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From: Erlinda Castanon-Long
Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2010 06:16:38
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Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Presentations from the Nueva Galicia conference
this weekend
I was not able to attend the conference so really appreciate you putting the information package together and in the file section. I enjoyed reading it. thank you for doing that.
I’ve also been watching the genealogy special hosted by Mr. Gates. I was struck by an interveiw with Emmit Smith when he shared that when he sat on the steps of the slave quarters after learning his family history he felt that he gave his ancestors closure as well as learning where he came from and appreciated even more where he’s gone. He said he felt their presence at that moment. He shared with tears in his eyes and I just knew “He Got It! He displayed with emotion what researching means to me. It’s not just names and dates but stories of real lives, places and people who it took to get me and you here today. It impowers me but also hands me a responsibility to not waste what’s been handed me. Sometimes I had felt that all I got was survival skills and then I learned why these things were important by doing the research. When the records showed me the deaths of 4 of my Grandfather Marcelino Gutierrez siblings within 5 weeks, 3
from the flu and one from a scorpion sting I understood better the strength it took just to go on.
I believe I’m a better and more understanding person because of the geneology that I research for myself and others. I’m happy to see a series that showcases more than just names and dates but fleshes out the ancestors.
Linda in Marietta, Ga.
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From: “arturo.ramos2@gmail.com”
To: general@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Mon, March 8, 2010 5:15:13 PM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Presentations from the Nueva Galicia conference this weekend
I wanted to thank Helyn, Maria, Kitty and everyone else who went to great lengths to organize what turned out to be a great conference and a great reunion of wonderful people and adept genealogists.
Having failed to have handouts for my presentation, I have posted them online on Nuestros Ranchos. Kitty Cortez’s and Stanley Lucero’s presentations are also in the same folder.
http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/18530
Thanks again to the organizers and it was a pleasure meeting all of the attendees and putting faces to so many names I had known only over the internet.
Stanley,
Thanks so much for your presentation on the Tlaxcalan connection to New Mexico and Zacatecas.
It so happened that I’ve been reading up on the early settlers of New Mexico so your presentation really hit many musical chords.
It was great to meet you and your wife and to share a meal with our extended families……….it truly did feel like we were all family. The wonderment in everyone of our faces was amazing. Yolanda from the midwest, so great to meet you prima, somewhere we’ll connect on the Jauregui lines.
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From: “stanley.lucero@comcast.net”
To: general@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Tue, March 9, 2010 12:35:48 PM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Nueva Galicia Conference
Thanks to all of the organizers of this conference and for the invitation to share some of my research regarding the Tlaxcalans. I enjoyed meeting so many people dedicated to learning about their ancestors and look forward to other opportunities to share and compare information.
I know that we will eventually link our ancestors and verify that we are primos.
Stanley A Lucero
Madera, California
