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Gutierrez de Lara did not complete the expedition that took San Antonio de Bexar and was later stopped at the bloody Battle of Medina, the largest land battle ever fought west of the Mississippi. It was the last battle fought in Texas by Spain. Nonetheless Gutierrez de Lara life and his motivations are worthy of more study. The author has brought more awareness about this Texas hero and his bold fight for independence. Philadelphia, PA, Xlibris Press1st Ed., 85 Pgs., 6 x 9, HB. Quantity: Item #6927 BEYOND THE ALAMO, Forging Mexican Ethnicity in San Antonio, 1821-1861 TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS Author: Raúl A. Ramos Price: $35.00 Shipping: $3.75 Introducing a new model for the transitional history of the United States, the author places Mexican Americans at the center of the Texas creation story. From the perspective of San Antonio Tejanos, Anglo-Americans were immigrants and the battle of the Alamo was a war between brothers. Ramos explores the factors that helped shape the ethnicity of the Tejano population after the battle and demonstrates that Bexareños turned to their experience on the frontier to forge a new ethnic identity within dominant American culture. The author is the son of noted San Antonio physician, Raúl Ramos M.D. Illustrated. Chapel Hill, 2008 University of North Carolina 1st Ed., 297 Pgs., 6 x 9, HB. Quantity: Item #1945PB THE LAST KNIGHT, Don Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara Uribe, A Texas Hero THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD Author: Jose Antonio Lopez Price: $16.00 Shipping: $3.25 This is the paperback version of the story of a Texas hero who did not finish his quest to gain independence for Texas in what was in essence the FIrst Texas Revolution that started out as the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition flying a green flag. The expedition was defeated at the Battle of Medina On August 18, 1813, the last battle fought by Sapin in Texas. Philadelphia, PA, Xlibris Press 1st Ed., 85 Pgs., 6 x 9, PB. Quantity: Item #823 THE TRAVIESO FAMILY PAPERS; THE SEVENTH FOUNDING CANARY ISLAND FAMILY OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, A Compiled Genealogical Guide HISPANIC GENEALOGY Author: Karen Casanova Tanguma Price: $30.00 Shipping: $3.50 The author has surveyed various published and archival sources to compile information about the Travieso family in early San Antonio. Contains chapters on Family Spanish Land Grants, Land Sales, Estate and Will Tanslations, Inventories, Descendants living, Marriages, Births, Baptisms, Confirmations, Deaths, Burials and Cemeteries. With Index. San Antonio, 2008 Los Bexareños Genealogical Society 1st Ed., 172 Pgs., 8&1/2 x 11, PB. Quantity: Item #822 BAUTISMOS DE LA PARROQUIA DE SANTIAGO APOSTOL 1688 TO 1746 ( Monclova, Coahuila) HISPANIC GENEALOGY Author: Jose Manuel Luna Lastra Price: $25.00 Shipping: $3.50 A brief introduction in Spanish is included by the author who is with the Monclova Historical Society but also contains a brief history of Monclova in English. The baptisms are arranged in worksheet format with the date and names of the father and the mother of the baptized child in alphabetical order. A separate worksheet shows the witnesses (Padrino and Madrina). San Antonio, 2008 Los Bexareños Genealogical Society 1st Ed., 56 Pgs., 8&1/2 x 11, PB. Quantity: Item #1946 INFORME DEL GOBERNADOR LUIS CARVAJAL DE LA CUEVA DE SUS ACTIVIDADES EN EL NUEVO REYNO DE LEON THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD Author: Guillermo Garmendia Leal Price: $50.00 Shipping: $3.50 This latest work from Mr. Garmendia is oriented toward the origins of Nuevo Leon and the actvities of Carvajal de la Cueva, it's first governor. While the book contains names it is more of a historical piece. The modernization and the digital transcription of the archives in Spain and in Monterrey, Mexico are making new data available to researchers. Pertains to Carvajal's business