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| The accepted boundaries in 1783, after the Revolutionary War. New Orleans still under dispute. Map was drawn by Robert M.Chapin, Jr., published in the Making of Modern America, a high school text book, published in 1950 by Houghton Mifflin Company. |
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"Our crucial problem has been a lack of conventional means to render our lives believable." |
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above is the front cover for the 8th
volume in a series on Spain's Patriots During the
American Revolutionary War- a national out-reach to Hispanics by the Sons of the American Revolution
honoring Spain's contributions by welcoming as members, descendants of these
soldiers. Available at: http://members.aol.com/shhar mimilozano@aol.com |
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| Each volume focuses on a location where battles were fought and the specific Spanish soldier identified in the military records in that location between 1779 and 1783, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, West Indies, and Northwestern New Spain. Below on the left, Deborah Granger, Orange County Department of Education speaks with Beth McCarty, Director of the LDS Orange Multi-Regional Family History Center and series author Dr. Granville W. Hough. On the right, Crispin Rendon shares information with Irma Cantu Jones and Jo Pacheco. SHHAR QUARTERLY, 1-26-02 | |
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Primos Staff Mimi Lozano, Editor John P. Schmal, Historian Johanna de Soto, Internet Surfer & Genealogist Contributors: María José de Acuña Theresa Arzate Jerry Benavides Greg Bloom Roberto Cano Bill Carmena Maria Cerda Canales |
Ed Flores Anthony Garcia George Gause Eddie Grijalva Zeke Hernandez Walter Herbeck Win Holtzman Granville W. Hough Cindy Lobuglio Linda Lorda Pat Lozano Teresa Maldonado Parker J.V. Martinez, Pd.D. Armando Montes Viola Myre |
Paul Newfield Inocencio Noyola Carlos Olamendi J. Carlyle Parker Art Pedroza, Jr. Sam Roman Armando Romero Sister Mary Sevilla, Ph.D, MFCC Howard Shorr Greg P. Smestad, Ph.D. Mira Smithwick Homer Thiel Lic. José Alfredo Villegas Galván Elvira Zavala Patton |
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Board Members: Laura Arechabala Shane, Bea Armenta Dever,
Diane Burton Godinez, Peter Carr, Gloria Cortinas Oliver, Mimi Lozano Holtzman, Carlos Olvera |
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and News by State US Internet users Pope John Paul II "American Family" PBS Series Latino Fighter "Got Milk?" and La Llorana Music preference of immigrants 'English only' rules Illegal in California Toxic Land Wells Fargo to Launch Transfer Service Migrant Workers Beaten Zoot Suit Riots Documentary, Feb 10 Jim Thorpe, World's Greatest Athlete Ciudad Juárez's Grupo Beta HispanicOnline - news briefs RARA Foundation US Hispanic Chamber hosted in L.A. Harvard Reaches out to More Hispanics |
CD Burner at Family History Library in SLC White Privilege World War II website Latino Youth and Mariachi Music Hispanic Americans in Congress, 1822-1995 Minorities who served in the Senate Cerda,Ruiz,Santana Reunion Interesting facts Commander Carlos Del Toro Univision Bernard Goldberg Writes a Media-Gripe Book Inter-University Program for Latino Research The Destino 2000 Fund Immigrants: A Real Estate Bulwark in the Recession Helen Rodriquez-Trias, Care Advocate Smithsonian Center for Latino Initiatives Google Search Engine National Hispanic Leadership Institute for Latinas 20th Century Warriors: Native Americans |
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The WorldNews Network Web Site: www.wnnetwork.com
This is a great site for the latest happenings all over the world. Sent by Howard Shorr |
1st Headlines - News By State http://www.1stheadlines.com/newsbystate.htm A daily quick view of history across the country by looking at the headlines of major newspapers for every state. Sent by Howard Shorr |
| US Internet users: While 56 percent of all Americans go online, only 15% of Americans over the age of 65 have access to the Internet. Senior citizens comprise 13% of the US population, but just 4% of the US Internet users. Pew Internet and American Life Project | |
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Pope John Paul II will visit Mexico in July to canonize the Mexican Indian Juan
Diego, whose visions of the Virgin Mary in the 16th century helped the Catholic
Church in its drive to convert indigenous peoples. An official in the Vatican
press office said Thursday that the Pope would fly to Mexico after attending
World Youth Day in Toronto at the end of July. Sent by Howard Shorr, 1-18-02 |
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"American Family" is about a Latino Family in East Los Angeles that airs Wednesday night at 8:00 P.M. on PBS. It has received wonderful reviews and the web site for the show is: http://www.pbs.org/americanfamily/ A story of families — all of our families, sent by Emma Sepulveda, Every family is a small world in and of itself. And that is what director Gregory Navas intends to show in his prime time drama series “American Family.,” that just happens to be Latina. This particular family lives east of Los Angeles. The mother, originally from Mexico, and the father, born and raised in the U.S. but the son of immigrants, have children and grandchildren who have achieved the American dream or have had a taste of its nightmare. We find in the program and in the family, conservatives and liberals, professionals and school dropouts, modern women who decided to be single mothers by choice and daughters who give up careers to help the family stay together. Drugs and jail, social services and young idealistic souls who want to save the world, they all come together in this human mosaic portraying the good and bad of a Latino family, of any family, in the U.S. But above all else, the series shows the wonderful family values that continue to survive after generations, no matter where, when and how a Latino family lives. “American Family” will premiere on KNPB-TV Channel 5 at 8 p.m. Wednesday. It will be the first time a Latino dramatic series has been broadcast on public television. But our public television station is not only presenting the series to the public, it is also creating an extension of the “American Family” for our community. They have created a Web site where every Latino family is invited to submit its story in either Spanish or English (they will be translated in both languages) for everyone else to read. The program, “Historias de familias,” would like to have Latino families relate their own journey to the North. Why did their families travel to the U.S.? Why did they choose northern Nevada? What did the move mean for their family and each individual? What is it like to live in northern Nevada? What is it like to raise a family in a different culture with a different language and customs? Have they found in the new land what they were searching for? The answers to theses question and much more can be added to the two family stories that are already on the Web site of Channel 5 and available for reading by everyone. The website is www.knpb.org. After the stories are submitted, Channel 5 will produce an archival CD with the stories of the Latino families of northern Nevada. The CD will be available for the families, as well as for organizations and community libraries. The project is unique and will certainly result in a powerful testimony on Latino lives in the community of northern Nevada, a treasure trove for future generations to study and learn from. The Ethnic Students Resource Center at the University of Nevada, Reno, will have a special program at 6:30 p.m. Thursday to view the first episode again and discuss the program with students, faculty and community members. Everyone is invited also to stay and view the second program of the series at the center, which will be shown on Channel 5 at 8 p.m. For more information on this event at UNR, call Laura Vargas at 784-1537. Emma Sepulveda is a UNR professor, as well as president and
founder of Latinos for Political Education. She can be reached at
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| The Latino community is the most loyal audience for pay-per-view. A bilingual, Latino fighter is viewed as the most desirable fighter today. Steve Springer, Times Staff Writer, 1-25-02 | "Got Milk?" A new campaign to sell milk will use the legend of "La Llorona." The well know Llorona is the tale of a woman who kills her children and then herself after losing her husband's affection. This $2-million advertising concept was developed by four Latino students at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena. LA Times, 1-13-02 |
| Music preference of immigrants. In certain ways, the longer Latino immigrants live in this country, the more "American they become. However, Dr. David Hayes-Bautista found that Latinos born in the United States tend to prefer US-based music, while immigrants - even those who have been in this country for as many as 30 years - largely favor the music produced in their country of origin. UCLA Magazine, pg. 52, Winter 2001 | |
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'English only' rules Illegal in California Workplace Extracts from article by Michele R. Marcucci, Oakland Tribune, 1-27-02 Under a new state law that may be the first of its kind in the country, businesses are barred from establishing "English only" rules unless they can prove that speaking only English is a business necessity. Advocates started a campaign Thursday, January 24th, designed to get the word out about the law, authored by Assemblyman Herb Wesson, D-Los Angeles, working with unions to inform workers and sending letters to chambers of commerce and human resources trade organizations. Federal protections against "English only" rules have been
subject to varying interpretation, advocates said. The law, while lacking
specific penalties for businesses that violate it, builds on federal and
state protections against discrimination, they said. Those with complaints
or with questions about the law, can call the Language Discrimination hot
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Study: Thousands of schools on, near Toxic
Land By ERIC PIANIN and MICHAEL A. FLETCHER, The Washington Post January 21, 2002 Abstract: The study notes there has been a sharp increase in the number of children afflicted with asthma, cancer, diminished IQs and learning disabilities during the past two decades and that experts say that children exposed to harmful toxins at home, at play or at school are particularly at risk to those health and developmental problems. "During a critical period of their growth and development, children spent a large part of the day at school," the report says. "To needlessly place them in settings that heighten risk of disease or hyperactivity or lower IQ is therefore irresponsible. Listing of the school sites can be found on the Web at www.childproofing.org/mapindex.html Editor's Note: Unfortunately many of the schools are located in poor areas. Sent by Howard Shorr |
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Wells Fargo to Launch Transfer Service Aimed at Latinos Extract of article by Joel Millman, The Wall Street Journal, 1-7-02 For years, Western Union and Moneygram have handled almost all of the $8 billion that Latinos in the U.S. wire each year to friends and relatives in Mexico. This month, Wells Fargo & Co. of San Francisco, the nation's fifth-largest bank, will launch a service allowing people in the U.S. to remit as much as $1,000 to their relatives in Mexico for a flat fee of $10. That fee will be well below the amounts charged by the two leaders. Most customers of Western Union, a unit of First Data Corp., and Moneygram's Travelers Express Co., a unit of Viad Corp., pay $15 to remit sums up to $300 and as much as $50 to send $1,000 to their families south of the border. Wells's new remittance service is a joint venture with Grupo Financiero Bancomer SA, Mexico's second-largest bank, and will eventually link Wells's 3,000 bank branches to more than 2,000 Bancomer branches in Mexico. Another partner, household-appliance retailer Tiendas Singer, will cash Wells orders at its 200 stores in Mexico. Those sending and receiving cash won't be required to have bank accounts at Wells or Bancomer. Says Felix Ramirez of Wells's El Paso office: "Mexican depositors keep a lot more money in their U.S. banks than they do in Mexico." Sent by Zeke Hernandez |
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Extract: Mexican Migrant Workers Beaten near San Diego in 2000
receive $1.4 Million, 1-24-02 The Tijuana newspaper Frontera (no relationship to FNS) reports that five Mexican migrant workers received US$1.4 million in an out of court settlement for the attack they sustained on July 5, 2000. More detail at: http://www.nmsu.edu/~frontera/sep00/hmrt.html Source: Frontera NorteSur, Greg Bloom, Editor (505) 646-6817 frontera@nmsu.edu |
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Extract: Ciudad Juárez's Grupo Beta
and US Border Patrol, 1-25-02 Héctor Manuel Escobar Navarro, local coordinator for the Grupo Beta immigrant aid and rescue organization, told the Ciudad Juárez newspaper El Diario that Grupo Beta and the US Border Patrol can work together to make sure that would-be migrants are exposed to less dangers at the border. Escobar said that while no formal accord exists between the Cd. Juárez Grupo Beta and the Border Patrol, contact has been made between both organizations' supervisors. When Jaime Arturo Paz García, the general director of Beta, next comes to Cd. Juárez, Escobar stated that an official relation between the two groups can be established. Doug T. Mossier, the public affairs officer for the Border Patrol's El Paso sector, told Frontera NorteSur that there has been contact between the El Paso sector and the Cd. Juárez Grupo Beta. Mossier expressed that this contact was along the lines of making sure that streamlined communications exist between the two groups in case of an international incident. Source: El Diario, January 23, 2002. Article by Pedro Torres. Frontera NorteSur, On-line news coverage of the US-Mexico border To see our site or subscribe for free to our daily news service go to: http://frontera.nmsu.edu FNS is an outreach program of the Center for Latin American and Border Studies New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico Greg Bloom, Editor, (505) 646-6817 |
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Jim Thorpe wasn’t just the greatest athlete of his time. He was the greatest athlete of all time. Born in a one-room cabin in Oklahoma in 1887 to parents of Sac and Fox heritage, his Native American name Wa-Tho-Huk translated to "Bright Path", which certainly was what lay before him as an athlete. He won Gold medals in the pentathlon and decathlon events at the 1912 Games in Stockholm, prompting King Gustav V of Sweden to tell him, "Sir, you are the greatest athlete in the world." That same year, Thorpe led his Carlisle Indian School football team to a national college football title while scoring 25 touchdowns. As a collegiate athlete, Thorpe achieved All-American status in football, track, lacrosse, and basketball while lettering in 11 different sports. He also played major league baseball for six years, batting .327 in his final season with the Boston Braves, but football is where Thorpe truly left his mark. He led the Canton Bulldogs to unofficial world championships three times, and became the first president of what is now the National Football League. Jim Thorpe, one of the 20th century’s greatest athletes, a true multisport star, and a Wheaties champion. Sent by Eddie Grijalva |
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Zoot Suit Riots Film Feels Appropriate Today, Documentary Examines Racial Profiling During world War II American Experience on PBS - February 10, 2002 1943 Los Angeles erupts into the worst violence in its history as one murder incites a police dragnet that lands more than 600 Mexican-American youths in jail. Twenty-one of them are subsequently indicted for the murder and seventeen were quickly found guilty and sent to San Quentin. In the streets, anglo servicemen gather nightly to corral Mexican-American men wearing the infamous Zoot Suit, considered unpatriotic and not in line with the "War Effort." The youths were stripped and their clothes burnt on the streets as LAPD stood by. When more than 5,000 civilians showed up to join the servicemen in their gruesome tasks, Mexican-American kids organized and fought back. The Zoot Suit Riots were on! After several days of violence, military authorities declared Los Angeles off-limits to servicemen and the City Council banned the wearing of Zoot Suits on LA streets. Boston, MA (December 15, 2001). The critically acclaimed series American Experience will present "Zoot Suit Riots," a new documentary by Latino filmmaker Joseph Tovares, which vividly captures the moment when racial tensions boiled over and the City of Los Angeles exploded into a wave of violence rarely seen throughout its history. The one-hour program, narrated by Hector Elizondo, airs on PBS Sunday, February 10, 2002, at 9:00 p.m. ET (check local listings). "The zoot suit riots are today more significant than ever," says Tovares. "Since September 11, America has seen a rise in racial profiling, hatred and suspicion towards those considered "un-American" or foreign. The riots were about racial profiling [in a time of war]. The riots were about xenophobia. They were about the ingrained fear of people of color." "Zoot Suit Riots" is the first major documentary on the subject and contains evocative original photography, archival footage and interviews with a wide variety of eyewitnesses. The film deftly recreates the world of a volatile wartime Los Angeles, about to be engulfed by a dark chapter in its history. The mood in wartime L.A. was one of fear and suspicion, especially of foreigners and outsiders. Less than a century before, Mexicans had been the elite of the city. But by 1942 Mexican-Americans were seen as racially inferior and vulnerable to manipulation by enemy agents. At the same time, Mexican-American youth were rebelling against the culture of the tight-knit barrios in which they lived. They punctuated their speech with jazz phrases like "hip" and "cool" and took fashion cues from African-Americans, favoring the zoot suit's exaggerated baggy pants and long jackets. Shocked by the outrageous clothes and cocky attitudes, their parents feared that they would become pachucos, Spanish for "punk." For many Angelenos, especially whites, "zoot suiters" had become a symbol of all that was wrong with the city. Wartime racial tensions, overzealous authority, rebellious youth and 50,000 sailors itching to blow off steam before going off to war brought Los Angeles to its breaking point. In this charged atmosphere, one hot August night in 1942, 19-year-old Hank Leyvas and his friends crashed a party given by a Mexican-American family from another neighborhood. The gathering was situated near a well-known swimming hold dubbed the "Sleepy Lagoon." Leyvas had a score to settle: He claimed the partygoers had beaten him and his girlfriend earlier and he was determined to get revenge. After a ten-minute brawl, Jose Diaz, a 22-year-old who had attended the party, was found dying nearby. LAPD, for whom Mexican-American youth crime had been a growing concern, took Diaz's death as a call to action. "It came at exactly the right moment for the hysteria to erupt," says historian Edward Escobar. Within 48 hours, a police dragnet snagged 600 young Mexican-Americans; Leyvas and 21 others were indicted for Diaz's murder. When the Sleepy Lagoon trial began in October 1942, it was the largest mass trial in California's history. The Honorable Charles Fricke, known as a prosecutor's judge, presided over the case. Overruling objections from the defense, he sat all the defendants together, isolated from their lawyers, and refused to permit them to clean up or change their clothes for the trial. "They were no longer those young men who took pride in their clothes and their shiny shoes. They didn't have that," says Lupe Leyvas, Hank's sister. The 38th Street kids, as they had come to be known, testified that when they arrived at the party near the Sleepy Lagoon, two girls in their group found Diaz, beaten and stabbed, lying in the shadows. They attended to him while Leyvas and his friends fought with others at the party. After the fight broke up, the defendants admitted, one boy hit Diaz, but they denied responsibility for his death. Neither the press nor the jury believed their story. On January 12, 1943, seventeen defendants were found guilty. Leyvas was sentenced to life in San Quentin prison, 400 miles from his home. Believing the boys had been railroaded, a group of intellectuals and Hollywood celebrities -Orson Wells and Rita Hayworth among them - lent their names to organize the Sleepy Lagoon Defense Committee to lobby for the boys' release.
