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To: MIMILOZANO(a)aol.com
From: mimilozano(a)aol.com
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 13:20:44 EST
Subject: [losbexarenos] Somos Primos November l-q
SOMOS PRIMOS November 2004
http://www.somosprimos.com/sp2004/spnov04/spnov04.htm
Dear Somos Primos readers:
I hope you all had a few outstanding experiences
during Hispanic Heritage
Month. Comments on the DC, Washington trip will have
to wait for the December
issue. This issue was too large to include all that
happened.
With all eyes on the election, John Schmal prepared
two appropriate studies,
"The Struggle for Chicano Representation" in Los
Angeles (last article under
L.A.), and "Latino Voting Trends" (last article
under U.S.)
In response to a recent well publicized study which
concluded that Mexicans
are not assimilating, with the help of Bonnie
Chapa, two distinct lines of
Chapa families are included. The descendants of my
own maternal grandparents
which settled in California, and those of Cristobal
Chapa whose descendants live
in Missouri, Illinois, Colorado, Arizona, and Texas.
I think you'll agree we
have speedily made the transition.
Pictures and comments of the October 2, Obregon
Memorial unveiling in Los
Angeles by two individual, the designer Eddie
Martinez and Mercy Bautista Olvera.
Phil Valdez Jr. sent the third in his series of Anza
letters.
An interesting exchange of emails between Eddie
Martinez, Jaime Cader and
Lucy Wilson. Lucy sent me an email requesting help
in the pronunciation of
Nahuatl words. The willingness of both Eddie and
Jaime to help is what makes
producing Somos Primos so much fun. Everyone
sharing what they know is educating
all of us.
Among the researchers in this issue who have amassed
considerable information
with a specific name or a specific regional area,
look in this issue for a
possible CD by Crispin Rendon who has gathered
114,525 records, most are
North Mexico/ South Texas families.
We continue with the outstanding work of John Inclan
on the Canales families.
Daniel Enriquez, (East coast) has 3,500 names in the
Chiautla, Puebla area
and is looking to make connections with
researchers..
Roberto Jos� P�rez Guadarrama (Venezuela) is also
hoping to make connections
.
Two family groups also seeking primos, the Elizondos
and Alvarez families.
Articles by Mexican correspondents.
Genealogia de la Familia de La Mota, Guillermo
Padilla Origel
Archivo de Notarias of Mexico City, Fernando Mu�oz
Altea
Encomiendas de Yucatan, Juan Pablo Alvarez Guedea
Angel Custodio Rebollo of Spain sent an article on
Columbus (Colon) in both
Spanish and Portuguese. I placed the versions next
to each other. It makes it
very easy to see how close the two languages are.
Custodio sent three other
articles, on his maternal side de la Corte, on San
Juan Del Puerto, where his
mother was born, and another on some historical
figures from San Juan who came
to Nueva Espana.
Johanna De Soto sent a few studies, Chinese in
Torreon, Mexico, Records of
Colonial Tlalpujahua, Mexico, Age and Marriage in
Colonial Mexico, and a spooky
folktale El Nahuali, Demonio o Brujo.
The entire text of Paul Newfield's presentation
"They Came in Ships..."
delivered in 2000, at Donaldsonville, Louisiana.
It was the dedication of the
monument celebrating the Canary Islanders who
settled in Spanish Louisiana in the
late 18th century.
Bill Carmena sent links and information on obtaining
birth certificates in
Portugal, Uniformology, Julio N. Rancel's
Outstanding Genealogy site, and
Timeline of Spain thru 1899
In addition to many other articles, George Gause
sent Sarita's Secret, Is Ray
Fernandez, the descendant of a Mexican maid, the
heir to the gigantic Kenedy
fortune? George is an archivist and reference
librarian at the University of
Texas, Pan American.
Howard Shorr, a professor in Portland, Oregon has
sent six current and very
interesting news articles.
Millions of Latinos added to voting rolls
Latino Students Recruited at Historically Black
Colleges
Untapped home-loan market: immigrants
Mexican-Americans Struggle for Jobs
Authorities say ring was smuggling teachers into
United States
And my favorite . . . . Assimilation Happens --
Deal With It
Did you know that Senator Orrin Hatch, the
originator of the "Dream Act" is a
lyricist with at least 6 albums out? Under East
Coast, you can link and hear
one of his songs. My favorite, Heal Our Land.
Please feel welcomed to send information about
yourself, your research, good
works that others are doing, and fascinating
historical tidbits.
For the Christmas issue, it would be fun to include
a bunch of individual or
family photos with a sentence or two of the location
where family research is
concentrated. I would appreciate receiving both the
text and photo in the
email itself.
Warm Regards, Mimi
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