NMGS Website

Have you visited the NMGS website lately?

* Did you know that you find out about the next programs that we are presenting?

* Did you know that you find out about programs put on by other organizations?

* Did you know that you can find out about new publications by our organization, and that you are able to see a catalogue of all of our books online? (You may order them by printing out a form from the site.)

* Did you know that we have a Locating Catholic Church Records page, and that you can find where just about any sacramental records may be?

* Did you know we have links to the Beyond Origins website, an updated Martin Serrano genealogy, Burial Records in the Rio Abajo, New Mexico Roots, Ltd., and many other great resources?

* Did you know that you can print up a membership form so that you can become a member of NMGS?

Well, now you do. Visit the NMGS website today at www.nmgs.org

HGRC 20th Anniversary Conference, August 29-31, 2013

It's not too late to send in your registration for the HGRC 20th Anniversary Conference in Albuquerque. You may register ahead of time as late as August 23rd.

For more information, visit their website at www.hgrc-nm.org

1940 U.S. Census - on the NARA website

This previous Saturday, Henrietta Martinez Christmas gave a presentation for the New Mexico Genealogical Society on "Using Census Records to Keep and Eye on Your Ancestors". In the talk, she described the many different ways in which a census may be used to add detail to a genealogy that you might not be able to find in other records.

That got me thinking about the 1940 census. That census was released last year and can be found for free on a number of sites. One of those sites is the National Archives and Records Administration website. I suggest visiting the site. You may find your parents, grandparents and other relatives in the census. Remember, the census was taken only 73 years ago. I'm sure you know at least a few people who are older than 73 years old.

To go to the site, click here.

September 21, 2013 NMGS Program

The Auditorium

On the Lower Level of

The Albuquerque Main Library

501 Copper SW

Albuquerque, New Mexico

(on the northwest corner of 5^th and Copper)

Saturday, September 21, 2013

10:30 AM – Noon

The New Mexico Genealogical Society

Presents

Robert J. C. Baca

“Petronila Garcia Jurado:

Matriarch of the Rio Abajo”

 

Genealogy and history can sometimes be messy; and the most interesting stories are the messiest. Petronila Garcia Jurado was a daughter of a prominent family which came to New Mexico after the Pueblo Revolt to re-establish the Spanish kingdom. She married into the old Baca clan, and began raising a family. After her husband’s death, she had to fight her in-laws over her children’s inheritance. Later, she had another child who carried the Baca name - two years after the death of her husband Juan Antonio Baca.

Using a Spanish document recently translated by genealogist Patricia Sanchez Rau and filling in the details with other research, Robert Baca paints the portrait of a complex and daring woman. He follows her family through the Rio Abajo, or the lower river, district of New Mexico. He tells the story of the Baca, Torres and Garcia Jurado families of Belen and Socorro.

Robert J.C. Baca is the president of the New Mexico Genealogical Society. He has been researching his Rio Abajo roots for over a dozen years. He has presented for the New Mexico Genealogical Society, the Historical Society of New Mexico, the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico (presented on his behalf in his absence), and other organizations. He and his wife Nancy reside in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

For more information about our programs, check out the New Mexico Genealogical Society’s website at www.nmgs.org.

This program is free and open to the public.

August 17, 2013 NMGS Program: Using Census Records

August 2013 Program

The Community Room
in the Lower Level of
The Albuquerque Main Library
501 Copper Street
Albuquerque, New Mexico
(on the northwest corner of 5th and Copper)

(Click here to view map.)

Saturday, August 17, 2013
10:30 AM

Please note that our programs are at a new location this year!

The New Mexico Genealogical Society

Presents

Henrietta Martinez Christmas

Independent New Mexico Historian and Genealogist

Using Census Records to Keep and Eye on Your Ancestors

Census records are an invaluable resource for keeping track of your ancestors. A census is a government record that appears every ten years that can help you find details you might otherwise miss in the normal sacramental records or land records. So let's step back in time every ten years and see what you can find that will add details to your family research.

