EL FAROLITO
Past Issues Available

Spring 1998- Vol. 1 #1 
Commemorating the 400th Anniversary of the First Permanent European Colonization in the U.S.
New Mexico’s Ten Common Ancestors, by Jose Antonio Esquibel
Origins of the Early Colonists
Descendants of New Mexico’s First Settlers
Don Juan de Onate; Father of New Mexico
Controversy Surrounds the N.M. Cuarto Centenario Celebration
Early New Spain and New Mexico Time Line
Biografia: Olibama Lopez Tushar

Summer 1998 – Vol. 1 #2
New Mexico Cuarto Centenario Celebration
More on the Original Spanish Colonial Families of NM,
Founding Mothers of NM: The Perez de Bustillo Women
Tracing Your Ancestry: from Today to the Colonial Period …and Beyond, by Catherine Aragon
Ancestral Chart: Onate and the Explorers, Conquistadors, and Nobility of New Spain, by Catherine Aragon
Onate and the Explorers, Conquistadors and Nobility of Nueva Espana
Inspecion: dona Ana de Mendoza y dona Ana Ortiz Pacheco
Ancestral Chart: The Ancestry of don Juan de Onate
Hero or Villain: How Should We Remember don Juan de Onate
Direct Lines: From the Onate Colonists to OLT-HLRC members
Recommended Material on Onate and the Colonial Period of Nueva Mexico
Our Ancestors in the First Written Account of The Colonization of New Mexico
Corazon de Sephardim- Letter from a Crypto Jewess
New Mexico’s Spanish Colonial Historical and Genealogical Sites

Fall 1998 – Vol. 1 #3
The Original Colonists of New Mexico 1597-1602
Some Disturbing Tales of Man’s Inhumanity to Man
The Onate Colonists to OLT-HLRC: direct lines
1697 Census by don Diego de Vargas
More Sephardic Resources
Properly Researching, Documenting, and Presenting your Family History: Spanish Primary Records
Latin American Research Group
Spanish, Hispanos, and Others Captured by Native Americans in the Spanish Borderlands
Spanish Families in Spanish Colonial Louisiana 1762-1800

Winter 1998 – Vol. 1 #4
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Equity Act
People of the Camino Real

Sources for Research: American Southwest, Mexico, and Spain
Book Review: The Royal Road
Cemetery Searching
Onate’s Loyal Colonists
Don Juan de Onate The Founder of New Mexico 1598
Winter 1998- continued
Direct Lines from Onate Colonists to OLT-HLRC
1697 Census de Vargas Colonists Part II
Research on the Internet
Tribute: El Corrido de Don Juan de Onate

Spring 1999 – Vol. 2 #1
Researching Spanish and Mexican Land Grants
Timeline of the Establishment of New Mexico’s Communities
Pioneer License Plates, Colorado
Beyond New Mexico the Creole Families
Creole Charts
Aultman Collection: Trinidad Colorado
My Ancestral Wall
El Faro, poem
1697 Census; part III
World Wide Web

Summer 1999- Vol. 2 #2
Medina Women: 1743 Cundiyo Grant
Medina Lineage
Medina Direct Lines
Last Will and Testament of Elena Gallegos, 1731
People as Vessels of Culture: the Onate Expedition
Book Review: Living Shrines: Home Altars of NM 
Conejos Cemetery
Cinco de Mayo

Fall 1999 – Vol. 2 #3
The Baca-Ortiz Family: Ana de Pacheco: Otra Vez
Establishment of Government on the Northern Frontier of Nueva Espana
Correction to the Last Will and Testament of Elena Gallegos
La Familia Gallegos
Conejos Cemetery (cont.)
Portrait Preservation
Dating Old Photographs

Winter 1999 – Vol. 2 #4
One of Life’s Tragedies
Record of Passage to the New World: Juan Montes Vigil, 1609-1611
Montes Vigil Direct Lines
Vigil Family History
The Caravajal Colonists, 1580 Nueva Leon
Caravajal Family of New Spain
Conejos Cemetery (cont.)

Spring 2000 – Vol. 3 #1
Memorial Day Tribute: His Name was Alvarez
Robledo: Record of Passage, 1574
Robledo Direct Lines
A Soldier’s Career: Antonio Sena
My Great-Grandmother Manuela Armendariz
Care of Yellowing Newspaper
The Caravajal Colonists, 1580 Nueva Leon (cont.)
Kit Carson’s Home on the Santa Fe Trail
Research in Northeastern Mexico
Spain and US Join Forces on Historical Website

Summer 2000 – Vol. 3 #2
Massacre at Rio Abajo
Book Review: “The Spanish Recolonization of NM”
The Will of Ignacio Roybal y Torrado
Perils of Genealogy
Chain of Command- Spain to New Mexico
Capulin Cemetery
Genealogy Websites of Note

Fall 2000 – Vol. 3 #3
Celebracion!! Unveiling of bust of Olibama Lopez Tushar at DPL
The Leyva Nevares Heradia Family of Nueva Vizcaya- 1659-1710
The Leyba Family of New Mexico
“A Dubious Distinction” story of Paula Angel
Early History of Spain
Capulin Cemetery (cont.)

Winter 2000- Vol. 3 #4
The Descendants of Pedro Alonzo Maese
New Information on the Mexican Vital Records
History of Spain: Part II
Determining Birthdates
Websites of Note
The Leyva Nevares Heradia Family of Nueva Viscaya Part II
“Report from Santa Clara”
“I’m my own Grandpa”

Spring 2001- Vol. 4 #1
The Probable Kinship Between the Ortiz Family of NM and Governor don Diego de Vargas
The Ludlow Massacre
Santa Fe’s 1832 Regulations
The Leyva Nevares Heradia Family of Nueva Viscaya Part III
Pioneers of Las Animas County
New and Overlooked sources

Summer 2001- Vol. 4 #2
The History of La Fiesta de Santa Fe
The Proclamation of the Santa Fe Fiesta
Juan Paez Hurtado Ancestry and Descendant Chart
The Ancestry of Ignacio Aragon
Aragon Ancestry Chart
Name Origins
Chimayo Weavers Protest
Las Animas County Part II: Settlements West of Trinidad
The Inquisition, Tomas de Torquemada

Fall 2001 – Vol. 4 #3
Records of the Spanish Inquisition
Francisco de Madrid II
Name Origins: Madrid
Abiquiu Project Update
Getting the most out of the Diligencias Matrimoniales
Tomas Chacon, Frontier Scout and Pioneer
Gomez Cemetery, Conejos

Winter 2001 - Vol. 4 #4
Intermarriages  Among New Mexicans and Anglos
The Navajo Campaign of 1826-1837
The Guadalupita Colonists, Mora New Mexico
Madrid Plaza of Las Animas County
Senator J.M. Madrid, Las Animas County
Las Animas County Pioneer Documents and Pictures

Spring 2002 - Vol. 5 #1
Acequia Disputes
Beginning Your Family Genealogy Research, by J.A. Esquibel
Franklin D. Roosevelt's, “New Deal”, overlooked records of the WPA
Errata- Madrid Plaza and Las Animas County Pioneers: Winter Issue Vol 4 No.4 pg 20 & 26
Intermarriage Among New Mexicans and Americans, part II

Summer 2002 – Vol. 5 #2
Smallpox Epidemic of 1780-1781
Spain’s Role in the Eradication of Smallpox in the New World
Land Grant Victory
Taylor Ranch History
Use of Common Areas on New Mexico Land Grants
Beginning Genealogy Part II
Intermarriage  Among New Mexicans and Anglos, part III

Fall 2002 – Vol. 5 #3
Juan de Herrera an American Patriot
1880 Census Online
Municipal Governments
Book Review: Sacred Heart Church, Costilla NM Burials, 1865-1968
The Rio Grande, Its Many Names
Mestas/Nunez Families of NM, California and Colorado
California Missions
Mestas /Nunez Timeline
Mestas/Nunez Pictures
Beginning Genealogy Part III

