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OLTHLRC

E-Newsletter Archive

Olibama López Tushar Hispanic Legacy Research Center

The light of the past illuminates the road of our future

March 2014 Vol. 3, No. 1

www.hispaniclegacy.org

OLTHRLC BOARD 2014

A very sincere word of appreciation and thanks are extended to Mark Leyba who served as president of OLTHRC for the past two years. Mark introduced some new ideas for moving OLTHRC into the future. Mark decided not to run for another term as president, but he will be available to help implement his ideas in this year. Congratulations are extended to Mike Turner who was elected as the president of OLTHRC. Mike most recently served as vice president and is also a former president of the organization. Ben Estrada was elected as Vice President and looks forward to representing OLTHRLC Margaret Turner will continue serving as treasurer. José Antonio Esquibel was elected as secretary and will continue serving as editor of “El Farolito.” ________________________________________________

EL FAROLITO FALL 2013, WINTER 2013 ISSUES and 2014 SUBSCRIPTION

The Fall 2013 issue of El Farolito should be mailed the end March and will be follow quickly by the Winter 2013 issues by the end of April.

The 2014 subscription year begins April 1st with the Spring 2014 issue set for publication in June/July. Keep in mind the journal publication year is June/July through March/April. The 2014 subscription form for El

Monthly Hispanic

Genealogy Meetings

Open to non-members

OLTHLRC hosts monthly genealogy research meetings at the Denver Public Library/Central (10 W. 14th Ave at Broadway) on the second Saturday of each month from 10:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m., except in August (summer picnic) and December (winter party). The meetings usually convene in the Mountain Division Room on the 5th floor in the Western History and Genealogy Department.

Parking and Using Denver Public Library

El Farolito Quarterly

Journal

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Farolito can be accessed on the OLTHLRC Web site.

The Fall 2013 issue of El Farolito is sure to be a big hit and a sought after issue. This issue features the genealogy of the Lucero de Godoy family of 17th-century Mexico City and New Mexico and is an updated version of an article originally published in 2003. This version will contain digital images of key records documenting the genealogy of López de Godoy-Lucero family.

The Fall 2013 issue will also begin a serial on the beginnings of El Paso del Norte, an area of New Mexico often neglected. To compliment this serial, there will be some new genealogical findings in future issues.

The Winter 2013 issue of El Farolito will feature Part 2 of the updated Abeyta family genealogy. Henrietta Martínez Christmas, along with some contributions for Patricia Sánchez Rau, has conducted research into the early generation of the Abeyta family in New Mexico. Henrietta graciously shared her findings, which will be combined the research of José Antonio Esquibel to present the most comprehensive genealogical account of the Abeyta family to date.

Also, look for a contribution from Frank Dominguez in the Winter 2013 issue. Frank recently made an extraction of a 1707 list of residents of the jurisdiction of Cusihuiriachic, Nueva Viscaya, preserved in the Parral Archives. A number of families of New Mexico left the El Paso region during the years of exile between August 1680 and December 1693 and some of these families settled in the area of Cusihuiriachic.

The Board of OLTHLRC hopes that the high quality of the material in the journal makes up for the delay in receiving the 2013 Summer, Fall, and Winter issues.

Keep in mind that without submissions to the journal from OLTHRC members, it takes time and effort to conduct original research, organize it and then write the articles.

Please consider submitting something to El Farolito about your family genealogy research. The editor, José Antonio Esquibel, can assist and guide you.

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Featured e-Book:

Joseph P. Sánchez

Between Two Rivers: The Atrisco Land

Grant in Albuquerque History, 1692-1968

(University of Oklahoma Press,

2009)

This book contains excellent historical

information regarding the Durán y Chaves

clan and their association with the Atrisco land grant. Sánchez skillfully utilizes primary

archival resources in Spain, Mexico, and

the United States to describe the evolution

of Atrisco from a struggling

seventeenth-century frontier settlement to a sprawling suburb of a major metropolitan

area.

Helpful Links

El Farolito Back Issues

New Mexico Roots, Ltd.: Diligencias Matrimoniales

New Mexico History Website

New Mexico Spanish Military Enlistment Papers, 1770-1816

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EXCERPT FROM

“ESTA GRAN FAMILIA: THE GENEALOGY OF THE LUCERO DE GODOY FAMILY OF MEXICO CITY”

José Antonio Esquibel

El Farolito, Fall 2013

Preserved personal letters of early settlers of New Mexico are extremely rare. In fact, the letters of Maese de Campo Pedro Lucero de

Godoy are the only such examples for seventeenth-century New Mexico that have come to light. From his letters we learn he maintained regular contact with friends and relatives Parral, Sonora and Mexico City, receiving and sending written correspondences. In addition to briefly describing the current political events in New Mexico, Lucero de Godoy’s letters refer to news about family he received from letters sent by his brothers, Francisco de Godoy and Diego Lucero de Godoy. For instance, he was pleased to learn about the marriage of his nephew,

Félis de Godoy, and sadden by the news of the death of another nephew, Juan López de Godoy. In return Lucero de Godoy offered news about his wife and children in New Mexico. He proudly mentioned in a letter to his brother Francisco the civil appointments of his son Juan as secretary of war and government in New Mexico and his son Pedro as alcalde ordinario of the Villa de Santa Fe and mentioned in passing his

son Alférez Diego Lucero de Godoy and his daughter doña Catalina. Each of the four preserved letters of Pedro Lucero de Godoy, including the one to his “paisano” in Parral, Diego de Villanueva, contained news about his own immediate family and references to gifts he was sending.

Lucero de Godoy described his family in New Mexico as consisting of eighty-five people (wife, children, in-laws, and grandchildren), which included forty men that served as soldiers of his Majesty, among them ten of his grown sons (“dies hijos barones”) —an account that perhaps also includes his son-in-laws. He referred to his family in Mexico City as “esta gran familia,” “this large family.”

“Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families”

at New Mexico History Website

The Great New Mexico Pedigree

Database

Documentary Relations of the

Southwest

FamilySearch Mexico (1930 Mexico Census,

and baptismal and marriage records)

New Mexico DNA Project

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OLTHRC Newsletter Editor:

José Antonio Esquibel

el.farolito@yahoo.com

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The Inquisition confiscated the letters of Pedro Lucero de Godoy as part of investigation into the cases against four New Mexicans, including two of Lucero de Godoy’s in-laws, Francisco Gómez Robledo and Diego Pérez Romero. Both were arrested in New Mexico in May 1662 and were held in cells at the Convento de Santo Domingo. Read more historical and genealogical information about the Lucero de Godoy family of Mexico City in the Fall 2013 issue of El Farolito, including digital images of key records and source citations for copies of original documents and records.

Here is the end of a letter of Pedro Lucero de Godoy addressed to his unnamed

nephew dated October 4, 1662, Villa de Santa Fe. Archivo General de la Nación, Tierras, t. 3268, ff. 289-289v: