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OF PUBLISHED WORKS, PAPERS PRESENTED, RESEARCH CONSULTATION, AND LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS

Updated 1/1/07

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Books

José Antonio Esquibel and Charles M. Carrillo, A Tapestry of Kinship: The Web of Influence among Escultores and Carpinteros in the Parish of Santa Fe, 1790-1850, LPD Press, Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, 2004.

José Antonio Esquibel and John B. Colligan, The Spanish Recolonization of New Mexico: An Account of the Families Recruited at Mexico City in 1693, Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1999 (447pp).

Christine Preston, Douglas Preston, and José Antonio Esquibel, The Royal Road El Camino Real from Mexico City to Santa Fe, University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1998 (178pp).

Gloria M. Valencia y Valdez, Robert D. Martínez, and José Antonio Esquibel, editors, Aquí Se Comienza: A Genealogical History of the Founding Families of La Villa de San Felipe de Alburquerque, New Mexico Genealogical Society, Albuquerque, 2007 (590pp).

 

Monograph

Remembrance/Recordación: The Spanish Colonists that Arrived in Santa Fe, 23 June 1693, Genealogical Society of Spanish America, Denver, 1994, 43pp.

 

Anthology Contributions

"Sacramental Records and the Preservation of New Mexico Family Genealogies from the Colonial Era to the Present," in Seeds of Struggle, Harvest of Faith: Papers of the Catholic Cuarto Centennial Historical Conference, LPD Press, Albuquerque, 1998, 27-41.

"Mexico City to Santa Fe: Spanish Pioneers on the Camino Real, 1693-94," El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, Santa Fe, 1999, Vol. 2, 59-65.

The Formative Era of New Mexico's Colonial Population, 1693-1700”,  in Transforming Images: New Mexican Santos in-between Worlds, Claire Farago and Donna Pierce with Marianne Stoller and others, Pennsylvania State University Press, 2006.

“Romero and Góngora,” in Aqui se Comienza A Genealogical History of the Founding Families of La Villa de San Felipe de Alburquerque, New Mexico Genealogical Society, Albuquerquem 2007.

“Pedro Durán y Chaves and Doña Juana de Montoya,” José Antonio Esquibel and Patryka Durán y Chaves, in Aqui se Comienza A Genealogical History of the Founding Families of La Villa de San Felipe de Alburquerque, New Mexico Genealogical Society, Albuquerque, 2007.

“Possible Founders,” Gloria M. Valencia y Valdez and José Antonio Esquibel, in Aqui se Comienza A Genealogical History of the Founding Families of La Villa de San Felipe de Alburquerque, New Mexico Genealogical Society, Albuquerque, 2007.

“Alliances through Marriage and Compadrazgo: Strengthening Family and Social Bonds among the Founding Families of Alburquerque,” in Aqui se Comienza A Genealogical History of the Founding Families of La Villa de San Felipe de Alburquerque, New Mexico Genealogical Society, Albuquerque, 2007.

“A Measure of Fortitude and Determination,” Aqui se Comienza A Genealogical History of the Founding Families of La Villa de San Felipe de Alburquerque, New Mexico Genealogical Society, Albuquerque, 2007.

 

Current Research and Writings

“The Ortiz Family of Mexico City: 1569-1693” (to be published in a 2006 issues of El Farolito)

“The Genealogy of Gregoria Ruiz de Castañeda, Matriarch of the Silva Family of 18th-century New Mexico” (to be published in the summer or fall 2006 issue of HGRC’s Herencia and will be presented at the HGRC banquet in July 2006).

“The Zaldívar, Díaz de Mendoza, and Oñate Families, 1450-1650: New Genealogical Findings,” Part III (to be published in late 2006 or early 2007 in an issues of HGRC’s Herencia)

 Vecinos, Mineros y Hacendados: The Sáez Family of Nueva Vizcaya and Nuevo México, 1600-1750,” with Robert D. Martínez

New Mexico in the 17th Century: The Military Career of Juan Domínguez de Mendoza (with France V. Scholes, Eleanor B. Adams, and Marc Simmons)

New Mexico Genízaro Genealogy”

“References to the Santa Fe Plaza and Surrounding Area Found in Seventeenth Century Records of the Inquisition”

Vásquez de Lara: Last Will and Testament of Doña Leonor de Orozco”

 “New Mexico’s Pastoral Society” (essay for El Camino Real Project)

“The Spanish Frontier Cattle Ranching and the Legacy of the Vaquero Tradition” (essay for El Camino Real Project).