in Nuevo Leon as found in his reports to King Philip II in adherence to royal law. Hidalgo, TX, 2008 Privately Printed 1st Ed., SPANISH TEXT, 185 Pgs., PB. Quantity: Item #6928 MERCEDES, Recuerdos de Ayer TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS Author: G.G. Garcia Price: $24.95 Shipping: $3.25 Mercedes is the South Texas town in the Lower Rio Grande Valley intimately and thoroughly described by the author as the backdrop for his personal memoirs. His autobiograhical journey begins in the early 20th century with the beginning of the Mexican Revolution. The book was organized from a collection of newspaper columns the author wrote for the Mercedes Enterprise. Mr. Garcia is a retired, Private Independent Business and Management Consultant. He has served as a White House aide, A senior staff assistant to Governor of Texas William P.Clements, and as city administrator for Mercedes. 2007 Machesney Park, IL, privately printed 1st Ed., 228 Pgs., 5&1/2 x 8&1/2 PB. Quantity: Item #2086 THE PRESIDIO AND MILITIA ON THE NORTHERN FRONTIER OF NEW SPAIN, A DOCUMENTARY HISTORY,Volume Two, Part Two, The Central Corrider and the Texas Corrider, 1700-1765 THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD Author: Diana Hadley, et al Eds. Price: $35.00 Shipping: $4.00 With Thomas H. Naylor and Mardith K. Schueutz-Miller. Excellent work with assistants Dale S. Brenneman, Philip E.Coyle, and Osvaldo Barreneche. Contains three sections, The Central Corrider: Its Heartland; Nuevo Mexico: The Northern Limits of the Central Corrider; and The Texas Corrider. Has ten chapters covering Defense, Reports,The Private Army,The Missions, Reform and the Apache Threat. Many of the documents contains rosters of soldiers in the various presidios. Tucson, The Univerity of Arizona Press 1997 1st Ed., 556 Pgs., 7 x 10, HB. Published at $ 70.00. Quantity: Item #28166 25,000 TOPONIMOS DE ESPANA Y PORTUGAL, SIGLOS XV A XVIII (Abraham Ortelius, Joan Blaeu, y Tomás González) SPAIN & PORTUGAL Author: Thomas Hillerkuss, et al Price: $25.00 Shipping: $3.50 With Gerardo Ruvalcaba Arredondo and Milagros del Carmen Sánchez Flores. Hillerkuss is the author of the Diccionario Biográfico del Occidente Novohispano. He and his assistants have compiled these toponyms (place names or districts) based on the Iberian maps published in 1570 by Abraham Ortelius, and those of Joan BLaeu in 1665, in addition to the recompilation of censuses edited in 1829 by Tomás González. It is essential for historians to know the jurisdictions, both civil and ecclesiastical, in their areas of interest. While current geographical institutions are helpful for districts in the last 100-150 years the older one are harder to locate. This work organized by areas alphabetically should facilite research. Zacatecas, 2007 Universidad Autónoma de Zacatecas 1st Ed., COMPACT DISK. Quantity: Item #825 ALONG THE RIO GRANDE ON THE VASQUEZ BORREGO LAND GRANT,And The San Ignacio Historical District HISPANIC GENEALOGY Author: Jo Emma Bravo Quezada Price: $60.00 Shipping: $3.75 BACK IN PRINT-LIMITED COPIES AVAILABLE. The author has reprinted this book which has been much in demand. Color photos added of the dedication and unveiling of Three Markers. Contains brief history and genealogy charts of families of the San Ignacio area with several maps. Many back and white photos of homes and other structures. San Antonio, 2008 Privately Printed 2nd Ed., 215 Pgs., 7 &1/2 x 10, PB. Quantity: Item #826 TOMAS SANCHEZ Y LA FUNDACION DE LAREDO, Edición Especial, Agosto 2007 HISPANIC GENEALOGY Author: Guillermo Garmendia Leal Price: $50.00 Shipping: $3.75 According to the Laredo Times the author has dropped a "bombshell" when he notes in this publication that documents he uncovered in the Mexico City National Archives show the founding of Laredo to be in August of 1755 instead of May 15th as generally believed. This book is the latest as a result of investigations since 1985 by Mr. Garmendia into the founding families of Laredo. He relates several events in the