In the months following the trial, sailors and zoot suiters squared off
in regular skirmishes as tensions in the City of Angels mounted. On June
3, nearly 50 enraged sailors armed with belts and clubs left the armory
to revenge an attack on one of their own several nights before. The
bloody confrontations between servicemen and zoot suiters that followed
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HispanicOnline- Music online and News Briefs Now you can listen to music, concerts, and talk shows as you browse
HispanicOnline! We connect you to the most diverse selection of Internet radio
stations you'll find anywhere. In our A&E Music channel. READ MORE: http://www.hispaniconline.com/a&e/music/02_live365.html Census: Illegal Aliens Doubled in '90s |
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RARA Foundation - Minority Role Models needed We are seeking Role models Men/Women ages ranging from 21 and older to be placed on our web site for our youth to view and read. If you or you know of someone you consider to be a Role Model. Please let us know. Minority Role Models are viewed by several hundred schools across America on a daily basis. Our requirements to be placed on the website are Picture, Profile/Bio, Positive Message you wish to give to the youth. You may e-mail the information to info@minrm.com or mail it to us at 9811 N. Frwy., Ste. B-211, Houston, Texas 77037. If you have anymore question please feel free to contact Rick Anderson at 281-999-0402 and visit the website at http:// www.minrm.com Sent by Theresa A. Arzate, President, Hispanic Business Women |
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| L.A. Business Leaders to Co-chair U.S. Hispanic Chamber The United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC) announced Monica Lozano, President and Chief Operating Officer of La Opinión, and Andy Unanue, Chief Operating Officer of Goya Foods, Inc., as co-chairs for the 23rd Annual National Convention and Business Expo. This year's convention will be held in Los Angeles, California, from October 16-19, 2002. For more information about the convention, visit http://www.ushcc.com The USHCC represents the interests of more than 1.2 million Hispanic-owned businesses in the United States and Puerto Rico, which earn more than $200 billion annually. It serves as the umbrella organization for more than 200 local Hispanic chambers nationwide, and it actively promotes the economic growth and development of Hispanic entrepreneurs. Sent by Zeke Hernandez |
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Harvard Reaches out to More Latino Professors - Reverses 2 rebuffs on Latino studies Extracts from article by David Abel, Globe Staff, January 9, 2002 Less than a week after making peace with top Afro-American studies professors, new Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers made overtures to another group of scholars who complained about their treatment by Summers. Harvard's provost met with professors who had proposed the university's first center for Latino studies and told them the university would put their idea - which Summers had rebuffed twice - ''on the front burner.'' Several of the Latino professors last week said they were thinking about leaving Harvard because of the president's lack of support. In a phone interview yesterday, the provost, Steven Hyman, said: ''I told the professors I felt we were starting over ... and that we're taking these issues very seriously.'' The reversal comes less than a week after Summers issued a public statement in support of diversity on campus and reportedly apologized to Cornel West, a popular professor in the Afro-American studies department. Sent by Zeke Hernandez zekeher@juno.com |
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CD Burner at Family History Library in SLC The CD burner at the FHL in Salt Lake City is located in the copy center area of the second floor. You can use either CD-R (recordable) or CD-RW (rewriteable) format os CD's. If you use the CD-R, they can only be recorded to one time, but can then be easily read on any CD-ROM drive. If you use the CD-RW, they can be added to again and again, but will need to be closed (finished off) before they can be read on any CD-ROM drive. They can be read while still open on certain newer CD-ROM drives and on all CD-RW burners. The pre-formatted CD-RW discs can be bought at the Library Attendant's window for $1.75, and can fit about 1,000 images (approx = 1 roll) per disc. If you do bring in your own disc, do not format it -- the system uses an older version of CD Creator. It will take about 25 minutes to have the attendants format the disc. The nicest feature about the CD burner system is that you can re-scan images without additional cost or paper waste. Apparently, the FHL is going to acquire at least two more of the systems (one for each of the other two film floors.) I would imagine that this will happen sometime after the construction is finished (and probably after the Olympics as well.) Sent by George Gause, source is Mira Smithwick sagacorpus@aol.com |
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Abstract: White Privilege written by Robert William Jensen Jensen believes that privilege of the White (non-white
Hispanics) is accepted as normal, unearned white privilege is not questioned. It reveals what is the ultimate white privilege:
the privilege to acknowledge you have unearned privilege
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U.S. Latinas and Latinos in World War II
website: http://www.utexas.edu/projects/latinoarchives/ |
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Abstracts from Latino Youth and Mariachi Music (Christian Science Monitor) |
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Hispanic Americans in Congress,
1822-1995 U.S. Gov. Printing Office, Washington, DC, 1995
http://lcweb.loc.gov/rr/hispanic/congress/chron.html |
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Of the 1,864 people who have served in the Senate since 1789, 15 have been
minorities: four blacks (two elected), three Hispanics, four
Asian-Americans, three Native Americans and one Native Hawaiian. More than
2,200 people have served as governors. Nine have been minorities: four
Hispanics, three Asian-Americans, one black and one Native Hawaiian. USA Today, January 21, 2002 via HispanicOnline.com |
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Cerda, Ruiz, Santana Reunion is scheduled for June 2002, dating back to 1870. A family tree is being compiled. Anyone with information please contact Maria Cerda.Canales at: LadyRedfish1@HILINE.NET The following are Cerda families found in Northern
Mexico sent by Mira Smithwick:
Matamoros, Tamaulipas:
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Interesting facts sent by Bill Carmena Queston:. Half of all Americans live within 50 miles of what? Answer: Their birthplace. Question:. There are more collect calls on what day of the year? Answer: Father's Day Question: What do bullet proof vests, fire escapes, windshield wipers, & laser printers have in common? Answer:. All invented by women. The percentage of Africa that is wilderness: 28% |
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Commander
Carlos Del Toro December 8th, in NYC waters, the United States officially commissioned the most sophisticated warship ever built, the USS Bulkeley. The Bulkeley was named after Admiral John Duncan Bulkeley, a naval war hero, who saved McArthur's life, tangled with Castro over accusations regarding theft of water for Guantanamo base, and received a ticker tape parade in Manhattan. As she sailed past the southern tip of Manhattan and the Trade Center ruins, en route to the commissioning ceremony, her skipper told his sailors to "take a long hard look", "Freedom does not come cheap". Her Commander, Carlos Del Toro, should know. Born in Havana, Cuba, his father, like many other freedom loving people, did time in a Castro prison. Source: Wall Street Journal, Page W21, December 14, 2001. Sent by Joe V. Martinez, Ph.D. |
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Univision "The population of Hispanics is a tidal wave demographically," says Nicholas Truitt, co-manager of Strong Discovery fund. "It's growing three or four times faster than the Anglo population. Plus, advertisers are finally waking up to the buying power of Hispanics." Most Hispanics learn English, but many still like to hear their native tongue. That makes the stock of Univision (UVN), the largest Hispanic television network in the U.S., a sure-fire beneficiary of this growing population group. Univision has stations in all the big Latino markets, including Los Angeles, Miami, New York City and Washington, D.C. The network has long-term contracts for all shows produced by Mexico's Grupo Televisa, including its popular miniseries soap operas. An astonishing 85% of Hispanic TV viewers between the ages of 18 and 49 tune in to Univision during prime-time hours. "It has an iron lock on this demographic," Truitt says. http://www.hispaniconline.com/buss&finn/article.html |
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Veteran CBS broadcaster Bernard
Goldberg has written a media-gripe book, "Bias: A CBS Insider
Exposes How the Media Distort the News" (Regnery). It has hit
the best-seller lists. He devotes an entire chapter, for example, to alleging that the three biggest networks deliberately avoid featuring blacks, Hispanics, poor people and (citing an interesting and unsigned memo for "48 Hours,") unattractive people on their prime-time magazine shows during "sweeps" months when ratings are most important. Why? They might turn off the white, middle-class viewers that networks covet to build the big ratings advertisers want. Extract
from Liberal News Bias and Other Types,
thedailycamera.com
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Inter-University Program for
Latino Research http://www.nd.edu/~iuplr/
In 1983, leading scholars founded the Inter-University Program for Latino Research (IUPLR) to effect change through expanding the body of knowledge on the Latino community-at the local, state, regional, national, and international levels. IUPLR's guiding principle is to share resources and advance scholarship, thus illuminating conditions and solving problems that affect Latinos in the United States. IUPLR-sponsored research also serves to inform public policy on these issues. IUPLR, a consortium of 16 Latino research centers based at major universities across the United States, is the only nationwide university-based research organization bringing together scholars from a wide variety of disciplines to conduct policy-relevant research on Latinos. The primary objectives of IUPLR are to expand the pool of scholars and leaders, to strengthen the capacity of Latino research centers, and to facilitate the availability of policy-relevant, Latino-focused research. IUPLR offers training programs, sponsors interdisciplinary research pertinent to Latinos and the nation as a whole, and creates links between scholars, policy experts, public officials, and community advocates. Online monthly publication, old issues available. Several of IUPLR's working groups have completed their research and have produced various publications, conferences, and projects, include:
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The Destino 2000 Fund:
Extract from article by Jose Cardenas, L.A. Times 12-30-01 When the Destino 2000 fund reaches its goal of a $400,000 endowment in the next few weeks, it will become a permanent source of grants for Ventura County charities that serve the Latino community. The 5-year-old fund represents the successful coming together of the county's Latino business and political leadership to promote philanthropy within and for their community. But most significantly, Destino--a modest fund in the big picture of mainstream philanthropy--offers a model for establishing Latino-oriented funds. Indeed, United Way-style Latino funds are few nationwide . Destino, the United Latino Fund in Los Angeles and the Hispanic Community Foundation in San Francisco are the only three in California that raise money to aid nonprofit organizations that perform general social work in Latino communities. According to philanthropy experts, the three join just four other such Latino funds nationwide-- compared, for example, to hundreds of women's and thousands of Jewish funds. "I thought it was time for us as a community . . . to step up to the plate," says Elias Valdes, a longtime Santa Paula merchant. "We recognized there are issues that need to be dealt with in our community." Sent by Sister Mary Sevilla |
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Immigrants: A Real Estate Bulwark in the Recession |
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Helen Rodriguez-Trias,
nationally recognized health care advocate, died December 27. She
was the first Latina President of the American Public Health Association,
the world's oldest and largest organization of public health
professionals. She was awarded a Presidential Citizen's Medal for
her work on behalf of women, children, AIDS patients and the
poor. Rodriguez-Trias was born in Puerto Rico and received her degree from the University of Puerto Rico Medical School in 1960, the same year her fourth child was born. "She didn't seem like a radical," said James William deputy director of the Pacific Institute for Women's Health, a Los Angeles based center which she helped found. "But she certainly was a radical in her desire for change and her ability to push for it." Sent by Sister Mary Sevilla Extract from L.A. Times article, 12-27-02 |
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Smithsonian
Center for Latino Initiatives
http://latino.si.edu/latinsitio/Netscapeindex.htm
http://latino.si.edu/latinsitio/explolatino/exploindex.html
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Google Search
Engine, a Billion Document Index
http://www.google.com |
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National Hispanic Leadership
Institute for Latinas: http://www.nhli.org/about.htm To develop Hispanas as ethical leaders through training, professional development, relationship building and community and world activism. |
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20th Century Warriors: Native American Participation in the United States
Military http://www.history.navy.mil/faqs/faq61-1.htm (Prepared for the United States Department of Defense by CEHIP Incorporated, Washington, DC, in partnership with Native American advisors, Rodger Bucholz, William Fields, Ursula P. Roach. Washington: Department of Defense, 1996.) American Indians have participated with distinction in United States military actions for more than 200 years. Their courage, determination, and fighting spirit were recognized by American military leaders as early as the 18th century. "I think they (Indians) can be made of excellent use, as scouts and light troops." General George Washington, 1778Many tribes were involved in the War of 1812, and Indians fought for
both sides as auxiliary troops in the Civil War. Scouting the enemy was
recognized as a particular skill of the Native American soldier. In 1866,
the U.S. Army established its Indian Scouts to exploit this aptitude. The
Scouts were active in the American West in the late 1800s and early 1900s,
accompanying Gen. John J. Pershing's expedition to Mexico in pursuit of
Pancho Villa in 1916. |
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| ORANGE COUNTY, CA | |
| AMERICAN FAMILY Hispanic 100 - Carlos Olamendi Gaddi Vasquez, Director of the Peace Corps UCI Filipino-American Students Irvine Caves Do you have Texas roots? |
OC Public-School Enrollment Clarence Romero, Professor of the Year Juan C. Zarate, U.S. Department of Treasury United Veterans Organization Teresa Maldonado Parker |
Do not miss: AMERICAN FAMILY, Tuesday, February 5 at 10:00PM on KOCE-TV, a one-hour, weekly family television series starring Edward James Olmos, Sonia Braga, Esai Morales, Constance Marie and Raquel Welch and created by Academy Award nominee Gregory Nava (El Norte, Selena). The first drama series ever to air on public television featuring a Latino cast as it chronicles the lives of the Gonzales family, residents of East Los Angeles. Series' companion Web site at www.pbs.org/americanfamily |
| Hispanic
100, a
nonpartisan group of Orange County Hispanic business owners
co-hosted an event, January 25th to hear the three Republican
gubernatorial candidates. One of the major differences was their stand
on immigration and amnesty. Bill Jones and Bill Simon appose, and
Richard Riordan supports amnesty. "I believe that every child,
every person that comes into this world has a God-given right to
education and health care, whether they are legal or illegal," said
Riordan.