 

Published Articles

1."Esquibel Families of Eighteenth Century New Mexico," New Mexico Genealogist, Journal of the New Mexico Genealogical Society, Vol. 31, No. 1, March 1992: 20-28; Vol. 31, No. 2, June 1992: 50-58; Vol. 31, No. 3, September 1992: 81-89; Vol. 32, No. 1, March 1993; and Vol. 32, No. 2, March 1993: 40-52.

 

2. "A Line of Descent from Don Vicente de Zaldívar y Oñate," Nuestra Raíces, Journal of the Genealogical Society of Hispanic America, Vol. 4, No.1, March 1992: 40-52

 

3. "Mexico City Roots: Baptismal Records of Miguel de Quintana Valdés Altamirano y Cervantes and José de Quintana Valdés Altamirano y Cervantes," Nuestra Raíces, Vol. 4, No. 2, June 1992: 41-3.

 

4. "Don Diego Vásquez Borrego: A Biography," Nuestra Raíces, Vol. 5, No. 2, Summer 1993: 54-8.

 

5. "A Pioneering Family: Immediate Descendants of Don Diego Vásquez Borrego," Nuestra Raíces, Vol. 5, No. 2, Summer 1993, 59-64.

 

6. "The Colonists Recruited at Mexico City by the Viceroy in 1693," Nuestra Raíces, Vol. 5, No. 3, Fall 1993: 86, 90-91, 94-5.

 

7. "Doña Eufemia, La Valerosa: The Great Martesia of Oñate's Colony," Herencia, Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico, Vol. 2, Issue 2, April 1994: 19-28.

 

8. "Abrego y Gutiérrez de Baeza: A Sixteenth Century Spanish Frontier Family," Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research (SHHAR) Genealogical Journal, Vol. I, 1994: 27-36.

 

9. "Lines of Descent from Don Alonso XI, Rey de Castilla y León, to Don Ruy Díaz de Mendoza y Arellano," SHHAR Genealogical Journal, Vol. I, 1994: 27-36.

 

10. "Marriage Record of Blas de la Garza and Teresa Guerrero," SHHAR Genealogical Journal, Vol. I, 1994: 83-85.

 

11. "Blea/Díaz Family," Herencia, Vol. 2, Issue 3, July 1994: 2-10.

 

12. "Just Who Was the Wife of Gerónimo Márquez?," Herencia, Vol. 2, Issue 2, July 1994: 36.

 

13. "Genealogical Essays on Three Seventeenth Century New Mexico Families: Paredes, López de Gracia, and Manzanares," Nuestra Raíces, Vol. 6, No. 1, Spring 1994: 6-13 ('Introduction and A Suggestive Inquiry into the Ancestry of María de Paredes'); Vol. 6, No. 3, Fall 1994: 92-102 ('López de Gracia: Clarifying Familial Relations' and 'Some Hints About Manzanares Roots in Colonial New Mexico').

 

14. "Addendum to 'Don Diego Vásquez Borrego: A Biography," Nuestra Raíces, Vol. 6, No. 3, Fall 1994: 90-91.

 

15. "Esquibel Families of Nineteenth Century New Mexico, Part I: Descendents of Juan Jose Esquibel and María Rafaela Martín," Herencia, Vol. 2, Issue 4, October 1994: 30-43.

 

16. "Sánchez de la Barrera: The History and Genealogy of a Northern Frontier Family, Parts I and II," SHHAR Genealogical Journal, Vol. II, 1995: 23-38.

 

17. "Baptismal and Marriage Records of Nuestra Señora de las Nieves, Nueva Galicia, 1586-1592," SHHAR Genealogical Journal, Vol. II, 1995: 69-82.

 

18. "Los Borrego de San Juan: Luis Borrego and His Descendents," Nuestra Raíces, Vol. 7, No. 3, Fall 1995: 116-31.

 

19. "Sánchez de la Barrera: The History and Genealogy of a Northern Frontier Family, Parts III, IV, and V," SHHAR Genealogical Journal, Vol. III, 1996: 1-35.

 

20. "The Family of Capitán Don Alberto del Canto, Founder of Saltillo," SHHAR Genealogical Journal, Vol. III, 1996: 67-70.

 

21. "Ana's Story," Nuestra Raíces, Vol. 8, No. 2, Summer 1996: 60-3.

 

22. "Mexico City to Santa Fe: Spanish Pioneers on the Camino Real, 1693-94," El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro, Bureau of Land Management, New Mexico State Office, Santa Fe, 1999, Vol. 2, 59-65.

