaldivar brothers,
Juan and Vicente, and Oñate’s nephews. Ten Franciscan priests
carrying crosses fronted 400 men, many with their families. The
encumbered cortege entered New Mexico, via El Paso, with two luxury
coaches, belonging to Oñate, eighty-three wagons and seven thousand
heads of livestock. Dressed in full armor plate, these first Europeans
that settle New Mexico shape the destiny of what is now the American
Southwest. Eighty-two years later, the descendents of these colonies
flee the Albuquerque area in what history calls the Pueblo Revolt of
1680. The refugees settle in El Paso and Monterrey, Mexico. The
families of Duran y Chavez of El Paso, and, generations later, San
Antonio, Texas, and the De Las Casas of Monterrey, New Spain, are
portrayals in this flight. Of these two families, later generation
ally by marriage to the Urrutia family. In addition, through the
intricate web of allied families of Monterrey one finds numerous
descendents of the Onate-Zaldivar family in the genealogy of the
Captain’s descendents of the lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.
By
the late 1600’s, Florida, Texas and the Southwest belonged to the
vast empire of Spain. José de Urrutia and Diego Ramón, governor of
Coahulia, New Spain from 1691 to 1698, exemplify the “movers and
shakers” of this new land. These two influential men and their
families settled in the region of Coahulia.
Captain
José de Urrutia was born in the province of Guipúzcoa, Spain, on or
about 1678. He and his brother Toribio came to the Americas before
1691. Little information exists on their early years in and about New
Spain, but by 1691, Jose, a mere youth, accompanies Dón Domingo Terán
de los Ríos, into an expedition into Texas.
Terán had been in the Spanish service in Peru for twenty
years. In 1681, he came
to Mexico as a deputy of the consulate of Seville.
Because of his successes in quelling Indian disturbances, his
instructions included establishing seven missions among the Tejas
Indians. At this time the
Spanish military established a garrison near the Neches River, a
boundary stream forming the county lines in what is now East Texas and
the Louisiana border.
In
the winter of 1693, the Tejas Indians turned hostile which forced the
garrison into a tortuous withdrawal from Texas.
It was on this fateful date that José de Urrutia met with an
accident on the San Marcos River, (but which scholars now believe to
have been either the Colorado River or the Navidad River). The San
Marcos River flows southeast for seventy-five miles, forming the
boundary between Gonzales and Caldwell counties, before reaching its
mouth on the Guadalupe River, two miles west of Gonzales.
Forced to remain among the friendly Kanohatinos, Tohos, and
Xarames Indians that inhabited this area, Captain Jose and four
soldiers remained for an extended period. He soon gained the respect
of these tribes by quickly learning their languages and becoming
intimately acquainted with their customs. This earned him the title of
"captain general" and soon afterwards, he oversaw the
activities of all the nations hostile to the Apaches Indians. Under
his leadership, he conducted several extensive campaigns against the
fierce and hostile Apache.
By
the early 1700’s a band of “nomadic
hunter and gatherers”, the Comanche, began migrating south and they
showed up in the Texas panhandle and in New Mexico. It was this
migration that would drive the Apaches out of the High Plains. Only
after their arrival on the Plains did the tribe come to be known as
Comanche, a name derived from the Ute word Komántcia, meaning
"enemy". This fact alone tells the reader a great deal about
these warriors. Like the Spaniards, the Comanche were a new addition
to Texas. They came from Wyoming and had once been part of the
Shoshone Indians. (The Comanche and the Shoshone share a common
language). Historical data says that the Comanche acquired their first
horses around 1680. It is interesting to note that in an ironic twist
of fate, the Spaniards, in an earlier century, introduced the horse
into the Americas. Once the Comanche had horses they learned to use
them, thereby enabling this nomadic tribe to be more mobile in hunting
and in warfare. As their migration continued, the Comanche used their
skill with horses to strike swiftly and overcome their opponents. The
numerous accounts of the depredations and murders inflicted by the
Comanche on the local Indian population as well as on the Spanish
featured prominently in the every day life of the settlers of San
Antonio and its missions. The Comanche have distinguished themselves
as the finest light cavalry in the world with the exception of the
Cheyenne Indians, which out classed them. Even today, one can well
imagine the Indian war cries that terrified my early ancestors.
By
his own statement, Captain Jose claims to have lived amongst the
Indians for seven years. When Captain José rejoined his countrymen
remains unknown, but by 1696, he had returned to New Spain.
There he held a prominent military position with the Spanish
government.
To
promote trade with the local Indians and the Spanish of New Spain, in
1714 a French cavalier,
Lieutenant Louis Juchereau de Saint Denis, established a trading post
that grew into the town of Natchitoches,
Louisiana. It was a short time later that several overland highways
met at Natchitoches, including the Natchez Trace from the east and the
Camino Real (The King’s Highway) from New Spain. Natchitoches,
recognized as the oldest permanent settlement in Louisiana, plays a
major role in the histories of both Texas and Louisiana, and given
notoriety by the filming of the movie “Steel Magnolias”. St. Denis
presented himself to the Indians of East Texas and revealed his plan
to go into Mexico. The Indians asked St. Denis if he would seek their
beloved “captain general”. This illustrates how completely Captain
Jose endeared himself to the Indians.
St. Denis did go to Mexico and found himself under a
“pleasant house arrest” while Spanish officials awaited
instructions from Mexico City on what to do with “a foreigner
bearing goods banned by Spanish mercantile restrictions.”
The Spanish Crown enacted an order prohibiting entry of foreign
traders or their merchandise into any Spanish territory.
St. Denis, however, used this occasion to court and wins a
promise of marriage to the Doña Maria Manuela de Sanchez Navarro.
The beautiful Manuela, as referenced in numerous accounts, is
the granddaughter of Dona
Feliciana Camacho y Botello, and the step granddaughter of Major Diego
Ramon. The union guaranteed St. Denis a successful outcome with the
Spanish Viceroy, who later appointed him conductor of supplies for the
planned Ramon expedition to Texas.
In 1721, St. Denis became the commander of Fort St. Jean
Baptiste, located near the mouth of Bayou Amulet. When Manuela died,
April 16, 1758, the annals of Natchitoches record that she was the
wealthiest woman in Louisiana. Northwestern
State University of Louisiana now occupies the property of her estate.
Throughout the parishes of Louisiana, the genealogist can find the
descendants of the union between St. Denis and Sanchez.
Captain
José married twice. The first occurred on January 7, 1697 to Doña
Antonia Ramón. Doña Antonia was the daughter of
Governor Dón Diego Ramón and the Doña Feliciana Camacho y
Botello. The marriage ceremony performed at the parish church,
Santiago Apostol, in the silver mining town of Monclova, in the state
of Coahulia in Mexico.
Captain José and Antonia had one daughter, Antonia, who later
married Dón Luis Antonio Menchaca.
The Menchacas settled in San Antonio, and in 1753, Don Luis
earned the appointment and title of the commander of San Antonio de
Bexar. They left their own unique mark in Texas history. After
the death of his first wife during childbirth, Dón José married the
Doña Rosa Flores y Valdez; the daughter of Dón Juan Flores y Valdez
and Doña Josefa de Hoyos y de la Garza Falcon.
Dona Rosa’s families are descendents of the original
Conquistadors of Coahulia and Nuevo Leon in New Spain. This marriage
most likely took place in Saltillo. From the union they had four
daughters and six sons, including a son named Turbico de Urrutia, who
would later succeed him as captain of the presidio de Bexar. Their
children, Rosa Micaela, married Dón Pedro Jose de Godoy; Cathalina,
married Dón Jose de Plaza; Juana married Dón Ignacio Gonzalez de
Inclán. When widowed,
her second marriage was to Dón Pedro Mariano de Ocón y Trillo; Ana
Gertrudis Josefina, married Dón Antonio Nicolas de Treviño
Gutierrez; Captain Toribio de Urrutia, married Doña Ana Maria de
Farias y Flores de Abrego and
Doña Maria Josefa Flores de Valdez; Joaquin married Doña Maria
Josefa Hernández Longoria; Pedro married Doña Gertrudis Flores y
Valdez; Manuel died young and never married; Ignacio Cayetano married
Doña Rosa Sánchez Navarro y Gomez; Miguel married Doña Clara Cantu.
On
March 1, 1700, the new Governor of Coahulia was Dón Francisco Cuervo
de Valdez a knight of the Order of Santiago. (He would later serve as
the Governor of New Mexico). To help establish the Mission San
Francisco Solano, Cuervo de Valdez commissioned Dón Jose’s
father-in-law, Major Diego Ramón, now the former Governor, the
commander of the presidio de San Juan Bautista del Rio Grande.
Major Ramón commissioned other frontiersmen and together they
enter the regions of Texas. This mission, the predecessor of the
Alamo, was later relocated and renamed.
On
July 23, 1733, Dón José now had forty years experience with the
Indians of Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Texas.
He earned the commission as the Captain and commander of the
presidio of San Antonio de Bexar.
This post suited him well, for Dón José was the most
knowledgeable on Indian affairs of all the New World Spaniards. His
new residence was the old Comandancia that today is known as the
Spanish Governors’ Palace in San Antonio, Texas. Of note: The
Governor never resided there. This building always served as an
administrative office or for official ceremonies.
From
1734 to 1738, a succession of Apache raids resulted in a great loss of
lives and livestock. Situated in a volatile area, the inhabitants of
Bexar lived in constant fear and some families moved into the
boundaries of the city. The situation worsen to the point that in the
winter of 1739 Captain Jose led a campaign against the Apache Indians
in the San Saba region (now known as located in the Texas “Hill
Country” and boasts the title “Pecan Capital of the World”).
He reached in this campaign the same point that years earlier
another Spaniard by the name of Dón Juan Antonio Bustillo y Ceballos
had reached in 1732. This campaign momentarily defeated the Apache and
brought a short period of peace and stability to the area. It would
not be long after that the Apache and the Spanish would find
themselves warring with the Comanche. In 1743, the first report of the
Comanche was sent to the viceroy.
The
San Fernando Catholic Church records of February 18, 1738 note that
Captain José gave 100 pesos towards the construction of San Fernando
Church. This church was named after the thirteenth century Spanish
monarch, Ferdinand III. At eighteen years of age, the young king led
his army to defeat the Moors and reestablished Christianity worship in
Castile, Spain. In 1671, Pope Clement X canonized King Ferdinand III a
saint. When founded in 1731, San Fernando church was the first
Christian church west of the Mississippi River.
The secular clergy administered the sacred rites under the
jurisdiction of the diocese of Guadalajara, in New Spain. The monastic
Franciscans administered prior spiritual care from the local mission,
San Antonio de Valero. This new parish served the religious and civic
events for the civilian and military populations.
It became known as San Fernando Cathedral in later times.