Winter 2002 – Vol. 5 #4
Spain’s Role in the American Revolution: a Book Review
Soldiers of the Santa Fe Presidio During the American Revolution
19th Century Attitudes Toward New Mexicans
Jose Davila Garibi: Biography of One of Mexico’s Most Prolific Genealogical Researchers
Abiquiu Project Update
Beginning Genealogy Part IV
OLT-HLRC, Library Holdings

Spring 2003- Vol.6#.1
The Jaramillo Family
Descendants of Nicolas Jaramillo
The Fourth of July in New Mexico
More on the Land Grant Wars: San Miguel del Vado

Summer 2003- Vol.6 #.2
Descendants of Nicolas Jaramillo, Part II
Las Vegas in the Nineteenth Century
Publication of the Index and Transcription to the 1779 Census de San Bartolome, Nueva Viscaya.
Chronology: Spanish Expeditions and Related Events
Lobatos (Cenicero) Cemetery, Conejos  County

Fall 2003 – Vol.6 #.3
“Esta Gran Familia”, genealogy of the Lucero de Godoy family of Mexico City
Regulation of Trade- New Mexico and the United States
Monuments for the Ancestors

Winter 2003 – Vol.6#.4
Olibama Lopez Tushar, 2 Jan 1906 – 19 Jan 2004
The Sanchez de Inigo Puzzle
Jesus Maria Jaramillo
The Humble Jacal
Conejos Cemeteries – Lobato, (Cenicero) Part II

Spring 2004 – Vol. 7 #1
The Garcia Noriega Family by Geraldine Ana Ortiz LaPierre
Veterans Administration Gravesite Locator
Ancestral Pedigree Charts: Geraldine Ana Ortiz, Maria Rafaelita Garcia, Jose Salomon Garcia, Luis Maria Garcia de Noriega, Jose Pablo de Jesus Garcia de Noriega, Pedro Antonio Garcia de Noriega, Jose Salvador Garcia de Noriega, Juan Esteban Garcia de Noriega.
Lobatos, Conejos, Cemetery: Part 3 by Evangeline Gallardo Marston
Pedigree: Descendancy from Pedro Lucero de Godoy to Olibama Lopez Tushar- members, an outline.
Apolinar Rael and the San Luis Land Grant, Part 1 by Deborah L. Sanchez

Summer 2004 – Vol. 7 #2
Apolinar Rael and the San Luis Land Grant, Part 2
“Old is New Again in the Valley”; Taylor Ranch: Tom Noel professor, University of Colorado.
 “Land War Ends” San Luis Valley by Deborah Frazier, Rocky Mt. News Dec 13, 2003 
Map of Sangre de Cristo Grant
Last Farewell to Olibama Lopez Tushar with picture 
Last Will and Testament of Olibama Lopez Tushar
Index to Past Issues El Farolito:  Spring 1998–Winter 2003
Searching the 1930 United States Census

Fall 2004- Vol. 7 No.3
Colorado Grandparent of the Year, Jose Hilario Martinez-Margaret Turner
John J. Sedillo, Story and Obituary- J. Daniel Sedillo
Book Review, “It Tolled For New Mexico”
Family Memory and Genealogical Research, Jose A. Esquibel
Olibama Lopez Tushar’s Gift to Adams State College
Adobe Habitat- Interview with Evelyn Lara Martinez
Pictures of Mini Adobe Houses, Evelyn Lara Martinez
Spanish Colonial Coinage

Winter 2004- Vol. 7 No.4
Spain’s Role in The American Revolution
Mexican Research Sources
Tolmich- A European Family of New Mexico, Part 1, Margaret Turner
Descendancy Chart- Joseph T. Tolmich
The Hardships of Ocean Travel in 1544, part 1
       Bartolome de las Casas
The Spaniard’s First Glimpse of The Buffalo