life of Tomas Sanchez, declarations by individuals regarding the founding, the visit and confirmations by the Bishop of Guadalajara in 1759, Sanchez' problems with Vasquez Borrego, and other data. Hidalgo, TX, 2007 privately published 1st Ed., 101 Pgs., Spanish Text, 8 &1/2 x 11, PB. Quantity: Item #28160 THE ROYAL AND NOBLE ANCESTRY OF PATRICK HENRY, A Study of His Descent from The Magna Carta Barons and John " Lackland" Plantagenet, King of England GENERAL GENEALOGY Author: John R. Campbell Price: $150.00 Shipping: $5.00 Includes a shory biography, The Story of the Magna Carta, The Magna Carta Barons, Descendants (four generations only), & Royal and Noble Ancestors. The Royal and Noble Ancestors are presented in family group sheets in computer generated form. Laredo, TX, 2008 self published 1st Ed., Plastic Comb Binding, 228 Pgs., PB. Quantity: Item #1948 HISTORIC NATIVE PEOPLES OF TEXAS THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD Author: William C. Foster Price: $24.95 Shipping: $3.50 Foreword by ALston V. Thomas. Several hundred tribes of Native Americans were living within or hunting and trading across present-day Texas when Cabeza de Vaca and his shipwrecked companions washed up on a Gulf Coast beach in 1528. For over 200 years after that Spanish and French explorers recorded datils about these natives and their way of life. Using these diaries, along with recent archaelogical information, Foster has assembled the most complete account ever published of Texas' Native peoples from 1528-1722. Austin, 2008 Universoty of Texas Press 1st Ed., 346 Pgs., 6 x 9, PB. Quantity: Item #827 ZAPATA COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1982-2007 HISPANIC GENEALOGY Author: Jo Emma Bravo Quezada Price: $32.00 Shipping: $3.50 The information contained in this book is taken from Volume Seven through Volume Eleven, starting from mid-May 1982 to mid-September 2007 for a total of 2,332 marriage records. To facilitate the use of this book, the marriage records have been alphabetized in each volume. The name of the Groom is listed in the first column, followed by the date, and the name of the Bride is listed in the last column. San Antonio, 2008 self-published 1st Ed., 81 Pgs., 8 & 1/2 x 11, PB. Quantity: Item #6933 GENERAL VICENTE FILISOLA'S ANLYSIS OF JOSE URREA'S MILITARY DIARY, A Forgotten 1838 Publication By An Eyewitness to the Texas Revolution TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS Author: Gregg Dimmick, Ed. Price: $29.95 Shipping: $3.50 Translated by John Wheat. General Vicente Filisola became commander in chief of the 4,000 Mexican soldiers that remained in Texas after Santa Anna's defeat at San Jacinto. After retreating to Matamoros Filisola became a scapegoat with General José Cosme Urrea being his chief accuser. In this publication Filisola uses a sharp wit and holds no punches in expressing his opinion of Urrea. There are multiple details in this analysis of interest to students of Texas history, including the actions at Agua Dulce, Refugio, Coleto Creek, and the towns of Goliad, and Victoria. He also mentions The de Leon family, Phillip Dimmitt, José María Carbajal, Carlos de la Garza and his Guardias Victorianas, and Telesforo Alavez, the husband of Francita Alavez, The Angel of Goliad. With Editor's conclusions and two appendices. Austin, 2008 Texas Historical Commission 1st Ed., 327 Pgs., 6 x 9, HB. Quantity: Item #828 BAUTISMOS 1684-1799 DEL SAGRARIO METROPOLITANO DE SALTILLO CATEDRAL SANTIAGO APOSTOL (Present Day Saltillo, Coahuila) (Five Families Only) HISPANIC GENEALOGY Author: Carlos Federico Valdes Ramos Price: $30.00 Shipping: $3.75 The baptisms extracted for the period pertain to five families only. They are Cepeda, Flores, Ramos, Rodriguez and Valdes. Presented in spreadsheet format they are arranged first child with father and paternal grandparents, then by child, mother and maternal grandparents.San Antonio, 2008 Los Bexareños Genealogical Society 1st Ed., 166 Pgs., 8 &1/2 x 11, PB. Quantity: Item #5033 HISTORIA DE