Captain
Jose’s property included holdings in Coahulia as well as in Texas.
In San Antonio, Texas, Captain Jose and his family received a Royal
Land Grant from the King of Spain. The land grants included water
rights that went with the land and was measured by the number of days
in which water could be used. The water was derived from the San
Antonio River and one day of water was equivalent to 117 acres. (Even
by today’s standards, this is quite a track of land). This grant was
near what is now Military Plaza, between Houston and Commerce Street
in San Antonio. A son-in-law, Dón Ignacio Gonzalez de Inclán, a
native of Milan, Italy, (a duchy under Spanish domain) a soldier and
cashier under the Captain’s command owned the property across the
street from the Comandancia. On June 10, 1739, Dón Ignacio received
his land grant (Spanish Deed #704 Bexar County Courthouse) located on
the northwest corner of West Commerce and Flores streets. His widow,
Doña Juana de Urrutia would later sell this property to Dón Diego
Ramón Jr. This land with its adobe house would later pass to a
kinsmen, Dón Luis Mariano Menchaca. Upon his death, the property
passed to his widow, Doña Maria Concepcion de Estrada, and on her
will of March 21, 1815,
she bequest the property to her son, Dón José Maria Rodríguez. On
her will was a clause which provided “one day of water” to be sold
to defray her burial expense and the balance to be applied for masses
to be said for her and her deceased husbands souls. This one story
adobe landmark stood for two centuries before giving way for a
commercial building that stands there today. The site remains as an
abandoned five and dime store.
The
Captain’s last will and testament is dated July 4, 1740, San
Antonio, Texas. His will was witness by the Notary Public and
Secretary, Dón Francisco Joseph de Arocha, and father-in-law to his
granddaughter, Doña Maria Ignacia de Urrutia.
He died in San Antonio on July 16, 1741. As mentioned
previously, his son, Turbico de Urrutia succeeded him as commander.
The
flags from Spain, Mexico, the Republic of Texas and the Unites States
have flown successively over Texas.
Likewise, the intricate web of allied families of Coahulia and
Nuevo Leon, found in Texas, comprise an interwoven community that
irrefutably credits the Spanish conquests in providing the Hispanic
origins.
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Thomas C, Nayor,Thomas H., and
Polzae, Charles W. Northern
New Spain A Research Guide. Tucson, Arizona The University of Arizona
Press, 1981.
Chipman,
Donald E. Spanish Texas,
1519-1821. Austin, Texas,
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Zavala, Adina. History
and Legends of the Alamo and other Missions. Houston, Texas Arte
Publico Press, University of Houston . 1996 Foster,
William C. Spanish
Expeditions into Texas 1689-1768. Austin, Texas, University of Texas
Press, 1995 Gonzalez
de la Garza, Rodolfo. Mil
Familias III. 1998 Hogan,
Paul. Great River The Rio
Grande in North American History. New York, Rinehart & Company,
Inc. 1954 Simmons,
Mark. The Last Conquistador Juan de Onate and the Settling of the Far
Southwest. University of Oklahoma Press, 1991
Weddle,
Robert S. San Juan
Bautista Gateway to Spanish Texas. Austin, Texas, University of Texas
Press, 1968.
Ximenez,
Ben Cuellar. Gallant Outcast - Texas Turmoil 1519-1734. San Antonio,
Texas, The Naylor Company, 1963. |
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[[ Editor's Note: Although Somos Primos does not usually include queries, this information points out common historical patterns. Three brothers immigrate from England, but each goes off in a different direction. Please direct replies directly to Braulia Schipper. BSCHIPPE@tceq.state.tx.us ]] Looking for info on these three Atkinson brothers. Would like their parents names, or any other info you might have. From Lancaster, England George, Thomas and James Atkinson came to the U.S. on the ship "The Morgan." (or was it a Morgan class ship???) James went to Boston then on to Canada. Thomas stayed in Virginia and George went on to the Gulf of Mexico, Mexican port of Bagdad. George Atkinson immigrated from England, 1836 married 1939 Maria Hinojosa, Brownsville, Cameron, TX Note, there is a story that George had a second wife with the name of Dolores Aguilar in about 1860. Their son was Thomas. Children of George Atkinson and Maria Hinojosa, LDS records except where noted as census. 1. (*) Anthony Atkinson b. 1840 (would be about 1847-8 according to 1860 census, shows Anthony age 12) Brownsville, Cameron, TX m.1860 (possible if arranged marraige? my guess would be 1865) in Texas, Elena Cisneros Chapa b. about 1850, 2. Francisco Atkinson (LDS records show as Fernando, but descendant shows as Francisco) b. 1842 Matamoros, Mexico 3. Delphina Atkinson b. 1844 Matamoros, Mexico m. Baltazar Cisniros, 8 Nov 1870 George Atkinson married Dolores Aguilar about 1860 had 4 children, 3 died in 1867 hurricane. (source, 1860 census shows George at 43, Dolores at 22 and Antionio at 12 years of age. Dolores born about 1838?) 1. Thomas Atkinson b. 1867 Brownsville, Cameron, TX m. 21 Jul 1883 Paula Cantu 1910 census: Tomas Atkinson age 46, Pabla wife age 46, Cecilio son age 28, Dolores daughter age 23, Dauise (?) son age 21, Alberto son age 19, Tomas son age 15, George son age 8, Enrique son age 8 (see * above) Anthony Atkinson m. 1860, Texas m. Elena Cisneros Chapa (b. 1839, Texas, father Jose Maria Chapa) 1910 census shows Elena Chapa age 1. Jorge Atkinson b. 1866 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Tx m.Cecilia GALVES Abt. 1886 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Texas 2 Mariana Atkinson b. 1869 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Tx (on July 17, 1870 census Mariana age 1 year) m. Santiago FLORES Abt. 1887 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Texas 1910 census: Mariana age 41, widowed, Santiago, son age 9, Rosa daughter age 6, Rogerio son age 4, Maria daughter age 3, Margarita daughter age 1 3 Eduardo Atkinson b. 1870 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Tx (on July 17, 1870 census Edward was 1 month old) m. Isabel CISNEROS Abt. 1889 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Texas 1910 census: Eduardo age 41, widowed, Elvira daughter age 15, Liabel daughter age 13, Eduardo son age 12, Felipa daughter age 9, Jose son age 7, Norberto son age 4 4 Isabel Atkinson b. 1871 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Tx m. Ramon PIZNANA Abt. 1891 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Texas 1910 census: Ramon Pizana age 41, Isabel wife age 38, Jose son 14, Ramon son 12, Helicitas (?) daughter age 10, Enrique son age 6, Isabel daughter age 3 5 Elena Atkinson b. 1873 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Tx m. Ricardo FLORES Abt. 1893 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Texas 1910 census 6 Antonio Atkinson b. 1875 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Tx m. Refugina CISNEROS Abt. 1895 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Texas 7 Porfirio Atkinson b. 1876 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Tx m. Paula RAMOS Abt. 1896 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Texas 8 Alberto Atkinson b. 1877 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Tx m. Amalia TREVINO Abt. 1897 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Texas 1910 census: Alberto Atkinson age 32, Amalia wife age 24, Alberto son age 9, Manuel son age 7, Miguel son age 5, Amalia daughter age 2 9. Alfonso Atkinson b. about 1879 1910 census: Alfonso Atkinson age 31, Rosaria wife age 22, Alfonso age 6 months 10 Victoria Atkinson b. 25 Dec. 1880 La Tulsa Ranch, Cameron, Tx m. Juan Jose JUAREZ 28 Oct 1899 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Texas 11 Alfredo Atkinson (**) b. 1881 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Tx m. 1900 m. Braulia Cavazos 1910 Census: Alfredo census age 28, Braulia wife age 22, Alfredo son age 7, Federico son age 6, Josefina daughter age 11 months 12 Carlos Atkinson b. 1883 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Tx 13 Antonia Atkinson b. 1884 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Tx m. Silverio RAMIREZ Abt. 1904 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Texas 14 Jose Atkinson b. 1887 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Tx m. Josefina ARMENDARIZ Abt. 1907 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Texas 15 Josefina Atkinson b. 1890 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Tx m. Mariano SALDIVAR Abt. 1910 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Texas 16 Rogerio Atkinson b. 1893 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Tx m. Manuela GALVES Abt. 1913 Rio Hondo, Cameron, Texas Note: 1910 census Mary 20: Elena Ch Atkinson widow age 60, Carlos son age 26, Jorge son age 23, Jose son age 22, Rogerio son age 16 |
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OBITUARIES, 1901-1905 This database is an index to obituaries from 1901 to 1905 found in the "Houston Chronicle" newspaper in Houston, Texas. The "Houston Chronicle" was first published on 15 October 1901 and is still in publication today. This index provides not only the name of the deceased, but also the date of death, age at time of death, obituary date, and section and page number the obituary is found on. Dates are given in the month/day/year format. NOTE: Please do not make the mistake of assuming that all individuals found in this index died in Houston. Sometimes obituary notices were given for individuals who at one time had lived in Houston, who had relatives that lived in Houston, or who died elsewhere but were going to be buried in Houston. Also, be aware that occasionally notices were printed on multiple days and that even between these days the spellings of the names changed. Be sure to search for relatives in this index using variant name spellings. The gender of an individual is indicated if it cannot be determined simply by their name. Occasionally you may find the words "mortuary report," "article," or "picture" following an individual's name. The "mortuary report" refers to the City of Houston Health Department's mortuary report, which was occasionally printed in the newspaper. "Article" refers to articles that reported deaths that were found on the same page as the obituary notices or mortuary reports. The word "picture" is listed when a picture was also printed along with the article. Source Information: Bennett, Linda, comp. "Houston Chronicle Obituaries, 1901-1905" [database online]. Provo, Utah: MyFamily.com, Inc., 2003. Original data: Bennett, Linda, comp. "Index to Obituary Notices in the Houston Chronicle (Houston, Texas)." Volume 1: 1901-1905. n.p., 1993. Ancestry.com subscribers can search this database at: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/prodredir.asp?sourceid=4717&key=D7291 |
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Béxar Archives, 1717-1836: Available in Microfilmed Set Source: Roberto R. Calderon beto@unt.edu Sent by George Gause ggause@panam.edu To access the description for this multi-volume microfilmed set to the Béxar Archives go to: http://www.lexis-nexis.com/academic/2upa/Aceas/Bexar.htm The website address below contains ordering information for University Publications of America's microfilmed multi-volume set of the Béxar Archives. The set as a whole is being sold under the title, _The Bexar Archives, 1717-1836: Colonial Archives of Texas during the Spanish and Mexican Periods._ In addition, UPA has translated to Enlgish "over 200 volumes...of _The Bexar Archives_ covering the periods 1717-1789, 1804-1808, and (printed access only) 1803-1812. These translations are now available on microfilm from UPA, and future translations will be made available as they are completed." If your university or city library does not own a full microfilmed set of the Béxar Archives, now is the time to go through the proper channels and make the request or organize a fundraising campaign for this acquisition. |
