"Kiva, Cross and Crown" Online!

Searching for something else, I found a free, electronic copy of John Kessell's "Kiva, Cross and Crown" online! This is on the National Park Service's website.

This is a very good book about 300 years of Spanish / Pueblo interaction and conflict. I have a copy of this book at home. However, my copy is better: it's signed by the author.

I found this site by following a link that showed Miera's 1758 Map of New Mexico. (Actually, it's a reproduction of the map as the original is lost or destroyed.)

Link.

April 2008 NMGS Newsletter

April 2008 Newsletter

Table of Contents


1. President’s Message
2. Upcoming Programs
3. NMGS Launches Blog
4. Write an Article for the New Mexico Genealogist
5. Looking for County Records
6. NMGS Website
7. NMGS Press
8. Subscribe



1. President’s Message

Once again, we have a great program this month. Jan Bennett speaks about her book “The Making of a Family: The Pecos Years 1916-1940.” Please come join us on April 19th at the Special Collections Library to see this program.

Beginning this month, NMGS launches its blog! You may subscribe to the blog to get up to date information about NMGS and other organizations of interest.

For more information about these items and more, please read below.

Sincerely,

Robert Baca, President NMGS

2. Upcoming Program

Saturday April 19, 2008, 10:30 AM, Special Collections Library, 423 Central Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM (NW corner of Edith and Central)

Jan Bennett will give a presentation on her book The Making of a Family: The Pecos Years 1916-1940 (written in collaboration with her cousin Penny Storms.) Jan will talk about her family’s experiences in New Mexico. Her great-uncles, the Grant brothers, were railroad contractors who also owned many Albuquerque businesses such as the water works, the icehouse, the Grant Opera House and the Albuquerque Morning Journal. The city of Grants, NM is named after them. Their nephew, Jan’s grandfather, followed his uncles to New Mexico to help out with their businesses. This is also a story about his family.

Jan will read excerpts from her book, which includes personal reminisces, letters and diaries. Copies of her book will be available for purchase. Come join us on April 19th to listen to this dynamic speaker.

Saturday May 17, 2008, 10:30 AM, Special Collections Library, 423 Central Ave. NE, Albuquerque, NM (NW corner of Edith and Central.)
Workshop program: to be announced.

All programs are open and free to the public. For more information about these programs, please visit our website at http://www.nmgs.org/workshop.htm.

3. NMGS Launches Blog

The New Mexico Genealogical Society joins other genealogical organizations throughout the country by hosting its own blog. You may ask “what is a blog?” “Blog” is short for “web log”. It is a type of website that offers postings in chronological order: the most recent postings can be found on the top of the web page, while older posts are found below. Organizations use blogs to send out announcements to their membership, post links to helpful websites, and to show photographs of past events. NMGS will be using its blog in these ways.

The NMGS Blog will not replace our current website. Our website (www.nmgs.org) will not change. On our website, you will still find announcements, website and e-mail links, and articles that you will not find on the blog. Also on the conventional website, you will find forms, membership information, and listings of our books and journal issues.

Please visit our blog: it can be found at http://nmgsblog.blogspot.com. Notice on the top right hand corner of the page, you will find a box that allows you to subscribe it. If you subscribe, you can have blog postings sent directly to you via e-mail.

4. Write an Article for the New Mexico Genealogist

We all have an interest in genealogy. That is why we are members of a NMGS. We all want to tell stories about our ancestors. We want to make sure that our children and our grandchildren know where their families came from and who they were. Tell your story in our journal; write an article for the New Mexico Genealogist.

We are not necessarily looking for long articles; in fact, short articles are just fine.

Maybe you think that you can’t write your family history right now because you’re not finished. When are genealogists ever finished? There is always more to find out about our ancestors. Oftentimes we write articles just to ask questions: others who read our articles may have the answers that we seek. When we have the answers, then we can write another article describing our findings.

If you have never written an article for our journal, consider writing one now. If you have written many articles, we will happy to accept your next article.

