enrique legaspi wrote:
> Joseph and fellow rancheros!
>
> the 1661 records i referenced are the same that are found in www.familysearch.org - IGI database.
>
> As i looked at the original source document, the feeling that overcame me was a rush of electric excitment. To be able to hold the 400 year old parish records book was a privilige.
>
I can understand. those books were the ones being written into possibly
as you family was right there with the scribe giving them the
information. I'm not sure that is the way they did that but if they did
record it while your family was there it was like touching your family.
Way way cool.
>
> As far as pictures are concerned, i will upload a bunch of papaqui pics. is there a file size limit i should be concerned about, Joseph?
>
if you have a way to optimize pictures for the web you might consider
this, but truthfully I would just pick a "small" bunch and not do too
many. Give us a good feel for the Papaqui but not too much. I would
think between 5-10 should do a good job, but if you need to upload more
go to it.

joseph

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Joseph Puentes
http://H2Opodcast.com (Environment Podcast)
http://NuestraFamiliaUnida.com (Latin American History)

>
> I will also post a description and historical background to the 'papaqui' soon.
>
>
>
> Joseph Puentes wrote:
>
>
> enrique legaspi wrote:
>
>> I second Alicia assertion below. While I was in Nochistlan this past weekend I was telling my cousins about "nuestros ranchos". All were amazed and pleased at the effort and interest in our roots and the organized manner in which information is shared and helpful in the mission of the group.
>>
>> I went to Nochistlan to celebrate the "Papaqui", an amazing ancient religious feast which for my family has become the reason to re-unite, re-connect and celebrate our roots.
>>
>>
> Thanks Enrique,
>
> when time permits please tell us more about the "Papaqui." You can put
> it right here on the research@nuestrosranchos.org list. also tell us
> about the statement below about the 1661 records available on the
> internet. Are you talking about the records on films that the LDS owns
> (Registros parroquiales, 1627-1959) or are you talking about something else?
>
> tell us more and if you have pictures of the festival please upload a
> few to the Albums in the appropriate specific album.
>
> thanks,
>
> joseph
>
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>
> Joseph Puentes
> http://H2Opodcast.com (Environment Podcast)
> http://NuestraFamiliaUnida.com (Latin American History)
>
>
>
>> During the day I was lucky enough to leaf through the original church records - all the way back to 1661, which the LDS has preserved, and available to us on the internet. Happily, I was able to confirm all the dates I wanted to look up against the original documents.
>>
>> Thanks so much to the founders of this group which ignites pride in our ancestors and sparks our curiosity to learn where we come from.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Alicia Carrillo wrote:
>> Joseph,
>>
>> Thanks for the accolades, but what I do is very little compared to all the work you and Arturo must do. I wish I were better equipped to do more but for now I will keep plugging along as the mistress of Spam, just a few minutes a day.
>>
>> Take care,
>> Alicia
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----
>> From: Joseph Puentes
>> To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
>> Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2007 5:49:08 AM
>> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] The Function of the nuestrosranchos.org Group Continues Because. . .
>>
>>
>> the nuestrosranchos.org site continues because of the hard work and
>> dedication of its volunteers: Kitty Cortez, Alicia Carrillo, John
>> Gonzalez, and Enrique Legaspi. It sounds like there will be others who
>> are joining in to do the work as well soon.
>>
>> We all know the great work that Arturo has done with the website and a
>> continued thanks go to him for his efforts. Muchisimas Arturo!
>>
>> I just wanted to publicly thanks John Gonzalez and Enrique Legaspi for
>> their help in doing Translation work for me when I needed something to
>> be said "correctly." You all have seen that my written Spanish is
>> terrible and these two gentlemen have stepped up to help me greatly and
>> I'm counting on them to help in the future. Thank you John and thank you
>> Enrique.
>>
>> I wanted to point out two special volunteers whose efforts are going
>> unnoticed by the members of the group but without their help the burden
>> of the workload would have destroyed my will to continue on in the group
>> as one of the Moderators:
>>
>> 1) Alicia Carrillo: Our Spam Master. She is the one that allows or
>> disallows Spam from getting to the group. Have you noticed how the
>> nuestrosranchos.org site gets no spam? Well it is sent to a special
>> folder where on a daily basis Alicia goes in and deletes all the spam
>> and hunts for the misc. message that a new member will send before they
>> reply to those three confirmation emails that we must all reply to
>> before being allowed to send messages to the lists. Anyway this job in
>> this day and age is very needed and time consuming. I was stressing
>> about it and Alicia came to the rescue and has helped greatly in
>> assuring that no legitimate messages get tossed out with the tons of
>> spam the three lists receive daily. Mucha Gracias Alicia.
>>
>> 2) Kitty Cortez: Our Potential New Members Screener. Whenever potential
>> new members apply for a new account they get sent a message saying they
>> need to do their own research and send in their representative genealogy
>> to be admitted as members of the group. After about 15 days of no
>> response Kitty sends them an email reminding the potential new members
>> that in order for their membership account to be activated they need to
>> send in their genealogies. Then after about 30 days Kitty sends a last
>> message saying that if they don't reply ASAP (deadline given) their
>> application for membership will be deleted. I can't believe how many new
>> potential members are applying every week thanks to Arturo's site design
>> which allows the search engines to find us. This job got really out of
>> hand and I was straining under the load of doing it until Kitty
>> volunteered to help. Thank you thank you thank you, Kitty!
>>
>> I can't express how much I appreciate the efforts of Alicia, Kitty,
>> John, and Enrique. Having said that I don't want them to think that I'm
>> just assuming they will do this job forever (it would be okay with me if
>> they wanted to do it forever). Arturo has already made a call for new
>> volunteers to help with some projects he has lined up and I want other
>> members to keep in mind that I might need help from you in possibly
>> assisting Alicia and Kitty. Now they are Trojans and have not asked for
>> any help and I won't be interfering with their efforts but it is
>> possible that sometime in the future they might need a "break" or
>> assistance. So I want all of you to think of getting on my list of
>> people that I can potentially call upon if I need an "on-call" volunteer.
>>
>> thanks again for everyone's interest, participation and contribution to
>> the group.
>>
>> joseph
>>
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>>
>> Joseph Puentes
>> http://H2Opodcast.com (Environment Podcast)
>> http://NuestraFamiliaUnida.com (Latin American History)
>>