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Extract: King Ranch Is Facing Texas-Tall Challenges By SIMON ROMERO, New York Times, August 17, 2003 http://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/17/business/yourmoney/17KING.html? ex=1062166383&ei=1&en=8919477dd67fee49 Sent by Walter Herbeck wlherbeck@juno.com "There's no good explanation for why we do this work," said Joey Salazar, 34, a leathery fifth-generation kineqo, as the residents and employees born on the legendary 825,000-acre ranch call themselves. "I was born on this ranch, and I expect to die on it," Mr. Salazar, sweat-drenched and clad in chaps and boots with spurs, added in Spanish while taking a break from castrating a group of young calves. Watching Mr. Salazar and other kineqos, one might think that little has changed since Richard King, a New York-born steamboat pilot, recruited vaqueros, as cowboys are still called in South Texas, and their families from northern Mexico 150 years ago to form the backbone of what is now about a $300 million-a-year business empire. Kineqos, in fact, translates as king's men. The King heirs branched out over time into racehorse breeding and oil and gas exploration and acquired large ranching interests overseas.King Ranch Inc., the privately held company that controls the ranch, is run by a Harvard M.B.A. from outside the Kleberg clan who conducts business from a corporate suite in a Houston high-rise. And now the King Ranch is betting its future on areas that have nothing to do with cattle, from leasing land to quail hunters to lending the ranch's name to a line of luxurious Ford pickup trucks. The King Ranch, like some of the nation's other large ranching empires, is confronting a whirlwind of change. Chief among the challenges, perhaps, is a lawsuit that threatens to tear asunder a chunk of land at the heart of the ranch. Another pressing issue is how to keep cattle relevant in an age of skepticism over the benefits of eating beef. Already, the legal assault by descendants of Maj. William W. Chapman has frayed the King Ranch's iconic status by raising questions about its legitimacy. William Chapman, a veteran of the Mexican War, was a business partner of Richard King when the ranch was formed in the 1850's. The lawsuit, which appellate decisions have upheld in favor of the Chapman descendants, is under review by the Texas Supreme Court. Reduced to its essentials, it contends that Robert Justus Kleberg, the lawyer who took over the King Ranch after marrying Richard King's favorite daughter in the 1880's, may have swindled William Chapman's widow of half of a roughly 15,000-acre holding at the ranch's core, known as the Rincon de Santa Gertrudis, after an old Spanish land grant. According to the Chapman descendants, Robert Kleberg had represented William Chapman's widow, Helen, while secretly working on retainer for Richard King, an accusation that the King Ranch contests. Thus, they argue, a conflict of interest clouded a settlement in the 1880's granting the King Ranch full control of the Rincon de Santa Gertrudis. Edward Caleb Coker, a descendant of William Chapman and a lawyer and amateur historian in Charlotte, N.C., said he accidentally stumbled upon Robert Kleberg's dual role in the legal challenge while working on a book a decade ago about Helen Chapman, his great-great grandmother. Since then, Mr. Coker said, he and other family members have spent $300,000 in legal fees to advance their claim. The lawsuit has ensnarled not only the King Ranch but also Exxon Mobil, which has leased the mineral rights on the ranch since the early 1930's, when it was known as Humble Oil. Just half the original Santa Gertrudis land parcel is at stake, about 7,500 acres, or less than 1 percent of the King Ranch's total in South Texas. But losing that land could weaken the ranch, because it includes areas where the Kleberg family has collected payments for decades from Exxon Mobil for energy exploration leases; parts of downtown Kingsville, the Victorian-style town of 26,000 founded on the edge of the ranch a century ago; and the Kingsville Naval Air Station, a top center for pilot training. It is unclear what damages the Chapman descendants could receive if they win or whether the lawsuit is even valid more than a century after the events in dispute. Mr. Coker said in an interview that he believed a statute of limitations did not apply to the lawsuit because statutes could relate to the time of the discovery of fraud, not the date of the event. If Mr. Coker and the other Chapman heirs prevail and the lawsuit is allowed to go to trial, the ruling could set an important precedent for questioning the legitimacy of land titles secured in Texas in the 19th century, especially for Hispanic families who contend that land grants dating to the Spanish empire were taken over by white settlers through fraudulent methods. King Ranch executives bristle at the mention of the lawsuit. At different times in recent years, the ranch and other parties named in the suit, including Exxon Mobil, have had a combined team of more than 20 lawyers employed to defend their interests from the Chapman heirs' claim. "We think their claim has no merit whatsoever," said Jack Hunt, the Harvard-trained chief executive of King Ranch Inc., who came to the company after running the large Tejon Ranch in Southern California. "This is a matter that the King Ranch settled more than 100 years ago." Whatever the outcome of the legal battle, the King Ranch faces challenges on the business front as well, most notably the sluggish demand for beef. Although per-capita consumption of American beef has recently flattened out, and perhaps even risen in the last year or two as some people switched to meat because of the popular Atkins diet, it remains more than 10 percent lower than it was in 1980. ALTOGETHER, the King Ranch has a herd of more than 60,000 cattle, preserving its place among the nation's largest active cattle ranches. And some Texas-size superlatives still apply to the ranch, parts of which are near Corpus Christi: it is about the size of Rhode Island, and its fences, if put in a straight line, would stretch from New York City to Fargo, N.D. As King Ranch veers into new directions, some elements of its culture are bound to come under pressure. Nowhere are the changes more apparent than among the kineqos. The patron system that allowed Richard King and the Klebergs to rule the ranch in an almost cradle-to-grave fashion is slowly being replaced by contemporary management practices. Gone, for instance, are the days when ranch employees were each given 60 pounds of beef and 10 gallons of milk a month as part of their salary. Salaries remain relatively low, with cowboys earning as little as $20,000 a year, but nearly all the ranch's employees have health insurance and are enrolled in retirement plans. About 300 families continue to live on the ranch and receive free housing, though some employees prefer to live in Kingsville. A few college-educated kineqos have also risen to management positions, overseeing areas like human resources and financial audits. That is different from the days a century ago when Hispanics were not allowed to become foremen in charge of cowboys and other employees. Some things will never change, however, as long as vaqueros are needed to work among the cattle herd under the South Texas sun. Robert J. Cavazos, a retired cowboy foreman and kineqo who recently completed a book on the King Ranch, compared working on the ranch to "feeling like a superman." |
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The Heart of Spain
September 1- November 30, 2003 The Heart of Spain allows us to behold a thousand years of Spanish artistic genius in a single, historic event. So come to the heart of Louisiana for a few days to celebrate our Spanish beginnings, and to experience The Heart of Spain. These paintings, tapestries, sculptures, jewelry and ancient symbols of faith will touch your heart and perhaps, change your very soul. Sent by M. Ian West, Sales Associate. (318)443-0032 |
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"La Nouvelle Frontiere" Theme of 2003 Society for the History of Discoveries Meeting Source: Fronteras, Spring 2003, Vol. 12, No. 1 2003 marks the bicentennial of the Louisiana Purchase. When the U.S. purchased this huge area from the French in 1803, it rapidly expanded the size of the young nation and helped precipitate migration westward. The 2003 Society for the History of Discoveries meeting in New Orleans (October 23 to 26) will feature the theme "La Nouvelle Frontiere: Exploration and Discovery of the Louisiana Purchase," but papers will also be presented on other subjects. For more information, visit the SHD website: http://www.sochistdisc.org |
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Des Moines Schools Start Spanish-Language Web Site Associated Press, July 22, 2003 Last year, students representing 44 language groups were enrolled in Des Moines, Iowa schools. Spanish was the first language of 57 percent of the 3,167 students enrolled in the English-language program. Nearly all the information now found on the Des Moines school district's English-language web site is now available at a Spanish-language site. |
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Treasures, Awaiting Discovery Source: HISPANIC, April 20, 2003 Sent by John Inclan fromgalveston@yahoo.com [[Editor: The founder Archer M. Huntington. Huntington (1870-1955) collected rare books and manuscripts as well. Please, go to the article.]] http://www.hispanic.bz/hispanic_treasures,_awaiting_discovery.htm |
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Velázquez's "Portrait of a Little Girl," above left, and his portrait "Camillo Astalli." |
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The Hispanic Society of America, lonely up at 155th Street and Broadway in Washington Heights and tired of having a world-class art collection that almost nobody sees, has found one solution: send the work where the audience is. So in March the museum is lending seven prize paintings, including two El Grecos and a Velázquez, to the Metropolitan Museum of Art for a show examining the effect of Spanish painting on French artists. In September the society plans to exhibit prints and drawings based on the Don Quixote story at the Prado in Madrid. That's all fine but is no substitute for the strange delight of visiting the museum itself. The Hispanic Society provides the pleasure of being a tourist abroad, stumbling into an arcane treasure, less than a half-hour subway ride from Times Square. "It's one of the great well-kept secrets of New York," said Samuel Sachs II, director of the Frick Collection. Mr. Codding, the society's director since 1995, said the society had considered moving the museum, as well as other possibilities for expanding at its current location. Nothing is likely to happen soon. "I would expect within the next 10 years," he said of the anticipated changes, whatever form they take. |
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Extract: Illegal Immigrants Buy Into Homeowning Dream By Nurith C. Aizenman, Washington Post, August 17, 2003 Howard Shorr howardshorr@msn.com Gerardo Cabrera fell in love with the house immediately. And so the auto mechanic and his wife, a secretary, decided to pay $200,000 for their own piece of suburban Gaithersburg, a classic tale of immigrants achieving the American dream. Except for one detail: At the time, they were in the United States illegally.