 

23. "The Ancestry of Buenaventura de Esquibel, 1570-1684," Herencia, Vol. 4, Issue 2, April 1996: 10-24; and Vol. 4, Issue 3, July 1996.

 

24. "Some Common Spanish Ancestors of Colonial New Mexico," La Herencia del Norte, Vol. IX, Fall, 1996: 23.

 

25. "List of Residents Traveling from New Mexico, 1712-1716," New Mexico Genealogists, Vol. 35, No. 3, September 1996: 75-81.

 

26. "On the Identity of Doña Ana de Mendoza (Supposed Wife of Gerónimo Márquez)," New Mexico Genealogist, Vol. 35, No. 3, September 1996: 74.

 

27. "Clarification on the Marriage Relationship of Doña Ana de Mendoza (Supposed Wife of Gerónimo Márquez)," Nuestra Raíces, Vol. 8, No. 4, Winter 1996: 144-47.

 

28. "Descendants of Gregorio López and Juana Romero de Medina, 1745-1860: Santa Cruz, Quemado, Cundiyo, Embudo, Picurís, Chamisal, Taos and Mora," Part I, Nuestra Raíces, Vol. 8, No. 4, Winter 1996: 168-78.

 

29. "Descendants of Gregorio López and Juana Romero de Medina, 1745-1860: Santa Cruz, Quemado, Cundiyo, Embudo, Picurís, Chamisal, Taos and Mora," Part II, Nuestra Raíces, Vol. 9, No. 2, Summer 1997: 66-79.

 

30. "The Bueno Family of New Mexico, 1751-1850," Herencia, Vol. V, Issue 3, July 1997: 6-19.

 

31. "The Jewish-Converso Ancestry of Doña Beatriz de Estrada, Wife of Don Francisco Vásquez de Coronado," Nuestra Raíce, Vol. 9, No. 4, Winter 1997.

 

32. "The Paternal Ancestry of Don Alonso de Estrada, Tesorero y Gobernador de Nueva España, and the Revised Genealogy of the Sosa Albornoz Family," Nuestra Raíces, Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 1998: 34-38. Also published in Genealogical Journal: Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research, Vol. IV 1998, 1-22.

 

33. "Josefa de Pas Bustillos y Ontiveros: Matriarch of the Bustos Family of Colonial New Mexico," New Mexico Genealogist, Vol. 37, No. 1, March 1998: 19-24 & No. 2, June 1998: 71-75.

 

34. "Sacramental Records and the Preservation of New Mexico Family Genealogies from the Colonial Era to the Present," in Seeds of Struggle, Harvest of Faith: Papers of the Catholic Cuarto Centennial Historical Conference, LPD Press, Albuquerque, 1998, 27-41.

 

35. "Tragedy Among Oñate's Colony: A Chronicle of the Sosa Albornoz Family," Nuestra Raíces, Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 1998: 3-8 & Vol. 10, No. 2, Summer 1998.

 

36. "Founding Mothers of New Mexico: The Pérez de Bustillo Women," El Farolito (Journal of the GSHA/Olibama López Tushar Hispanic Research Center, Denver, CO), Vol. 1, No. 2, Summer 1998: 15-18.

 

37. "Papers of Merits and Services of 17th Century New Mexico Citizens," Herencia (quarterly journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico), Vol. VI, Issue 3, October 1998.

 

38. "New Light on the Jewish-converso Ancestry of Don Juan de Oñate: A Research Note," in Colonial Latin American Historical Review, Vol. 7, No. 2, Spring 1998: 175-190. (View the Jewish-converso Lineage of Don Juan de Oñate)

 

39. "Remembering El Camino Real de Tierra Adentro," in the January 1999 issue of Mirage, the magazine of the University of New Mexico Alumni Association.

 

40. "Gente del Camino Real de la Tierra Adentro: Additional Material from The Royal Road," in El Farolito (Journal of the GSHA/Olibama López Tushar Hispanic Research Center, Denver, CO), Vol. 1, No, 4, Winter 1998: 12-16.

 

41. "Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families: The Web Site," January 1999 issue of Herencia (quarterly journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico).

 

42. "People as Vessels of Culture: The Oñate Expedition," El Farolito, Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer 1999: 18-24.

 

43. "Last Will and Testament of Elena Gallegos, 1731," El Farolito, Vol. 2, No. 2, Summer 1999: 15-17.

