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Dear readers, I hope you have all enjoyed some special activities during
Hispanic Heritage Month. We've been pretty busy here in Orange County,
California. For this October issue, I've included four Cristobal
Colon/Christopher Columbus columns.

Also, please note there are two requests for involvement, at any level,
on two heritage issues which need citizen support. I hope the
information supplied is sufficient. Please contact me if you have any
questions.

Warm regards, Mimi

UNITED STATES
Guy Gabaldon passed away August 31, "an authentic American hero"

Action Item 1: Medal of Honor for Guy Gabaldon
People Making a Difference: History on a Canvas
New York Detective Touched by Hell to Eternity
Retired Colonel, U.S. Marine Corps Inspired by Gabaldon
Item 2: Feasibility study for a National American Latino
Museum

National issues
National Hispanic Heritage Month
2006 Proclamation by the President of the United States of America
James DeAnda, 81; Worked to Establish Mexican Americans' Constitutional
Rights

Education
Arteganas
Portal to academic success
Immigrants Struggle To Go To College; Measure Offers A Way To Pay
Book: "Beneath the Shadow of the Capitol"
Latino Students Receive Less Financial Aid for Higher Ed
Black colleges recruit Hispanics
Cal State Fullerton Is Fourth For Undergraduate Degrees to Hispanics
One Good Thing: Spanish Language Newspapers Growing
LULAC Praises New Mexico Governor's Initiative to Save LNESC
Oct 2: Latino Education Advocacy Day, Albuquerque, New Mexico
U.S. Department of Education - Additional Grant Funds

Culture
Ramona -- A Story That Changed the History of California
De Young Museum, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco film/ music series
Jennie Bravo, Sinaloa Club, San Francisco
English transliteration of Cuento told by Carlos Ibanez
The First time by Trinidad Sánchez, Jr.
Podcast Expansion of Hispanic History
Raíces De Todos Magazine website!Business

Business
Californian & Texan to head US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce

ANTI-SPANISH LEGENDS
Ownership of TV stations
Immigration -- and the Curse of the Black Legend
Race, Racism and the Law
Subliminal Racism

MILTARY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HEROES
Lakota Traditions Honor Marine
A Mother Finds a Way to Honor Ten Marines
WW II Daily. . website unfolds history
Joseph H. De Castro, First Hispanic Medal of Honor
Carmen Contreras-Bozak,1st Hispanic Woman in US Woman's Army Corps
Veterans' Administration puts gravesite maps online
Expanded GI Bill draws wave of vets

CUENTOS
The Dream of an Anthology of Los Angeles Latino Writers by Frank
Chapter 1, Early Recollections by Sylvia Villarreal Bisnar
Growing up Mexican - American by Anita Rivas Medellin
The WD Poetry Awards Call for Entries
Short Short Story Competition Call for Entries

SURNAME:
Irizarry Surname Project
Spelling variations

SPANISH SONS OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION
The SAR Magazine
Maryland Resolution regarding Role of Galvez in American Revolution
Part Four of Chile Patriots During the American Revolution, Ru-Z

ORANGE COUNTY
OC Register/Excelsior Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month Display
Oct 7, Mendez vs. Westminster Children's book signing.
Nellie Kaniski Ex-counselor spreads love and caring
Oct 15: Dia de La Raza Concert
Oct 20: Hispanic Education Endowment Fund Apple of Gold Awards
Oct 22: MANA 25th Anniversary
SHHAR at Dia de la Familia, Sigler Park, September 10th
SHHAR at National Hispanic MBAs, Bowers Museum, September 14th

LOS ANGELES COUNTY
Walking in the Footsteps of L.A.'s Founders
Ethnicity of the Founders of Los Angeles
Genealogy and "1822-El Camino Viejo a Los Angeles,"
Oct 15, Forensic Genealogy: Dissecting Old Photographs
Doheny Memorial Library, Los Angeles
History of the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors
Los Angeles City Mayors - Past to Present
Oct 21: Chino Valley Family History and Genealogy Seminar
Oct 29: Living History Tours: Ghosts From the Past
SAVE THE DATE: Nov 16, 2006 "Helping Build the Latina Woman"

