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Publicacion de Investigaciones Genealogicas

Tomas Alejandro,

(perdon mi espanol) Estoy de acuerdo con tu consejo de que "informacion sea leida y llegue al moayor numero de personas posibles". Por eso paso mi informacion genealogica al grupo Nuestros Ranchos y Rootsweb.WorldConnect.com gratis para "dar la luz" en ves de esperar anos y a~nos, etc. Asi encuentro otros con los mismos antepasados para "share" (compartir?) informacion. Para los que es mas importante vender esa informacion, la idea de pasarla por formato PDF es muy buen idea. Yo compro muchos articulos en ese formato que venden en sitios de los revistas de antropologia (mi interes es en la historia de mis antepasados indigenos de los tribus Pueblo de el estado de Nuevo Mexico (Piro-Manso-Tewa) y de los tribus de California (los Chumash).

Oficialia

Arturo,

You've been explaining the various government entities in Mexico: In the excerpt from the FHC Library Catalog (below) of films available for Valparaiso, Zacatecas, I see OFICIALIA designated for some of the nearby communities. What is meant by "oficialia"?

Maternal Surnames

On my mother's side I am the fourth generation to use the maternal suname.

Because my great grandfather was the product of rape.

Since 1858 our family has been proud to bear the name of the 14 year-old victim of that rape, Maria de las Nieves Porras.