 

44. "The Baca-Ortiz Family and Don Francisco Pacheco de Córdoba y Bocanegra: Otra Vez," El Farolito, Vol. 2, No. 3, Fall 1999: 5-6.

 

45. "Correction to 'The Last Will and Testament of Elena Gallegos, 1731,'" El Farolito, Vol. 2, No. 3, Fall 1999: 8.

 

46. "Montes Vigil Record of Passage to the New World, 1609-1611," (English Translation), El Farolito, Vol. 2, No. 4, Winter 1999: 7-8.

 

47. "The Robledo Family: Records of Passage to the Americas, 1574," El Farolito, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 2000: 6-7.

 

48. "Researching Family Roots of Northeastern Mexico," El Farolito, Vol. 3, No. 1, Spring 2000: 24-29.

 

49. "New Mexico Colonial Patriots and the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution," New Mexico Genealogist, Vol. 39, No. 1, March 2000: 25-26.

 

50. "Hints of the Jewish Ancestry in the Góngora Family of Colonial New Mexico," Nuestra Raíces, Spring 2000.

 

51. "The Will of Don Ignacio de Roybal y Torrado," (Summary and Translation), El Farolito, Vol. 3, No. 2, Summer 2000: 9-18.

 

52. "The Leyva-Nevares Heredia Extended Family of Nueva Vizcaya, 1659-1710," Part I, El Farolito, Vol. 3, No. 3, Fall 2000: 5-15, Part II, El Farolito, Vol. 3, No. 4, Winter 2000, 21-26, and Part III, El Farolito, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 2001, 17-21.

 

53. "The Probable Kinship Between the Ortiz Family of New Mexico and Governor Don Diego de Vargas," El Farolito, Vol. 4, No. 1, Spring 2001, 5-10.

 

54. "The Moya Family Records of Passage to New Spain, 1599-1600," Herencia, Vol. 9, Issues 2, April 2001, 5-15.

 

55. "The Ancestry of Ignacio de Aragón," El Farolito, Vol. 4, No. 2, Summer 2001, 13-23.

 

56. “Records of the Spanish Inquisition: A Critical Source for the Genealogy and History of New Mexico's Colonial Families," El Farolito, Vol. 4, No. 3, Fall 2001, 5-11.

 

57. "Francisco de Madrid II: New Genealogical and Historical Information from Seventeenth-Century Inquisition Records," El Farolito, Vol. 4, Vol. 4, No. 3, Fall 2001, 11-14.

 

58. "Bernalillo Census: 1806-1807," New Mexico Genealogist, Vo. 41, No. 1, March 2002, 3-15.

 

59. “Beginning Your Family Genealogy Research,” Part I, El Farolito, Vol. 5. No. 1, Spring 2002, 5-10; Part II, El Farolito, Vol. 5. No. 2, Summer 2002, 21-24; Part III, El Farolito, Vol 5. No. 2, Fall 2002 28-30; and Part IV, El Farolito, Vol. 5, No. 2, Winter 2002.

 

60. "Family Record Book of Juan Andrés Mascareñas, La Sevilleta de la Joya, 1805-1845," Herencia, Vo. 10, Issue 2, April 2002, 7-17.

 

61. "Pintores Sin Obras: Thirteen Painters of New Mexico Without Known Works, 1659-1768,” Tradición Revista: The Journal of Contemporary and Traditional Spanish Colonial Art and Culture, Vol. 7, Issue 2, Summer 2002, 76-81. (www.nmsantos.com).

 

62. “Juan Luis de Herrera and the Soldiers of the Santa Fe Presidio: Patriots of the American Revolution,” in La Verdad con Orgullo, newsletter of the New Mexican Hispanic Preservation League, Vol. 4, No. 7, July 2002; and in El Farolito, Vol. 5, No. 3, Fall 2002, 5-7.

 

63. “Confirming the Identity of the Santo Niño Santero: José Manuel Benavides, Escultor, ca. 1798-1852,” co-authored with Charlie Carrillo, Tradición Revista: The Journal of Contemporary and Traditional Spanish Colonial Art and Culture, Vol. 7, Issue 3, Fall 2002. (www.nmsantos.com).

 

64. “The Romero Family of Seventeenth-Century New Mexico,” Part I, Herencia, Vol. 11, Issue 1, January 2003, 1-30;

 

65. “The Romero Family of Seventeenth-Century New Mexico,” Part II, Herencia, Vol. 11, Issue 3, July 2003, 2-20.

