This is a link to an excellent website about the history of the Spanish/Mexican Land Grants in Texas.. It contains a list of them, and also the story …
Oh, Alicia, you still have your Mom? Lucky you. Her meals sound so yummy. As for our Easter dinner, when I lived in the same town (San Jose) a…
Alicia, I have also been hungry for my Mother’s capirotada, made with toast, simple syrup, cheese and raisins. No onions or nuts like other peopl…
Here is one recipe for Nopal Salad (Ensalada de Nopalitos) from the website for American ex-pats living in Mexico. Also, I found this one in th…
Tamales and beans are rather heavy fare, so I would suggest keeping the side dishes light, such as Spanish Rice, Caesar salad, chunks of cantaloupe wi…
George, I discussed “de limosna” with my husband, and he told me about some of the reasons for the Protestant Reformation in Europe. One was “sim…
I always thought “de limosna” meant that the sacrament was given “out of charity” or alms for the poor. I think the rich people always gave donation…
I too have seen families with 2 children living at the same time with the same exact name. In one case, one was much older than the other, so perhaps…
Yes, Abram, I was just about to tell you what Alicia just did. If you have your tree on Ancestry, be sure to make it Private, don’t leave it as P…
Abram—- These are mailing lists, that is why you will always see the [Nuestros Ranchos] appear automatically in the Subject line. In order for …
Exactly, Abram, I think I already have told you not to trust what you see on Ancestry because the novices using their trolling Family Tree Maker s…
Abram, I put “black” as one of my races because in researching my genealogy, I came across many people in two of my father’s lines in Zacatecas wh…
aflores: I am wondering why you think “Mexicans” don’t have a race, only ethnicity. It has been my experience with Mexican-Americans and newly immig…
I have seen Latin in some baptisms of my ancestors in the late 1800s in a certain diocese that encomassed El Paso County Texas and Dona Ana County, in…
By problems, do you mean that everything you search for comes out zilch? That is what I am getting this evening. Emilie Port Orchard, WA …