You may submit an article to us by mailing it to:

New Mexico Genealogical Society
Attn: New Mexico Genealogist editor
PO Box 27599
Albuquerque, NM 87125-7559

Or, send an e-mail to our editor, Russ Shaw, at rfshaw@vla.com.

5. Looking for County Records

Do you know where to find hidden records in your county’s archives? We are looking for articles about county records. Share your information with us: write an article and submit it to the New Mexico Genealogist at the mailing or e-mail addresses above.

6. NMGS Website

Here are a few things that you can find on the NMGS website:

Locating Catholic Church Records in New Mexico, http://www.nmgs.org/Chrchs-intro.htm

Valencia County, NM Census Records 1870, 1880, 1885, by David C. Gonzales: http://www.nmgs.org/census-Valencia%20Co.htm

3 Tools for Documenting Your New Mexico Roots (Starter Forms): http://www.nmgs.org/primera.htm.

Check out these online articles and more at the NMGS website: http://www.nmgs.org

7. NMGS Press

Did you know that we have many New Mexican census record books? Here is a listing of just a few:

1850 Territorial Censuses – four volumes $16.00 to 18.00 each, or all four for $60.00.
NM Spanish and Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790, 1823, 1845 - $24.00.
Spanish and Mexican Censuses of NM, 1750-1830 - $24.00
1890 New Mexico Tax Assessments: A Territorial Census Substitute - $25.00.

You can order these books and many, many more on the NMGS Press webpage at http://www.nmgs.org/books.htm


8. Subscribe

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Medieval New Mexico Lecture Series, UNM

This notice was sent to me by Nancy Brown Martinez from the Center of Southwest Research, University of New Mexico Library.

UNM'S INSTITUTE for Medieval Studies hosts its 23rd Spring Lecture Series, "Medieval New Mexico: A Celebration of Tradition and Cultural Interaction in the Land of Enchantment," Monday, March 31-Thursday, April 3. The series includes six lectures and a concert. All sessions will take place in Woodward Hall room 101 on the main UNM campus. The event, supported by a grant from the New Mexico Humanities Council, is free and open to the public.

For more information, follow this link.

"New" Gurule Family Website

I just received an e-mail informing me that there is a new Gurule Family Website. Apparently, this one replaces the old Gurule website. I thought I would share it with you.

From the website:

Jacques Grolet, born about 1663, was the son of Yvon Grolet and Marie Odon. He was baptized at the Church of St. Jean in La Rochelle, France. He and two friends, Jean L’Archeveque and Pierre Meusnier, had been members of the ill-fated La Salle Expedition of 1685-1687. Grolet and L’Archeveque spent several years in the Indian nations of Texas, and five years later surrendered to the Spaniards who found them there. Later reunited with Meusnier, the three men spent two years imprisoned in Cadiz, Spain, until their release in 1692. The conditions of their release required they become Spanish citizens and return to New Spain. As was custom in those days with non-Spaniards, his name was changed to Santiago Gurulé. On 10 December 1699, he married Elena Gallegos in Bernalillo, New Mexico.

This website includes a lot of interesting information about the Gurule family, including DNA results of family members. Click on this link to find out more.

Thanks to Angela Lewis for notifying me about this website.

Link

28 March NMGS Announcements

Greetings:

Below are a couple of announcements from the New Mexico Genealogical Society:

1. The March 2008 New Mexico Genealogist was mailed yesterday, March 27th. Members should be receiving this journal in the mail soon. If you are not a member, and wish to become one you may do so by completing the membership form at http://www.nmgs.org/Memform2008.pdf, and sending the form to us with the membership fee of $30.00. With membership, you will receive all four issues of our quarterly the New Mexico Genealogist.

2. The New Mexico Genealogical Society will receive the 2007 Lancing B. Bloom Award during the Historical Society of New Mexico’s annual conference on April 24-27, 2008 in Deming, New Mexico. The award will be given in recognition of NMGS’s publication Aquí Se Comienza.