Undaunted, Cabrera went to three lenders until he found one who was willing to accept identification in place of a Social Security card. "I believe in thinking positively," said Cabrera, 38, who became a permanent legal resident about a year after buying the house in July 1999. "It doesn't matter how many times you're told no, because you only need one person to say yes." |
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Seventeen million Mexicans have emigrated from Mexico in 40 years by Miroslava Flores http://www.aztlan.net/mexicanemigrants.htm La Voz de Aztlan, 8/11/2003 Los Angeles, Alta California - August 11, 2003 - (ACN) A prestigious Mexican national advisory board on the census, the "Consejo Nacional de Población", has just released a study that says that 17 million Mexicans have emigrated out of Mexico in 40 years. The study says that the majority of the those emigrating did so to the USA where 9.5 million of these now reside. The study says that if it was not for those emigrating, the total population of Mexico would be 120 million. The study says that there are now 8.2 million Mexicans who are sons and daughters of these emigrated Mexicans in the USA and that 7.8 million are second generation descendents. In addition, the study states that the percentage of Mexican families that have relatives in the USA or receive monies from Mexican workers in the USA now exceeds 18% of all Mexican households representing 3.8 million total Mexican households. Mexico is divided into 2,350 municipalities or "townships" and the study says that 96% of these have some sort of connection with the USA or receive monies from Mexican immigrants in the USA. The study provided the following breakdown concerning the 2,350 townships and their connection to the USA: 1. 492 townships have a "high" connection 2. 392 townships have a "medium" connection 3. 466 townships have a "low" connection 4. 93 townships have no connection The study concluded that the "world" received the "New Millennium" with mass global migrations. It stated that in January 1, 2000, approximately 150 million people resided outside their countries of origin. |
"Libros Genealogicos" http://www.ancestros.com.mx/ppublic.asp Sent by Armando Montes Doctor Enrique Ruiz Tayabas (1) Elizabeth Alanís Cavazos de García (1) Héctor Javier Barbosa Alanís (1) Jose F. Gonzalez Sanchez & Eduardo J. Hinojosa Gon (1) Libaneses en Mexico (AGN) (1) Luz Montejano Hilton (5) Milagro Lloréns Casani (22) Ph. D. Sergio Corona Paez (11) Sociedad Genealogica del Norte de Mexico (2) Spanish American Genealogical Association (9) |
Ranchos Guadalajara Censuses Project 1792-1930 http://www.fsu.edu/~guadalaj/Censuses_History_1600-1820.htm Sent by A.Garza AGarza0972@aol.com Who writes that he received the site from a group (Ranchos) that he belongs to. The overall history of all the censuses in Guadalajara giving the name of the census taker, estimate of the population, who was being counted, and what kind of census, i.e. Ecclesiastical visita, Royal Census, Military census, Ayuntamiento estimates, and others. Lots of information. |
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La investigación de la heráldica, es una aventura puesto que se empieza con nulos conocimientos de heráldica y de genealogía. Hemos empezado con la tradición oral y pasmarlo en escritos poca información, investigación, en periódicos, monografías, revistas especializadas de heráldica, información que se encuentran en los archivos parroquiales, los archivos de los registros civiles, en los archivos familiares. Aunque estos archivos familiares casi no existen mas que en la memoria, de los mas viejos, y es aquí donde se empieza a realizar la investigación de los apellidos, cuyas líneas seria empezar por los parientes más directos, como padres, abuelos, tatarabuelos, posteriormente las líneas colaterales, tíos, abuelos, tíos bisabuelos, y los parientes no reconocidos por la familia. Desde Pequeño se despertó en mí el conocer quienes eran nuestros ancestros, posteriormente por mas de 20 años solo tenia el 8 nombres con sus apellidos, y seguía preguntando, y no tenia ninguna respuestas, Escuchaba hablar de Jerez Zacateca, Tepetongo, Zacatecas, y seguía naciendo un profundo cariño por Jerez, el Primer Contacto que tuve con Jerez fue a los 6 años, 25 años mas tarde regreso y pude recordar algunas cosas que tenia grabadas desde mi niñez, y no es hasta e laño 2000 que empecé a investigar un poco en Internet sobre Jerez y cual es mi sorpresa que me encuentro un articulo publicado por las fiestas de Jerez , "La Desconocida Prole Y Sus Ancestros" del Sr. Leonardo Delathorre y Berumen. Con los nombres Encontrados en ese artículo y la Página de http://www.Familysearch.org y con la orientación de mi Tía Celina Landeros Cabral, que no conocía mas que por teléfono, en menos de un año logre tener ceca de 100 ancestros y en algunos casos sus respectivos hijos, también con el apoyo de gente para mi antes desconocida como, Mercy Bautista, Susana Frías, y Gabriel Gutiérrez, que me han proporcionado información importante para mi, además de tener en algunos caso ancestros en común, y la investigación de los apellidos sigue y uno seda cuenta que esta emparentado con mucha gente, algunos conocidos y otros que concia. Y desde que empecé a desarrollar
la búsqueda de mis ancestros por fin, Hace algunos días Fui a Jerez, muy
poco tiempo día y medio, en el cual obtuve una documentación de mi tía muy
interesante, y relaciona parentesco con los Caldera, Pinedo, fundadores unos
de Jerez y otro del a Estancia de los Rodarte, me sentí a gusto en lo que fue
la casa de los bisabuelos Cabral, además del recibimiento de un agradable
Lluvia por algunos minutos, que para mi fue el recibimiento de mis ancestros.
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Cabral Valdés Sent by Salvador Cabral Valdes, Pagina Personal http://cabral.galeon.com Colaborador en: http://www.ancestos.com.mx La investigación de la heráldica, es una aventura puesto que se empieza con nulos conocimientos de heráldica y de genealogía. Hemos empezado con la tradición oral y pasmarlo en escritos poca información, investigación, en periódicos, monografías, revistas especializadas de heráldica, información que se encuentran en los archivos parroquiales, los archivos de los registros civiles, en los archivos familiares. Aunque estos archivos familiares casi no existen mas que en la memoria, de los mas viejos, y es aquí donde se empieza a realizar la investigación de los apellidos, cuyas líneas seria empezar por los parientes más directos, como padres, abuelos, tatarabuelos, posteriormente las líneas colaterales, tíos, abuelos, tíos bisabuelos, y los parientes no reconocidos por la familia. Por lo general todos los apellidos vienen de España para lo cual empezaremos con la recopilación de los escudos de armas de los distintos apellidos que se relacionan, en el transcurso de los tiempos, esperando que nuestros apellidos sean parte de los originales escudos de armas que fueron dados por los reyes de España y de Portugal.. Diremos que la mayoría de los apellidos, que a continuación buscaremos su origen proceden del estado de Zacatecas, que es lo ultimo que se tienen y somos específicamente de los municipios de: Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco; Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes; Jerecuaro, Guanajuato; Jerez de García Salinas, Tepetongo, Villanueva; Monte Escobedo; Tlaltenago de Sanchez Roman; Pinos, Panuco; todos de Zacatecas. Surnames: Valdes Gonzalez: De Espana en Asturias Camargo: De Espana en Trujillo Cabral: Tien Cuatro lineas de Portugal, los de Francia, los de Italia y Los de Espana en Galicia, y en Castilla, en Mexico ques es nuestro punto de estudio. |
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AGUASCALIENTES AGS. SAGRARIO 1616 1663 1620 ESTADO DE COAHUILA MONCOLOVA COAH. SANTIAGO 1688 1690 1777 PARRAS COAH. STA, MARIA 1653 1683 1693 SALTILLO COAH. SAGRARIO 1684 1703 1745 DISTRITO FEDERAL TACUBA D.F. SN. GABRIEL 1605 1623 1619 XOCHIMILCO D.F. BERNARDINO 1597 1601 1639 SAGRARIO MET. D.F. ASUNCIÓN 1537 1575 1671 S.CATARINA M. D.F. IDEM 1568 1589 1664 S. VERACRUZ D.F. IDEM 1560 1568 1622 ESTADO DE DURANGO DURANGO DUR. SAGRARIO 1642 1624 ------- NOMBRE DE DIOS DUR. S. PEDRO 1634 1660 -------- ESTADO DE MÉXICO TOLUCA E, MEX. SAGRARIO 1626 1655 1696 ESTADO DE GUANAJUATO CELAYA GTO. SAGRARIO 1682 1658 1635 DOLORES HIDALGO GTO. DOLORES 1682 1728 1736 GUANAJUATO GTO. STA, FE 1605 1605 1643 IRAPUATO GTO. SOLEDAD 1660 1701 1664 LEON GTO. SAGRARIO 1636 1636 1717 CD. M, DOBLADO GTO. PARROQUIA 1672 1679 1674 SALAMANCA GTO. SAGRARIO 1651 1689 1681 SALVATIERRA GTO. SAGRARIO 1651 1653 1712 SILAO GTO. SANTIAGO 1594 1665 1631 SAN FELIPE GTO. SAGRARIO 1600 1665 1695 SAN FCO. DEL R. GTO. SN. FCO.. 1659 1641 1680 V, DE SANTIAGO GTO. SAGRARIO 1680 1688 1661 ESTADO DE GUERRERO TAXCO GRO. S. PRISCA 1641 1675 1687 ESTADO DE HIDALGO MIN. DEL CHICO HGO. P. CONCEP. 1574 1615 1615 MIN. DEL MONTE HGO. ASUNCIÓN 1573 1573 1573 PACHUCA HGO. ASUNCIÓN 1568 1668 1685 TULANCINGO HGO. SAGRARIO 1650 1606 1605 ESTADO DE JALISCO ARANDAS JAL. S.M. GPE. 1768 1802 1798 ATOTONILCO JAL. SAGRARIO 1699 1743 1753 AYO EL CHICO JAL. SAN AGUSTÍN 1662 1682 1682 AUTLAN JAL. SAGRARIO 1636 1692 1706 LA BARCA JAL. SAGRARIO 1684 1681 1694 CIENEGA DE MATA JAL. VICARIA 1670 1667 1667 CD.GUZMÁN JAL. SAGRARIO 1648 1666 1692 COLOTLÁN JAL. SAN LUIS 1703 1720 1718 CUQUÍO JAL. PARROQUIA 1666 1711 1714 GUADALAJARA JAL. SAGRARIO 1599 1631 1631 JALOSTOTITLÁN JAL ASUNCIÓN 1764 1707 1659 LAGOS DE MORENO JAL. STA. MARIA 1634 1711 1708 SAYULA JAL. PARROQUIA 1651 1708 1711 SAN JUAN DE LOS L. JAL. SAN JUAN B. 1710 1722 1710 SN. MIGUEL EL ALTO JAL. SAN MIGUEL 1762 1788 1769 TEOCALTICHE JAL. DOLORES 1639 1729 1746 TEPATITLÁN JAL. PARROQUIA 1683 1686 1685 U. DE SAN ANTONIO JAL. PARROQUIA 1808 1808 1808 ESTADO DE MICHOACÁN ANGAMACÚTIRO MICH. SAN FCO. 1651 1636 1694 CD. HIDALGO MICH. SAN JOSE 1611 1647 1673 CHILCHOTA MICH. PARROQUIA 1617 1650 1639 MORELIA MICH. SAGRARIO 1594 1636 1643 PÁTZCUARO MICH. SAGRARIO 1597 1596 1631 TANGANCÍCUARO MICH. ASUNCIÓN 1767 1679 1768 TLALPUJAHUA MICH. CARMEN 1730 1730 1730 TLAZAZALCA MICH. S, MIGUEL 1630 1635 1671 VILLA MORELOS MICH. S. NICOLÁS 1652 1677 1755 ZAMORA MICH. SAGRARIO 1612 1637 1688 ESTADO DE MORELOS CUERNAVACA MOR. SAGRARIO 1598 ------- 1610 ESTADO DE NAYARIT COMPOSTELA NAY. SAGRARIO 1706 1727 1663 ESTADO DE NUEVO LEON MONTERREY N.L. SAGRARIO 1688 1667 1668 ESTADO DE OAXACA OAXACA OAX. SAGRARIO 1653 1681 1643 ESTADO DE PUEBLA ATLIXCO PUE. S. FCO. 1613 1736 1605 LIBRES PUE. S. JUAN 1616 1624 1567 PUEBLA PUE. SAGRARIO 1545 1661 1693 ESTADO DE QUERÉTARO CADEREYTA QRO. PEDRO Y PAB. 1660 1660 1693 QUERÉTARO QRO. SANTIAGO 1637 1694 1680 S. JUAN DEL RIO QRO. SAN JUAN 1637 1637 1639 S. ROSA DE JAU. QRO. STA. ROSA 1762 1753 1883 ESTADO DE SAN LUIS POTOSÍ CHARCAS S.L.P. S. FCO. 1677 1688 1659 SAN LUIS POTOSÍ S.L.P. SAGRARIO 1593 1635 1680 ESTADO DE SINALOA CULIACÁN SIN. SAGRARIO 1690 1755 1746 ESTADO DE TAMAULIPAS CD, VICTORIA TAMPS. REFUGIO 1751 1752 1752 ESTADO DE TLAXCALA TLAXCALA TLAX. SAGRARIO 1632 1642 165 ESTADO DE VERACRUZ JALAPA VER. SAGRARIO 1666 1647 1607 VERACRUZ VER. CATEDRAL 1743 1679 1742 ESTADO DE YUCATÁN MERIDA YUC. SAGRARIO 1543 1567 1639 ESTADO DE ZACATECAS JERÉZ ZAC. SAGRARIO 1648 1712 1650 NOCHISTLÁN ZAC. PARROQUIA 1627 1627 1667 SOMBRERETE ZAC. S. JUAN 1679 1695 1678 TLALTENÁNGO ZAC. S.M.GPE. 1630 1626 1686 ZACATECAS ZAC. S. DOMINGO 1634 1634 1634 |
