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On February 20, 2010, join us to hear:
Angel R. Cervantes, of the
New Mexico DNA Project:
The Anglo-Saxons' Connection
to
New Mexico Families
Part IV of the series
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A special theme for this conference:
(Who Are You?)
by Sabine R. Ulibarrí, Ph.D.
The poem is from Sabine R. Ulibarrí: Critical Essays, edited by Maria Duke Dos Santós and Patricia de la Fuente, UNM Press, Albuquerque, NM 1995. Dr. Ulibarrí was Professor Emeritus of the Spanish and Portugese Department at the University of New Mexico when the New Mexico Genealogist editor spoke with him in 1999. The poem was reprinted in the Genealogist, September 1999, p. 115, and also on the NMGS website with his permission. Staff member Armando Sandoval assisted in the translation for the Genealogist. Dr. Ulibarrí passed away on January 4, 2003 in Albuquerque, NM. In a 1969 interview by the Albuquerque Journal, he had talked about how language and literature professors can help rebellious young people find themselves:
"To know language is to enter into intimacy of a people. To know it is to become committed to a people, a culture, a way of life. The teacher has the magic key that will open this treasure house of love."
You will find the poem printed on the Genealogy Conference program, in Spanish as well as English. Until then, you can see it on this website at http://www.nmgs.org/artwho.htm.
Our thanks, too, to UNM Press for their gracious permission to use it as our theme for this conference.
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A big THANK YOU for designing the 50th Anniversary logo goes to William Garcia of Montebello, California.
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 A fifth award has been added for History Day 2010:
Spanish New Mexican History
$100 will be awarded for Best Individual Exhibit for best use of primary sources, including oral history sources, in the genealogical, family history, or community history of Spanish New Mexico. This newest award is sponsored by a member of NMGS and NMHCPL. The other four are funded by Dr. Thomas G. Munyon and the New Mexico Genealogical Society.
See History Day on this website for all NM topics and past winners.
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RU interested in helping with the NMGS web site? It's a volunteer position, so it takes a special, dedicated person who is also interested in genealogy. It can be done from home. Send an e-mail to Pat Esterly, webmaster@nmgs.org, or to Robert Baca, NMGS President.
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What a team!
The New Mexico Genealogical Society and the
Albuquerque Genealogical Society
are working together in an effort to earn funds for our genealogy library, the
Special Collections branch of the Albuquerque Public Library system.
Any purchase from Amazon that goes through a link on the AGS or NMGS web site earns a modest percentage
that is donated in full to the Special Collections library for materials.
(A "win-win" situation for all library patrons!)
Buy your books, software, etc. through any Amazon link on this web site, and a percentage of the proceeds will benefit the Special Collections library.
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