Each year, the Lansing B. Bloom Award is presented to a society or institution for an outstanding publication or series of publications. This is not the first award that the book Aquí Se Comineza has won. It also tied for Best Book on a Hispanic Subject at 2007 New Mexico Book Awards.

Aquí Se Comienza: A Genealogical History of the Founding Families of La Villa de San Felipe de Alburquerque was published in March 2007 by NMGS to commemorate Albuquerque, New Mexico’s Tricentennial. Gloria M. Valencia y Valdez was the project co-ordinator and general editor of the book. Dozens of NMGS members contributed to this publication.

For more information about the Lancing B. Bloom Award and the Historical Society of New Mexico, please visit the society’s website at http://www.hsnm.org/.

The book Aquí Se Comienza may be purchased through the NMGS website at http://www.nmgs.org/books.htm, or at any NMGS meeting. For meeting schedules, please visit the NMGS website at http://www.nmgs.org/.

The New Mexico Genealogical Society congratulates all who were involved in the creation and publication of Aquí Se Comienza.

Robert J. C. Baca
President
New Mexico Genealogical Society

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NMGS Officer to be Honored at Banquet

The New Mexico Genealogical Society’s web site editor Patricia Black Esterly has been chosen to represent Doña Eufemia at the 2008 Thanksgiving Banquet of the New Mexico Hispanic Culture Preservation League. The banquet is to take place on April 19, 2008 at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 1000 Woodward Pl NE, Albuquerque, NM.

Patricia is a long time member of NMGS and has worked on many projects for our society. The New Mexico Genealogical Society congratulates her for this honor.

Also being honored at this event is Hispanic Genealogical Research Center President Ron Miera, and teacher and author Dolores Valdez de Pong. The banquet’s featured speaker will be Rick Padilla of the Bataan Military Museum.

For more information, please visit the New Mexico Hispanic Culture Preservation League website at http://www.nmhcpl.org/.

This notice is for informational purposes only, and is not meant to be an endorsement of another organization by the New Mexico Genealogical Society.

March 2008 NMGS Newsletter

March 2008 Newsletter

Table of Contents


1. President’s Message
2. Upcoming Programs
3. Sale: Valencia County Books!
4. New Mexico Genealogist March Issue Preview
5. Call for Papers: Aquí Se Comienza Special Issue
6. NMGS Website
7. Links
8. Subscribe / Unsubscribe



1. President’s Message

Greetings:

This month we may have come in like a lamb, but we will be leaving it roaring like a lion.

The New Mexico Genealogical Society has much planned for this month. First, we are going to have a fantastic program at the Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and the Arts. Second, at that program we will be offering at a discount of certain Valencia County books. Third, at the end of the month we will be sending out the New Mexico Genealogist’s first issue of the year.

April isn’t looking too shabby, either. Roar!

Robert Baca, President NMGS


2. Upcoming Programs

Saturday March 15, 2008, 10:30 AM, Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and the Arts, 251 Main St., Los Lunas, NM.

The much anticipated traveling programs begin this month! Join us at the newly opened Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and the Arts. Noted genealogist Francisco Sisneros will present the story of “Ana de Sandoval y Manzanares: Woman of Perseverance and Triumph”. This historic woman was recently selected to represent Valencia County in the New Mexico Historic Marker Initiative.

Saturday April 19, 2008, 10:30 AM, Special Collections Library, 423 Central Ave NE, Albuquerque, NM (NW corner of Edith and Central)

Jan Bennett will give a presentation on her book The Making of a Family: The Pecos Years 1916-1940 (written in collaboration with her cousin Penny Storms.) Jan will talk about her family’s experiences in New Mexico. Her great-uncles, the Grant brothers, were railroad contractors who also owned many Albuquerque businesses such as the water works, the icehouse, the Grant Opera House and the Albuquerque Morning Journal. The city of Grants, NM is named after them. Their nephew, Jan’s grandfather, followed his uncles to New Mexico to help out with their businesses. This is also a story about his family.

Jan will read excerpts from her book, which includes personal reminisces, letters and diaries. Copies of her book will be available for purchase. Come join us on April 19th to listen to this dynamic speaker.