Businessman Carlos Olamendi, a restaurateur and co-founder of Hispanic 100 gained his legal status thanks to the 1986 immigration amnesty and holds himself up as an example of the value of such a program. Hispanic 100 was co-hosted by the Lincoln Club, a longstanding county Republican group of businesspeople. LA Times, 1-26-02 |
| The U.S. Senate unanimously
approved former Orange County Supervisor, Gaddi Vasquez,
as Director of the Peace
Corps. Although appointed by President Bush, he received strong support
from California's two Democratic senators. "I
think he deserves this chance," said Barbara Boxer. OC Register, 1-26-02 |
| UCI Filipino-American
students seeking more courses on Filipino culture hold their own class.
Unable to convince UCI administrators to give them classes, students
organized a non-credit class. Each of the 43 students paid $25.towards a
teacher's salary for the opportunity to learn about Tagalog and
Filipino history and culture.
"I want my kids to be proud of who they are and be proud to be Filipino," said Michelle Garcia. "I am taking this class because I don't know that much about my home country. A lot of stuff you hear on the news just makes you ashamed." Most are second-generation immigrants whose parents wanted them to learn to be Americans and down-played their native culture. Many understand Tagalog, one of the major languages spoken in the Philippines, but can't read or speak it. OC Register, 1-26-02 |
|
Irvine Caves:
The historical and religious significance of a tiny, ancient wall carving that may be bulldozed for 2,500 homes has prompted growing
debate between local American Indian groups and the Irvine Co. the carving is little more than a doodle - a wavy line
about 4 inches long with a circle at one end. It was cut into the wall of a shallow cave by local Indians almost 2,000 years ago on Irvine Co. land near the turtle rock community. Company officials and archeologists have invited local tribal representatives to view it and submit ideas for its fate. OC Register, 1-14-02 |
| If you are researching
Texas
roots, the Orange Multi-regional Family History Center has three films
of the volumes produced by the Institute of Texan Cultures. They
include census records of small towns and ranches in Texas between
1783-1835. Also general manuscripts between 1603-1803. Click institute |
| Orange County public-school
enrollment is 42% Latino, but just 15% are in classes for those who
excel. "We're trying," said Tricia Howell, director of special
services in the Anaheim School District, which is 81%
Hispanic." State officials say many Latino children may be kept from gifted programs by language barriers that can make it difficult for teachers to identify them. OC Register, 1-1-02 |
| A reception was held January 19th to honor Clarence Romero he was named Community College Professor of the Year by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching and Support of Education. Zeke Hernandez, 1-8-02 |
| Juan C. Zarate, Mater Dei High School class president and valedictorian 12 years ago, is a deputy assistant secretary of the U.S. Department of Treasury. His task is the U.S. financial war on terrorism. Formerly a prosecutor for the U.S. Department of Justice, he became an expert in terrorism. His expertise helped the Department of Treasury set up the Foreign Terrorist Asset Tracking System and works with the FBI, CIA and other countries' governments to track wire transfersk, bank accounts and other ways terrorists money moves. OC Register, 1-1-02 |
| United Veterans
Organization hopes to convert Tustin Hanger into an interactive war
museum. "We don't want rooms with glass cases and uniforms,"
but interactive displays, says museum organizer Ron Melendez. The
hanger is 1,086 feet in length and 18 stories high. The hanger according to plans would be filled with thousands of items donated by about 40 private collectors: planes, tanks, trucks Jeeps, uniforms and photographs. Museum organizers have already received $2 million worth of vintage tanks, landing craft, uniforms and other equipment that was restroed for the movie "Windtalkers". Most of the museum's displays would be centered around World War II, "because it's a part of history we can still capture," said Melendez. LA Times, 1-3-02 |
|
Congratulations to Teresa Maldonado Parker, Santa Ana resident and Board member emeritus of the Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research. Teresa fulfilled her dream to travel to Mexico to meet distant family members in pursuit of family research. Her enthusiasm ignited an interest in Times Staff writer Jennifer Mena who with a photographer accompanied Teresa on her adventure. |
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Finding Paths Into the Past in Mexico, by Jennifer
Mena, Times Staff Writer, 12-26-01 These merrymakers were once just names on Maldonado Parker's family tree. From
her Orange I wanted to walk where my parents walked. I wanted to know the place
where they came from," she said. "This is like uncovering stones,
the stones of your life. You have to know where you came from to know where
you are going. And all this time, I have not known."
She began her investigation by reaching distant cousins in California, who
provided the first clues
Witness Peter Cole Soberanes. Among the many relatives he found in Mexico was
a toothless cousin in Culiacan who lives on a dirt floor. Although he speaks
no Spanish, Cole Soberanes now makes donations to relatives in need.
Like thousands of Mexican Americans before her, she began trolling for more
records online. The
Besides visiting relatives in Romita, Maldonado Parker busied herself
collecting church records, Editor's
Note: Teresa is finding some interesting connections with
political figures that will be shared as the research continues. |
| LOS ANGELES, CA | |
| New Congressional District, 39th
and Hector de la Torre Con Los Padres Hispanics for Los Angeles Opera "LATV Live" |
Cultura Latina Museum of Latin American Art Sonia Perez, Olympic Torch Bearer |
| New
Congressional District, 39th
The newly formed 39th Congressional District consists of the cities of Artesia, Cerritos, Hawaiian Gardens, Lakewood, La Mirada, Lynwood, Paramount, and South Gate, and portions of the communities of Long Beach, Whittier, Florence-Graham, and Willowbrook. Information on one candidate Hector de la Torre was sent by
his first cousin, Pat Lozano. "We are really proud of him.
He is a real home boy, four generations of his family have lived in
South Gate. After graduating from college, Hector became a teacher in in
the local schools. His advocacy to improve student achievement
eventually lead to serving as a legislative advisor to Representatives
Rick Lehman (D-Ca) and Alan Wheat (D-Mo). He is married with two
children. Hector also served as Chief of Staff to the United
States Deputy Secretary of Labor." |
| Con Los
Padres, in Montebello, is
a state-funded program geared to fathers between the ages of 16 and 25,
one of dozens of such programs have established in California and the
nation in recent years. The focus of these programs is the often
neglected factor in teen pregnancy equation: the sexuality of young men
and their importance in the development of their children. In the last
four years, more than 30,000 young men have participated in the programs
statewide.
Government statistics reveal: Nearly 50% of all children born in the
US spend at least half of their childhood in families without full-time
father figures. They account for: Last year the Congress introduced a House bill that would provide grants to public and nonprofit agencies to establish new fatherhood programs and media campaigns. L.A.Times, 1-2-02 |
| Hispanics
for Los Angeles Opera Celebrated its
10th Anniversary. Launched in 1991, the group's dual purpose of
raising Los Angles Opera's profile among Los Angeles' vast Hispanic
population and rtaising funds to support the company have been
successful. To date, over $600,000 has been raised and the
percentage of Hispanic audience has grown from 1% to 9% as of June 30,
2000. For a calendar of activities and events visit: www.hispanicsforlaopera.org Hispanics for Los Angeles Opera Newsletter, No. 22, January 2002 |
| "LATV Live"
has the
look of a television show taken over by a band of Latino college kids
with an unruly enthusiasm for music and esoteric tastes."
"LATV" is part of a deliberate strategy to reach a large and
largely ignored market: LA's bilingual youth who love Latin music but
can't always relate to the all Spanish format of traditional Latin radio
and television.
