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Date: Fri, 02 Jun 2006 17:29:09 -0400 (EDT)
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have mentioned vacations with family research as part of the activities,
others are planning to attend conference. Please feel invited to share
your experiences and fact finding. Somos Primos reflects you the readers.

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NATIONAL ISSUES
Wells Fargo, Sponsors " The Latino OC 100"
The Mexican Border: Fleeing the Throes of Revolution (1912)
Se Si Puede brings HOPE and Dreams into Reality.
On Being Black at a Latino March
Of U.S. Children Under 5, Nearly Half Are Minorities
Immigration issue is complex and requires bilateral solutions
100 Years in the Back Door, Out the Front
Undocumented, Indispensable
Hispanic Influx to Hawaii

Action Taken
Writing Letter to Editor and government officials by Frank Sifuentes
City of Monterey, California
Texas Longhorn Breeders Association of America

Education
Sky's not the limit for NASA astronaut Jose Hernandez
O.C. man uses his story to urge students to stay in school
Encouraging Young People
Hispanic Magazine's Teacher of the Year,
Assimilation Of Immigrants: Fact, says UCLA Sociologist Edward Telles
Helping America's Youth
NCLR Takes Family History Curriculum to Communities
HHS-HEO Digest Features Federal Programs, health, education, etc.
Culture
Hard work helps tear down some old walls
Bullfights scaled down for 9-year old boy
Clay's Kitchen Mexican
Congressional Gold Medal recipients
What Hispanic Awareness Means to Me
Hispanic vs Latino
Latinos or Hispanics? A Debate About Identity
But the language I speak is Spanish
Las Comaderes Para Las Americas

Business
National Latina Business Women Association
Hispanic business growth outpaces U.S. rate
Spanish language skills and Annual Incomes
Hispanics set the pace in business ownership

ANTI-SPANISH LEGENDS
Britt Lomond, 'Zorro' villain, dies at 80
So-called Spanish Flu of 1918

MILITARY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT HEROES
A Legacy Greater than Words
My Dad Marcelino R. Bautista in A Legacy Greater Than Words Book
Recommended websites to celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
The Story Behind "Before You Go"
Greatest Play In Major League Baseball - Rick Monday
Vietnam riders impressed with Leakey Hospitality
Hispanic Military Heroes

CUENTOS
A gathering of Grandmother Wisdom-Keepers at MANA meeting
Iona St. Therese Patricia Marie Jordon: Carnival Girl by Frank Sifuentes
Oral History, Los Cuentos de Kiko
OTIUM, online magazine
Micheal Lozano Embarks on a Journey of Self-Discovery, Part 2

SURNAME
The Plazola Family in México

Spanish Sons of the American Revolution
The Story of a Cricket Buckle and Pinching the Spanish Main - All of it!
Early Games in the Americas, Stick Ball or lacross
In Using Hough and Hough Spanish Patriot Series
Moving Gold to Mexico City
Texas Longhorns

ORANGE COUNTY
Ramon Peralta Adobe Mural
Orange County oral histories of war veterans made into documentary,
June 3: screening of student produced documentary on Orange County
June 6: NLBWA-OC's "Emerging Latinas Program"
LULAC Westminster Council #3017 2006 2006 Scholarship Recipients
June 10: Bernardo de Galvez Re-enactor to present to SARs
Historic block party
Steve DeMara: Genealogist/ Historian honored
Capistrano honors native Frances Louise Sherrill,
Rios Family of San Juan Capistrano
Click for report on May 27th SHHAR meeting

LOS ANGELES
June 3: Talamantes-Farias Reunion 2006
June 24 East L.A. Beginning Family History, Viola Sadler & Mimi Lozano
June: UCLA Extension, Family History research, Michael Perez
July 7-9 and August 24-25th: "Sons and Souls of California"
The Glory of Their Times, the Chorizeros
Family Programs at the Getty Villa
Los Tapatiós de California: Returning to Their Jalisco Roots

CALIFORNIA
SHHAR meeting report: Special Books & Heritage Discover Center Guide to
the La Purisima Mission State Historic Park Collection
Example and use of the 1930 Census
Click: Tamale Festival "Bringing Families Together!"
NARA'S Alien files under threat of moving to Missouri
Yosemite Valley, the new French Pyrenees by Alex Loya

NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
Why the LDS Church (Mormons) put emphasis on genealogical research

SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES
S: El Monumento de Juan de Oñate
The largest equestrian bronze monument in the world
Manifests of Statistical Alien Arrivals at El Paso, Texas
Documents of the Coronado Expedition, 1539-1542
Muster Roll of the Coronado Expedition of February 22, 1540
Two Discoveries, Two Conquests: Vázquez de Coronado
Ex-Gov. Castro recalls beating odds
Old battle haunts new U.S.-Mexico tensions
Tribute to George I. Sánchez

BLACK
National History Project: Fugitive Slaves in Mexico
Mexico as a haven for fugitive slaves
Freedmen of the Five Civilized Tribes, Black Indians

INDIGENOUS
Native Hawaiians Seek Right to Land, Self-Government
Districts redrawn to raise number of Indian lawmakers in Mexico
Keeping Dakotah language alive through Scrabble

SEPHARDIC
Ana Kurland: Remnants of Crypto-Jews Among Hispanic Americans
A Research Tool Online for Sephardic Genealogy / Jewish Genealogy
The First Jews in the New World by Joseph Heckelman
60's Latino Militant Now Pursues a Personal Quest: Reies Lopez Tijerina

TEXAS
June 4th & June llth Meet the author, A Legacy Greater Than Words
27th Annual Texas Conference on Hispanic Genealogy & History,
Aug 31st - Sept 3rd
Gloria Candelaria-March, Many roles, but always Mom
May 31 & June 1: The Camels Are Coming to Bandera!
The Celtic connection to Spanish Texas
Texas Adjutant General Service Records 1836-1935
The Index to Texas Probate Records
Americo Paredes Distinguished Lectures
Family on the fringe of the revolution
Spanish trails in Victoria County, Texas
Continuous Presence of Italians and Spaniards in Texas as Early as 1520
Click: Alex Loya's research leads to Sentinel Rock in Yosemite, California

EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI
Donaldsonville Celebrating 200 Years of Culture and History, 1806-2006
Old Families of Louisiana

EAST COAST
July 4th Washington, D.C. Parade
June 2006 National Archives Public Programs
Literature of Latino/a Experience and Relevance in the English Classroom
Immigration Rally in Chapel Hill and Carrboro

MEXICO
Book: Inherit the Dust from the Four Winds of Revilla by José M. Péna
"El Capitan " Don Jose Vasquez Borrego by Anita Rivas Medellin
The Family Tree on the Museum Wall by Ted Vincent
S: Libro: Dos Coahuilense en la Historia de la Patria
S: Libro: Capilla de la Hacienda Santa Ana de los Hornos
S: Datos de Tabasco
S: Confrencia Binacional
S: En el Valle de Tlaltenango por Arturo Ramos
The Descendents of Don Andres de Morales y de la Fuentes
S: Registros en la Catedral de Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico
S: En los Albores de la Independencia

CARIBBEAN/CUBA
Cuban Military Records
The Last Puerto Rican Indian
Historia / Canarias /Navegación

SPAIN
BYU Study Abroad Program
A Modern renaissance in Spain
Cartaya, Huelva
Don Cristóbal Colon

INTERNATIONAL
Sigfrido Burmann, La gira americana de Un Teatro de Arte 1926-1929
Japan's El Bigote, Mexican Restaurant
Las Islas Canarias son una comunidad Autónoma
Linajes de San Miguel de Abona, located on the southern side Tenerife
Guatamalan Genealogist

HISTORY
History of Our Forefathers and Nation!

FAMILY HISTORY
Turn family photos into an artful exhibit
New PAF Genealogical Tutorial available Online...
Another Method of Using FamilySearch.org
Volunteers sought for Beta 2 Test of Research Advice Forums
"The Help Center Research Advice Forums"
Finding Real genealogical Recored amidst the confusion
Using Rootsweb: Exploring the SS-5

ARCHAEOLOGY
Archeologists discover Maya tomb, defy looters
Amazon Stonehenge' found in Brazil
Roman Trade With the Canary Islands