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of a friendship between two different species.
Don't miss, under U.S., the move to incease federal employment of Hispanics,
also the all-day conference at the University of California, Irvine, held
January 23rd on the Latino-Jewish Connection, under Sephardic.
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UNITED STATES
National issues
Hispanics Underrepresented In the Federal Workforce
Letter to the Washington Post by J.V. Martinez
Hispanics are Underrepresented at All U.S. Gov't Levels
Pew Finds Occupational Divide Between Hispanics, Whites Widening
Excerpt from an email by Al Gallegos, January 20, 2006:
Call to action, panelist Gilbert Sandate, January 13, 2006
Brent Wilkes and LULAC responds, Meeting set for February 8th
Hispanic leaders call for congressional help
How to become a Certified Federal Job Search Trainer
Sample Resolution for National LULAC Week
Eliseo Vasquez Medina
Former Chavez Ally Took His Own Path
UFW: A Broken Contract," four-part series in the L.A. Times, Jan. 11
It's Providence! Statue Memorial to Honor Cesar Chavez in New England
Jack Nava Dies, Driving Force behind Cesar Chavez stamp
Pregnant Migrant Workers Work In Fields Despite Major Risks
Scholarships Available For Migrant Students Interested in Teaching
Education
National Family & Fatherhood Conference
Latino/a Literature in The English Classroom
Hispanic High School students
TCU to begin teaching district workers simple, career-related phrases
UTA, Mountain View team up to fill shortage of nurses, teachers
Harvard Waives Tuition for Underprivileged Children!!!!
National poetry contest $20,000 scholarship, high school competition
Culture
Rene E. Herrera
Moctesuma Esparza
Bikers "adopt" buddies to fight child abuse
Business
Brightstar Corp. Tops $2.2 Billion in Annual Revenue
ANTI-SPANISH LEGENDS
Book: "The Spanish Impact on the Forging of the United States.
What History Failed to Tell Us"
Mormon role vital to West / Mormons Founder Made West Possible
Response to above article by Rubén Sálaz Marquez, Ph.D.
MILITARY HEROES AND RESEARCH
Cold Water Ministry in Iraq
Grand Ball, 11th Airborne Division Association of Southern California
The Angels who Landed at Dawn
Bittersweet Memories
American GI Forum, Felix Longoria, Sr. Chapter , press release
Searching U.S. Military Records
SPANISH SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
Patriot Ancestors from Cuba, Part 1
Evidence of 16th-Century Spanish Fort in Appalachia?
The Continuous Presence of Italians and Spaniards in Texas, since1520
SURNAME
Apellido Robles
Una linea de Robles, de 1695 hasta José León Robles de la Torre
¿Qué hay en un nombre?
CUENTOS
El Sueno, The Dream by Richard Sanchez
Mamagrande Guadalupe's Story, 1917 Flu Epidemic By Frank Sifuentes
In a Pickle by Ben Romero
Brown Eggs and Ham by Ben Romero
Riddle of Mexico's "corpse bride" draws crowds
DICHOS
TAO TE CHING translated
ORANGE COUNTY, CA
Century High School Students, Somos Primos readers
Feb 4: Stay Connected,1980's Reunion/Birthday Party for Ruben Alvarez
Feb 11: Concierto del Amor
Feb 18: Mendez vs Westminster Civil Rights Tour
March 1: Hispanic Family-Owned Business Conference
Folklorico troupe Relámpago del Cielo Celebrated its 30th anniversary
Project Looking for Interviewees For California Story Fund Project
Recap: SHHAR Quarterly meeting
March 11th, Save the date, SHHAR second quarterly meeting of the year
Ruben Salaz Marquez, author of: EPIC OF THE GREATER SOUTHWEST
LOS ANGELES, CA
Feb 12: Santa Cecilia Orchestra, Director Sonia Marie De Leon De Vega
Feb 17 &18: Conference of California Historical Societies
Feb 18: 19th Century California artists
Feb 26: Centennial open House
Artist's Forum on Art & Politics, display runs until February 6th
New Book: "Always Running : La Vida Loca: Gang Days in L.A. "
CALIFORNIA
Californios and the Birth of the State of California, Part 2
Being Straight about how the State of California became the 31st state