Danny Crowe, KJLA vice president of programming and a pioneer
in Latin rock radio: |
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Cultura Latina Announces Winter 2002 Author Reading Series Go to the SHHAR community calendar for complete information on this Thursday evenings series: Thursday February 7th, 7 pm - A Birthday Remembrance for Manazar Gamboa Thursday February 21st, 7pm - An Evening of Ghost and the Supernatural Thursday February 28th, 7 pm - Chicana Cop Murder Mystery Drama Cultura Latina Bookstore 4125 Norse Way, Long Beach, CA 90808 tel. 562.982.1515 · fax 562.982.1518 Sent by Roberto Cano news@culturalatina.com |
|
Museum of Latin American Art
Upcoming Exhibitions April 13-July 21: José García Cordero, Caribbean artist from the Dominican Republic August 3-October 27: Jorge Marin, The Last Ten Years: Sculptures and Paintings November 16 - February 16: Latin American Graphics: the Evolution of Identity Special Events: http://www.molaa.com |
|
Olympic torch carrier:
Sonia Perez, program staff for Girls Incorporated of Orange County was selected as an Olympic Support Runner for the Salt Lake 2002 Olympic Torch Relay. She started in Costa Mesa and ran through a section of Santa Ana on Tuesday, January 15th. Sent by Zeke Hernandez Editor's Note: If you know of other Hispanics that were honored by be a Olympic torch carrier, please send the information to us to publish in Somos Primos. |
| CALIFORNIA | |
| California
Gains 629,000 People California's Great Registers San Diego Mexican and Chicano History: UC Approves In-State Tuition for Some Immigrants Forgotten Sounds of Monterey, California California Birth Index, 1905-1910 |
Identity
Crisis: Birth Records Online State Database Searches Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library Resources for History Research and/or Travel Carrillo Family in Sonoma County |
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California Gains 629,000 People
- State tops in 15-month tally
Based on an analysis of the 15 months after the April survey was taken,
California now has about 34.5 million residents -- about 12.1 percent of
the country's total. |
California's Great RegistersThis web site summarized from a seventeen page
published paper, presented for the World Conference on Records and Genealogical
Seminar, Salt Lake City, Utah, 1969, "Sources of Californiana: From Padron
to Voter Registration" (available through most Family History Centers on
microfiche 6039417, 1 fiche and microfilm 0897217 Item 31): |
| San Diego Mexican and Chicano
History:
http://www-rohan.sdsu.edu/dept/mas/chicanohistory/index.html
This website is an attempt to summarize some of the most important people, events, and ideas that native peoples, Spaniards Mexicans, and Chicanos have contributed to our regional history. It draws from, and is a companion to a larger work in progress, written collaboratively and yet to be published. Here, we invite you to explore some of the highlights in our rich heritage and invite you to contribute your own story and family archives to our ongoing effort to tell the San Diego story. We offer this work as a token of our heritage here in San Diego; an offering for all of us to better appreciate the present by understanding the past. Much work remains to be done, for the full story has yet to be told. Project Co-Directors: Richard Griswold del Castillo, Isidro Ortiz, and Rosalinda Gonzalez Chapter 1Sent by Ed Flores, |
| UC
Approves In-State Tuition for Some Immigrants University of California regents voted January 17 to allow undocumented immigrants with proven California ties to pay the same tuition as other California residents. The 17-5 vote was contingent on the state Legislature helping to shield UC from liability if legal challenges arise. The decision would bring the university in line with a new state law (AB540) that allows such students to pay the lower in-state fees at the Cal State system and the state's community colleges. Also eligible for the lower tuition would be non-immigrant students from out of state who have lived in California at least three years and graduated from high schools in the state. AB 540 parallels a similar law passed by the Texas state legislature (1403) that allows immigrant students, including undocumented students to qualify as residents for in-state tuition. Sent by Anthony Garcia |
| Forgotten Sounds of Monterey, California I'm a professor here in Monterey, California and an eighth generation "Californio" (Bernal, Higuera, Pacheco, Peralta etc.). Mainly for fun, and to show my students what they can do, I have produced and released an educational audio CD that features music and history from California's heritage. The CD features special sounds from the local natural world, music from California’s Spanish past (from Ryusona and Conjunto California), as well as interviews from historians, a Native American representative, and conservation experts. The CD project represents an example of how to convey early California history and natural history in a format that is educational, fun, and entertaining. It is hoped it can be used as inspiration and a model for other historical and natural sites in California and elsewhere so that people can come to appreciate and understand the rich sounds we hear. I have posted a few of the tracks in MP3 for people to download for free. I will post more as time goes on. For more info., go to: http://www.solideas.com/CaliforniaHeritageAudioCD.html Prof. Greg P. Smestad, Ph.D. gsmestad@solideas.com |
|
California Birth Index,
1905-1910 www.Ancestry.com |
|
Identity
Crisis: Birth Records Online People-search and family history Web sites have come under fire from California lawmakers, residents and privacy advocates concerned that personal data available online can be used to aid identity theft. Genealogical Web site www.RootsWeb.com removed databases of California and Texas birth records from its site Friday after receiving a blitz of phone calls from frantic state residents worried that data contained in the public records could be used for malfeasance. The data--birth records dating from 1905 to 1995 on more than 24 million Californians--included names, birth dates, places of birth and mothers' maiden names, a key ingredient to accessing customer financial information at many banks and credit card companies. Now, a California legislator is asking Gov. Gray Davis to stop the Department of Health Services from selling California birth records in electronic format to third parties, a legal right of the state agency. In a letter sent late Friday, Sen. Jackie Speier, (D-San Francisco, San Mateo), also asked that the governor track down one other Web company, which bought the data earlier this year, and prevent it from publishing the information online. Sent by Johanna de Soto |
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State Database Searches: http://www.vitalsearch-ca.com/gen/regadvan.htm . . Take a peak HERE to review and access major databases in progress.Please continue to the Registration Page to become a Premium Search Member. (or select your "Back" button to return). Sent by Johanna de Soto |
|
Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library
(805) 682-4713 The Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library dates back to the very founding of the Mission, December 4, 1786. In 1833 Father Narciso Durán, president of the California Missions, transferred his headquarters from Misión de San José to Misión de Santa Bárbara, bringing with him all documents of the mission chain which had accumulated since 1769, and these formed the founding archival repository. Copies of documents in photographic, photostatic and xerox form, several thousands in number, have been carefully collected from the principal archives of Spain, México, the United States and Rome to supplement original material holdings. These supplemental sources have been acquired from archives in Sevilla, Madrid and Mallorca; in Mexico City, the Huntington and Bancroft Libraries in California, the University of Texas in Austin and other smaller archives and libraries, both private and public. A digest of each document had been made through the years and these together
with the names of the sender and the recipient, the date, year and place of
origin, a statement as to the number of pages, the type of document, original,
photo, photostat, xerox or transcript, with a given serial number, have been
typed into ten large loose-leaf binders which researchers may consult prior to
using the documents. The total documentation amounts to slightly over 75,000. |
|
Resources
for History Research and/or Travel Planning There are 76 California Historical Sites or Museums to Visit. |
| Carrillo Family
in Sonoma
County, Web mistress, Linda Lorda northbay@sonic.net
Maria and Joaquin Carrillo family organized very clearly by family groups, dates and burial information is given. If you are a Carrillo be sure and look. http://www.sonic.net/northbay/carrillo3.htm#Josefa%20Carrillo |
| Burials, A link to all the Utah cemeteries. | Bill to Seek Immigrant Tuition Aid |
|
Utah State Historical society Burials Database A link to all the Utah cemeteries. 1900 to 1999 Cemeteries@history.state.ut.us Sent by Johanna de Soto |
|
In Utah,
Bill to Seek Immigrant Tuition Aid
Extracts |
| SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES | |
| Indian Trust Merejildo Grijalva, Apache Captive Army Scout Safer Borders Wagon Making The Seri Indians Borderland Classroom Materials Ted Otero Collection 1791 Tucson Presidio Roster |
Census for the year 1692 - El Paso Oregon Territorial Census 1850 Desert Documentary: Spanish Years, 1767-1821 Colorado Marriages and Divorces Search Web de Anza, An Interactive Study New Mexico Marriage Records 1890 to 1940 History of the Colonization of Sinaloa Jesuit & Dominican Missions in Baja California |
| Indian Trust http://indiantrust.com/ Site for latest current events pertaining to indigenous issues Merejildo Grijalva: Apache Captive Army Scout (Southwestern Studies Series, No.96 by Edwin R. Sweeney, $12.50 at Amazon. Sent by Eddie Grijalva |
| The border between Arizona and Mexico has become much safer because of cooperation and efforts on both sides of the border to warn people of the dangers, so said Arizona's Gov, Jane Hull OC Register, 1-26-02 |
| Part I:
Wagon Making in the Late
1800s, Tucson, Arizona http://www.library.arizona.edu/images/ronstadt/jan/ss31/ss31pt1.html On March 17, 1880, a wild, three-day celebration highlighted by the driving of a silver spike signified the arrival of the Southern Pacific Railroad at Tucson, Arizona Territory. On this momentous occasion, amid the din of excitement, telegrams were relayed to mayors and prominent citizens throughout the nation proclaiming the linking of Tucson to the outside world. This date would serve as an economic turning point in the lives of many. Among those who took particular notice were the freighters for they feared the railroad as a threat to their livelihood. They were right in their feeling of a threat, but it was not to come from the railroad; it would come from an unexpected source. With the increased volume of freight brought in by the railroad, fierce competition would be drawn to Tucson from teamsters and freighting companies from as far away as California, Nevada and New Mexico. The Southern Pacific moved east from Tucson, reaching Benson, Ariz., in June, and Deming, N.M., by December. With the silver spike ceremony at Deming on March 8, 1881 marking the connecting of the Santa Fe and the Southern Pacific Railroads, Tucson was to become an important stop of the second transcontinental railroad. Sent by Johanna de Soto |
(A Complete Online Version of the Original Printed Book) THE UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA PRESS, Tucson, Arizona |
| Borderland Classroom
Materials:
http://www.nmsu.edu/~bsc/
The NMSU Center for Latin American Studies, with a grant from the federal Title VI program, has developed an integrated curriculum unit focusing on the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands. The twenty lessons, which are downloadable from this website, are aimed primarily at a high school audience, for use as an adjunct in the study of U.S. History, border state history, or world history. However, the lessons can also be adapted for a middle school audience . In addition, The Border Forum (Lesson 18) provides a guide to the resources of the on-line border news service Frontera NorteSur which can be used by college students. Editor's Note: One of the lessons that I found intriguing
was on Spanglish, showing the adoption and assimilation of English words
into the vocabulary of Spanish speakers. http://www.nmsu.edu/~bsc/lesson4.htm |
Inventory of the Ted Otero
Collection of Historical Documents, 1772-1867
|
|
The 1791 Tucson Presidio Roster Source:Archivo General de Simancas, 47130 Simancas, Valladolid, Spain, Section 7047 Document 6 The 1791 roster has been alphabetized to make finding surnames easier. All names are spelled exactly as they appear in the original roster : http://www.rio-nuevo.org/rionuevo/people/records/tucson_1791.htm Pioneer Families of the Presidio de San
Agustin |
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Census for the year 1692, The pueblo de El Paso del Rio del Norte Published by the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico in 1995 Can be ordered from their website: http://www.hgrc-nm.org/saleitms/pubs&oth.htm#Publications Twenty pages, the cost is $6 plus shipping, plus shipping. Sent by Sam Roman, Elvira Zavala Patton, Armando Montes |
|
Oregon Territorial Census 1850 http://gesswhoto.com/census.html A list of heads of families and individuals of other
surnames
recorded in the U.S. Census 1850. |
|
Desert Documentary: The Spanish Years, 1767-1821 About This Electronic Version: Desert Documentary: The Spanish Years, 1767-1821 by Kieran McCarty was first published as Historical Monograph No. 4 by the Arizona Historical Society in 1976.We are grateful to Kieran McCarty and to The Arizona Historical Society for permission to present this valuable and long out-of-print resource in electronic form. The electronic version was prepared by Pedro Carrasquilla, University of Arizona Library, June 1998. http://www.library.arizona.edu/desertdoc/about.html Sent by Johanna de Soto |
|
Colorado Marriages and Divorces Search Search on all marriages (from 1975 through August 2001) and divorces (from 1968 through August 2001) in the state of Colorado. http://www.quickinfo.net/madi/comadi.html Sent by Johanna de Soto |
| Web
de Anza, An Interactive
Study Spanish
Exploration & Colonization of "Alta
California" 1774-1776 Web de Anza provides students and scholars with primary source documents and multimedia resources covering Juan Bautista de Anza's two overland expeditions from the Sonoran desert to northern California, leading to the colonization of San Francisco in 1776. A clear map clearly shows the route traveled. http://anza.uoregon.edu/ Historical Background | Map of Route | Historical Map by Pedro Font Web de Anza is funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities. Additional support comes from the National Park Service, the Arizona Historical Society, the California Historical Society, and the Center for Advanced Technology in Education (CATE) at the University of Oregon. Sent by Johanna de Soto |
|
Marriage Records 1890 to 1940, Eddy County, New Mexico, Cates-Dickson USGENWEB
The submitter, Richard Wilkinson jrrrr@ZiaNet.com, has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. Records extracted by Mary McGuire Aug 2000 Editing and submitted by Richard Wilkinson Aug 2000 This
project will endeavor to provide actual transcriptions of Marriage
Applications, and other Marriage Records, as found recorded in the
county court house and state archives. We are encouraging these
transcriptions to be entire marriage books and/or rolls of
microfilm. |
|
The History of the
Colonization of Sinaloa |
|
Jesuit and Dominican Missions in Baja
California: http://www.mxl.cetys.mx/Expos/MisionesBC/ |
| Southern Arizona Folk Arts: Another site connecting culture with history. http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/images/folkarts/welcome.html |
| TEXAS | |
| Laredo
Begins Effort to Save Historic Buildings The Handbook of Texas Online The Residents of Texas, 1782-1836 Laredo Reminiscing Room San Ygnacio, Texas La Salle Dig Site Closing Las Familias de Marin, Nuevo Leon, Mexico HOGAR's "Bilingual Buscapalabras" La Salle Dig Site Closing Las Familias de Marin, Nuevo Leon, Mexico HOGAR's "Bilingual Buscapalabras" |
Seguin Family Web Site
|
| Abstract:
Laredo Begins Effort to Save
Historic Buildings Article by: Tricia Cortez ©Laredo Morning Times 2002 For more information call Tricia at 728-2568 or tricia@lmtonline.com While many cities have demolished some of their historic downtown structures to make way for chain hotels, parking lots and skyscrapers, Laredo is taking a different approach to balance history with progress. Following the same path that cities like San Francisco, San Diego, Baltimore and New Orleans have taken - preserving the character of their downtown as a tourist magnet and economic development tool - the Laredo Historic District Landmark Board has begun a concerted effort to save downtown buildings of historic significance. Under consideration are 13 buildings:: Milmo Bank & Annex (1885), 1300 Lincoln The Southern Hotel-(1889), 1208 Matamoros The Salinas Home/Heritage House-(circa 1905), northeast corner of Convent & Matamoros U.S. Post Office (1906-7), 1300 Matamoros Thaison Building-(1909), northeast corner of Salinas & Hidalgo St. Anthony Hotel & Annex-(1910), 916-920 Salinas The Bender Hotel-(1913), 1416 Matamoros Latin American Club/Webb County Annex-(1916), 1001 Houston Sames Moore Building (1926), 1219 Matamoros Sulaks/Laredo Telephone Co.-(1926), 1214 Farragut Farragut Department Store-(circa 1930), northeast corner of Convent and Farragut Former Conoco Filling Station-(circa 1931). Sent by Walter Herbeck, epherbeck@juno.com |
| The Handbook of Texas Online
is a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography,
and culture. It comprises more than 23,000 articles on people, places,
events, historical themes, institutions, and a host of other topic
categories. The scope is broad and inclusive, designed to provide
readers with concise, authoritative, and accessible articles that
provide factual, nonpartisan accounts on virtually every aspect of Texas
history and culture. Please see the introduction
for further details.