 

66. “The Artisan Families of Mexico City that Settled New Mexico in 1694,” Tradición Revista: The Journal of Contemporary and Traditional Spanish Colonial Art and Culture, Vol. 8, Issue 1, Spring 2003, 31-36. This article is featured on this web page: http://nmsantos.com/cgi-local/shop.pl/SID=1083660471.29936/page=ArtisanFamilies.htm.

 

67. “ ’Esta Gran Familia’: The Genealogy of the Lucero de Godoy Family of Mexico City,” El Farolito, Vol. 6, No. 3, Fall 2003, 5-21.

 

68. “The Sánchez de Iñigo Puzzle: New Genealogical Considerations,” El Farolito, Vol. 6, No. 3, Winter 2003, 8-17.

 

69. “The Zaldívar, Díaz de Mendoza, and Oñate Families, 1450-1650: New Genealogical Findings,” Part I, Herencia (Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico) , Vol. 12, Issue 3, July 2004, 2-16.

 

70. “The Zaldívar, Díaz de Mendoza, and Oñate Families, 1450-1650: New Genealogical Findings,” Part II, Herencia, Vol. 12, Issue 4, October 2004, 2-11.

 

71. Parientes” (“Fifty Years of ‘Origins of New Mexico Families’), column in La Herencia: Our Past Our Present, Our Future, Volume 43, Spring 2004.

 

72. “Parientes” (‘The Pioneering Spirit of Los Trujillo’), column in La Herencia: Our Past Our Present, Our Future, Volume 43, Fall 2004, 64-65.

 

73. “Parientes” (‘Los Gallegos: Three Centuries of a Frontier Family’), column in La Herencia: Our Past Our Present, Our Future, Volume 44, Winter 2004, 52.

 

74. “Eulogy for Don Diego de Vargas Zapata Ponce de León, Governor of New Mexico, 1691-1697, 1703-1704, La Herencia: Our Past Our Present, Our Future, Volume 44, Winter 2004, 53.

 

75. “Parientes” (‘The Gutiérrez Family’), column in La Herencia: Our Past Our Present, Our Future, Volume 45, Spring 2005, 44.

 

76. “The Tupatú and Vargas Accords: Orchestrating Peace in a Time of Uncertainty, 1692-1696,” El Palacio (magazine of the Museum of New Mexico), Vol. 111, No. 1, Spring 2006, 16-19.

 

77. . “Parientes” (‘The Madrid Family’), column in La Herencia: Our Past Our Present, Our Future, Volume 46, Summer 2005, 47.

 

78. “Los Argüelles, A.D. 1350 – A.D. 1600: Ancestors of the Montes Vigil Family of New Mexico,” co-authored with Marietta Vigil Gonzales and Juan Díaz Álvarez, forthcoming in Herencia, Vol. 13, Issue 3, July 2005.

 

79. “Parientes” (‘The Pacheco-Ortiz Family’), column in La Herencia: Our Past Our Present, Our Future, Volume 47, Fall 2005, 46-47.

 

80. “Parientes” (‘The Roybal Family’), column in La Herencia: Our Past Our Present, Our Future, Volume 48, Winter 2005, 42-43.

 

81. “Romero and Góngora,” forthcoming in Aqui se Comienza A Genealogical History of the Founding Families of La Villa de San Felipe de Alburquerque to be published by the New Mexico Genealogical Society.

 

82. “Alliances through Marriage and Compadrazgo: Strengthening Family and Social Bonds among the Founding Families of Alburquerque,” forthcoming in Aqui se Comienza A Genealogical History of the Founding Families of La Villa de San Felipe de Alburquerque to be published by the New Mexico Genealogical Society.

 

83. Ortiz Family Genealogical Research and New Records for the Ortiz Family of Mexico City, in El Farolito, Vol. 8, No. 4, 2005.

 

84. “Introduction” for The Santa Fe Presidio Soldiers: Their Donation to the American Revolution, compiled by Henrietta Martínez Christmas, New Mexico Genealogical Society, forthcoming, 2006.

 

84. “Parientes” (‘The Rael Family’), column in La Herencia: Our Past Our Present, Our Future, Volume 49, Spring 2006.

 

85. “Parientes” (‘Founding Mothers of Alburquerque’), column in La Herencia: Our Past Our Present, Our Future, Volume 50, Summer 2006, 40.

 

86. “Roots to Branches: The Soltero Ruiz de Castañeda Ancestry of Gregoria Ruiz, Wife of Antonio de Silva,” Herencia, Vol. 14, Issue 3, July 2006, 2-10.