TEOCALTICHE PUEBLO DE LA REGION CAXCANA, NUEVA GALICIA, Zona de los Altos de Jalisco MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA Author: Nicolás de Anda Sánchez Price: $40.00 Shipping: $3.50 Another good detailed work by the prolific author of works on the history of his hometown of Teocaltiche, Jalisco. The book is written in five parts. Part one is the Prehispanic Era. Part II is the 16th Century. Part III is the 17th Century. Part IV is the 18th Century. Part V is the 19th Century from 1800 to 1823. Contains several appendices. Not a genealogical work but contains many names. Many Illustrations. Mexico City, 2006 self-published 1st Ed., 198 Pgs.,8 x 10&1/2, PB. Quantity: Item #5068 TEOCALTICHE, La Importancia de Sus Hijos, Tomo I MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA Author: Nicolás de Anda Sánchez Price: $45.00 Shipping: $3.75 This is Volume I by the author on Teocaltiche, Jalisco, a very thorough work with many photos covering the history of the town, illustrious persons including historians, sports figures, diplomats, writers, clergy, judges, merchants, officials, etc. Although not a genealogical work as such it covers activities of many families and names that would he helpful to persons with ancestral roots in the area. Mexico, D.F., 2003 2nd Edition self-published, 310 Pgs., 7&1/2 x 10&1/2, PB Quantity: Item #829 SANGRE NUESTRA TIERRA AJENA, España-México-Francia-Texas-Estados Unidos HISPANIC GENEALOGY Author: Ventura Rocha Price: $30.00 Shipping: $3.50 A family history and memoirs of the author, a native of San Antonio, Texas, and an engineering graduate of Texas A&M University who pursued a successful career in his field but later did well also opening Mexican restaurants in Madrid, Spain where he has lived for the past 50 years. The book begins in Spain during the golden age when his ancestors emigrated to New Spain. He narrates the tragedies and triumphs of his great grandparents, his grandparents, parents, and his own life.Other surnames are Taboada, Criollo, Manríquez, Urizar, Garza, Fernández, and Narváez. Madrid, 2006 Artes Graficas JJR 1st Ed., SPANISH TEXT, 151 Pgs., 8&1/4 x 8&1/4 HB. Quantity: Item #5038 THE WIND THAT SWEPT MEXICO, The History of the Mexican Revolution 1910-1942, New Edition HISPANIC GENEALOGY Author: Anita Brenner Price: $24.95 Shipping: $3.50 184 photographs assembled by George R. Leighton, some of the best of the period. Praised by popular readers and scholars alike as one of the best books written about the Mexican Revolution. The text is concise and moving sweeping the reader from the false peace and plenty of the Díaz era through the doomed aministration of Madero, the chaotic years of Villa and Zapata, Carranza and Obregon, to the peaceful social revolution of Cárdenas amd Mexico's entry into World War II. Austin, 2005 University of Texas Press 7th Paperback Printing, 310 Pgs., 7 x 9&1/2, PB. Quantity: Item #883 LOS JARA DE TOTATICHE HISPANIC GENEALOGY Author: L.C. Maurílío Valdés y Jara Price: $40.00 Shipping: $3.50 Totatiche is a geographic zone but more than that it is a town, formed by its people, rejuvenating itself through successive generations. This book deals with the Jara family of this Jalisco area, descendants of Captain José Fernández de Jara Quemada who arrived in 1680, with his wife Nariana de Burgos and three children, Juan, Francisca and Nicolás. Illustrated. Guadalajara, 2003 Privately Printed 1st Ed., 325 Pgs., SPANISH TEXT, 6&1/2 x 8, PB. Quantity: Item #884 LOS VALDES DE TOTATICHE, Edicion 2000 HISPANIC GENEALOGY Author: L.C. Maurílío Valdés y Jara, et al Price: $40.00 Shipping: $3.50 With ESteban Valdés Salazar. Contains Valdés family branches of this Jalisco area with an alphabetical index, and keys to locate with facility the parents and ancestors, desecdants and collaterals. The first geneartion starts with Leandro Valdés López who married Josefa Grano Covarrubias, APril 16, 1758. They had seven children. Other major surname branches represented are