You may search the Handbook of Texas Online by entering one or more words to find all article containing any of the words. http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/ Sent by Johanna de Soto |
 This research project began in 1971 by The Institute of Texan Cultures. The original intent of the research was to prepare a draft containing information on Blacks in Texas prior to 1836. The research was broken down into three categories: statistical, census, and general information (general manuscript series). Since it was impractical to extract only the information concerning persons of Black origin, translation of the complete statistical and census reports of Spanish Texas was accomplished. This material includes demographic, statistical and qualitative data on many ethnic groups, and individual families can be traced for several generations. It also documents the existence of a large number of Blacks among the Spanish and Indian population in Texas long before the influx of Anglo Americans colonizers. The general manuscript series, consisting in large part of translated summaries, documents the Black's experience in Texas. The translation of this series was not brought to completion. In 1973 the project ended after an evaluation of the work revealed that the intended scope had been surpassed and that the work had the potential for a scholarly publication. In 1998 The Institute of
Texan Cultures granted permission to The
TXGenWeb Project to bring this very important collection of early
Texas source material to the Internet where it will be freely available
to researchers. If you have access to this 3 volume publication and
would like to assist in bringing this work online please contact Trey
Holt. Editor's Note: If you live in Southern California, a microfilm copy is available at the Orange Multi-Regional Family History Center, 674 S. Yorba, Orange. |
|
Reminiscing Room, Laredo's Newest Barrio - in Cyberspace.
The Reminiscing Room, an internet chat room, was created by the Laredo Morning Times two and a half years ago, to connect Laredoans living all over the world. Mayor Betty Flores read a proclamation declaring DEC. 28, which
happens to be her birthday, as the official "REM Room Day" in
Laredo. She stressed to those gathered the importance of
maintaining a connection with the places and people they grew up with
because it's a part of who
"I find the whole concept really strange, but wonderful, because the
Times brought us together. They have created for us a way to formalize
the Laredo brotherhood worldwide," Neo Gutierrez said, a retired Beverly Hills
High School teacher. She knows of people who post messages in the room from as far away as
Singapore and Moscow, in addition to the Laredoans all over the country,
from Connecticut to California. |
| San
Ygnacio, Texas Laredo writer Joel C. Uribe released his latest book, "San Ygnacio, Texas, Su Legado Historico" ("San Ygnacio, Its Historical Legacy") early last year. The book is a detailed account of the small town's colorful history from its establishment in the 1800s to its place in Hollywood films. In the book, Uribe writes that San Ygnacio's legacy is the many historical homes that through the years have been restored. Uribe said the research for the book came from his own accounts and his family's history. "I lived those times in San Ygnacio," he said. Born in Laredo, Uribe attended San Ygnacio and Laredo schools and received a bachelor's degree from then-Texas A&I University. The book contains pictures of San Ygnacio homes, including the home of Don Manuel Benavides y Doña Julianita U. De Benavides, where several scenes were shot in the early '50s for the film "Viva Zapata," starring Marlon Brando and Anthony Quinn. Also, the home of Don Zaragoza Dominquez doubled as a cantina where scenes of the movie "The Streets of Laredo" were shot. The film starred Sunset Carson. Uribe's book details the traditions of San Ygancio because of its proximity to Mexico and founders and its strong Catholic following. A chapter on La Religión puts emphasis on holidays such as La Cuaresma, Viernes Santo, La Misa de Gallo and the traditional comidas de Navidad. The book also provides a view of the small town's sports figures, such as the 1940s baseball team, the San Ygancio Blue Birds. "San Ygnacio, Su Legado Historico" is the fourth publication released by Uribe. The author has also written "San Igancio, Tamaulipas, Its Origin, Its People and Its Legacy." Uribe said he wanted to provide, "a new insight into the founding of El Martineño Ranch, La Palma Ranch and mainly the town of San Ignacio Tamaulipas." His works include La Canción Mexicana de Hoy y Siempre that contains the lyrics to hundreds of songs dating back to the 1890s. The Uribe collection also includes "Adventure Stories by the Light of the Moon, Heroic Deeds of our Ancestors," short stories of the region. Sent by George Gause |
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La Salle Dig Site Closing,
Associated Press, 12-26-01
"It's one of Texas' most important historical sites," Bruseth said. "This
site is the reason we have our wonderful Hispanic heritage today. It's
also a settlement that has national significance in the sense that it's a
colony similar to Jamestown," which also failed, he said.
Since the lab opened in January 2000, more than 11,000 visitors,
including dozens of school groups, visited the site to see artifacts as
they arrived from the dig site for sorting.
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| Las
Familias de Marin, Nuevo Leon, Mexico This site is dedicated to the people, history and genealogy of Marin, Mexico. Dr. Jose Gonzalez is the web master and has compiled a wonderful informative site. Books, meetings, history, ranchos, and membership information.. http://www.geocities.com/heartland/fields/6863/index.html |
HOGAR's Genealogical "Bilingual
Buscapalabras" |
| Seguin Family Web Site: http://www.webspawner.com/users/seguindhp/index.html |
| Those Who Died in
the Galveston Storm 1900
Web site dedicated to those who died in the Galveston Storm in September 1900. This is a work in progress seeking submittals for inclusion. Between 7,000 to 10,000 people died in that catastrophe. This storm remains the highest death toll from a natural disaster in American history. The newspapers published the names of about 5,000 persons. In many cases it says Mr. Jones, his wife and three children died. A goal of the project is to identify which Mr. Jones and give names, ages and other information to his wife and his children. Site has an alphabetical list. .http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~barnette/those_who_died.html |
Nacogdoches 1821-1828, 1835:
Entrance Certificates and Certificates of Citizenship
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http://www.tdh.state.tx.us/bvs/registra/bdindx.htm How to Request
Birth and Death Indexes from the Bureau of Vital Statistics |
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Texas Death Records: 3,963,456, 1964-1998 http://vitals.rootsweb.com/tx/death/search.cgi |
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Texas Maps: http://www.tsl.state.tx.us/arc/maps/indexesandtypes.html
Sent by Johanna de Soto |
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The Handbook of Texas Online http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/ The Handbook of Texas Online is a multidisciplinary encyclopedia of Texas history, geography, and culture. It comprises more than 23,000 articles on people, places, events, historical themes, institutions, and a host of other topic categories. The scope is broad and inclusive, designed to provide readers with concise, authoritative, and accessible articles that provide factual, nonpartisan accounts on virtually every aspect of Texas history and culture. You can enter one or more words to find all articles containing any of the words. Please see the introduction for further details. |
 The Handbook of Texas Online has a special feature, Texas Day by Day. Click the day and see what was happening. Sent by Johanna de Soto |
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Memoirs of Antonio Mechaca: http://www.tamu.edu/ccbn/dewitt/menchacamem.htm The manuscript of Antonio Menchaca's Memoirs is in possession of Pearson Newcomb, of San Antonio, Texas. According to Mr. Newcomb, Antonio Menchaca dictated his memoirs to Charles M. Barnes, in whose handwriting they are preserved. Marcos Menchaca was in military service at the presidios at
San Xavier, at San Marcos, and at San Saba. In 1762 he received a grant of land
in San Antonio, on the San Pedro, bounded on the east by a Camino Real, and by
his own lands. He married Josefa Cadena and they had two sons, Juan Mariano and
Joseph Manuel. Juan Mariano Menchaca married Maria Luz Guerra and they were the
parents of Joseph Antonio Menchaca, Texas patriot, and author of the memoirs,
born in January, 1800. He married Teresa Ramón, daughter of Martin Ramón (and
his wife Ana Aguilar), descendants of the military leaders of the expeditions
into Texas in the early 1700's. Antonio Menchaca and his wife Teresa Ramón, had
a daughter Joaquina who married John Glanton, a daughter Maria Antonia, who
married P. E. Neuendorff, and a daughter Antonia Manuela, who married Jean
Batiste Ducuron La Coste, of Gascony, France (parents of Zuleme, who married
Ferdinand Herff, Maria, Sofia, Lucien, Nita and Amelie). |
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Catholic Archives of Texas http://www.onr.com/user/cat/ The goal of the Catholic Archives is to collect, preserve, and make available for research those records of individuals and organizations engaged in work reflecting the goals of the Catholic Church in Texas. Sent by Johanna de Soto |
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Catholic
Southwest: |
| Book: History and Legends of the
Alamo and other Missions in and around San Antonio Originally published in 1917 by Adina de Zavala, this volume reconstructs the history of the Alamo back to pre-colonial times using historical maps, plates, diary accounts, and other records. Its importance lies not only in its portrayal of Texas history as a product of Native American, Spanish, Mexican and Anglo-American contributions, but also in its focus on the role of Texas women and Texas Mexicans in shaping the historical record. Edited by Richard Flores, 215 pages, paperback. Arte Público Press www.arte.uh.edu |
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| Canary Islands Descendents Association & Cultural Museum | "Brass Cannon" |
Canary Islands Descendants Association & Cultural Museum P.O. Box 1586 • Chalmette, La. 70044 • Ph: 504-682-1010 • Email: info@canaryislandersislenos.com Calendar |
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the mid-seventeen hundreds, the Spanish government sent a
group of settlers to Louisiana to be coast-watchers to protect the interest of Spain,
where they established permanent settlements. Today, the descendants of
this migration are mainly the "waterman" of the thriving Saint
Bernard Parish fishing and trapping industries. Still referring to
themselves as "Isleños" (descendants of the Canary Island
immigration).
The Canary Islands Descendants Association is a genealogy-based heritage club which documents Isleños traditions and identifies this rich cultural heritage to others. http://canaryislandersislenos.com/Sent by Bill Carmena JCarm1724@aol.com |
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| Bill also forwarded
the following letter from Paul Newfield, who writes: You can access both of the St. Bernard groups ('Group A' and 'Group B') as
well as the San Antonio group thru my "Brass Cannon" website. The only group that you can not access is our own group in Batopn Rouge. I had
hoped to raise this issue of the Canary Islands Heritage Society of
Louisiana's (future) website at the last Board meeting of the Society, but
sadly time and circumstances did not permit. Take a peep at my Brass Cannon site. Paul Newfield pcn01@webdsi.com http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~brasscannon |
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| Rosalinda Garcia, New Assistant Dean at Yale | Fort Mose, Florida |
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Rosalinda
Garcia, New assistant dean at Yale, Garcia, 30, will become assistant dean of Yale College (undergraduate school) and director of its Latino and Native American cultural centers. She will specifically be responsible for helping Latino and Native American students adjust to the academic and social rigors of an Ivy League institution. Data show that only 50 percent of Latinos graduate from high school. Of that group, less than one-fourth decide to go to college and even fewer graduate from a four-year university.