 

87. With Damien Aragón, “Aragón and Esquibel DNA Research Findings and the New Mexico DNA Project,” Herencia, Vol. 14, Issue 3, July 2006.

 

89. “Parientes” (‘The Romero Family’), column in La Herencia: Our Past Our Present, Our Future, forthcoming in Volume 51, Fall 2006.

 

90. “The Palace of the Governors in the Seventeenth Century,” El Palacio (magazine of the Museum of New Mexico), Vol. 111, No. 3, Fall 2006, 24-29.

 

91. “Parientes (‘Vásquez de Lara Family’), in La Herencia: Our Past Our Present, Our Future, in Volume 52, Winter 2006, 39.

 

92. “Parientes” (‘Mestizaje’), in La Herencia: Our Past Our Present, Our Future, forthcoming in Volume 53, Spring 2007.

 

 

Research Consultation

Museum of Spanish Colonial Art, 2004

A Tapestry of Kinship: Rediscovered Santeros of Colonial Santa Fe (Un tapiz de parentesco: Santeros de Santa Fe colonial discubiertos de Nuevo)

 

El Camino Real Project, 1995-96 & 2001-02

          Gallery of Historical Figures for the El Camino Real Cultural Heritage Center (1995-1996)

Essay: “New Mexico’s Pastoral Society” (2001-2002)

                                    Essay: “Spanish Frontier Cattle Ranching and the Legacy of the Vaquero Tradition (2001-2002)

 

El Rancho de la Golandrinas Museum, 1997-98—

Founding Mothers of New Mexico Exhibition

 

Vargas Project, 1993-94—

To the Royal Crown Restored: The Journals of Don Diego de Vargas, New Mexico, 1692-1694, John L. Kessell, Rick Hendricks, and Meredith D. Dodge, eds., J. Ignacio Avellaneda, Associate Editor, Larry D. Miller, Assistance Editor, José Antonio Esquibel, Research Consultant. University of New Mexico Press, Albuquerque, 1995.

 

Papers Presented

"Tragedy Among Oñate's Colony: A Chronicle of the Sosa Albornoz Family," 21pp (1994). Paper presented at the 36th Annual New Mexico/Arizona Historical Convention, Tucson, Arizona, April 14, 1995.

 "The History of a Spanish Matriarch of Eighteenth Century Northern New Mexico: Josefa de Pas Bustillos y Ontiveros." Paper presented at the Historical Society of New Mexico 1996 Annual Conference, April 20, 1996, Las Vegas, NM.

"The Jewish Converso Ancestry of Don Juan de Oñate." Paper presented at a meeting of the New Mexico Jewish Historical Society, June 23, 1996, Albuquerque, NM. This paper was revised for publication in the Colonial Latin American Historical Review (Spring 1998) and re-titled as "New Light on the Jewish-converso Ancestry of Don Juan de Oñate: A Research Note."

"Journey to New Mexico: Ana's Story" (1994). Paper presented at the 1996 Annual Conference of the Genealogical Society of Hispanic America, Pueblo, CO, June 29, 1996.

"Sacramental Records and the Preservation of New Mexico Family Genealogies from the Colonial Era to the Present." Paper presented at the Archdiocese of Santa Fe Cuarto Centennial Conference, September 8-9, 1997, Santa Fe, NM.

"Don Diego Vásquez Borrego: Adventurer and Prominent Rancher of Belen, 1733-1753." Paper presented at the Historical Society of New Mexico 2000 Annual Conference, April 14, 2000, Los Lunas, NM.

  

Research Projects on hold:

"The Romero Family of Seventeenth Century New Mexico: Genealogical Evidence Based on Records of the Inquisition."

“Mending Broken Bonds through the Restoration of New Mexico, 1692-1700” (paper based on the 2002 and 2004 Santa Fe Fiesta historical lectures given on August 24, 2002 in the Rosario Chapel and at the St Francis Auditorium on September 8, 2004, Santa Fe, NM)

"The Early Community of Santa Cruz de la Cañada, 1695-1730"

"A Colonial New Mexico Chest Maker: Manuel Lorenzo Valdés, 1752-1795"

"Blacksmiths of the Sena Family, 1684-1900: A Documented Case of the Transmission of Tradition in New Mexico" (or, "Stewards of Tradition in New Mexico") [This will be presented at a meeting of the Albuquerque Historical Society in the spring of 1999]

"Census of Santa Fe, 1712"

"Advanced New Mexico Genealogical Research: Spanish Colonial Era"

"Genealogical Research Using Mexican Records, 1520 - Present"

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