Jara, Sánchez, Pérez, Covarrubias, Gutiérrez, Miramontes, Cárdenas, Gaeta, Pinedo, Flores Arellano, Quezada, Ureña, Castañeda, Núñez, Leyva and del Real. Illustrated. Guadalajara, 2001 Ediciones Cuellar S.A. de C.V. 2nd Ed., SPANISH TEXT, 348 Pgs., 7 x 8 &1/2, PB. Quantity: Item #830 CEMETERIES AND FUNERARY PRACTICES IN THE BIG BEND OF TEXAS, 1850 TO THE PRESENT HISPANIC GENEALOGY Author: Glenn P. Willeford, et al Price: $19.95 Shipping: $3.25 With Gerald R. Raun. Contains an introduction to the Northern Corridor; An Overview of the Evolution of Hispanic Occupation in Northern Mexico Leading to the Present State of Cemeteries and Funerary Practices Along the Rio Grande Border; a photograph section; Appenix 1, an Alphabetical List of Known Cemeteries in Presidio,Jeff Davis and Brewster Counties; Appendix 2,3,&4 are Alphabetical lists of Persons Buried in the Three Counties; and a List of Cemeteries and Gravesites. Alpine and Cd. Chihuahua, 2004 Johnson's Ranch & Trading Post Press 1st Ed., 238 Pgs,, 5&1/2 x 8&1/4, PB. Quantity: Item #28154 CONVERSOS, INQUISITION, AND THE EXPULSION OF THE JEWS FROM SPAIN SEPHARDIC JUDAICA Author: Norman Roth Price: $24.95 Shipping: $3.50 The Jewish community of medieval Spain was the largest and most important in the West for more than a thousand years, participating fully in cultural and political affairs with Muslim and Christian neighbors. This stable situation began to change in the 1390s and through the next century hundreds of thousands of Jews converted to Christianity. The author argues with detailed documentation that, contrary to popular myth, the conversos were sincere converts who hated (and were hated by) the remaining Jewish Community. Roth also examines in depth the reasons for the Inquisition against the conversos, and the eventual expulsion of all Jews from Spain. Madison 2002 University of Wisconsin Reprint, 482 Pgs, 6 x 9, PB. Quantity: Item #1952 ESPIRITU SANTO DE ZUNIGA, A Frontier Mission in Texas THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD Author: Tamra Lynn Walter Price: $45.00 Shipping: $3.50 Foreword by Thomas R. Hester. In the early part of the 18th century, the Spanish colonial mission, Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga was relocated from South Texas to a site along the Guadalupe River in Mission Valley, Victoria County. A series of archaelogical investigations have provided a compelling portrait of the Franciscan mission system. The results amswer questions about daily life, its impact on the traditional lives of the Indians and how both cultures were changed by their frontier expeiences. Illustrated. Austin, 2007 University of Texas Press 1st Ed., 223 Pgs., 6 x 9, HB. Quantity: Item #6947 SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR, A Guide and History TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS Author: William Corner Price: $25.00 Shipping: $3.50 Edited by Judson J. (Mickey) Killian. This unique book on San Antonio was first published in 1890 and is frequently referenced in other works along with duplications of the maps contained therein. Covers just about every aspect of life in Early San Antonio and is a good reference on activities in the city. Contains a chronology by months of significant events. Illustrated. San Antonio, 2008 Los Bexareños Genealogical Society, Reprint, 166 Pgs., 8 &1/2 x 11,PB. Quantity: Item #1955 BERNARDO DE GALVEZ, SPANISH HERO OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD Author: G. Roland Vela Muzquiz Price: $20.50 Shipping: $3.50 The story of Bernardo de Galvez is one of the greatest historical omissions in the popular history of the American Revolution. France is credited with helping the United States win the war but is is doubtful that the war could have been won without Spain's support. In effect Governor Galvez commanded the southern front of the Revolution giving George Washington time to concentrate in the East and George Rogers Clark in The West. Galvez defeated the British up and down the Mississippi and the Gulf of Mexico, never losing a