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DNA & Genealogy, by Colleen Fitzpatrick. Rice Book Press, 1st edition (2005). Commissioned by Family Tree DNA for their Second International Conference on Genetic Genealogy at National Geographic Headquarters in Washington DC. Beginner, intermediate, and advanced readers. Tutorials on the use of DNA for genealogy.
Unlocking Your Genetic History : A Step-by-Step Guide to Discovering Your Family's Medical and Genetic Heritage, by Thomas H. Shawker, M.D., chairman of the National Genealogical Society's Family Health and Heredity Committee sand president of the Prince George's County Genealogical Society. ISBN-10: 1401601448 ISBN-13: 978-1401601447
	Remnants of Crypto-Jews Among Hispanic Americans by Gloria Golden (Author), Andrea, Alessandra Cabello (Editor), Sohaib Raihan (Editor) 10 - 0915745569 13: 978-0915745562
	Hispanic Albuquerque 1706-1846, by Marc Simmons. UNM Press, 2003. Tells the story of the founding of the Villa de Alburquerque by Governor Francisco Cuervo y Valdes. We celebrated Albuquerque's 300th birthday in 2006!
	*Dictionary of New Mexico and Southern Colorado Spanish, by Rubén Cobos. Revised and expanded edition. UNM Press, July 2003. New Mexico: An Interpretive History*, by Marc Simmons. UNM Press; Reprint edition; October 1988.
*The Place Names of New Mexico*, by Robert Julyan, 1996. A geographical dictionary of New Mexico's towns and physical features. UNM Press; 2nd edition January 1999
Kit Carson and His Three Wives: A Family History, by Historian Marc Simmons. UNM Press; November 2003.
	*Origins of New Mexico Families:* A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, by Fray Angelico Chavez, revised ed. Museum of New Mexico.
*The Last Conquistador: Juan de Oñate and the Settling of the Far Southwest*, by Marc Simmons 1993. Recommended by Robert Torrez, former New Mexico State Historian.
	*The Battle of Glorieta Pass: A Gettysburg in the West, March 26-28, 1862,* by Thomas E. Edrington and John Taylor. UNM Press, 2001. Bloody Valverde, A Civil War Battle on the Rio Grande Feb 21 1862 by John McLellan Taylor. UNM Press, 1999.
*Penitentes of the Southwest*, by Marta Weigle, Ancient City Press, Dec 1982.
*An Illustrated History of New Mexico*, by Thomas E. Chavez. UNM Press; 2002.
	*Spain and the Independence of the United States: An Intrinsic Gift* by Thomas E. Chavez, Ph.D. The Revolutionary War in its broadest international context, and Spain's role in the development of the Americas.
Remnants of Crypto-Jews Among Hispanic Americans, by Gloria Golden. Floricanto Press, 2004.
To the End of the Earth: A History of the Crypto-Jews of New Mexico, by Stanley M. Hordes. Columbia Univ. Press, 2005.
What books would you recommend for these lists? Let me know at webmaster@nmgs.org.
	Gardens of New Spain: How Mediterranean Plants and Foods Changed America, by William W. Dunmire and Evangeline L. Dunmire. University of Texas, 2004. Wild Plants of the Pueblo Province: Exploring Ancient and Enduring Uses, by William W. Dunmire and Gail D. Tierney, Museum of New Mexico Press, 1995.
Finding Your Hispanic Roots, by George R. Ryskamp, Genealogical Publishing Co, Dec 1997. Recommended by NMGS member Annette Wasco: "covers civil, military, census, legal and sacramental records from both the old world and the new. Other topics include language peculiar to old Spanish language records, handwriting, naming conventions, and general research techniques and tips. I've found it very valuable in interpreting church records which have not been transcribed by NMGS yet." Notes from Amazon editorial review: ". . . much of the information contained in Ryskamp's classic Tracing Your Hispanic Heritage (1984) is readily available again in this updated, revised version that addresses recent developments (computer applications, microfilming, . .)"
	Two dynamic personalities of the late 1850s, whose philosophical differences clashed and reverberated throughout the territory. But Time and Chance, by Fray Angelico Chavez. A vivid record of the life of the controversial Padre Jose Martinez of Taos. Sunstone Press, 1st ed., Jun 1, 1981. Death Comes for the Archbishop, by Willa Cather. Fiction, Vintage books. A romanticized version of Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy while serving in New Mexico.
A recommendation from NMGS member Armando Sandoval: Other books help to illuminate the true story of Padre Martinez of Taos: 1) New Perspectives from Taos with essays by E. A. Mares, Bette S. Weidman, Fr. Thomas J. Steele, Patricia Clark Smith, and Ray John de Aragon. UNM Press, 1989. 2) Memorias sobre la vida del Presbitero Don Antonio Jose Martinez, por Pedro Sanchez. Original Spanish text, with English translation by Ray John de Aragon. Lightning Tree publishers, 1978. The original Spanish edition of this book was published in 1903. NEW BOOK: Fr. Juan Romero's latest book is now available. It's an English version of a never-before published 1877 Manuscript Biografía del Presbíbero Antontio José Martinez, Cura de Taos. You can order it now: Send payment of $22 (includes tax and postage) to THE TAOS CONNECTION -- 47741 East Palm Canyon Dr., C-135 -- Palm Springs, CA 92264.
	Land Grants and Lawsuits in Northern New Mexico, by Malcolm Ebright. UNM Press, December 1993.
	An Illustrated History of New Mexico, by Thomas E. Chavez, UNM Press, 2002. Gifts, tools, jewelry, etc. All purchases (except gift certificates) help our library.

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