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“ Come, noble soldiers, knights of Christ, here is presented the first opportunity for you to show your mettle and courage and to prove that you are deserving of the glories in store for you.” |
Tenth year Anniversary 10th Annual Thanksgiving Awards Celebration Saturday, April 19, 2008 Silent auction 5:30 pm & Books sales Checks or cash only Banquet Festivities 6:00 PM Master of Ceremonies Dn. Anthony Segura The Television Host of the TV Show, Music New Mexico Style La Matanza 1680 Presented by Dn Anthony Martinez Colors of Courage Angel Espinoza Composer & singer of ‘El Corrido de Don Juan de Oñate" Awards Doña Millie Santillanes Education Award ~Doña Dolores Valdez de Pong Reserve your tickets now! Member’s $55.00 pp before ~March 24, 2008~after $60.00 pp /Teachers & student $50 Non member $60.00 before ~March 24, 2008~after $65.00 and table of ten $625.00 Contact: Conchita Lucero (505) 299-6726 ~1801 June NE, Alburquerque, NM 87112 Embassy Suites Hotel 1000 Woodward Pl NE Alburquerque NM Embassy Suites Phone (505) 881-0000 (Interstate 25 and Lomas Blvd NE) He began a career with the US Postal service and rose to the position of Denver Regional National Business Agent, Maintenance Division. In 1994 Ron was elected to his first term as President of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico. He is now in his seventh term. During his tenure the HGRC has published 57 Herencias, the organization’s quarterly journal, and 61 books of extracted sacramental records. The HGRC has a monthly speakers program focusing on the history, culture and genealogy of New Mexico. In 1997 the HGRC added the Great New Mexico Pedigree Database to its web site, which has grown to 100,000 names. In addition the HGRC opened its research office on the west side of the city on the campus of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. During the quartocentenario year of 1998 Mr. Miera lobbied the New Mexico State Legislature and was able to obtain a grant to publish the seminal book “The Spanish Re-colonization of New Mexico” authored by Jose Antonio Esquibel and John Colligan. Also in 1998 Mr. Miera learned that the book “Origins of New Mexico Families” by Fray Angelico Chavez would not be reprinted and available for the cuartocentenario. The Museum of New Mexico Press, a division of the Office of Cultural Affairs, holds the copyright and publishing rights to the book, and has been reluctant to reprint. On behalf of the HGRC membership President Miera was able to talk then Governor Gary Johnson and Governor Bill Richardson to get the book reprinted. In 1999 Mr. Miera was instrumental in persuading Bishop Donald Pelotte, Bishop of the Gallup Diocese, into microfilming the sacramental records of the Gallup Diocese from 1777 to 1922. With a grant, help and training from the New Mexico State Records Center, HGRC volunteers were able to complete the project in the fall of 2000. DOÑA EUFEMIA 2008 Doña Patricia Baca Black Esterly Patricia Baca Black Easterly was born in Barelas to Jose Trivinio Black and Maria Teresita Cunningham Baca. She became involved with the New Mexico Genealogical Society in 1994 when she and others compiled and translated the Santa Fe 1821 Census and her first NMGS quarterly was in June 1996. She served as editor of the NM Genealogist, published a translated 1821 Santa Fe Census and started the NMGS website. Working with Mort Erwin, she compiled and published a CD with the First Forty Years of the New Mexico Genealogist. Realizing that Catholic Church records are the best and most accurate of all genealogy tools for researching New Mexico families and working with others they found a way for genealogists to locate specific church records by listing every Catholic church in a locale, thereby linking each church with the current county and providing the film numbers available for research. The project, Locating Catholic Church Records in New Mexico was later expanded to include southern Colorado and is published on the NMGS website. She will resume the duties of NMGS webmaster beginning January 2008 Patricia has been able to document her family’s lineage to several families who arrived here in 1598. We are pleased to honor her as Doña Eufemia 2008. MHCPL 2008 Mille Santillanes Education Award Doña Dolores Valdez de Pong was born in Alamosa, Colorado to Bonifacio Valdez and Olivama Salazar de Valdez. She is a descendant of the first Spanish settlers in Colorado, who moved to the San Luis Valley from Northern New Mexico in the late 1800’s. She was raised on a farm in La Jara, Colorado and tended to livestock and farming activities. Of particular interest were orphan lambs, and calves at the sale barn, and harvesting medicinal herbs of the area. Canning and freezing of garden and farming products was also a required activity. Dolores graduated from Centauri High School and earned a B.S. in Speech Pathology and Audiology from Colorado State University and a M.A. in Training and Learning Technologies from U.N M. She has been a teacher for the Santa Fe Public Schools for 32 years. As a children's Playwright she has written numerous bilingual school productions and over 70 Spanish children's songs arid lyrics that deal with New Mexico history, culture and geography. Dolores received a Top Teach Award by Fox Television. the New Mexico Research and Study Council awarded her two Quality of Education Awards. She was a finalist for the Golden apple Award and has received the John Gaw Meem Award given by the Historic Santa Fe Foundation for a class project on Historic Preservation. In 2006 she was named Santa Fe teacher of the year. She has written articles for La Herencia magazine, arid co-authored the book "Life in Los Sauces"' with her mother. Dolores is married to Ricardo Pong from Hong Kong. Dolores has al least three ancestors that came with Ofiate in 1598 including Hemaii Martin Serrano I, Bartolomé de Montoya and Pedro Sanchez de Monroy. Later arrivals, include Juan Páez Hurtado a personal aid to don. Diego de Vargas and Salvador Matías de Ribera who served in the Spanish Military at the Presidio in Santa Fe. He was born in Puerto de Santa. María in South-west Spain near Cadiz. Ribera, New Mexico is named after him. Other antepasados include Nicolás Ortiz who was married to a relative of don Diego de Vargas and a member of the prominent Ortiz family of Santa Fe. Lucía de Montoya owned the land in Albuquerque now known as Old Town. Dolores has visited 15 foreign countries including Spain and Oñti, Oñate's birthplace. Banquet Keynote speaker Our keynote speaker, Dn. Jerónimo Padilla, Director of the Bataan Memorial Military Museum and Library in Santa Fe, New Mexico, will deliver a lecture on "La Matanza de 1680." Mr. Padilla, a renowned historian, is also a genealogist and has been an excellent resource for Spanish and United States Military History. An armed forces Veteran, Mr. Padilla served in both the US Force and the NMNG, where his primary assignment was that of an instructor at the academy located in Roswell, NM. He has been noted for his background in collecting and researching Spanish and Mexican antiquities. Incidentally, Mr. Padilla accompanied Major General Miles to Washington, D.C. in 1982 to assist in establishing New Mexico as the oldest militia in the United States. Currently, Mr. Padilla is in the process of publishing his book about New Mexico's forgotten truth and ignored history. In elementary school a teacher was giving a class about how our ancestors came in the Mayflower, Jerónimo told his father who responded “¿Que? His Father proceeded to give him a cultural lesson, explaining to Jerónimo about his Spanish heritage. Rick shared the information with his teacher who verified that the information was true but that said she had to stick to a required lesson plan. In the 4th grade Jerónimo was issued a NM history book with a Spanish soldier on the front cover and immediately showed his father the book and his dad replied “those are your ancestors,''. Young Jerónimo marveled at the helmet and said “One day I will find one of those helmets.”
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