CALIFORNIA
Heritage Discovery Center Site Selected
Ramona, a Story that Changed the History of California
California Ranchos by County
Oct 13,14,15 2006, Reyes Adobe Days Celebration
Report on the Contra Costa County Fair
Lest We Forget by 5th great grandson of Jose Antonio Yorba I.
Remains Found of Early California Village, Villa de Branciforte
Defending the Early Mexican Frontier in Santa Cruz, Villa de Branciforte
Juana Briones House
Calisphere, a digital library of primary sources
An effort to keep memories alive of West's 2nd-largest immigrant group
-- Japanese
California's Black Pioneers: A Brief Historical Survey

NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
Ninth Annual Hispanic Family History Conference

SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
Some Historical Perspective on "Illegal Immigration" in the Southwest US
Birthplace of the Mexican Revolution"--Jimenez, Coahuila...small town
Book: In the Sierra Madre by Jeff Biggers
Beyond Origins of New Mexico

BLACK
A Girl Like Me
An African Presence in Prehistoric America
Call for Papers - 2007 Conference
ChickenBones: A Journal for Literary & Artistic African-American Theme

INDIGENOUS
Five Civilized Tribes Online
Indigenous Cultures in South Texas
Mickey Gemmill Passs to other side
Aztecs butchered, ate Spanish invaders

SEPHARDIC
Tunisian Jews
Sephardic Congregations of Croatia
Hidden Jewish Heritage: Exploring a Path to Return
Appendix, Glossary of Terms, Gloria Golden, Part 2: D-L

TEXAS
Two Reports on the 2006 Texas Conference:
Jose M. Pena and Viola Rodriguez Sadler
Index to the Baptismal Registers of Revilla 1751-1803
Oct. 6-7: Tejano Book Festival
South Texas counties poorest in nation, according to Census
Robert Chapa Sr. was a Champion for the Poor
Texas History is Rich and Colorful: Tejano Heritage Month
Clayton Library New Manager, Susan Kaufman
Texas Tejano.com to Unveil Portrait of Tejano Pioneer Re-dedication
Historic Home on Whitte Campus to Re-Open for Tejano Heritage Month

EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
The 227th Anniversary of the 1779 Battle of Baton Rouge Commemorated

EAST COAST
San Juan del Puerto, Florida . . . . The other San Juan del Puerto
MANA Recognizes Latinas Achieving "Firsts" At Las Primeras® Awards Gala

MEXICO
Tepemazalco: Paradise Regained
S: Octubre 13-15: Reunión de Los Elizondo en Monterrey
S: Libro: Historia de Teocaltiche Pueblo de Caxcana Nueva Galicia
S: Libro: Fundacion Desarrollo, La Aduana de Torren, Coahuila,1948
S: La Migración Tlaxcalteca del Siglo XVI
S: Coahuila - Actas de Nacimiento en Linea
Don Antonio de Mendoza, 1st Viceroy & Governor of Nueva Espana, Mex
Don Diego Alonso Ramirez del Pedroza descendants
Pedro Fernandez-de-Velasco, 1st Count of Haro

CARIBBEAN/CUBA
Hispanic Genealogical Society of New York
What's your name?
Book: "Havana Salsa: Stories and Recipes" by viviana Carballo

SPAIN
Was Columbus really Italian?
A Critical Study on the Origin of Christopher Columbus"
Descendants of Cristóbal Colón
Juan Bono
Almonte, Huelva, España
Jeay Guy, un belga enamorado de Sombrerete y Zacatecas

INTERNATIONAL
Wanted: Information Relating to PANIOLO
DNA database offers Salvadoran war orphans key to stolen past
Venezuela dataBasque language television in Europe
Aguimes, Gran Canaria Information

HISTORY
Latin American Colonial Era

FAMILY HISTORY
Essential news and tips for family historians, Aug. 31,
2006
Combining DNA
Google News Archive
LINKPENDIUM, The Definitive Directory
For What's New in Genealogy
Geneapass

ARCHEAOLOGY
Looted Peru Headdress Recovered in London
Stone Slab Bears Earliest Writing in Americas , Veracruz, Mexico

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