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Guatemalan youth who asked, received Contra Costa Times, 8-1-03 http://www.bayarea.com/mld/cctimes/news/6434339.htm Editor's note: Danville residents Joan and Jacob Hamblin are in Central America on an 18-month humanitarian services mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala: July 14 -- It was a circuitous journey for a letter -- all the way from Cuyotenango, Guatemala, written in Spanish by an 11-year-old boy, to Salt Lake City, Utah, and translated for the benefit of the Prophet, President Gordon B. Hinckley, to whom it was addressed. It was sent back to Guatemala to us, the area welfare agents for the church in Central America. Johny Eduardo Perez Valladares, had long been troubled by the warped desks, overcrowded classrooms, leaky roofs and lack of textbooks and supplies at his school, Nacional Rural Mixta in Canton Chacalte Aparicio. He was in the last year at his school and worried about the younger students.It seemed each year the school got worse. Teachers complained, but that achieved nothing. In fact, at the beginning of this school year Guatemalan public school teachers staged a two-month strike before the government met some of their demands. They received a small salary increase but nothing for school supplies or equipment. Then Johny, a devout Mormon, had a plan. He would write to President Hinckley. It was a powerful, beautiful letter from such a young child. His parents and teacher assured me he wrote it himself."We don't have places to sit, nor do we have enough supplies to get an education because everyone who attends here is poor," he wrote. "Our parents don't have the means to provide us with these necessities in my school. Here in Guatemala, we don't have wars or a need to kill one another, but the war we are fighting is a lack of education and the means to get it. Our request consists of 500 school desks, 14 chalkboards and some materials to finish a wall to surround the school."If you help us, we will be eternally grateful to you ... "When my husband and I received the letter, we had a folder of projects we had not yet had time to consider. But this one, having come via President Hinckley's office, jumped to the top of the pile.We received it on a Wednesday, made a call to the bishop of the ward Johny attends, and that Friday we drove 21/2 hours to Cuyotenango. We arrived earlier than expected; the children were on the playground, a small asphalt courtyard surrounded by eight classrooms. We asked a few questions and suddenly, the word spread. Someone from Johny's church was here.Children, about 50, surrounded my husband. Then we looked up and saw the other 450 children, whose teachers had managed to control them, standing in front of their classrooms and waving white balloons. The playground was filled with oscillating balloons!I was overwhelmed. Then we met Johny, and his mother and baby brother who had arrived for the occasion.Johny was a little shy, but he still had a smile for us. He was definitely the hero of the day as friends elbowed around him, trying to get closer to us. Recess was over and the children reluctantly returned to class, but we visited each room in turn. They showed us their warped desks, similar to others we have seen in Guatemala -- each a long board, attached to a bench, on which five children sit together!Three classrooms met only in a covered overhead, with a six-foot bamboo fence offering slight protection from the rain. During the rainy season (now) it rains in torrents here, not far from the Pacific Ocean. We walked behind the school where there is a broken down concrete block wall, a space where thieves can break through and steal from the school. The bathrooms were typical -- two toilets without lids or seats. Flushing water comes from a bucket dipped into a barrel of water a few feet away. There was no toilet paper and no hand-washing facilities. The waste drains into a field behind the school. Before we left, I spoke again to Johnny's mother. She said he had written the letter May 10, and by the second week in June, he had heard nothing. He was discouraged, but she told him to pray. A week later, on June 18, we phoned. To Johnny it was an answer to prayer. Now, a month later, we have finally seen the project through. Sometimes headquarters sends everything by ship or we purchase things here. In this case, the only things we are asking for are the school kits that contain rulers, pencils, color crayons, scissors, paper, etc. Everything else -- desks, concrete blocks, cement and rebar, fluorescent lights, toilets, the ink for the marking pens, the whiteboards -- we purchase locally to help the local economy But this little boy soon learned the power of the pen and of prayer. |
Extract: Surprise! Brazil considers Spanish as its 2nd language by Andres Oppenheimer, posted 8-7-03 http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/columnists/andres_oppenheimer/6475593.htm When historians in the future are asked what was the most important development of the early 21st century in Latin America, they may cite something that is not making headlines anywhere nowadays: the gradual steps by Portuguese-speaking Brazil to adopt Spanish as a second language. It sounds trivial, but Brazil -- which accounts for more than 50 percent of South America's economy, territory and population -- has always lived in relative isolation from its Spanish-speaking neighbors. In part because of language, Brazilians have always read different books, watched different movies and seen different TV shows than most of their fellow Latin Americans. But things are beginning to change. This week, while the region's attention focused on the Brazilian Congress' preliminary approval of a crucial pension reform bill, Brazilian legislators were debating another measure that could prove even more important in the long term: the adoption of Spanish as a required language for Brazil's 43.5 million students in elementary and high schools. The proposal to make Spanish courses mandatory nationwide ''is key to the formation of a real Latin American community,'' the main bill says. It notes that Brazil is the only member of Mercosur -- the South American common market made up of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay and Uruguay -- where Spanish is not spoken. |
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As promised, here is the second part of a two-part series I had planned to do for both my August and September articles. Again, it is my wish to share with the readers interesting notes and facts about our Philippine history, upon which I am very grateful to a well-known Filipina educator, Dr. Preciosa Soliven, (a fellow Sigma Deltan sorority sister), whose book I used as a reference. ONE CENTRAL GOVERNMENT FOR THE PHILIPPINES With the establishment of one central government in the Philippines initiated by Miguel Lopez de Legaspi and continued by his grandson, Juan de Salcedo, neighborhood battles between "datus" (chieftains) and the "rajahs" (kings) became a thing of the past. The Philippine islands were now governed by an appointed "Governor-General" who was responsible for making, implementing and suspending any law. He too was president of the highest court in the country-the "Audiencia" or the "Supreme Court". It was the "Audencia" that stepped in to decide cases in the absence of the Governor-General. Once in a while though, the king of Spain would issue royal decrees for the developing government. Indeed, a complete legal system was established by Spain. The "Laws of the Indies" was a body of laws enacted protecting the Philippine people from abusers or other aspiring conquerors. THE "ENCOMIENDA" AND THE "ENCOMIENDERO" "At first, there were no provinces. The whole country was divided into grants of land. These grants of land were known as "enconmiendas" and the one to whom they were granted was called the "encomiendero". The grant included the right to the tributes of the people who lived on the land." (Soliven, 1999) The "encomienda" was to be treated like a public office and not as a personal property. Duties of the "encomiendero" included giving military protection to the people of the "enconmienda", educating them and converting them to the Catholic faith. Rules and regulations were created to prevent an "encomiendero" from abusing the people living in the "encomienda". THE EVOLVING OF "PROVINCES" In spite of the many laws enacted to prevent abuse from the "encomienderos", some people in the "encomiendas" were mistreated, not properly educated and ended up not being converted to the Christian faith. Some of the "encomienderos" were not properly supervised and were especially rigid in collecting tributes from the people. As a result, many people in the "encomiendas" started to revolt. Enter the missionaries especially Father Martin de Rada, one of the Augustinian fathers who traveled with Miguel Lopez de Legaspi and Bishop Domingo de Salazar, who became the first bishop of the Philippines. Both missionaries are remembered for their tireless efforts for petitioning against the cruel "encomienderos". Finally, towards the end of the 16th century, all the encomienda systems" were abolished. "Provinces" took the place of the "encomiendas" and were headed by the "alcaldes", "mayors", "corregidores" and lieutenants. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE "BARANGAYS" The development of the "barangays" immediately followed, led by a "cabeza de barangay" who formed "towns". A town head or a "gobernadorcillo" was elected and Filipinos aged 16-60 years old had to pay a tribute of P1.50 pesos or twelve (12) "reales". Filipinos were also required to do "polos y servicios" or "personal service" for the development of public works like the building of "calles" (roads), bridges and other public buildings. Most of them also went out as sailors and some as soldiers. In 1600, there were about 400 religious Spaniards who were left to minister in the provinces. Most Spanish political officials, businessmen, and soldiers chose to move to the city of Manila where they concentrated on the success of the galleon trade. Thus is the origin of the well-known "barangays", which are still found in the Philippines today. It is the smallest political unit headed by a "capitan" or a "capitana" and whose annual election(s) is still surrounded by much controversy and political gossip. THE END References: Soliven, Preciosa. Half a Millennium of Philippine History", The Philippines Star Daily, 1999. |
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Genealogy of Chilean People Webmaster: Tomás Pino Aldunate http://tpino.netfirms.com/pino.htm Sent by Paul Newfield pcn01@webdsi.com Among the resources is a listing of genealogists, with their email, and the family surnames that they have researched. In some cases photos accompany the pedigree information. A bulletin board for pasting messages, and a alphabetical listing which can be searched. |