Despite these figures, Garcia remains optimistic. "There's a ton of
research, specifically on Mexican-Americans, that tells us over and over
there are specific things that can be done to help our kids graduate from
high school, go to college and graduate from college," Garcia said,
referring to academic journals, essays and books such as Over the Ivy
Walls. Walter Herbeck Jr. 210-684-9741 wherbeck@juno.com |
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Mose, Florida: http://www.oldcity.com/mose/ Established in 1738 by Colonial Spanish Florida's Governor Manuel Montiano, Fort Mose gave sanctuary to Africans challenging enslavement in the English Colony of Carolina. Approximately 100 Africans lived at Fort Mose, forming more than 20 households. Together they created a frontier community which drew on a range of African backgrounds blended with Spanish, Native American and English cultural traditions. Sent by Armando Romero aromero@unigen.com |
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| Mexico's
1917 Constitution of 1917 Unfamiliar Turf: Saving the Environment Center for American History Maps of Mexico Sonora and Sinaloa Canciones de mi Padre Novedades Editoriales, "Clásicos Tavera" Presidio de San Felipe y Santiago de Janos |
Conversos
Judasaintes The U.S. Mexican-War 1846-1848 Mexico: Splendors of Thirty Centuries THE HISTORY OF HIDALGO THE HISTORY OF VERACRUZ MONOGRAFIA MUNICIPAL AHUALULCO Pasaportes, 1821-1873 |
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Constitution of 1917, Mexico's Government
Web site: Mexico and Central America for Visitors: http://gomexico.about.com/library/weekly/aa991117l.htm The Constitution of 1917 is the legal document that governs Mexico. The national holiday on February 5th commemorates this once radical proposal. Mexico's first constitution was signed on October 22, 1814 in Apatzingán, Michoacán. Delegates met while the war for independence from Spain still raged. They created the "Constitutional Decree for the Freedom of Mexican America", legally constituting the nation as independent from Spain. Another constitution was signed on October 4, 1824 and presented to Guadalupe Victoria, the first President of Mexico. This was more of an ideological statement rather than a practical document. It concerned itself with the organization and functioning of the government, rather than how these things should be accomplished. After several decades, a reform movement called for changes. Following one year of debate, a document was produced. This was the first to contain a bill of rights and a judical system to uphold those rights. It was published on March 11, 1857 and was still in effect when the Revolution began in 1910. A Constitutional Congress was held from November 20, 1916 through January 31, 1917. Its purpose was to develop a new legal document. Two of the most important articles dealt with agrarian and labor reform. Article 27 authorized confiscation of large estates, to be broken into smaller properties. It also placed conditions on foreign ownership and prevented the Church from holding property. Article 123 granted right to professional association as a social guarantee for workers and employers to defend their rights. This was said to be the first such law to be included in the constitution of any country. In addition, it set limits to working hours, ensured equal pay for equal work, and established hygienic conditions, among other things. Article 3 established the basis of the educational system. This new Constitution was considered radical and faced opposition at various economic and social levels. Yet it was a solid foundation, overcoming obstacles to its full application, and continues to be the basis of Mexico's legal system today. Source: Presidency of the Republic Web site Johanna de Soto |
| Unfamiliar Turf: Saving the Environment Extract of article by Mary Jordan in the Washington Post Foreign Service, 12-28-01 With 40 percent of Mexico's population considered very poor, many of these millions have simply taken over empty land. In Mexico City alone there are more than 60,000 families living in 700 illegal settlements created by "invasion." Many of the settlements are in areas that are vacant because they are environmentally fragile, including land along streams, sewer lines or steep ravines where construction worsens erosion. Most of these settlements do not have plumbing, leading to acute pollution problems in a nation already plagued by water contamination. The government has almost always looked the other way. Many Mexicans are sympathetic to poor people who bend the law, even by taking over property, to feed or shelter their families. Local political bosses have often helped create the problem. By orchestrating illegal land takeovers to force the mayor or governor to negotiate with them, local bosses have won a variety of concessions to solve the very land problem they helped create. But in a changing Mexico, where President Vicente Fox has promised to make protecting the neglected environment a hallmark of his term, there are unprecedented moves to oust the squatters, known here as "parachutists."Government officials have long tolerated illegal land seizures by the poor as an inevitable reality. Mexico's population has quadrupled since 1950, from 25 million to 100 million. At the same time, there has been relentless migration from dying farming areas into the cities, which has resulted in a severe urban housing shortage. Eleven months have passed since Idolina Rodriguez Vela, 71, a great-grandmother and one of the first residents of the Coyuca Lagoon settlement in Pie de la Cuesta. . Rodriguez chopped down the pine trees to build her one-room home. There are now 1,000 huts with an average of three residents in each. "We don't want to pollute this water," said Rodriguez, swatting at swarms of toffee-colored gnats that cover everything. "But we don't have any choice because we are poor." Sent by Howard Shorr Howardshor@aol.com |
| Center for American
History,
Sid Richardson Hall 2.106, 512/495-4516
http://latino.sscnet.ucla.edu/library/center.american.history.html
Bexar Archives: Approximately 250,000 manuscript pages of the records generated from 1717 to 1836 by the governments of Spain and Mexico in San Antonio de Béxar, the administrative center of Texas under Spanish and Mexican rule. Copybooks, royal orders, reports, petitions, decrees, itineraries, legal proceedings, wills, proclamations, brand licenses, rosters, and other materials document the military, civilian, social, and political life of the Spanish province of Texas and the Mexican State of Coahuila y Texas. Lorenzo de Zavala Papers: Correspondence, financial records, and legal documents relating to the life and political career of statesman, soldier, Texas land empresario, writer, and physician Lorenzo de Zavala (1788-1836). Field Foundation Archives: Approximately 400 linear feet of archival records documenting the work of the Foundation in support of organizations, such as the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, promoting civil rights, civil liberties, child welfare, and social justice from 1940 to 1988. Nacogdoches Archives: Transcriptions of the official records created and accumulated at Nacogdoches, Texas, during the Spanish and Mexican periods (1731-1836). Robert Runyon Photograph Collection: Approximately 14,000 images by Brownsville, Texas, photographer Robert Runyon depicting revolutionary activities in northern Mexico, the development of the Rio Grande Valley, and the U.S. military presence in South Texas in the early 20th century. Francis William Seabury Papers: Letters, genealogies, abstracts of title, and other legal documents relating to genealogy in South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley. Spanish-Language Newspapers: A collection of 44 Spanish-language newspapers that includes a microfilm copy of the first issue of the first Texas newspaper, Gaceta de Texas, for May 25, 1813; issues of ante-bellum Spanish-language newspapers from Brownsville and San Antonio; and a run of San Antonio's La Prensa from 1913 to 1959. Texas Music Collection: More than 7,500 phonodiscs and cassettes of taped commercial recordings from 1922 to the present representing productions associated with Texas and Texans. Includes Mexican American musicians such as Lydia Mendoza and Santiago Jiménez. Sent by Johanna de Soto |
| Maps of Mexico
http://www.maps-of-mexico.com/mexico_states.shtml
You can click to anyone of the 32 state, each is divided into 16
sections. Then you can click on the individual sections and get a
very detailed map which shows, town, roads, rivers, railroads, even some
ranches can be spotted.
http://www.maps-of-mexico.com/mexico_states.shtml |
Sonora and Sinaloa Autor: Sergio Ortega Noriegahttp://omega.ilce.edu.mx:3000/sites/estados/libros/sinaloa/htm/toc.htm |
Canciones de mi Padre
In January, 1946, the University of Arizona published its General Bulletin
No. 10, a slim volume by Luisa Espinel entitled Canciones de mi Padre
- "My Father's Songs." Ms. Espinel's father was Fred Ronstadt,
and the songs she had learned, transcribed and published were some of the
ones he had brought with him from Sonora. This little book, long out of
print, is our baseline for information concerning what people were singing
in Sonora in the mid-19th Century. It is our window into a long-vanished
world, a way in which we can reach out and touch a past that is relatively
close, yet gone forever. Many of the songs still live in the repertoire of
Fred Ronstadt's descendants, and I count it a rare privilege and joy to
have joined with his son Edward in singing La Ciriaca. It is no
wonder that when Fred's grand-daughter Linda Ronstadt put out a record [album
cover] of some of the favorites she had learned from her father
Gilbert, she called her collection by the same name as this booklet.
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Novedades Editoriales de la Collección "Clásicos Tavera"
Novedad en CD-Rom Digibis (Publicaciones Digitales) Les informamos de que acabamos de incorporar a nuestro catálogo de publicaciones dos nuevos títulos en soporte electrónico: 1. TEXTOS CLÁSICOS SOBRE LA HISTORIA DEL CUZCO. Juan Carlos García Cabrera (comp.) Colección "Clásicos Tavera". Serie X: Ciudades representativas del mundo ibérico. Vol. 2. Nº 65. Madrid. Fundación Histórica Tavera, 2001. ISBN: 84-8479-006-1. 2. EL CATALÁN EN LA HISTORIA LINGÜÍSTICA DE ESPAÑA. Mila Segarra y Joseph Moran i Ocerinjauregui (comps.) Colección "Clásicos Tavera". Serie VIII: Lingüística y antecedentes literarios de la Península Ibérica. Vol 2. Nº 66. Madrid. Fundación Histórica Tavera, 2001. ISBN: 84-8479-023-1. Estas obras forman parte de un amplio proyecto, la "Colección Clásicos Tavera", cuyo objetivo es la edición en CD-ROM de las obras más relevantes para el conocimiento del pasado de los países, regiones y ciudades de América Latina, España, Portugal y Filipinas, así como de ciertos temas monográficos relacionados con esas mismas áreas geográficas. Pueden obtener toda la información sobre estas novedades directamente desde nuestra página web, en la dirección http://www.digibis.com/redirect.asp?Item1=2219&Item2=800 Todos los pedidos e información se pueden solicitar a DIGIBIS. Publicaciones digitales. C/ Claudio Coello, 123, 4ª planta. 28006- Madrid. Telf. (34) 91 581 20 01. Fax (34) 91 581 47 36. Pedidos: distribucion@digibis.com María José de Acuña Dpto. Comercial de DIGIBIS |
Records of the Presidio de San Felipe y Santiago de JanosPrepared by the Mexican Archives Project, April 1995 http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/Mex_Archives/Janos.htmlThe Janos Presidio records were donated to the Benson Latin American
Collection in the 1940s by The physical extent of the records is nine linear feet. The materials are in Spanish; their bulk dates are 1706-1858. The records have been partially microfilmed. A partial calendar of documents dated 1707-1828 is available in Rare Books Reference. The suggested citation for the Janos Presidio records is "Records of the Presidio de San Felipe y Santiago de Janos, 1706-1858, Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, University of Texas at Austin." Biographical Sketch Circa 1580 the town of Janos, Chihuahua, was founded by Franciscan
missionaries. In 1680 its mission was destroyed in raids by Apaches and other
Indians. As a consequence, a presidio, or military outpost, was established at
Janos in 1686; the mission was repopulated in 1717 with Janos and Jocomes
Indians. A "peace establishment" was formed to integrate Apaches into
the settlement. From Janos Presidio and other presidios in the area, the Spanish
military continued intermittently to make peace and do battle with the Apaches. In 1771 Hugo Oconor (Hugh O'Connor) took over command of the northern
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(México) by the Spanish Inquisition for relapsing into Judaism. Some of these
names are still common in México and the American Southwest. The fact that you,
however, share a last name with any of the Conversos mentioned here does not
mean that you are or you are not a descendant of them. If you think that you may
be their descendant , you will have to follow links to you ancestors to prove
your ancestry. |
| The U.S. Mexican-War 1846-1848 http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/ "The U.S.-Mexican War" Web Site is a thoughtful study in
the way humans access, process, agree and disagree in the search for
truth as it chronicles the war through multiple perspectives from both
sides of the conflict. Within this site, you will find a series of conversations with and
essays by historians and other experts. We also offer a timeline
that illustrates war-related events and a discussion arena where we
invite your own viewpoints on the U.S.-Mexican War. |
| Splendors of Thirty Centuries http://www.humanities-interactive.org/splendors/ex048_05.html |
| Somos Primos is happy to present our readers with the brief histories of two Mexican states, Hidalgo and Veracruz. Both states belonged to the mighty Aztec Empire in 1519, and indigenous people from both states played a key role in the defeat of the Aztecs. In addition to discussing the various Indians of Veracruz and Puebla, we discuss the economic resources and potential of both states. |
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The central Mexican state of Hidalgo has a surface area of 20,860 square kilometers (8,054 square miles), or 1.05% of the national territory. Located in Mexico's Central Plateau, Hidalgo is the twenty-sixth largest state of Mexico. With a population of about 1,888,366 inhabitants (in 1990), Hidalgo shares common borders with San Luis Potosí on the north, Puebla on the east, Tlaxcala on the southeast, the state of Mexico on the south, Querétaro on the west, and Veracruz on the northeast. |