All programs are open and free to the public. For more information about these programs, please visit our website at http://www.nmgs.org/workshop.htm. A map showing directions to the Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and the Arts can be found on that page.


3. Sale: Valencia County Books!

It’s a one day sale! In honor of our March 15th presentation at the Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and the Arts, we will be selling certain discounted NMGS books! This sale is based on mailing costs; therefore, these books cannot be sold at these prices and then shipped to you. You must be present at the museum to get the discount. (If we run out of books, we will give out rain checks; however, you must make arrangements to pick up your purchases at a future NMGS meeting.)

Books for Sale on the morning of March 15, 2008 at the Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and the Arts:

San Augustin de la Isleta Church, Marriages and Baptisms (A5) - $30.00
Our Lady of Belen Church Baptisms (A10) – $40.00
Nuestra Señora de la Inmaculada Concepción de Tomé: Volume I (A11) - $42.00
Nuestra Señora de la Inmaculada Concepción de Tomé: Volume II (A12) - $40.00
Churches of Immaculate Conception of Tomé and Our Lady of Belen Marriages (C2) - $23.00

Look for other discounted books at future NMGS meetings!


4. New Mexico Genealogist March Issue Preview

Continuing our commitment to a quality journal, the March issue of the New Mexico Genealogist offers the following articles:

“The Story Behind the Photograph: Crespin Torres’ Genealogy” by Robert J. C. Baca
“Abiquiu Burial Records” (a transcription of lost burial records)
“Jose Carrillo, Civil War Veteran” by Nancy Anderson
“Genealogy and Citation” by Karen Daniel, CGsm
“The Lucero/Fresquis Family” by Eva Coca-Lucero

This issue will also include the regular articles Primeras Familias, New Mexico Ancestors, and Queries. The issue will be mailed out at the end of March.

5. Call for Papers: Aquí Se Comienza Special Issue

In March 2007, NMGS published our contribution to the Albuquerque Tri-Centennial: Aquí Se Comienza. This book chronicled the first few generations of the founding families of Alburquerque. When we issued this book, we realized that it was not a finished work. As with any genealogical enterprise - especially one of this magnitude – there would be a need for additions and revisions. Therefore, we asked you, the genealogical community, to submit papers based on this book.

In honor of the book’s second anniversary, we will be publishing a special March 2009 Issue of the New Mexico Genealogist: “Aquí Se Comienza”. We are calling for papers for this special issue. The deadline is less than nine months away, on January 1, 2009. Send us articles expanding on the families found in the book. You probably have a family history that you are dying to tell. No book can tell the whole story; but you certainly can tell the story that we didn’t.

… and don’t forget, we are always looking for other articles on New Mexican genealogy. Take up the challenge! Tell your family’s story. Contribute to our journal.

Our mailing address is:

New Mexico Genealogical Society
Attn: New Mexico Genealogist editor
PO Box 27599
Albuquerque, NM 87125-7559

Or, send an e-mail to our editor, Russ Shaw at rfshaw@vla.com.

6. NMGS Website

Here are a few things that you can find on the NMGS website:

“DAR New Mexico Colonial Patriot Soldiers and Alcalde Mayores” by Virginia Sanchez http://www.nmgs.org/artPatrDAR.htm

“Zuni Training School Register of Employees, 1905-1906” abstracted by Karen Daniel, CGsm http://www.nmgs.org/artZuniSchool.htm

“Grant County Marriages – 1868 – 1872” by Ann L. Mossman http://www.nmgs.org/artGrantmar1868.htm

Check out these online articles and more at the NMGS website: http://www.nmgs.org/

7. Links

Our upcoming program at the Los Lunas Museum of Heritage and Arts was mentioned in the Valencia County News Bulletin. The article also has some great photos of the museum. http://www.news-bulletin.com/lavida/78152-03-01-08.html

Here is an article about Grants, NM on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grants,_New_Mexico

Here is an article about Pecos, NM on Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecos%2C_NM

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