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Hi . .   Hope this summer is filled with fun family reunions and
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SOMOS PRIMOS AUGUST  2005 TABLE OF CONTENTS



UNITED STATES

SHHAR Opening Doors in Washington, D.C. July 4th, 2005

CHCI Announces Theme for Hispanic Heritage Month Events

Latinos In Information Sciences and Technology Association (LISTA)

P.F.C. Javier (Harvey) Contreras

Noncitizen soldiers: the quandaries of foreign-born troops

75th Anniversary of Veterans Affairs Draws Senate's praise

Strategic Alliance Spawns Practitioners Fatherhood Roundtable

Hispanic Growth Surge Fueled by Births in U.S.

Births to foreign-born mothers on the rise

Great day to be American

Latino Power

Hispanic kids go 'home' for summer 

Chicken Soup for the Latino Soul

Philosophical Comments About Doing Time

The King and a Bracero Sang a Duet

Minority Businesses Booming

Latinas going solo

Nonprofit shines light on women's success stories

Social Security Risk Greater for Hispanics

Rooting Out Injustice in the Forestry Industry

Marketing Disease to Latinos

Into The Mix



BUILDING BLOCKS OF THE ANTI-SPANISH LEGENDS

La China Poblana and Spanish Bandidos                 

Californiano wants to set the records straight       

Making more people aware of our real history      

Unless we write our own history we'll get left out  



SURNAME: Argüello/Argüelles



GALVEZ PATRIOTS

Lorenzo's Secret Mission

Texas Connection to the American Revolution

Wills of a Father and Son and A Contribution to the American Revolution



ORANGE COUNTY, CA

Somos Primos is based in Orange County, California

Save the date, September 11  El Dia de la Familia, Sigler Park

Save the date, September 15  Eddie Martinez, Cal State Univ, Fullerton



LOS ANGELES, CA

How The 'Mother of Olvera St.' Got Her Moniker

>From the 19th Century, a Look at City's Past Latino Mayors

A monument stirs immigration debate

Boyle Heights Seeks Balance Amid Change

Save date: Oct 8th: Monterey Park Hispanic Family History Conference



CALIFORNIA

East Side Dreams

Vaca, Peña, and Berryessa Californio families

Ramirez Family Album Two:  Donaciano Garcia Conde

Edna Kimbro, Expert on Adobe Building Dies

How to search for an obituary in Southern California

San Bernardino County Museum

The Portuguese of Sacramento's West End

The Portuguese of Placer County

Redistricting in California (1960-1984) by John P. Schmal



NORTHWESTERN UNITED STATES

Mexican pioneer established Boise, Idaho enclave in late 1870s

The Huartede Jauregui Spanish Civil War Archive in Reno



SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES

St. Lawrence Day Massacre and Pueblo Uprising

Illegal entry by non-Mexicans rises

Reviews of Latino Literature

Pluma Fronteriza

Uncool shirts are the new cool

Tia Juana must wear mandated clothes

Border Revolution



BLACK

Blacks Pin Hope on DNA to Fill Slavery's Gaps in Family Trees

Professor Researching Black Latino history



INDIGENOUS

Crazy Horse monument, Sculptors face facts, Memorial needs money

Leather Men

Brazil's Indians turning to politics

Museum Displays American Indian Legend's Earrings

Priest Bartolome CERVANTES NEGRETE criticized

Native American Records Coming Soon

Mestizo identity is the heart of virgil Elizondo's life and work



SEPHARDIC

Boletín Informativo de la Red de Juderías de España, Junio 2005

First American Jewish Families

Crypto-Jews in Colonial Mexico

Sephardic Jews founded key cities in Mexico

Paths Of Memory: The Trajectory of the Jews in Portugal



TEXAS

Archivo Histórico Provincial Joaquín Blanco

Buffalo still roam with help from Texas park System

HOGAR 2005 Journal

Area cemeteries under survey

"Texans seek compensation from Mexico for 12 million acres lost after
1848 treaty"

Austin to become major Hispanic market July 25, 2005

Founding of Nuevo Santander & Laredo

Border Bandits

Angel of Goliad Descendants Historical Preservation

Corridos De La Revolucion- part IV

Corridos Tejanos-Part VI- Finale

Mass for Gov Elguezabal

The Benson Latin American Collection acquires Anzaldúa archive

Networking. . .

     Francisca Maria Xaviera de la Garza

      Juan Bautista Chapa descendent 



EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI

Walk-in medical clinics sprouting up in stores

Canary Islanders Heritage Society of Louisiana



EAST COAST

Artist: Peter Reginato

HISPANIC FAMILY HISTORY  SYMPOSIUM, NARA, September 24th

Hispanic Hartford

Guiding Light

A Family Reunion: Melendez-Ortiz clan 



MEXICO

The vote is in the mail

The Right to Live Here and Vote There

Grupos de Google: se le ha añadido a Genealogia de Mexico 

Compromiso celebrado entre los herederos y compradores

Buscando informacion de Tomá s Arocha Cárdenas

Argûelles en Monte Escobedo

Codicilo de Juan Bautista Chapa

Instituto De Organos Historicos De Oaxaca, A.C.

Personajes de la historia / Gobernadores de  Zacatecas

Matrimonios De Espanoles En La Antigua Taximaroa, siglo XVII



CARIBBEAN/CUBA

New U.S. Stamps, honor Caribbean influence

Carlos Benitez Franquis de Lugo



SPAIN

Lepanto, the repulse of the Muslims

Battle of Lepanto

Don Miguel Cervantes Saavedra



INTERNATIONAL

Fundación Mapfre Tavera

Fernâo ou Fernando de Magalhâes (in Portuguese)

Enfermedades y herencias

Trinidad Pushes Spanish

For Priests, a Crash Course in Spanish and Culture



HISTORY

El Regimento Fijo de la Luisiana 1765-1821

A History of the Mexican-American People

"No child left behind" vs. education in 1895

Web for Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines records

Britain Marks Anniversary of Sea Victory

Signers of the Declaration of Independence



SPANISH LANGUAGE DICHOS



FAMILY HISTORY

Make Your Family Tree "Talk" Learn how to Gather Oral Histories

Genealogy Software Review 2005

Country Research Guides (PDF files)

Genetics and Professional Genealogy Seminar



ARCHAEOLOGY

America's First Immigrants

Walking with ancestors:  Discovery rewrites American prehistory



MISCELLANEOUS

Church Signs

The LangaList