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A Birthday for Our Diversity By Thomas Fleming, The Philadelphia Inquirer Thomas Fleming is senior scholar for the National Center for American Revolution at Valley Forge. Sent by Michael Stevens Perez, Project Manager msphistory@aol.com Tomorrow the National Center for the American Revolution and the National Park Service will commemorate a forgotten anniversary at Valley Forge: the first public celebration of George Washington's birthday. It is also a celebration of American diversity, though too few Americans realize it. It was a modest observance. Twenty-one members of the Continental Artillery Band marched to Washington's headquarters and serenaded the general as he was getting ready for bed. Afterward, Martha Washington came out to thank the soldiers and gave them 15 shillings - perhaps $100 in today's money - for a tip. Few realize the diversity of Washington's army at Valley Forge. In the ranks were black soldiers, such as New Jersey's Oliver Cromwell, who crossed the Delaware with Washington on Christmas night 1776 to rescue the sinking revolution with stunning victories at Trenton and Princeton. Cromwell served six years in the New Jersey brigade (or "line," as the soldiers called it). He received an honorable discharge in 1783, signed by Washington. By 1780, two years after Valley Forge, one out of every six soldiers in the Continental Army was black. It was the most integrated army America would field until the Vietnam War. Historian Christopher Brown notes that blacks in the Continental Army were among the first to sign petitions protesting slavery in America. Washington and other leaders expressed a hope that Americans would find a way to eliminate the institution. Brown calls the Revolution "a defining moment in the world history of slavery." Blacks are by no means the only forgotten participants in the revolution. Too many Americans have the impression that the war was fought between two groups of Englishmen. But by 1776 America was already a melting pot. Sixty percent of the population was English. But more than 300,000 Irish-Americans were in the colonies when war broke out, and they were eager to settle old scores with an England that had been oppressing their country for centuries. Some historians have estimated a third of Washington's army was Irish born or of Irish descent. At Valley Forge, there were so many Irish in the Pennsylvania brigade, it was often called "the line of Ireland." Many members of the small American Jewish community served in the army. Solomon Bush of Pennsylvania, who became a lieutenant colonel, told his friend Henry Lazarus he was "determined to revenge the wrongs of my injured country." German Americans were equally ardent defenders of their new country. One German officer hired by George III to suppress the rebellion told of meeting an old woman in Maryland. "You have come over here to ruin us," she said in perfect German. Another German officer complained that Pennsylvania's Germans "were steeped in the American idea of liberty and are... unbearable." In the closing years of the war, the Spanish governor of Louisiana, dynamic 30-year-old Bernardo de Galvez, shipped tons of arms and ammunition up the Mississippi to help Americans fighting in the West. Galvez also raised an army of French and Spanish Louisianians and free blacks that captured more than 1,000 redcoats and tied down three times that number - men the British badly needed elsewhere. Women also played a part. Several saw combat. Hundreds more belonged to Washington's army as nurses and cooks, enduring the hardships of Valley Forge and other encampments. Many exhibited daring worthy of any man. Sixteen-year-old Sybil Ludington galloped 40 midnight miles around Danbury in 1777, turning out militia to repel British raiders. Betty Zane risked a hail of bullets to bring desperately needed gunpowder to a Kentucky fort. Abigail Adams, wife of Continental Congressman John Adams, has won fame with her letter to John urging him to "remember the ladies" in the new government he was helping to create in Philadelphia. She helped launch a crusade to win better education for women. She raised four children and ran the family farm while her husband was away for years at a stretch. Tens of thousands of other women endured similar loneliness and hardship while the men fought the battles. It was and is everybody's revolution. That's what's being celebrated tomorrow. |
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Civil War Fought by Boys: Figures from Government records indicate that 78% of the civil War was fought by 15-18 year olds. Specific age categories are as follows: |
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old = 25 11 yrs old = 34 12 yrs old = 225 13 yrs old = 380 14 yrs old = 1,602 15 yrs old = 104,987 |
16 yrs
old = 231,051 17 yrs old = 884,981 18 yrs old = 1,158,434 19 to 22 = 617,511 22 to 44 = 52,696 Above 44 = none |
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Nuggets from Paradise, Vol. 11, No. 5, via The Family Tree, August/September 2003 |
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Generation Gap Sent by Roxanne Molina ROXANNEMOLINA@AOL.COM One evening a grandson was talking to his grandmother about current events. The grandson asked his grandmother what she thought about the shootings at schools, the computer age, and just things in general. The Grandma replied, "Well, let me think a minute, I was born before television, penicillin, polio shots, frozen foods, Xerox, contact lenses, Frisbees and the pill. There was no radar, credit cards, laser beams or ball-point pens. Man had not invented pantyhose, air conditioners, dishwashers, clothes dryers, and the clothes were hung out to dry in the fresh air and man hadn't yet walked on the moon. Your Grandfather and I got married first-and then lived together. Every family had a father and a mother. Until I was 25, I called every man older than I, 'Sir'- and after I turned 25, I still called policemen and every man with a title, 'Sir'. We were before gay-rights, computer-dating, dual careers, daycare centers, and group therapy. Our lives were governed by the Ten Commandments, good judgment, and common sense. We were taught to know the difference between right and wrong and to stand up and take responsibility for our actions Serving your country was a privilege; living in this country was a bigger privilege. We thought fast food was what people ate during Lent. Having a meaningful relationship meant getting along with your cousins. Draft dodgers were people who closed their front doors when the evening breeze started. Time-sharing meant time the family spent together in the evenings and weekends-not purchasing condominiums. We never heard of FM radios, tape decks, CDs, electric typewriters, yogurt, or guys wearing earrings. We listened to the Big Bands, Jack Benny, and the President's speeches on our radios. And I don't ever remember any kid blowing his brains out listening to Tommy Dorsey. If you saw anything with 'Made in Japan' on it, it was junk. The term 'making out' referred to how you did on your school exam. Pizza Hut, McDonald's, and instant coffee were unheard of. We had 5 &10-cent stores where you could actually buy things for 5 and 10 cents. Ice-cream cones, phone calls, rides on a streetcar, and a Pepsi were all a nickel. And if you didn't want to splurge, you could spend your nickel on enough stamps to mail 1 letter and 2 postcards. You could buy a new Chevy Coupe for $600 but who could afford one... to bad, because gas was 11 cents a gallon. In my day, "grass" was mowed, "coke" was a cold drink, "pot" was something your mother cooked in, and "rock music" was your grandmother's lullaby. "Aids" were helpers in the Principal's office, "chip" meant a piece of wood, "hardware" was found in a hardware store, and "software" wasn't even a word. We were the last generation to actually believe that a lady needed a husband to have a baby. No wonder people call us "old and confused" and say there is a generation gap..... and how old do you think I am ???" Scroll down to see the answer... "I am only 58 years old!" |
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You, the Researcher |
Beginning Research in Spanish |
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By Salena B. Ashton Copyright 2003 Mission, Texas
In our world of "hurry up—get up—gotta go—where’s my stuff?" we, as genealogists sometimes find ourselves thinking, "Well, I am not like that. After all, I am spending my time reviewing my past, the past of our ancestors, of our cultures," and then dash from one side of the country to the other side of a different country, searching for the right cemetary, the court house that didn’t burn down, and scramble for a decently priced hotel room in a safe part of the city. We have organized folders, some bring crates, highlighters and pens of all colors. Some of us have detailed research plans. We make our hotel reservations and travel plans precisely, and we even knew how early to arrive at the library so we can be at the front of the waiting line that forms before the library is open. Hours disappear as we research film after film, stopping only to answer the pestering call of Mother Nature. However, these same people toward the end of the day burn out—not from information overload, but from failing to take care of the most important detail of genealogical research—they forgot to take care of themselves. Because researchers spend so much time and energy in travel plans, research plans, and pouring through microfilms, they often justify poor eating and sleeping habits. Once, while I was in the lunch room, a pale skinned older woman sat down on the bench, fished for some change and bought a soda and chocolate bar. She sat down next to me and simply replied, "I can eat right when I get home." I am sure she didn’t sleep much until she got home either. Meanwhile, I wondered about the productivity of her research hours. Many experts, from many fields, have talked about getting plenty of exercise while working at a sedentary job, so I won’t be too repetitive in this article. But how many of us apply this information to ourselves? The sedentary aspect of a genealogists’ life—sitting hour after hour at the microfilm reader, in the map section, and shuffling papers from pile to a file, adds up day after day and year after year. We may not live off of vending machine foods and caffeine pills (though I know a few researchers who do), but instead energy bars, bottles of water, and the rush which awakens us each time we find an ancestor. Why does our research suffer when we don’t take care of our physical bodies? Sleep. I cannot overestimate the power of a good night’s sleep. When we receive between seven and nine hours of sleep regularly each night, even on a research trip, we are more prepared for the next day’s challenges. Our brains are able to take a break while our bodies rest and repair themselves. When we skip on sleep or have erratic sleeping patterns, our arcadian rhythms get out of sync. We experience many degrees of mental slurring, from strained eye sight and constant yawning up to missing names while we scan records, and some fall asleep at microfilm readers. Mental slurring can also include not being able to effectively create and follow through with a research plan, analyze records correctly, or piece together clues. Sometimes irritability will set in, we lose patience with ourselves and with the librarians (always a danger to our resources and contact potentials). With enough sleep under our belts, our minds will be invigorated during the afternoon hours, when our arcadian rhythems often put us on ‘slug mode.’ We will feel refreshed, our minds will pick up details quicker, and our ability to analyze lasts longer. For the sake of brevity, I would love to refer you to a detailed, yet easy read of how vital our sleep is to our health, our relationships, our jobs, and overall quality of our lives. Please read The Promise of Sleep: A Pioneer in Sleep Medicine Explores the Vital Connection Between Health, Happiness, and a Good Night's Sleep by William C. Dement. Eating Properly. I know that you all have heard countless reports, read countless articles, and have heard countless lectures about the importance of a good breakfast. I am a healthy young woman who runs road races and practices yoga. However, I have noticed that without proper fuel for my body I do not perform well, whether I’m running a five mile race or hot on the trail of my third great grandmother. Sometimes we believe that we should not eat so much because we’re worried about our weight, because of time lost eating instead of researching, or other reasons. Sometimes we even use the excuse that we can’t eat in the library. Well, that is a valid reason, so go to the cafeteria or step outside (fresh air does wonders to invigorate the mind). We find it easy to schedule smoke breaks, so why not fuel breaks?