battle. He had fought previously in the north of New Spain and later, after his governorship of Louisiana, became viceroy of Mexico. His star and that of his uncle José de Galvez shone bright in the establishment of the Americas. Dr. Vela's book is long overdue but it will help bring Galvez to the forefront of out nation's history where he can take his rightful place as a great American hero. Illustrated. Denton, TX 2006 Acacia Press 1st Ed. 260 Pgs., 5 &1/2 x 8&1/2, PB. Quantity: Item #872 FALCON RESERVOIR BURIALS RELOCATION AND ZAPATA COUNTY CEMETERIES LIST HISPANIC GENEALOGY Author: Jo Emma Quezada Price: $45.00 Shipping: $6.00 Contains an explanation of how many graves from each cemetery were relocated and how many were not replaced. Includes photographs and maps of the old cemeteries and approximately fifteen ranches. In addition photographs and alphabetical list of persons buried in the relocated cemeteries and in the new cemeteries, and alphabetical list of persons buried, by ranches and towns, that were moved from one cemetery to another within and outside the county. Much more. Illustrated. San Antonio 2007 Privately Printed 1st Ed., Spiral Wire Bound, 8&1/2 x 11, 258 Pgs., PB. Quantity: Item #873 FAMILY TREE BOOK ( The F.W. Seabury Papers) HISPANIC GENEALOGY Author: Joel René Escobar Price: $150.00 Shipping: $10.00 BACK IN PRINT. This is the second edition of this very popular work reprinted by author due to a high demand for this information. Francis William Seabury was a prominent attorney and legislator in Brownsville and Starr County. No one knows the reason why he accumultaed extensive genalogical information on many of the families of the original porciones. The Francis W. Seabury Papers are housed at the Center for American History at the University of Texas at Austin. The Family Tree Book contains genealogical information on 95 families and some related information and illustrations. Includes a separate index. Excellent and valuable work. McAllen, TX 2007 2nd Edition, CopyZone, Inc., 8 & 1/2 x 11 size, 538 Pgs., HB. Quantity: Item #852 LOS VALLES DE LOS SALINAS Y DEL CARRIZAL, Tomo III HISPANIC GENEALOGY Author: Guillermo Garmendia Leal Price: $50.00 Shipping: $3.50 Subtitled; Hoy Ciudades de: Abasolo, Apodaca, C. de Flores, Dr. Gonzalez, El Carmen, Escobedo, HIdalgo, Higueras, Marin, Mina, Pesqueria, Salinas Victoria, V. de Garcia y Zuazua. This is the anticipated third volume in the series from the author. Contains "El Valle del Carrizal," Las Villas Formadas," and Apendices. has descendant charts of various founders. Hidalgo, TX, 2007 Privately Printed 1st Ed., 8&1/2 x 11, 200 Pgs., PB Quantity: Item #6946 PETRA'S LEGACY, The South Texas Ranching Empire of Petra Vela and Mifflin Kenedy TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS Author: Jane Clements Monday, et al Price: $35.00 Shipping: $3.75 With Frances Brannen Vick. The authors relate the history of South Texas through a woman's perspective narrating the story of the matriarch of one of the most important families in Texas History. Petra Vela was married first to Luis Vidal,A Mexican Army Officer to whom she bore eight children. After Vidal's death Petra moved to Teas from Mexico. Mifflin Kenedy was a steamboat captain who had come to Texas during the Mexican War. Kenedy acquired local respectability and stature when he married Petra. The story of their life together encompasses war, The tamimg of a frontier, a blending of cultures, the origin of a ranching empire, and the establishment of a charitable foundation that endure today giving millions of dollars to the state. College Station, 2007 Texas A&M University Press 1st Ed., 430 Pgs., 7 x 19, HB. Quantity: Item #6945 NEW MEXICO, A Biographical Dictionary 1540-1980, Volume I TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS Author: Don Bullis Price: $32.95 Shipping: $3.50 This is the first volume of a multi-volume encyclopedia of the people of New Mexico-the 47th state of the Union.The basic quality of the persons represented is