Plus a Bonus -
Getting Ready for the upcoming HGRC Conference in August!!

A well respected and well-known genealogical and historical researcher, Henrietta M. Christmas has researched for over 35 years on a wide variety of subjects specializing in the rio arriba region of New Mexico. A native New Mexican, she descends from eleven soldiers who came to New Mexico with don Juan de Oñate in 1598.

This program is free and open to the public.

Questions? Call (505) 848-1376 or email info@nmgs.org.

Researching Spanish Jewish-conveso Lineages - Colorado Springs - July 28, 2013

Jose Antonio Esquibel is conducting a four-hour genealogy seminar in Colorado Springs on July 28, 2013, for the 23rd Annual Conference of the Society of Crypto-Judaic Studies. There is a fee for the individual seminar and the full conference. Below is Esquibel's blog post describing the seminar:


Genealogy Seminar: Researching Spanish Jewish-converso Lineages of Nuevomejicano Families 
  

I accepted an invitation to conduct a four-hour genealogy seminar on the afternoon Sunday, July 28, 2013, 12:00pm to 4:30pm, as a pre-conference session for the 23rd Annual Conference of the Society for Crypto-Judaic Studies at the University of Colorado-Colorado Springs.

The registration fee for the genealogy seminar is $20. Participants can pay at the door or online.

The registration fee for the full conference, which begins on Sunday, July 28th, is $195. You can read more details about the genealogy seminar and conference, including a list of presenters, and find registration information at: http://www.brownpapertickets.com/even...

Questions about the SCJS conference can be submitted to tmizer@uccs.edu.

Here is the description of the genealogy seminar—

"Generation by Generation
Researching Spanish Jewish-converso Lineages of Nuevomejicano Families"

José Antonio Esquibel
Genealogical Researcher, Historian and Author

Even with the amazing resilient survival of the memory and traditions of the Jewish faith and customs among some Hispano families of New Mexico and other regions of Spain’s former northern provinces of the Americas, the paper trail documenting lineages to specific Jewish-converso families of Spain is challenging. This is not surprising given that most conversions of Jews to Christianity occurred in the mid to late 1300s and in the 1400s.

To date, only a few Hispano families of New Mexico’s Spanish imperial era (1598-1821) can be traced to the mid-1500s, leaving a gap of 60-200 years, or about two to six generations.

This genealogy seminar will provide guidance on tracing lineages from New Mexico going back in time through communities that are now part of modern-day Mexico and then into Spain. This will include a close look at the migration patterns of settlers to New Mexico and places of origins, as well as discussing the historical context that influenced those migrations and the settlement patterns in 17th-century New Mexico and in the early 18th century. The history of the Inquisition of New Mexico will also be addressed.

The lineages of two New Mexico families that trace back to Jewish-converso families of 15th-century Spain will serve as examples of the types of records that are available for genealogical and historical research. Directions about how to access the records will be provided.

One lineage traces from the Cansino family of Andalucía to the Silva-Ruiz family that settled New Mexico in 1694 and the other is in regard to the Montoya-Góngora family of 18th-century New Mexico with ancestral family relations among the Jewish-converso Pulgar family of 15th-century Spain.

This will be an interactive seminar with time for dialogue and sharing of knowledge among participants. Also, instruction will be given in how to make the best use of specific research tools and sources available on the Web.

Whether you are a novice in New Mexico Hispano genealogy and history or more experienced, you will gain insights and direction for your future research.

Registered participants are invited to submit questions to José Antonio about Hispano genealogy research in advance of the workshop.

Beginning Genealogy Workshop in Santa Fe - Friday, August 9, 2013

Beginning Genealogy Workshop in Santa Fe at the State Records Center and Archives on Friday, August 9, 2013 from 1pm to 4:30pm; presented by the Office of the State Historian.

The State Records Center and Archives is located at

1205 Camino Carlos Rey
Santa Fe, NM 87507  

For more information, contact the State Historian at:

Phone: (505) 476-9782
Fax: (505) 476-7909
E-mail: nm.historian@state.nm.us

Website link