San Diego Latino Film Festival: March 9-19, 2006
Meet the "Huertas"
California Pioneer Register and Index 1542-1848
Vocabulario Californio and SHHAR Spanish Colonial Terms
Hemet-San Jacinto Genealogical SocietyFamily History Seminar
NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
Golden Spike National Site Center Receives Two Research Grants
LDS to put microfilm in vaults on Internet
FYI - Canales, Garcia and Salinas Family Trees
George Ryskamp, appointed Director: Basque Family Heritage USA, BYU
SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
Vaqueros: The First Cowboys of the Open Range
BLACK
National Archives Experience present Hoxie
"Kindred Project"
DNA pinpoints family histories
Black Heritage Month
INDIGENOUS
Feb 8th: Keeping Chinuk Wawa Language Alive
The Agua Caliente Cultural Museum Oral History Project
Crossroads & Intersections
Key to Tribal Territories
Navajo Help Save Unique Sheep From Extinction
Introduction to several Mexican Indian tribes
SEPHARDIC
Latinos & Jews-Conference on Historical & Contemporary Connections
Secret Synagogue
Revered Kabbalist Rabbi dies in Israel
Remnants of Crypto-Jews Among Hispanic Americans by Gloria Gold Woodrow
Eugene Longoria
Israelite Ancestry URL
TEXAS
Casa Blanca Monument Recovered
The Royal Connections by George Farias
Dressed in history, RoseMarie LaPenta
Feb 18th: George Washington Parade
March 2-5: 275th Arrival of Canary Islanders to the Presidio de Bejar
Spaniard Americans by Alex Loya
Dallas Historical Society -- Launches Brown Bag Lunches
Religious Studies Program & Center for Mexican American Studies
Book: Guadalupe and Her Faithful
5th Annual Commemorative Lecture in Mexican American History
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
Louisiana's 'Islenos' Torn Apart by Katrina
Cookbooks Available
Novels feature Louisiana and Texas
Lorenzo and the Turncoat
Obituary Index Goes Live
EAST COAST
Feb 9th: Ken Burns speaks at the National Archives
How to increase Hispanics' profile in federal work force, June 27, '05
Ensuring Equal Opportunity: Hispanic Program Makes Progress, Feb '05
MEXICO
Book: Mis Recuerdos by Jose Leon Robles de la Torre
Director General del Consejo Editorial Gobierno del Estado de Coahuila.
Discurso de Dr. Maestro y Licenciado Pedro Hector Rivas Figueroa
Personajes de la historia, Dr. Luis Maeda Villalobos
Dr. Luis Maeda Villalobos/one of the five gentlemen
Book: Baptisms in Tamaulipas
Book: Echoes of the Conquistadoes
A Successful Researching Trip
Book: Matrimonios y Bautismos de la Hacieda de Santa Maria, 1804-1845
La Familia Plaza
Casa imperial mexicana
President Carlos Salinas-de-Gortari, among Descendents of Don Jose Esmiliano
Salinas Villarreal
Fallecimiento de Barbara H. Stein
CARIBBEAN/CUBA
Cahuita Symposium on Slavery, Culture and Religion
In Cuba, 9,240 victims - and counting
SPAIN
Forget that long lunch: Spain sends workers home early to boost families
Os Judeus de Lepe
¿Lo Conseguiremos Averiguar¿
Archivos de la lista GENEALOGICA(a)LISTSERV.REDIRIS.ES
INTERNATIONAL
Ecuadorean outliving the world at 116
Prof. Cesare Giraldo
Recommended Links
HISTORY
Correction of George Washington letter to Conde de Floridablanca
Fun tidbit: George Washington and a Spanish Jackass
The Most Read Writer
FAMILY HISTORY
Library Of Congress Wants Your Family History
Ten Free Things to Do on
Ancestry.com
Genealogy Services: Genealogists Seek DNA Testing Services
Sample "Genealogy Pointers"
A Guide to Hidden Features of Google and Yahoo Engines
Maureen A. Taylor helps readers analyze old family pictures
ARCHAEOLOGY
Oldest mural of Maya people found in Guatemala, painted about 100 B.C.
Elite Women Made Beer in Pre-Incan Culture
New Digs Decoding Mexico's "Pyramids of Fire"
Teotihuacan Home Page
Archaeologists: Old Canals Found in Peru
MISCELLANEOUS
If I Had My Life to Live Over
by Erma Bombeck
(Written after she found out she was dying from cancer.)
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