Spring 2005- Vol. 8 No.1
A Nation of Shepherds by Donald Lucero- Book Review 
Excerpt from “A Nation of Shepherds”, Part I
Bent’s Old Fort – Emil Gimeno 
Tolmich Civil War Documents & Pedigree Charts- Part 2, Margaret Turner
The Hardships of Ocean Travel in 1544, part 2
Alamosa Spanish Cemetery

Summer 2005-Vol. 8 No. 2
A Nation of Shepherds Excerpt #2: “A Rage of Cannonballs,” Donald Lucero
Store Ledger Espinosa, Colorado 1901-1902
Pedigree of Josefa B. Espinosa
Alamosa Spanish Cemetery, photo, list of Burials
Unidentified photo- World War I soldiers

Fall 2005 -Vol. 8 No. 3
Spanish Records of Value in Tracing Latin American Ancestry, by George Ryskamp
Alamosa Spanish Cemetery, part III
Quintana Family Connections
Quintana Pedigree Charts
Special Award – George Stumpf, OLT member

Winter 2005 – Vol. 8 No.4 
Olibama Lopez Tushar Ancestry
Lopez Descendancy chart- J.M. Manzanares Descendancy chart
Fernandez Lopez pedigree – Josefina Manzanares pedigree
Plaza de Los Manzanares – residents
Parade Marshall- Olibama Lopez Tushar
Ortiz Family of New Mexico  -  Jose A. Esquibel
16th Century Secret- Hidden Synagogue in Portugal
Marine Poem
World War I, Draft Evaders from Colorado

Spring 2006 – Vol. 9 No.1
The Adolph R. Baca History
Dear Moses- letter to Olibama Tushar
Hidden Jews – Traced to NM Catholicism
Luis Gallegos de Terrazas - Family Descendancy, by David Gallegos
In Search of Diego Antonio Gallegos
In Search of Ramon & Maria Trinidad Martinez
World War I- Draft Evaders- continued.

Summer 2006- Vol. 9 No. 2
An Ambivalent Hispano Borderlander- Luis Maria Cabeza de Baca  - Vincent C de Baca 
Old Spanish Trail News
Writings of Olibama Lopez Tushar
Juan Bautista Cemetery, Florence, CO
Gallegos Family- part II (continued from Vol.9#1)
Voices From the Past:  NM Land Grants, Robert J. Torrez, Retired State Historian
World War I –Draft Evaders-continued

Fall 2006 – Vol. 9 No. 3 
An Ambivalent Hispano Borderlander - Luis Maria Cabeza de Baca, part 2: Vincent C de Baca
Obituaries :  Daisy V. Ortega and Margaret Martinez Valdez
Santiago Gallegos Information:  by Joe S. Gallegos
My Family Seeds, a Photo Story by Diena Sandoval Mohlman
Juan Manuel Baca, nephew of Luis Maria Cabeza de Baca: by Margaret Turner

Winter 2006 – Vol. 9 No. 4
Starkville a Southern Colorado Community, by Karen Jaramillo
El Farolito – Index 2004-2005
Descendants of Jose Quintana Valdez Altamirano y Cervantes, by Agapito D. Alarid
OLT Lending Library Index  updated February 2007
Museo De Las Americas- Special Exhibit, Altar Girls, Feb 16- June 10, 2007
Frustration, a poem

Spring 2007 – Vol. 10 No. 1
Medieval Hispano Surnames, Jose A. Esquibel
Voices From the Past:  The Salt Caravans – Robert Torrez, Retired State Historian
Lo de Basquez, the Vanishing Land Grant, Margaret Valdez Turner
Preserving the Knowledge of Our Ancestors, oral interviews 
Researching the Spanish Archives, Jose A. Esquibel
Contents of the Archives of the Cathedral of Durango – a summary
Enumeration Districts – NM 1900 U.S. Census part 1

