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SOMOS PRIMOS AUGUST 2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS
UNITED STATES
SHHAR Opening Doors in Washington, D.C. July 4th, 2005
CHCI Announces Theme for Hispanic Heritage Month Events
Latinos In Information Sciences and Technology Association (LISTA)
P.F.C. Javier (Harvey) Contreras
Noncitizen soldiers: the quandaries of foreign-born troops
75th Anniversary of Veterans Affairs Draws Senate's praise
Strategic Alliance Spawns Practitioners Fatherhood Roundtable
Hispanic Growth Surge Fueled by Births in U.S.
Births to foreign-born mothers on the rise
Great day to be American
Latino Power
Hispanic kids go 'home' for summer
Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul
Philosophical Comments About Doing Time
The King and a Bracero Sang a Duet
Minority Businesses Booming
Latinas going solo
Nonprofit shines light on women's success stories
Social Security Risk Greater for Hispanics
Rooting Out Injustice in the Forestry Industry
Marketing Disease to Latinos
Into The Mix
BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE ANTI-SPANISH LEGENDS
La China Poblana and Spanish Bandidos
Californiano wants to set the records straight
Making more people aware of our real history
Unless we write our own history we'll get left out
SURNAME: Argüello/Argüelles
GALVEZ PATRIOTS
Lorenzo's Secret Mission
Texas Connection to the American Revolution
Wills of a Father and Son and A Contribution to the American Revolution
ORANGE COUNTY, CA
Somos Primos is based in Orange County, California
Save the date, September 11 El Dia de la Familia, Sigler Park
Save the date, September 15 Eddie Martinez, Cal State Univ, Fullerton
LOS ANGELES, CA
How The 'Mother of Olvera St.' Got Her Moniker
From the 19th Century, a Look at City's Past Latino Mayors
A monument stirs immigration debate
Boyle Heights Seeks Balance Amid Change
Save date: Oct 8th: Monterey Park Hispanic Family History Conference
CALIFORNIA
East Side Dreams
Vaca, Peña, and Berryessa Californio families
Ramirez Family Album Two: Donaciano Garcia Conde
Edna Kimbro, Expert on Adobe Building Dies
How to search for an obituary in Southern California
San Bernardino County Museum
The Portuguese of Sacramento's West End
The Portuguese of Placer County
Redistricting in California (1960-1984) by John P. Schmal
NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
Mexican pioneer established Boise, Idaho enclave in late 1870s
The Huartede Jauregui Spanish Civil War Archive in Reno
SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
St. Lawrence Day Massacre and Pueblo Uprising
Illegal entry by non-Mexicans rises
Reviews of Latino Literature
Pluma Fronteriza
Uncool shirts are the new cool
Tia Juana must wear mandated clothes
Border Revolution
BLACK
Blacks Pin Hope on DNA to Fill Slavery's Gaps in Family Trees
Professor Researching Black Latino history
INDIGENOUS
Crazy Horse monument, Sculptors face facts, Memorial needs money
Leather Men
Brazil's Indians turning to politics
Museum Displays American Indian Legend's Earrings
Priest Bartolome CERVANTES NEGRETE criticized
Native American Records Coming Soon
Mestizo identity is the heart of virgil Elizondo's life and work
SEPHARDIC
Boletín Informativo de la Red de Juderías de España, Junio 2005
First American Jewish Families
Crypto-Jews in Colonial Mexico
Sephardic Jews founded key cities in Mexico
Paths Of Memory: The Trajectory of the Jews in Portugal
TEXAS
Archivo Histórico Provincial Joaquín Blanco
Buffalo still roam with help from Texas park System
HOGAR 2005 Journal
Area cemeteries under survey
"Texans seek compensation from Mexico for 12 million acres lost after 1848
treaty"
Austin to become major Hispanic market July 25, 2005
Founding of Nuevo Santander & Laredo
Border Bandits
Angel of Goliad Descendants Historical Preservation
Corridos De La Revolucion- part IV
Corridos Tejanos-Part VI- Finale
Mass for Gov Elguezabal
The Benson Latin American Collection acquires Anzaldúa archive
Networking. . .
Francisca Maria Xaviera de la Garza
Juan Bautista Chapa descendent
EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
Walk-in medical clinics sprouting up in stores
Canary Islanders Heritage Society of Louisiana
EAST COAST
Artist: Peter Reginato
HISPANIC FAMILY HISTORY SYMPOSIUM, NARA, September 24th
Hispanic Hartford
Guiding Light
A Family Reunion: Melendez-Ortiz clan
MEXICO
The vote is in the mail
The Right to Live Here and Vote There
Grupos de Google: se le ha añadido a Genealogia de Mexico
Compromiso celebrado entre los herederos y compradores
Buscando informacion de Tomá s Arocha Cárdenas
Argûelles en Monte Escobedo
Codicilo de Juan Bautista Chapa
Instituto De Organos Historicos De Oaxaca, A.C.
Personajes de la historia / Gobernadores de Zacatecas
Matrimonios De Espanoles En La Antigua Taximaroa, siglo XVII
CARIBBEAN/CUBA
New U.S. Stamps, honor Caribbean influence
Carlos Benitez Franquis de Lugo
SPAIN
Lepanto, the repulse of the Muslims
Battle of Lepanto
Don Miguel Cervantes Saavedra
INTERNATIONAL
Fundación Mapfre Tavera
Fernâo ou Fernando de Magalhâes (in Portuguese)
Enfermedades y herencias
Trinidad Pushes Spanish
For Priests, a Crash Course in Spanish and Culture
HISTORY
El Regimento Fijo de la Luisiana 1765-1821
A History of the Mexican-American People
"No child left behind" vs. education in 1895
Web for Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines records
Britain Marks Anniversary of Sea Victory
Signers of the Declaration of Independence
SPANISH LANGUAGE DICHOS
FAMILY HISTORY
Make Your Family Tree "Talk" Learn how to Gather Oral Histories
Genealogy Software Review 2005
Country Research Guides (PDF files)
Genetics and Professional Genealogy Seminar
ARCHAEOLOGY
America's First Immigrants
Walking with ancestors: Discovery rewrites American prehistory
MISCELLANEOUS
Church Signs
The LangaList