Table of Contents

I.                   Events

            Cinco de Mayo, by Vince Wren

           Planning a Family Reunion, presented by Al Sanford

II.                Research Tools

       The National Archives, presented by Barbara Rust,

           Archivist:

      Synopsis by Frank Moreno

·        Major Laws Relating to Immigration & Naturalization in the U.S.

·        WPA Index to Texas Naturalization – 7 RA-211

·        Copy of original certificate of naturalization

·        Copy of  “The certificate of arrival”

·        Copy of the passport car

Research in the Texas Land Records, presented by Don Raney

Hispanic Resources Available at Dallas Public Library Genealogy

      Section, presented by Lloyd Brockstrom

How Did You or Your Ancestors Get Your Name?  By Irma

          S. Vela

·        Example of a document of how saints were used, translated by

                    Dorina Thomas

·        Saints Calendar

Permeate Hispanic Microfilm rolls at the Family History

            Centers

III.             Family Histories

        Our great-grandfather in the U.S. Civil War     by

             Jerry & Gloria Benavides

Ascendants & Descendants of Frank Moreno & Margaret

          Ramos (wife)

·        Jesus Moreno – Jalisco, Mexico

·        Francisco Ramos – Jalisco, Mexico

·        Florentino Mena – Jalisco, Mexico

·        Ignacio Ramos – Mexico

·        José Herrera – Mexico

·        Paulo Reyes – Mexico

·        Atitiano Nieto – Jalisco, Mexico

·        Pioquinto Gonzales – Tamaulipas, Mexico

·        Leocadio Reyes – Mexico

Ascendants and Descendants of Laredoans

          Antonio Hernández & Guadalupe Rendón,

            Featuring Tomás Sanchez Researched & Prepared

                   by J.M. Benavides

More information on the Velas, by Roberto Vela II

·        More on the Chapas

·        Connecting the Chapas and Velas

Ancestor of Carmen Snachez, by Vince Wren

·        Descendants of Felipe Sanchez

·        Descendants of Albino Muñoz

·        Severiano Baeza

·        Dionincio Evaro

·        José María Aguilar

Ancestors of Rafaelita Cota Pérez

IV.              Recipes

·        Pan de Polvo

·        Sopapillas

·        Pumpkin Empanadas

·        Buñuelos

·        Tamales

·        Pollo a la chilidrón

V.                 Queries

VI.              I’m lost “can you help me find my ancestor”