When you eat properly balanced meals, your mind stays invigorated, your body freshened, and your strength fortified. This is why researchers who eat vending machine foods tend to ‘run out of gas’ faster than those who take the time to take care of themselves. It would be beneficial to spend an hour or two reading about how blood sugar levels effects the mental concentration abilities, whether or not you suffer from diabetes or hypoglycemia. The information about how blood sugar is used in our body still applies to each of us. Dress comfortably. Cooler temperatures help preserve library and archive materials. Simply dress in layers. If you are a professional and you need to dress in a suit or dress, you can still dress in layers and keep your professional appearance. Wear comfortable shoes that don’t easily slip off. If you wear contact lenses bring extra solution and lenses, or glasses. If you need reading glasses, double check your bags to make sure that you brought them. Dangling jewelry, bulky bracelets and wrist watches may not seem like a problem, but think of the seconds and energy you spend getting them out of the way, especially if you suffer from arthritis or Carpal Tunnel Syndrome—and need to wheel through fifteen microfilms in less than four hours! Wheelchairs, walkers, canes, and baby strollers: Please be courteous to those who use these devices. Those who use these devices, please don’t take advantage of special treatment. We should all feel comfortable while working on our genealogy. If you travel for a few days at a time, it might be wiser to return
to your hotel room around dinner time, rather than stay until ten pm.
Use this time to eat properly, review your day’s research and plan
your next strategy, stretch out your legs, give your mind a
well-deserved break, and call your family on the phone. Don’t watch TV
or use your computer just before bed. Stay away from alcohol and
sleeping pills. Often it is hard falling asleep because we mull over the
events of the day. Simply accept what you have been able to do and take
comfort that you are taking care of yourself. You will then fall asleep
faster, earlier, and soon it will be six the next morning—ready for
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Por, Salena B. Ashton © 2003, Mission, Texas Este artículo es una compilación del reglamento más pequeño previamente escritopor Salena B. Ashton ©2001 y ©2002, Provo, Utah. RECOJA TODAS SUS FUENTES PRELIMINARES Para comenzar a investigar a sus antepasados Hispanos, utilice el proceso de buscar (explicada en seguin articulo). Cuando usted reúne sus fuentes preliminares, o, los trabajo que los otros han hecho (las fuentes de la familia, el Internet y otras bases de datos, las fuentes de LDS (la Iglesia de Jesucristo de los Santos de los Ultimos Dias), las materiales impresas y no impresas, las biografías, etc), usted debe guardar unos pocos pensamientos adelante de su mente. No muchas personas que investigan su genealogía tienen la ascendencia Hispana y, desgraciadamente, los Hispanos no investigan bastante. De los que hace, sólo hay una porción que contribuye su trabajo a bases de datos y otros fuentes, que podrían ayudar a los otros investigadores. Cuándo usted investiga el Internet, los libros, y otras bases de datos, usted no podria encontrar tanta información como su Angla contraparte. Usted podría llegar a ser fácilmente frustrado, cuando hice yo cuando comencé a investigar a mis antepasados Hispanos, y muchos deciden que la genealogía es demasiado duro. Eso no es verdad. No sea desalentó si usted no encuentra nombres en estas fuentes secundarias. No significa que sus antepasados no existieron—sólo significa que nadie ha contribuido estos nombres a ese recurso particular. Porque no hay mucho secundario materiales disponible, las fuentes de la familia viviente son su llave a un ivestigacion afortunado. Haga las mas preguntas posible a tocante a su familia. Haga preguntas específicas—ellos serán más fáciles para su familia para contestar y usted obtiene detalle más grande. Si usted pregunta a su madre, "Como era su niñez?" ella acaba de mirar en usted. Si usted la pregunta, "Qué era aprecia cuando usted aprendió a cabalgar una bicicleta?" Usted entonces será dicho un cuento detallado. Tome notas, o mejor, recuerda la entrevista con una grabadora. La gente habla más rápido que escribimos. La prueba para no pedir que ellos escribir sus memorias hacia abajo—hace el trabajo usted mismo. Cuándo usted permite que gente hable simplemente, ellos utilizan más detalles y dilatan menos, y gozan tranquilo mientras usted hace todo el trabajo. Sus padres, abuelos, los tíos, y los primos tendrán las cantidades vastas de información para obtenerle comenzó en su investigación. Esta información entrará la forma del nacimiento, del casamiento, y de los certificados de defunción, las tarjetas y las cartas, los retratos, las memorias que se escriben, las memorias que necesitarán a ser extraídas de la cabeza de abuelito Jose, y quizás allí hacen es aún alguna genealogía compilada. Utilice la lista siguente: Cuándo usted empieza a hablar a la gente acerca de la historia de la familia que usted hace primero necesidad a comenzar con usted mismo, entonces sus padres y hermanos. Luego, hablar a los tíos, a los primos, y a los abuelos. Usted querrá hacer preguntas específicas. Cuándo gente dice usted lo que ellos saben, es bueno ser preparado:
Algo que la familia presta a usted, sea segur que vuevelo a su propio dueno. Obtenga una copia de Xerox de lo que ellos lo entregan. Tome notas de quien le dieron qué. La última cosa que usted quiere hacer es crea una enemistad entre familia, dando a Tía Juanita los retratos de Tío George. Con las enemistades de familia, muy pocos de nosotros venimos de una familia perfecta. A veces, haya las situaciones duras que usted tenga con que trabaja. Si las partes de su familia no hablan uno al otro, usted tendrá que vencer eso. A menos que los problemas lo impliquen usted directamente, vencer estos obstáculos serán más fáciles. Con regla general, la pelea de gente tiena que hacer con otras generaciones; usted, el niño de sus padres, es agarrado indirectamente en ello. Por restablecer simplemente el contacto con un abuelo o la tía, usted puede asegurar ellos que quiere todavía hablar con ellos y obtener para saberlos. Si su familia no le ayudará con información y recursos, entonces, eso es lo que pasa. Siga tratando. Quizás tome dos o tres contactos. Quizás requiera que usted paga por todos gastos. Quizás requiera dos semanas o seis años de la paciencia. Pero hace todo lo que puede. La mayoría de las veces, cuándo parientes ven que usted es serio, ellos aligerarán generalmente arriba. Por ejemplo, la familia de mi papa se aparece mas como una una colección de astillas de familia que un árbol genealógico. Nadie habla a cualquiera. Después que yo me mudé para el colegio, yo podría empezar a hablar a ellos sin mis padres quein me prohiben antes. ¡Imagínese cuán duro que era para una de dieciocho años de edad! Bien, la familia no es agradable y mis padres tenian bien razón del cortar todo contacto. Sin embargo, ellos son todavía mi familia y, mas importante, ellos tienen información. Ellos tienen a los mismos antepasados que tengo, y esos antepasados tienen tanta necesidad para la genealogía y para se recordar como que hacemos. Pues, aconteció que la familia no cooperaría conmigo. Tuve que comenzar del rasguño. Hace cinco años, yo presenté a una tía mi trabajo genealogicoque había hecho (mantener en el contacto con ella del tiempo de investigar). Ella vio cuánto trabajo yo había sido capaz de hacer y tres semanas despues, ella me dio algunos fechas, los hechos, los cuentos, y algunos se imaginan para ser Xeroxed. Tuve que mantener constantemente el contacto con gente que tuvo antipatía a mis padres, que evitó mis llamadas, y que podría cuidar menos acerca de genealogía. Tomó mucho trabajo (a menudo pienso que trabajar con el vivir es más duro que el difunto), pero aprendí que el nombre de mi tatara abuelita Rosa May Wolfe. ¿Ahora dígame, todo ese tenia valor del trabajo? Pida a Rosa Wolfe. ¿No piensa usted que ella se siente mejor habia sido recordado? Sí, este trabajo lo vale bien. Para más información acerca de cómo hacer entrevistas de historia de familia y qué clase de preguntas hacer a su familia, averigüe William G. Hartley’s The Everything Family Tree Book. (Ingles) Y especialmente el libro estrito por Don Ray, Make Anyone Want to Talk, No Questions Asked: An Investigative Reporter’s Guide to Perfect Interviews. (Ingles). Si ustedes conozcan libros de eso en espanol, por favor, escribeme los nombres.
¡AVERIGUE VIVIENDO GENTE PRIMERO! Después que cinco años de investigar para su antepasado perdido que tomará usted apoya el conexcion ocho más generaciones, su tía dice, "Bien, yo lo podría haber dicho eso!" Cuándo usted no sabe sus parientes muy bien, mejor los deberán escribir primero antes de llamar. Mande su árbol genealógico y alguna historia de la familia de su rama de la familia (hace un cebo maravilloso). Mande por una hoja del grupo de la familia para ellos llenar, si ellos desean. No los pide inmediatamente artículos originales a menos que usted quiera espantarlos lejos. Construya una relación sincera de la confianza antes pedir a otra gente’s cosas personales, si toma de dos días o dos años. Pida las fotocopias de los artículos apropiados de esta lista (hay mas que lo que esta abajo): Entradas en la Biblia familiar Cartas Fotographias Papeles de negocios Papeles de naturalizacion e immigracion Cuardos de los antepasados Hojas de familia Historias de la familia Papeles y historias militares Obitorios Papeles de bautismos, matrimonios, entierros Usted puede querer también a, después que establecer una relación de la confianza, la oferta para escudriñar documentos originales. A menudo he encontrado que cuando ofrezco esto, y menciono ellos obtendrán la original y ‘gratis’copias, yo obtengo generalmente el acceso a los retratos. La promesa para compartir con ellos la historia de la familia que usted reúne. La oferta para pagar por su es copiar y costos que envían. Encierre un SASE. "Lo que anda alrededor, se recupera aplica tiempo realmente grande a la genealogía." - Leland Meitzler Las preguntas Estas preguntas se significan para darle ideas en lo que preguntar. Ellos ciertamente no son las únicas preguntas para preguntar, y no deben limitar la conversación. Permita estas guía de preguntas—no dicta—su entrevista. ¿Dónde estaban ellos nacido? ¿Cuándo nacían ellos? ¿Quizás fue bautizados ellos o quizás fueron bautizado? ¿Dónde y cuándo ellos asistieron escuela? ¿Dónde y cuándo ellos casaron? ¿Dónde y cuándo ellos murieron? ¿Qué tal entierro? ¿Tuvieron ellos a niños? ¿Dónde y cuándo ellos tuvieron a niños? ¿De dónde vinieron ellos? ¿El país, el condado, el área, el pueblo, la parroquia? ¿Cómo obtuvieron ellos aquí? ¿Cuándo y por qué ellos vinieron aquí? ¿Por qué salieron ellos su país de madre? ¿Vinieron ellos sólo? ¿Era él o ella indentured? ¿Vinieron ellos como parte de un grupo? ¿Vinieron ellos directamente o hicieron ellos paran en tránsito en su manera aquí? ¿Cómo se ganaron la vida ellos en su país de madre? ¿Qué tal aquí? ¿Qué adquirieron ellos en su vive? ¿Habrían poseído ellos, la casa de la tierra, o el negocio? ¿Dónde podrían haber aparecido sus nombres? ¿Para qué razón podrían haber aparecido sus nombres? ¿Cuándo podrían haber aparecido sus nombres? ¿Habrían listado los cuentos periodísticos o las columnas estadísticas sus nombres? ¿Habrían aparecido sus nombres en guías de pueblo o ciudad? ¿Qué tal guías telefónicas (1890 y en)? ¿Habrían pertenecido ellos a cierta religión? ¿Asistieron ellos la iglesia? ¿Dónde y cuándo ellos asistieron la iglesia? ¿Podría haber servido él en el ejército? ¿Cuándo y dónde él sirvió en el ejército? ¿Qué era los conflictos militares de ese tiempo? ¿Pudieran haber sido ellos miembros de una organización fraternal? ¿Dónde estaban ellos en cada enumeración del censo? ¿Fueron registrados sus movimientos por alguna autoridad? La nota a lectores: trabajo actualmente en un artículo diferente
tocante a las técnicas afortunadas y lastimosas que he utilizado
personalmente al investigar mi familia y la familia de otros. Esté enterado de los apellidos dobles utilizados en países Hispanos y entre gente Hispana. Porque Anglo no utiliza un apellido doble, los recursos de Estados Unidos los archivarán diferentemente que hace recursos Hispano. A veces el apellido del padre apellido se errará para un segundo nombre, o para apellido de la madre podría ser cortado completamente. Sea creativa cuándo buscar nombres en bases de datos de computadora. Las mujeres casadas fueron encontradas con el apellido de sus esposos, usualmente.