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The state of Veracruz, located along the eastern Gulf Coast of the Mexican Republic, has a population of 6,856,415 people, representing 7.39% of Mexico's national population in 1990. Politically divided into 203 municipios, the state has an area of 27,759 square miles (71,896 square kilometers). Veracruz shares common borders with the states of Tamaulipas (to the north), Oaxaca and Chiapas (to the south), Tabasco (to the southeast), and Puebla, Hidalgo, and San Luis Potosí (on the west). Veracruz also shares 430 miles (690 kilometers) of its eastern boundary with the Gulf of Mexico. Veracruz has a very diverse and rapidly changing topography, witnessing a rise from the tropical coastal plains to temperate valleys and thence to the highlands of the Eastern Sierra Madre Mountains. As a result, the state's climate is very assorted, evolving from cold, snow-topped mountain slopes that descend toward the warm western coastal areas. Pico de Orizaba, inland from Veracruz, with an elevation of 18,793 feet above sea level, is the highest mountain in all of Mexico. Abundant rainfall and extremely fertile soil in the coastal regions of Veracruz permit the cultivation of a wide range of crops. The state is a leading national producer of coffee, sugarcane, corn, and rice. From the tropical forests of the inland regions come dyewoods, hardwoods, and rubber. In the cooler regions in the west, one finds maguey, cactus and coniferous forests. However, the state's principal natural resource and dominant industry is oil. The mountains contain relatively unexploited deposits of gold, silver, iron, and coal. The history of the native peoples of the state of Veracruz is a very complex and fascinating story. In the pre-Hispanic period, the modern-day state of Veracruz was inhabited primarily by four indigenous cultures. The Huastecos and Otomíes occupied the north, while the Totonacs resided in the north-center. The Olmecs, one of the oldest cultures in the Americas, became dominant in the southern part of Veracruz. For the researcher seeking to learn the detailed history of the individual communities of Veracruz, Aztec Imperial Strategies (by Frances F. Berdan, Professor Michael E. Smith, and others) and Peter Gerhard's A Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain are probably the two best works to consult. The Olmecs were probably one of the first Indian groups to occupy Veracruz. They occupied the coastal plains in the present-day states of Veracruz and Tabasco (southeast of Veracruz) sometime around 1000 to 300 B.C. Several Olmec sites have been found in Veracruz, including San Lorenzo and Tres Zapotes. These settlements were probably the most complex "ceremonial" sites found in all of Mesoamerica at the time of their apogee. For this reason, many anthropologists consider the Olmec civilization to be the cultura madre (mother culture) of the many Mesoamerican cultures that followed it. The Olmecs. The Olmec were renowned for their sculpting skills and distinctive motifs. One of the most notable examples of Olmec culture is the sculptured heads of basalt, weighing as much as 40 tons and standing almost ten feet in height. The basalt used for these carvings came from a location 50 miles (80 kilometers) away and apparently had been floated on rafts to their destination. Pyramidal mounds have been found in many of the Olmec settlements. It is believed that the Olmec economy centered around agricultural production on the fertile floodplains, and was supplemented by fishing and shell fishing. However, by 300 B.C., the Olmec culture was eclipsed by other emerging civilizations in Mesoamerica. The Totonac Indians. By the time, the Spaniards arrived on the Gulf Coast of Mexico in 1519, the Totonac Indians occupied a province known as Totonacapan, which stretched through the central part of Veracruz and the Zacatlan district of the present-day state of Puebla. Occupying some fifty towns and boating a population of a quarter million people, the Totonacs spoke four primary dialects. Their capital, Cempoala, located five miles inland from the present city of Vera Cruz, had a population of about 25,000. During the Fifteenth Century and the early years of the Sixteenth Century, the mighty Aztec Empire, ruled by the Mexica Indians from their capital city Tenochtitlán, began a concerted effort to subdue and incorporate the rich coastal areas into their domain. Eventually, Veracruz, along with portions of the neighboring states, would make up the Aztec provinces of Tochtepec, Cuetlaxtlan, Cempoallan, Quauhtochco, Jalapa, Misantla, and Tlatlauhquitepec. After their conquest by the Mexica ruler Axayácatl in 1480, the Totonacs were incorporated into the Aztec provinces of Cempoallan, Misantla and Xalapa. These areas, with an abundance of water and fertile land, were richly endowed with a wide array of vegetation and crops, including cedars, fruits, cotton, cacao, maize, beans, and squashes. In pre-Hispanic times, cotton was a very significant crop, which the Totonacs used to make cotton armor. As tribute to their Aztec masters, the Totonacs sent cloth, clothing, maize, foodstuffs, honey and wax to Tenochtitlán. The province of Cempoallan, and its associated Totonac towns and fortifications, could mobilize up to 50,000 warriors at a time. The natives of Cempoallan, incited by the neighboring Tlaxcalans (who remained an independent enclave within the Aztec Empire), continuously rebelled against the Mexica. Even the last Mexica emperor Moctezuma II spent the early years of his reign leading campaigns against the Indians of Veracruz. The Aztec Province of Xalapa (Jalapa), also inhabited by Totonac Indians, was only added to the Mexica domain by Moctezuma II in the years preceding the Spanish contact. Jalapa stood along a major route between the coast and Tenochtitlán and was rich agricultural territory, with maize and chilies as its prominent crops. The city of Jalapa is now the capital of Veracruz. The Totonacs were the first natives whom Captain Hernán Cortés met upon his landing on the Gulf Coast near present-day Veracruz. Being compelled by the Mexica to the payment of a heavy tribute, including the frequent seizure of their people for slaves or for sacrifice in the bloody Aztec rites, the Totonac were ripe for revolt, and their king, Tlacochcalcatl, eagerly welcomed Cortés and promised the support of his fifty thousand warriors against Emperor Moctezuma and the Aztec Empire. The Spaniards helped the Totonacs to expel Moctezuma's tribute-collectors in Totonacapan who apparently fled to a Mexica garrison at Tizapancingo, about twenty miles to the southwest. With a full force of Spaniards, 16 horses, and Totonacs, Cortés seized control of Tizapancingo. In June 1519, the Totonacs helped Cortés and the Spaniards in the founding of La Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz (The Rich Town of the True Cross) on the site of the present-day port of Veracruz. Veracruz thus became the first city founded by the Spaniards on the North American continent. Even today, Veracruz remains as one of the most important commercial and industrial centers of Mexico. In the subsequent events, culminating in the taking of the city of Tenochtitlán and the downfall of the Aztec Empire in 1521, the Totonac took an active part in the campaign as allies of the Spaniards and their traditional allies, the Tlaxcalan Indians. In addition to giving ready allegiance to Spaniards, they embraced the Roman Catholic faith of the Europeans. As early as 1523, the Franciscans first started working among the Totonac people of the highlands. The Augustinians arrived a decade later to proselytize the Totonacs along the border region of Hidalgo, Puebla, and Veracruz. H.R. Harvey and Isabel Kelly, the authors of "The Totonac" in the Handbook of Middle American Indians, write that "In the large areas where Totonac speech has survived to the present, there was little to attract the Spaniard. Transportation and communication were difficult… Also, Totonacapan largely lacked the mineral resources so attractive to the Spaniards. Thus, until relatively recent years, much of Totonacapan has remained intact and isolated, and many forms of native Totonac culture have survived." Today, the Totonacs of Puebla and Veracruz, numbering about 100,000, are industrious farmers. Their chief crop is sugar cane, from which they manufacture sugar in their own mills. Dancing and festivals are important elements of their culture. Although some of their festivals retain elements of their ancient sacrificial rites, most of the Totonacs are Roman Catholic today. The Huasteco Indians. The Huasteco Indians, who speak a form of the Mayan language, presently occupy 55 municipios in the modern-day states of Veracruz, San Luis Potosí and Hidalgo, as well as smaller sections of Tamaulipas and Querétaro. It is believed that they were isolated from the rest of the Maya and evolved separately and may have arrived in the area as early as 200 A.D. Under Aztec rule, the Huastecos occupied two Aztec provinces, Atlan and Tochpan. Atlan Province, located in the area of the present-day towns of Metlaltoyuca and Pantepec, was occupied by Huastecos, Tepehuán, Otomíes and Totonacs. This region was an important cotton-growing region, and the Huastecos of this province were forced to pay tribute to the Mexica in the form of skins, paper, cotton and blankets. However, when the Spaniards arrived in their territory, the Huastecos did not cooperate with them as the neighboring Tlaxcalans and Totonacs did. In 1520, the Huastecos wiped out a small Spanish settlement that had been set up in their territory. Once he had taken control of Tenochtitlán in August 1521, Cortés marched toward Huasteco territory with a large force of Spaniards and Mexica allies. After meeting with considerable resistance, Cortés defeated the Huastecos and founded the Villa de San Esteban in 1522. However, revolts by the Huastecos in October-December 1523 and 1525-26 were put down with great cruelty. In spite of their battles with both the Mexica and the Spaniards, the Huastecos continue to survive today, maintaining many aspects of their traditional culture and language. Huastecan music and dancing have influenced the musical folklore of Mexico. The contemporary Huasteco population numbers about 80,000 in Veracruz and San Luis Potosí. Tochtepec was a large and sprawling Aztec province that extended from the Gulf Coast inland to the rugged eastern mountains. While the Náhuatl language of the Aztecs dominated Tochtepec, the Chinantec and Mazatec languages dominated the southwestern edge of the province. The Aztecs valued this province because it became a source of many highly valued resources, including cacao, cotton, precious feathers, gold, greenstones, and rubber, as well as several staple foodstuffs, fruits, and fish. The Aztec province of Cuetlaxtlan lay along Veracruz's broad coastal plain north of Tochtepec. Michael E. Smith and Frances F. Berdan, in their descriptions of the Aztec provinces, write that "Cuetlaxtlan was very frequently caught in the political machinations of the Mexica and Tlaxcallans. Upon abandonment by their Tlaxcalan allies, Cuetlaxtlan was conquered by Moctezuma Ilhuicamina." However, the province was frequently in a state of rebellion against their Mexica overlords. Eventually, Emperor Axayácatl, who ruled from 1468 to 1481, reconquered the region and installed Aztec tribute collectors and garrisons. During the long colonial period, the port of Veracruz, as Mexico's main port of entry, has been a contested prize for both Mexican generals and alien invaders. It was through this port that thousands of African slaves were brought en route to destinations at various locations in colonial Mexico. During the Seventeenth and Eighteen Centuries, the port was easy prey for buccaneers who wreaked havoc throughout the Caribbean. As the first city founded by the Spaniards in Mexico, it was also their last stronghold before their expulsion in 1821. On May 19, 1822, General Agustin Iturbide had been declared the Emperor of Mexico. However, his reign quickly met with resistance and, in August 1822, Iturbide took action against all the opposition. It was in Veracruz on December 1, 1822, when the commander of the garrison, Antonio López de Santa Anna Pérez de Lebrón, rose against Iturbide and proclaimed a republic. Santa Anna would eventually serve nine terms as President of the Mexican Republic. In 1838, the French Navy blockaded Veracruz during the "Pastry War" of that year. In 1847, during the Mexican-American War, General Winfield Scott led American troops in a landing at Veracruz. Benito Juárez was elected as President in March 1861. However, because the Mexican Republic had been devastated by three years of civil war (The War of the Reform), the treasury was depleted. As a result, Juárez cancelled Mexico's foreign debt. Spain, Britain and France, all outraged by this action, decided, in October 1861, to force repayment of their loans by the occupation of the Mexican Gulf Coast. In December, Spanish troops occupied the port of Veracruz, followed a month later by French and British forces. However, soon after the Spanish and British forces evacuated. Spurred on by dreams of reestablishing the empire of his uncle (Napoleon I), Emperor Napoleon III made moves to occupy the entire country. Although the French occupied Veracruz for several years, they were soon expelled from the country by the forces of Juárez in 1866/67. On April 21, 1914 an incident involving U.S. sailors in Tampico led President Woodrow Wilson to land American troops in Veracruz, where they remained for six months. Mexico later responded by severing diplomatic relations Today, the state of Veracruz, rich in natural resources, is an important component of Mexico's economy. Approximately 35% of Mexico's water supply is found in Veracruz. In addition, the state has four deep-water ports and two international airports. Although Veracruz is an important source of metals such as iron and copper, a great deal of its mining involves non-metallic minerals as sulfur, silica, feldspar, calcium, kaolin and marble. The northern part of Veracruz is a major oil producer. The manufacturing industry in Veracruz accounts for 21% of the state's gross domestic product, and approximately 64% of the manufacturing industry GDP is generated by the chemical and petrochemical sectors. The rest of the state's production includes metal products, food, beverage production, printing and publishing, non-electric machinery and equipment industries. The area around Jalapa, the capital, is one of Mexico's major coffee-growing areas while the central part of the state is characterized by a traditional agricultural development and the presence of long standing industrial centers such as Cordoba, Orizaba and Rio Blanco, whose main activity is textile manufacturing. The port of Veracruz, with its attractive climate, cuisine, and archaeological sites, is a favorite seaside resort for Mexican and foreign tourists. Veracruz has a very advantageous location along the Gulf of Mexico. It is a favored port for exports to the United States, Latin America, and Europe. Seventy-five percent of all port activity in Mexico takes place in Veracruz. The chief exports of this state are coffee, fresh fruits, fertilizers, sugar, fish and crustaceans. Mining only accounts for 1.5% of economic activity. Veracruz has always been and remains an important and essential state to the Mexican Republic. Its rich mineral resources and strategic location have guaranteed that, in the worst of times, Veracruz is likely to prosper and carry on. Copyright © 2001 by John P. Schmal. All Rights under applicable law are hereby reserved. Material from this article may be reproduced for educational purposes and personal, non-commerical home use only. Reproduction of this article for commercial purposes is strictly prohibited without the express permission of John P. Schmal. JohnnyPJ@aol.com Sources: "Diagnostico de los Pueblos Indigenas de la Huasteca." Online: http://www.sedesol.gob.mx/perfiles/regional/huasteca/index.html January 12, 2002. Peter Gerhard, A Guide to the Historical Geography of New Spain (Norman, Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma Press, 1972). H. R. Harvey and Isabel Kelly, "The Totonac" in Evon Z. Vogt, Handbook of Middle American Indians, Part Two, Vol. 8 (Austin: University of Texas, 1969), 638-681. Michael E. Smith and Frances F. Berdan, "Province Descriptions" in Frances F. Berdan et al., Aztec Imperial Strategies (Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1996), pp. 265-349. "State and Regional Information: Veracruz". Online. http://www.mexicanshowroom.com/state/Inicio.htm . January 3, 2002. "The Hausteca Indigenous Profile: Summary." Online: http://www.sedesol.gob.mx/perfiles/regional/huasteca/00_summary.html . January 10, 2002. |
