Speaker for

HOGAR de Dallas

General Meeting

Rick Leal Topic: “Using Documentaries to Record Dallas Hispanic History” -

was born and educated in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. He attended the University of Texas at Austin where a B.S. was earned in Radio-TV-Film (Communications), as well as a B.A. in Government. His specialty for the last 25 years has been the production of documentaries, for television, that highlight the Mexican-American experience. Mr. Leal is married to Angie and has two children - Veronica and Steven.

His employment history is quite impressive as is his production credits.  As of August 1986-February 1995 he was producer/director for KMBH Cannel 60 in Harlingen, Texas; May 1955-June 2002 he served as Associate Producer for KERA channel 13 in Dallas, Texas; June 2002-November 2002 he was a freelance producer for Galan Productions in Austin, Texas; and from November 2002 to the present he is a Freelance Producer for the city of Forth Worth – City Manager’s Office- Community Cable Television. Video clips from various documentaries and stories Mr. Leal has produced over the years including “Little Mexico: El Barrio” and current production on west Dallas community of Cement City, will be presented.    

           Producer of Hispanic Documentaries - rick.leal@fortworthgov.org

His production credits are:

            1993-Present    Cine Sol Latino Film Festival (Founding Member)

                  1990                   Friday Night Under the Light

                  1991                   Pearl Harbor Survivors:  Their Story

                  1992                   Palo Alto: A Battle That Changed America

                  1993                   Squadron 201: Mexico’s Aztec Eagles

                  1994                   Taiwan: The New China

                  1995                   Health & You

                  1996                   Vistas Del Valle

                  1997                   Little Mexico/El Barrio

                  1997                   Freedman’s Cemetery

                  1998-2002          On the Record

                  1999                   U.S. Mexican War 1846-1848                               

                  2000                   Texas and the Latino Vote

                  2002                   Visiones: Latino Art and Culture (Santeros)

                  2003                   America’s Deadliest Storm: Galveston Island 1900

Tresa Tatyrek: Topic:  “Genealogy on the Internet, the Good, the Bad, and the

            Ugly” -has been active in several genealogical societies and activities.  

The Grapevine Namedroppers in Grapevine, TX drew her attention because the library is so close to her and has a small genealogy collection and librarians that are truly interested in the activities of the people in their community. 

       She is the list mother for several surname mail lists on rootsweb. 

       As past President of the  Dallas Genealogical Society  she remains an active participant in events and maintaining their web presence.  She became involved because she wanted to support the genealogical collection of the Dallas Public Library. She supports and uses this wonderful facility.

       She teaches a Special Interest Group on Family Tree Maker once a month for the Dallas Genealogical Society at the J. Erik Jonsson Library.

       She is a member of the DAR, a lineage society of women that have ancestors that fought for or contributed to the fight for American Independence.

       sig@dallasgenealogy.org

Leonor Villarreal or representive –  “The Soul of Little Mexico of Dallas,

            Texas St. Ann’s School in Dallas”  Will present the history of St. Ann’s school –

Janet Khashab –  “Documenting Your Research” – Janet Khashab  is a third generation American of Mexican decent. After serving in World War II, Janet’s father worked for the U.S. Department of Agriculture in Mexico as an interpreter, so Janet spent most of her pre-school years in Mexico. Her family returned to the Dallas area before she was seven, but her Spanish language skills did not survive the transplant.  Janet graduated from the University of Texas with a bachelor’s degree in history.  She taught English as a Foreign Language to university students for seven years and then worked at various university libraries as a research assistant for 13 years before taking an early retirement. She has been tracing her Mexican roots for nearly 10 years and has served three years as secretaray of Hispanic Organization for Genealogy and Research (HOGAR) of Dallas.

jadpkh76@gmail.com

David Campos-  “Historical Research for those of   Hispanic Heritage at the J.

                          Ernik Jonsson Library of Dallas” (Bio to come in next Newsletter)

                                             david.campos@dallaslibrary.org