ESPANOL PARA LAS PERSONAS QUE NO HABLEN ESPANOL Porque ustedes estan leyendo este articulo en espanol, es facil a decir que no tiene problemas con espanol. Pero, hay otras problemas con espanol, como abrevaturas, y el escrito viejo (se llama paleografia). La IGLESIA REGISTRA Después de buscar los EE.UU. El Censo federal de la Población (si aplicable) esto es el segundo tipo del registro que usted debe buscar, después que reunió todo el trabajo que otros han hecho (la familia, las publicaciones, el Internet, etc..) La mayoría de lOS español y países parlantes de portugués eran Católicas; de ahí, estos países llevaron registros de bautismos, los casamientos, los entierros, y de otros acontecimientos. Ellos son los registros más comunes que esenciales (matrícula civil), y ellos pueden contener más información. Bautismos (bautismos) contiene generalmente lo Siguiente:
Las mujeres fueron registradas generalmente con sus apellidos de soltera. Los nombres, las frases comunes, y los lugares se abreviaron a veces. El siguiente es algunos ejemplos:
En la parr. de S. J. Bautista de Inde a los veintecuatro dias del mes de junio de milnovecientos doce, yo el pbra. Maurico Beatriz cura bautice solemmente y puse los Santos obras a un niño que nacio en Tres Vados el veinte de dho a quien puse por nombre Juan Pedro hijo legitimo de Marcial Rivas, dif. y Ma Rodz. Abuelos paternos Tomas Rivas y Andrea Alcantar. Abuelos maternos. Jesus Rodz y Evanista Reyes. Pad. Benigno Aldrete, Perforia Aldrete a quienes el parantesco espiritual y obligaciones de un cargo. TRANSCRIPCION SIN LAS ABREVATURAS: En la parroquia de San Juan Bautista de Inde a los veintecuatro dias del mes de junio de milnovecientos doce, yo el Maurico Beatriz cura bautice solemmente y puse los Santos obras a un niño que nacio en Tres Vados el veinte de dho a quien puse por nombre Juan Pedro hijo legitimo de Marcial Rivas, difunto, y Maria Rodriguez. Abuelos paternos Tomas Rivas y Andrea Alcantar. Abuelos maternos. Jesus Rodriguez y Evanista Reyes. Padrinos Benigno Aldrete, Perforia Aldrete a quienes el parantesco espiritual y obligaciones de un cargo. Algunas entradas tendrán más o menos abreviaciones, información, o notas marginales. El CASAMIENTO REGISTRA Los registros del casamiento tendrián los conceptos: los nombres repletos, los apellidos de soltera, las fechas, y los lugares. Ellos incluirán también la residencia de la novia y el novio (vec = vecinos). Los siguientes dos ejemplos muestran información cuánta o cuán pequeña que pueden contener en una entrada de la iglesia. Cuando usted mira cada uno de ellos, favor de notar que cuándo investigarlo usted debe extraer información, no es necesario de hacer una traducción perfecta. Busque los nombres, los lugares, y las fechas. Busque palabras de relación tal como madre, hijo y de abuelos. CASAMIENTO DE JUAN MARTIN Y MARIA DE LOS REYES La Entrada verdadera: En dies y nuebe de Junio de set.y sesnta y seis as. Casé y belé in facis eclecis a Maria d los Stos Reyes hija l de no conosidos: con Juan Martin: ves.o de Chimayo hijo de Fra.o Martin. CASAMIENTO DE JUAN JOSE ALBERTO MARTIN Y MANUELA ESTEFANA GONZALEZ En trece de Junio de este ano de mil set.y nobenta: yo fr. Gabriel de Lago Por.l y mano de esta miss.on De S. Lorenso de Pecuris; Case pr palabra deprerense y bele in facie eclecio a Ju.o Jose Mrtn de edad de 22 a. hijo legmo de Ju.o Martin y de M.a de los Reyes Lujan ya diftos: fueron vs de su libertad y soltero y libre conocmto Ramon Cordoba, de edad de 52 a y Franca Villapando de 30 a q de durado juram.to hicieron. con Manuela Estefana Gonzz de edad de 18 a hija legma de Franco Gonzz ya difes y de Ma Zamora; fureron ns de su libertad y soltera y libre de… (sic) Jose Leyba de edad de 47 a y Juan Bapta Venabides de 32 a quienes han declamado decir verdad bajo el firamto q hicieron: fueron Manuel Torres, y su cuñada, Ma Natividad Lujan, nos de la celebrados de dho Matrim.o Assencio Zamora, Pedro Assencio Mrn, y Juan de Arguello, todos vesinos de esta en todo el rito y forma de Ntra Sta Madre Ygla y qe doy fe lo firmo r supra= Fr Gabriel de Lago Por ahora usted habrá advertido las variaciones del deletreo y la abreviación. Recuerde, nuestros antepasados no tuvieron interés en el deletreo, ellos deletrearon palabras según cómo ellos sonaron. Pensaron fonéticamente. Para aprender palabras y frases claves adicionales, vaya al www.familysearch.org el clic en el "SEARCH" , y luego, clic en el "Research Tips." el Clic en la letra del país del interés, por ejemplo, M para México. Desplace hacia abajo hasta que usted encuentre los documentos para México, y para la búsqueda para el "Genealogical Word List." Después que usted ha obtenido una lista de palabras y ha comenzado a familiarizarse con algunos de las palabras, el comienzo trabajando con los registros. Si usted trata de memorizar todas las palabras antes usted investiga (en cualquier idioma), usted frustrará y se confundirá. Entre los registros con su lista de palabras en la mano, y lentamente trabajo a reconocer los nombres, a las frases, y a las fechas. Continúe trabajar con los documentos y la lista de palabras. No trabaja con solo uno o el otro, trabaja con los dos en mismo tiempo. Para información con más detallada a trabajar con documentos españoles y genealogica hispana, hay muchos libros, (la mayoria son in ingles, unafortunado si no leya en ingles). Después que revisar muchos libros que cubren específicamente comenzando la Genealogía Hispana, yo recomiendo fuertemente "Finding Your Hispanic Roots" por George R. Ryskamp. Es completo y fácil a entender, por el principiante e investigador avanzado. Ademas, busca los sitios del Internet, incluyendo este sitio y www.somosprimos.com Se puede buscar www.cyndislist.com, la guía del Internet para sitios de genealogía
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1880 Census Index Available for Ancestry Research Sent by David Lewis dclewis@jps.net The LDS Church has announced that a fully searchable 1880 U.S. Census index is now linked with digital images of the original census documents to enable researchers to more easily search for ancestors living in the United States in 1880. According to a church news release, the service is the result of an agreement between MyFamily.com Inc., the largest collection of genealogical records online, and The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, which through FamilySearch manages the largest repository of genealogical records from around the world. The 1880 U.S. Census index and images, which include more than 50 million names, can be accessed at both http://www.ancestry.com and http://www.familysearch.org . "Integrating the online index with the actual images online allows users to search the census and go right to an image of the original source online for viewing or printing," the release quoted Glade I. Nelson, director of the Church's Family History Library in Salt Lake City, as saying. |
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EL CACIQUE Sent by Armando Montes AMontes@mail.com Un Viejo Cacique de una tribu estaba teniendo una charla acerca de la vida con sus nietos. Les dijo: Una gran pelea está ocurriendo en mi interior y es entre dos lobos. Uno de los lobos representa la maldad, el temor, la ira, la envidia, el dolor, el rencor, la avaricia, la arrogancia, la culpa, el resentimiento, la inferioridad, la mentira, el orgullo, la competencia, la superioridad y la egolatría. El otro la bondad, la alegría, la paz, el amor, la esperanza, la serenidad, la humildad, la dulzura, la generosidad, la benevolencia, la amistad, la empatía, la verdad, la compasión y la fe. Esta misma pelea está ocurriendo dentro de ustedes, y dentro de todos los seres de la tierra. Lo pensaron por un minuto y uno de los niños le preguntó a su abuelo: Abuelo, dime: "cuál de los lobos ganará?" Y el viejo cacique respondió simplemente... EL QUE ALIMENTES |
Introduction to article: Children’s DNA Self-Portraits, August 7, 2003 http://www.genomenewsnetwork.org/articles/08_03/children_art.shtml Sent by Robert Smith Regriffith6828@aol.com School children in Britain have created sculptures of DNA using mainly natural materials like wood gathered at a nature reserve. The sculptures are “self-portraits” because the young artists designed them using personal information such as their heights and the sizes of their hands. The teacher behind the sculpture program is Paul Goodrick, an environmental artist based in Kent, England. The program is called “Exploring Science through Art.” “I thought that if each child made a DNA self-portrait sculpture using their own height, hand span and favorite colors, it would give a startling exhibition of many sculptures that were similar in design but individually different,” says the British sculptor. "DNA and Nature," School/Community Art, Pfizer, ltd, Sandwich, Kent, U.K., 2002. All images courtesy Paul Goodrick |
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