Summer 2007 – Vol. 10 No. 2
Obituary – H.E. Marston
Spain & the American Revolution
US Military Service & Bounty Land Documents, Jose A. Esquibel
Military Resources – Denver Public Library
World War I picture A. Gonzales
Civilian Draft Registration – example
Medal of Honor Recipients, Joe Gallegos & Denise Miller
Veterans Day, Florence Italy
Tenth Mt. Division, Camp Hale, CO
WWII V-mail
Search of Soc. Sec Death Index, example

Fall 2007 – Vol. 10 #3
East Meets West/Tale of the Barnum Family – Diena Sandoval Mohlman
Hispanics in The Korean War
Research in the Western History & Genealogy Room of Denver Public Library : Jose A. Esquibel
Judge J. Frank Torres, Book Review- Jose A. Esquibel
A Sailors Farewell – Joseph L. Sandoval - Diena Sandoval Mohlman
Who Were The Vaqueros, Arnold Rojas
The Valdez Family- descendants of Juan Antonio Valdes:  Margaret Valdez Turner
Enumeration Districts of New Mexico- 1900 U.S. Census (cont. from Vol. 10#1)

Winter 2007- Vol. 10 - #4 
Medal of Honor for Bataan Death March Survivors – Catherine Aragon
The Fandango, description by Charles Alden – Rick Manzanares
150th Birthday of Fort Garland, summer 2008 – Rick Manzanares
Voices From The Past, Decline of the Mexican Presidio – Robert J. Torrez, Retired State Historian
Mestas/Nunez Family Update- Michael J. Turner
Twenty Ways To Avoid Genealogical Grief- suggestions for beginners- British Columbia Genealogist Vol.17#1 Mar/88
The Search For Lee Ward, journey in Search of a military man – Margaret Turner
Descriptions of the Enumeration Districts of the Twelfth Census- District of New Mexico, 1900

Spring 2008 –Vol. 11 -# 1
Voices From the Past:  Comanche Raid of 1776- Robert J. Torrez, Retired State Historian
Bustamante Family Lineage 1500s-1790- Jose Antonio Esquibel
All Trails Lead to Santa Fe:  400th Anniversary – International Call For Papers
The Founding and Founders of The Villa de Santa Fe- Jose Antonio Esquibel
Our Military Heroes, WW II, Bataan Death March Survivor, John Jessie Sedillo – J. Daniel Sedillo
Colonel Pierre Louis Vasquez, Mountain Man – Margaret Turner
Family History Center –list of microfilm in the permanent collection at  Northglenn- Colorado & New Mexico sources.

Summer 2008 – Vol. 11 #2
Founders of Santa Fe, Hernan Martin Serrano - Jose A. Esquibel 
Mi Herencia, prose, picture & pedigree -  Rose Thompson  
Voices From The Past, El Camino Real–Robert J. Torrez, Retired State Historian  
Pierre “Pedro” Vial , Mountain Man - Margaret Turner 
Fort Garland-150th Anniversary – Jose A. Esquibel 
Brigader General Alden -Catherine.Aragon 

Fall 2008 – Vol. 11 # 3
Voices From the Past:  Allegiance to the Spanish King–Robert J. Torrez, Retired State Historian  
Founders of Santa Fe, Hernan Martin Serrano Part II
Journey to Taos – the Story in Pictures, Photos by Shirley Cramer
New Mexico Traders on the Santa Fe Trail
New Mexico Digital History Project

Winter Edition 2008 Vol 11 # 4
Santa Fe Founding Families:  Hernán Martín Serrano, Part III by José Antonio Esquibel
Selected Bibliography for Martín Serrano Genealogy
Direct Line Lineages: Martín Serrano
Zacatecas: Origin of the Martínez Family by Catherine Aragon
Founders of Zacatecas: Genealogies  Compiled by Jose Antonio Esquibel
Soldiers of the 1598 Oñate Expedition that were Natives of Zacatecas
Families Recruited by Juan Páez Hurtado at Zacatecas in 1694 as Settlers of New Mexico 
Voices From the Past:  A Not So Modest Proposal by Robert J. Torrez, Retired State Historian
New Resources Available at the Denver Public Library
Gift Giving Fundraiser
Abiquiú Book Project Update