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MONOGRAFIA MUNICIPAL, AHUALULCO by Inocencio Noyola Ubicación geográfica. El municipio de Ahualulco del Sonido 13 se localiza hacia el norponiente de la ciudad de San Luis Potosí; está limitado por los municipios de Mexquitic, Moctezuma y el de la capital, y el de la capital, y por el estado de Zacatecas. Según el censo de 1990 cuenta con 67 localidades y con una población de 18,117 habitantes. Los principales lugares, aparte de la cabecera municipal (2545 habs.), son Cerrito de Rojas (1075 habs.), Paso Bonito (862), San Juan de Coyotillos (715), Ejido del Centro (698), Santa Teresa (622), Cerrito Blanco (539), La Encarnación (537), Yerbabuena (507), Colonia de la Cruz (497), San Salvador (478), Estación Ipiña (458), y Barrancas (450), entre otros. Su territorio comprende 681.6 km2.Historia. Los inicios: 1590-1786. Hacia el siglo XVI, el actual territorio del municipio de Ahualulco estuvo habitado por indios guachichiles, quienes poseían una cultura basada en la casa y en la recolección de frutos y semillas silvestres. Debido a que practicaban un nomadismo relativo, los guachichiles no dejaron rastros notorios de su cultura, salvo puntas de flecha y dibujos en cuevas que se localizan en varios lugares del municipio.Después de la fundación de Zacatecas en 1548 los españoles comenzaron a explorar la región donde se ubica Ahualulco. No obstante estas exploraciones y debido a la guerra entre guachichiles y españoles, estos últimos se establecieron hacia fines del siglo XVI, al fundarse los pueblos de Mexquitic (1591) y de San Luis Potosí (1592). Las primeras mercedes de tierras para la creación de haciendas se dieron por estas mismas fechas, lo que dio origen al surgimiento de haciendas tan importantes como La Parada y Bocas. Es posible que grupos indígenas de lengua náhuatl se establecieron en la región al ser colonizada por los españoles, pues Ahualulco significa "Rincón de encinos" en dicha lengua. Precisamente, la historia de Ahualulco durante sus primeros doscientos años de vida está relacionada con la historia de estas dos haciendas. Gabriel Ortiz de Fuenmayor, protector de indios en la frontera chichimeca, solicitó hacia 1605 la merced de tierras que daría origen a La Parada. El lugar se hallaba en un lugar estratégico pues era paso obligado para los viajeros que iban de San Luis a Zacatecas. A esto se sumaba la existencia de dos ríos importantes y de los pocos que existían en la región, el de La Parada y el de Arenal que al unirse formaban el de Bocas. Además de ríos, el lugar contaba con buenas tierras para la producción de granos y, posiblemente, con bosques de encino en las serranías y abundante caza. Al morir Ortiz de Fuenmayor, la hacienda pasó a la compañía de Jesús, hacia 1623, quien recién se había establecido en el pueblo de San Luis Potosí. Para estos años la hacienda había crecido de 1756 a 13066 hectáreas. Los jesuitas fueron propietarios de la hacienda hasta su expulsión en 1767, pasando de aquí al gobierno y después al capitán Angel Prieto de la Maza en 1778. En esta época la hacienda había crecido pues ocupaba un área de 34,526 hec. Pero la hacienda no solo creció en extensión, pues durante el tiempo en que los jesuitas fueron propietarios se habían creado ranchos dependientes de la hacienda donde se ubicaban algunas actividades como la destilación de mezcal y carboneras. Estos ranchos y rancherías darían origen a algunas de las localidades actuales del municipio. La hacienda de Bocas también fue producto de la merced de tierras concedidas a Gabriel Ortiz de Fuenmayor. Al igual que en La Parada, Bocas creció en población, en ranchos y en dependencias. Tal fue el caso de la fundación realizada por la obra pía creada por el doctor José de Torres y Vergara, y propietaria de la hacienda, hacia fines del siglo XVIII (1799), la cual dio origen a Ahualulco, la hacienda de Bocas pasó a ser propiedad del Conde Peñasco, quien respeto las concesiones hechas a los habitantes de Ahualulco sobre posesión de tierras. Durante este tiempo que va desde mediados del siglo XVI hasta 1786, los asuntos de La Parada, y, por ende, de Ahualulco se resolvían en tierra de Pinos y en Guadalajara aunque estuviera cerca de San Luis Potosí. Esto se debía a que el río de La Parada servía de limite entre las audiencias de Guadalajara y de México, además de que el territorio pertenecía a la alcaldía de Sierra de Pinos (razón por la cual durante mucho tiempo se le llamó Ahualulco de Pinos para diferenciarlo de otros Ahualulcos establecidos en Zacatecas y Jalisco). Entre 1786 y 1857. A partir de 1786 la alcaldía de Sierra de Pinos desaparece y se integra a Zacatecas, pasando Ahualulco y La Parada a formar parte de la intendencia y posteriormente estado de Zacatecas. Es entre estos años y hasta 1857 que Ahualulco perteneció a este estado. En este año y debido a ala constitución de 1857, Ahualulco se integra a San Luis regresa el municipio de Ojocaliente a Zacatecas. Poco se sabe que pasó entre estos años en que Ahualulco perteneció a Zacatecas. Aunque no se sabe en que año pasó Bocas de manos del Conde Peñasco a las de Juan de Dios Pérez Gálvez, esto debió de ocurrir en las primeras décadas de vida independiente. El nuevo dueño no respetó las concesiones hechas a los campesinos desde el siglo XVIII y comenzó a cercar destruyendo las huertas de los habitantes de Ahualulco. Este hecho motivó que los campesinos se levantaran en armas, ante lo cual los gobiernos de los estados de Zacatecas y San Luis Potosí solicitaron al propietario dejara de hacer los cercados. Al morir Juan de Dios Pérez Gálvez, éste heredó a su hermana Francisca de Pérez Gálvez de Obregón, quien sostuvo un pleito contra los campesinos de Ahualulco por tierras. La nueva propietaria concedió un fundo legal de 620 varas por cada viento (una vara medía .84 mts.), lo que equivaldría a alrededor de un actual kilómetro cuadrado. Sin embargo, los habitantes de Ahualulco siguieron solicitando una dotación mayor supuestamente dada por el Conde de Peñasco, diecisiete veces más grande que el fundo legal concedido por Francisca de Pérez Gálvez. Aún después de haber pasado Ahualulco al estado de San Luis Potosí siguió el pleito por la tierra. Este caso resulta importante de analizar con más detalle pero englobándolo dentro de un proceso mayor que se dio durante el siglo XIX, el cual fue la ocupación de tierras de las haciendas por grupos de campesinos que no eran propietarios de ellas, pues este mismo problema se dio en otros lugares del Estado, como Villa de Zaragoza, San Juan de Salinillas y la fracción de El Gallo (hoy Villa de Arriaga). La ocupación de tierras y después la elevación del lugar a cabecera municipal con su dotación de fundo legal permitió a los campesinos adquirir tierras para sembrar y para pastoreo. En el caso de La Parada, durante estos años (1786-1857), fue ocupada por los indios de Mezquitic durante la insurgencia, debido a que el nuevo propietario, Angel Prieto de la Maza, no respetó los acuerdos establecidos entre los indios y los jesuitas, adueñandose de las tierras que los primeros tenían arrendadas a los religiosos. Posteriormente, dejó de ser propiedad de Angel Prieto de la Maza para ser de Pantaleón Ipiña, vasco llegado a San Luis hacia fines del siglo XVIII. Después de dedicarse al comercio y de acumular riqueza, adquirió la hacienda en 1822 siendo su propietario hasta 1843 cuando la heredó a su viuda, Genoveva Vda. de Ipiña. Parece ser que no todo fue tan malo para La Parada durante la insurgencia, pues también durante esta época se instauró una escuela de primeras letras para los trabajadores de la hacienda. Cuando Pantaleón Ipiña adquirió La Parada había un gravamen de dos mil pesos para pagar al maestro. Durante el tiempo que la hacienda fue propiedad de
Pantaleón Ipiña, se hicieron importantes mejoras, como fue la
construcción de siete trojes con una capacidad de 50 mil fanegas de maíz,
se construyeron varias presas sobre los ríos y fábricas de mezcal. A
esto debe de sumarse el hecho de que el nuevo dueño adquirió otras
propiedades para agrandar la hacienda. Algunos vecinos de Ahualulco
llegaron incluso a vender tierras a Pantaleón Ipiña, quién además
llegó a ser Presidente Municipal del pueblo. Este período de la historia del municipio de Ahualulco está marcado por dos hechos importantes. En 1857, como se ha indicado antes, el municipio dejó de ser de Zacatecas para incorporarse al estado de san Luis Potosí; y, en 1921 realizaron las primeras dotaciones de tierras ejidales en Coyotillos. Además, el 16 agosto de 1859 fue erigida en Villa. Sin embargo, lo más importante que ocurrió en estos años de guerra entre liberales y conservadores, fue la batalla de Ahualulco ocurrida el 28 y 29 de septiembre de 1858 entre las fuerzas liberales comandadas por Santiago Vidaurri y las conservadoras dirigidas por el General Miguel Miramón quién, no obstante la superioridad numérica de los liberales ganó la batalla. También el 19 de julio de 1869 se pronunció en Ahualulco Mateo Regil y el comandante Teófilo Amaya en apoyo del ex-gobernador constitucional Juan Bustamante. Pocos días después los alzados, quienes no dieron a conocer plan alguno, fueron derrotados por el comandante Francisco Narváez. Hacia 1883, el municipio formaba parte del Partido de San Luis Potosí (junto con los municipios de Armadillo, Juárez, Mezquitic, Pozos, San Luis, Soledad de Diez Gutiérrez, Villa de Arriaga y Zaragoza); y se dividió en nueve fracciones: Cerrito de Rojas, Cerrito Blanco, Coyotillo, Ochinillas, Parada, Puerto Becerro, San Salvador, Los Tomates y Santa Teresa. La cabecera se dividía en cuatro cuarteles y contaba con 1208 habs., y el municipio con 5827. El paisaje y la economía del municipio cambió en 1889, pues el dos de junio se inauguró la línea del Ferrocarril Central Mexicano Aguascalientes-San Luis Potosí, construyéndose las estaciones de Arenal e Ipiña y, cerca de la cabecera, las de Ahualulco y El Corte. En 1890, debido a formar parte del obispado de San Luis Potosí, el cuarto de Ahualulco fue visitado por el obispado Ignacio Montes de Oca y Obregón. Hacia 1894 el territorio del municipio era cruzado por los caminos que iban de San Luis Potosí hacia Zacatecas y de La Parada a Charcas; la vía del Ferrocarril Central Mexicano Aguascalientes-San Luis Potosí tocaba las estaciones de Ipiña y Arenal. Además, se producía mezcal en La Flor, Santa Teresa, Rosal y Arenal; el maíz, trigo, cebada, chile y otros productos se vendían en la ciudad de San Luis; había un molino de trigo en El Carmen; y los cueros y el sebo eran productos que se vendían en varios lugares, incluso fuera del Estado. Sobre el cauce de los ríos especialmente en el La Parada, se habían construido varias presas. Al estallar el movimiento armado de 1910, el municipio
fue escenario también de los sucesos. Ejemplo de ello fueron los asaltos
a las haciendas de Bocas, La Parada y Cerro Prieto en febrero de 1913; el
29 de octubre del mismo año, nuevamente la hacienda de La Parada fue
tomada por los revolucionarios. El municipio no escapa a los malos manejos
de las elecciones en un estado anular las elecciones municipales 30 de
octubre de 1916 por "defectuosos e irregulares", convocado a
unas nuevas hasta el 24 de noviembre de 1917. En esta periodización de la historia de Ahualulco hay que resaltar un hecho significativo: la dotación de ejidos a diferentes lugares del municipio que carecían de tierras, lo cual significó también la desaparición de las grandes haciendas dominantes del paisaje y de la vida rural. Las primeras dotaciones se iniciaron en 1921 en Coyotillos y Tomates; entre este año y hasta 1937 se repartieron tierras en 1924 en Ipiña, San Juan, el Zapote, San Antonio y Cañada Grande; en 1925 en Santa Teresa; a Cerritos y Tulillo les correspondió en 1927; La Parada, San Juan de la Hija y Ahualulco en 1928; en 1934 en El Pedregal; Arenal de Morelos en 1935; Arenal en 1936 y en El Rosal en 1937. |
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Latin American MSS. -Peruhttp://www.indiana.edu/~liblilly/lilly/mss/html/latinamper.html These are the first three paragraphs of an informative web site. Included is the listing of specific names that can be found among the documents in this collection. The Latin American mss. Peru, 1535-1929, consist of over 6500 documents which trace the historical, economic and social development of what is presently known as Peru, with lesser coverage of Argentina, Bolivia, Chile and Ecuador. The greatest concentration of manuscripts concerns the area's struggle for independence, though the preceding colonial era is also well represented. The collection contains corresponcence, royal and viceregal edicts, official government reports, military papers, notarial acts, legal cases, maps, pictorial works, and poetry. More than 800 notarial acts dating from 1535 to the 17th century that are in the collection have been filed and calendared separately. The majority of the acts are from the registers of nataries of Lima and Arequipa, with a smaller group of documents issued by the notary Juan de Grajeda travelling with the 1539-1540 expedition of Pedro de Candia. The acts cover a wide variety of commercial and legal documents, a number of which illustrate the position of blacks, Indians, and women in colonial Peru. See in Vertical File, Latin American mss. Peru. Actas Notariales, for calendar of these items. Numerous legal cases, found either in their entirety or in part, reflect many different aspects of the society that may be of interest for the researcher. Among the legal documents of the 16th century is a bound criminal case concerning the murder of Francisco Pizarro which gives evidence signed by various witnesses of the movements of Baltasar Mendez at the time of the murder. There is also a dispute involving the inheritance of estates, a modification of a judicial sentence signed by Antonio de Mendoza, viceroy of New Spain and Peru, and several lengthy disputes between Indian caciques involved in litigation over land titles and inherited positions. Some of these Indian cases present genealogies going back to the pre-conquest as well as more contemporary matters such as the distinction made between mestizos and pure-blooded Indians. Sent by Johanna de Soto |
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Benson Latin American
Collection, Rare Books and Manuscripts,
Annotations are drawn from The Luso-Hispanic
World in Maps: A Selective Guide to Manuscript Maps to 1900 in the Collections
of the Library of Congress by John R. Hébert and Anthony P. Mullan, 1999,
Library of Congress.
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/eshtml/eng/eslhmaps.html
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Historical Text Archives: http://historicaltextarchive.com/sections.php?op=listarticles&secid=23 |
| The nursery rhyme "Ring Around the Rosey"
is a rhyme about the plague.
Infected people with the plague would get red circular sores ("Ring around the rosey"). The sores would smell very badly so common folks would put flowers on their bodies somewhere (inconspicuously), so that it would mask the smell of the sores ("a pocket full of posies"). Furthermore, people who died from the plague would be burned so as to reduce the possible spread of the disease ("ashes, ashes, we all fall down"). Sent by Bill Carmena |
| If a statue in the park of a person on a horse has both front legs in the
air, the person died
in battle. If the horse has one front leg in the air, the person died as a result of wounds received in battle. If the horse has all four legs on the ground, the person died of natural causes. Sent by Bill Carmena |
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This is must reading for any beginner, and sources of links for advanced researchers looking for other possible sources. One of the most difficult challenges faced by any genealogist is keeping track of the tremendous number of phrases and terms associated with family research. To assist you with this problem, Ancestors has put together this glossary of common terms you'll probably come across in your research. These terms are associated closely with the individual records that are discussed on this web site. To learn more about the different types of individual records, follow any of the links to the left. The glossary of terms begins below: |
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