Alicia,

I just stumbled upon it by accident.  I was searching for something 
else using Google and it came up in my search results.  Yes, I  
thought it was encouraging to know that something is being done to 
preserve our history.
Maria

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Alicia Carrillo  wrote:
>
> Maria,
>    
>   What a great project, how did you find it or hear of it? It is 
encouraging to know that Mexico knows it's treasures and has the 
desire and wherewithal to preserve them.
>    
>   Feliz Año,
>    
>   Atentamente, 
>   Alicia
> 
> readysetgo95814  wrote:
>   Hola Ranchos members:
> 
> Check out this link:  http://www.adabi.org.mx/adabi.htm
> 
> This is a group in Mexico City that was formed to preserve the 
> Historical Archives and Libraries of Mexico.  Organizations are 
sent an 
> invitation to petition for project funding.  They are required to 
> complete the project or return the funds to Adabi.  The projects 
range 
> from $5,000 pesos

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Alberto Duarte  wrote:
>
> The information on Walt Disney I got from a magazine
> that I once subscribed to called "Hispanic".  But I
> never did check out their source.  
> 
> Also, the baseball player's name was Ted Williams.
> 
> Alberto

Alberto,
 
See http://www.hispanicmagazine.com/2000/mar/Letters/ and http://
hugetinymistake.blogspot.com/ for comments on Ted Williams' parents.

See http://www.snopes.com/disney/waltdisn/illegit.htm and http://www.neta.com/
~1stbooks/disney.htm and http://www.guardian.co.uk/friday_review/story/
0,3605,608815,00.html for Walt Disney's parents. I am not sure the evidence is solid for 
Disney for him being Hispanic; he does have a good history for bigotry and alcoholism 
however.

Ed

Hola Ranchos members:

Check out this link:  http://www.adabi.org.mx/adabi.htm

This is a group in Mexico City that was formed to preserve the
Historical Archives and Libraries of Mexico.  Organizations are sent an
invitation to petition for project funding.  They are required to
complete the project or return the funds to Adabi.  The projects range
from $5,000 pesos to 12,500 pesos (that's
roughtly $500-$1,200 US) per
project.  One project in Durango was to scan, catalog and create a
database.  ADABI donated the scanner, the computer and a desk.  The
recipient committed to completing the project within 10 months.  They
show other projects where old maps have been restored, etc.

Maria

The information on Walt Disney I got from a magazine
that I once subscribed to called "Hispanic".  But I
never did check out their source.  

Also, the baseball player's name was Ted Williams.

Alberto

--- Emilie Garcia  wrote:

> Alberto,
> 
> I have heard of the Hispanic or Latino heritage of
> Rita Hayworth (Rita Cansino), Anthony Quinn (my
> father-in-law knew him in El Paso-Juarez in the
> 1920's as well as Gilbert Roland), but Walt Disney? 
> I heard from someone in my Reveles line whose father
> worked at MGM in the 1920s-1940s and knew all these
> people, that Walt Disney was a Spaniard of Sephardic
> Jewish heritage, but that guy turned out not to be
> reliable.  He claims to be a Sephardic Jew.  I found
> out later that the Reveles' in Los Angeles are all
> buried in the Catholic cemetery, including this
> guy's father.   Where did you hear about Walt
> Disney?  I have never heard of a reliable source for
> that information.
> 
> Emilie Garcia
> Port

here is where you can find the current online Family History Library
records: http://www.lib.byu.edu/fhc/

and here is an article about it:

http://genealogy.about.com/b/a/201217.htm

joseph