Resources dealing with New Mexican Genealogy
MORA A census of the Bernalillo community made circa 1803 lists Salvador Mora, age thirty-two (born circa 1771), and his wife Rosa Salazar, age twenty-eight (born circa 1775). This couple was enumerated with six children: Francisco, age fourteen (born circa 1789); Antonio, age twelve (born circa 1791); Juan Diego,…
There is confusion over Juan Lujan, Juan Lujan viejo, Domingo Lujan, and their relationships to each other. This article examines possibilities such as brothers, brothers-in-law, father/son, etc. LUJÁN On 12 August 1662, Juan Luján, el viejo (ONMF: 63), "vecino y alcalde mayor de La Cañada," gave his age as…
CRESPÍN Chávez mentioned that Cristóbal Crespín (ONMF: 167) was recruited along with other families of Zacatecas, and that his mother, or mother-in-law was a woman named Juana de Ancizo (ONMF: 125 & 167). As it turns out, Cristóbal Crespín came to New Mexico in late 1693 with his mother,…
While researching records related to the city of San José del Parral, Nueva Vizcaya (now Hidalgo de Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico), Gerald J. Mandell extracted historical and genealogical information about the Gallegos family (ONMF: 31). He shared some of his research with the editors of the Vargas Project (University of…
SANDOVAL MARTÍNEZ Juan de Sandoval Martínez (ONMF: 282) and Juana Hernández came to New Mexico in 1694 with one son, Miguel de Sandoval Martínez. They were the parents of at least two other children who did not come with them to New Mexico. These children were: María Magdalena Sandoval…
RAEL There is a branch of the Rael family of New Mexico that was founded by a man named Pedro Marcial Rael who was married with Ysabel Cedillo. This man was a natural son of Alonso II Rael de Aguilar. He may be the same person as Pedro Marcial…
ORTIZ New genealogical information about the Ortiz family of New Mexico is the subject of a seventeen-page article, “Ortiz Family Genealogical Research and New Records for the Ortiz Family of Mexico City,” (El Farolito, Vol. 8. No. 4. 2005L: quarterly journal of the Olibama López Tushar Hispanic Legacy Research…
This research examines Juana Lujan Gomez del Castillo and asks whether there are two Juana Lujans or one? The founder of the Gomez family in New Mexico could be one woman, but both stories are compelling and stand the test of time. LUJÁN-GÓMEZ del CASTILLO —Promising Lead Juana Luján…
Testamento del finado Manuel Martínez (1775-1842) Transcribed from copy of original document by Vicente M. Martínez and Elena Nápoles Goldfeder, PhD. En el nombre de Dios Todopoderoso y de nuestra Señora la Virgen María concebida sin mancha de pecado original desde el primer instante de su ser Purísima, Amen….
by J. J. Bowden Antonio Chaves, a resident of the town of Belen, New Mexico, petitioned the Provincial Deputation of New Mexico on February 16, 1825, asking that a tract of land known as Arroyo de San Lorenzo be granted to him. Chaves stated in his petition that the…
