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Preferred style for entries submitted to the New Mexico Genealogist:

Evidence! Citation & Analysis for the Family Historian by Elizabeth Shown Mills, and secondarily, The Chicago Manual of Style. It is preferred that lineage compilations follow formatting as outlined in The BCG Genealogical Standards Manual, Millennium Edition, published by the Board for Certification of Genealogists.



DNA & Genealogy:
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.

# 0976716011

Origins of NM Families

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period,

by Fray Angelico Chavez, revised ed. Museum of New Mexico.

ISBN #0890132399

Stanley M. Hordes 376 pgs, Columbia Univ. Press (March 17 2008).

ISBN-10: 0231129378

 Pueblos, Spaniards, and The Kingdom of New Mexico, a new book by John L. Kessell, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of New Mexico, Dr. Kessell specializes in the American Southwest during the Spanish Colonial period.

A narrative history devoted to the tumultuous seventeenth century in New Mexico. Kessell's work presents a clearer picture than ever before of events leading to the Pueblo Revolt.

ISBN-10: 0806139692


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.

Finding Your Hispanic Roots, by George R. Ryskamp, Genealogical Publishing Co, Dec 1997.

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, . .)"

Recommended by NMGS member Annette Wasco: [In this book, Dr. Ryskamp] "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."

 

Remnants of Crypto-Jews Among Hispanic Americans

by Gloria Golden (Author), Andrea Alessandra Cabello (Editor), Sohaib Raihan Editor

ISBN-10: 0915745569

Remnants-Crypto Jews

Genetic History
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 and president of the Prince George's County Genealogical Society.
ISBN-10:
1401601448

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.

Albuquerque celebrated its 300th birthday in 2006.

Albuquerque founding
# 082633160
2.01

Tree of Hate

Tree of Hate: Propaganda and Prejudices Affecting United States Relations with the Hispanic World

by Philip Wayne Powell (Author), Robert Himmerich y Valencia (Introduction)

[The author] seeks not merely to trace the origins of what he calls Hispanophobia but to analyze its impact on American education, textbooks, religion, and especially foreign policy. UNM Press, October 2008.


 Pueblos, Spaniards, and The Kingdom of New Mexico, a new book by John L. Kessell, Professor Emeritus of History at the University of New Mexico, specializes in the American Southwest during the Spanish Colonial period.

A narrative history devoted to the tumultuous seventeenth century in New Mexico. Kessell's work presents a clearer picture than ever before of events leading to the Pueblo Revolt. ISBN-10: 0806139692


Villagra

ISBN-10: 0826313922

Historia de la Nueva México, 1610: A Critical and Annotated Spanish/English Edition
(Paso Por Aqui Series) (Hardcover)

by Gaspar Pérez de Villagrá (Author), Miguel Encinias (Translator), Alfred Rodríguez (Translator), Joseph P. Sánchez (Translator)

Product Description
One of the first travel journals of its kind to be published, this epic poem about Juan de Oñate’s entrada that led to the founding of Nueva México in 1598 (to become the state of New Mexico 314 years later) is full of the hopes and dreams of those who traveled with Oñate. Historia de la Nueva México, 1610 was written fourteen years before John Smith’s History of Virginia. Its thirty-four cantos have long been considered a key source for early New Mexico history and this bilingual Spanish/English version presents it as literature.

By situating Historia de la Nueva México, 1610 within the Hispanic literary heritage, the work is restored to the canon of American literature.
 

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.Paperback: 320 pages, ISBN-10: 1401601448, ASIN: B000EMSNYY.

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.

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.

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.

An Illustrated History of New Mexico, by Thomas E. Chavez. UNM Press; 2002.

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.

The story of Padre Antonio José Martinez and Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy
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 highly romanticized version of Archbishop Jean Baptiste Lamy while serving in New Mexico. Unfortunately, at the expense of Padre Martinez.

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.

Note 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. Available through Amazon.com.
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.

 

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Legacy of Honor: the Life of Rafael Chacon, a Nineteenth Century New Mexican.

The family of author Jacqueline Dorgan Meketa has announced a limited release of first edition copies of this book.
They are new, never been read cloth-bound copies from the Meketa's private collection.  

University of New Mexico,  ISBN 0-8263-0886-4

“It was my Mother’s explicit wish that her books be in the hands of those who would appreciate them most.  Her undying love of the history of the New Mexico Territory and the people of the times defined who she was.  Her wish was to immortalize the common man and woman and the trials and events of their lives in such a way as to enrich our lives today.” ~Rebecca Meketa Lovesee~

Copies may be acquired for $80.00 and are limited to 2 per person. A photo of Jacqueline and her husband, historian Charles Meketa, is included. Contact:  Rebecca Lovesee, 3713 Camino Sacramento NE, Albuquerque, NM 87111.
(505) 323-4923


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