that they left their mark on the state, for good or ill. Entrie not fit neatly into any particular category such as politicians, artists, athletes, scientists, lawmen,educators etc., but are listed alpahbetical from A to Z. Los Ranchos de Albuquerque, 2007 LPD Press/Rio Grande Books 1st Ed., 6 x 9, 295 Pgs. HB. Quantity: Item #841 HISTORICAL MEMOIRS OF SAN ANTONIO DE BEXAR TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS Author: Jose Antonio Navarro Price: $18.50 Shipping: $3.25 Edited by Federico Martinez. The memoirs of Navarro center on the First Texas Revolution to free Texas from Mexico 1812-1813 published in 1853. He describes himself as an " eyewitness" to the events. Navarro was an eloquent spokesman for the Tejanos and was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. San Antonio, 2007 Los Bexareños Genealogical Society Repr., 47 Pgs., PB. Quantity: Item #849 1828 CENSUS OF ABASOLO AND THE HACIENDAS OF SARDINAS, SANTA GERTRUDIS, AND MENCHACA, COAHUILA, MEXICO HISPANIC GENEALOGY Author: Rolando Lara, et al Price: $25.00 Shipping: $3.50 With Mickey Garcia.. Conmsists of 3, 076 persons located in 627 residences, 2232 in Abasolo, 456 in Sardinas, and 388 in Santa Gertrus and Menchaca. Columns are Family Surname, First Name, Marital Status, Age and Date born. With index. San Antonio, 2007 Los Bexareños Genealogical Society 1st Ed., 8&1/2 x 11, 127 Pgs., PB. Quantity: Item #5043 HONORES EXTRANJEROS EN MEXICO MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA Author: David A. Olvera Ayes Price: $65.00 Shipping: $3.75 A very unique book that came to our attention. Explains the Mexican honor system during the 19th and 20th centuries with many anecdotal accounts in Mexican history. It comprises a large index of New Spaniards or Mexican citizens who received a decoration, order, or medals of honor from a foreign country between 1525 and 2005. These international medals have been awarded to humanists, scientists, writers, artists, philosophers and statesmen, among others. The author surveys Mexican Nationals who have received these awards from the Imperial Order of Guadalupe in 1821 to the Mexican Order of the Aztec Eagle. Sixteen pages of color illustrations. Mexico, 2007 privately published 1st Ed., 6&1/4 x 9, 493 Pgs., PB Quantity: Item #6953 CORTINA, Defending the Mexican Name in Texas TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS Author: Jerry Thompson Price: $32.50 Shipping: $3.50 A long-awaited biography of Juan Nepomuceno Cortina, 20 years in the research and writing by Dr. Thompson. North of the Rio Grande he was despised as a cattle thief and bloodthirsty outlaw. South of the Rio Bravo, he was hailed as a hero. Who was the real Cortina...an angel of justice or a demon of retribution? Cortina came from a prominent family and his mother had substantial land holdings. Was he a defender of the rights, honor, and claims of Mexicans of South Texas or were his actions a quest for personal vengeance against newcomers who married into his family, threatened his mother's property or insulted his honor? Dr. Thompsonn examines the actions of key political figures in what was known as " Tne Cortina War," and analyzes the actions and effects of alliances between the Texas Rangers and Confederate forces, as well as the complex political interplay among Cortina, Mexican Liberals, and the U.S Union Army. Cortina influenced Mexican politics from the 1840s to the 1870s, fought in the Mexican Army for over forty-five years and served as Governor of Tamualipas. Illustrated. College Station, 2007 Texas A&M University Press 1st Ed., 6 x 9 1/2 332 Pgs., HB. Quantity: Item #871 ZAPATA COUNTY MARRIAGE RECORDS, 1863-1982 HISPANIC GENEALOGY Author: Jo Emma Bravo Quezada Price: $35.00 Shipping: $3.75 The information contained in this book is taken from transcribed deed records book I(1868-1873), Marriage Records Volume I(1871-1881), Marriage Records Book B(1880-1898), Marriage Records Volume 2(1898-1915), Marriage Records Volume 3(1863-1938), Marriage Records Volume 4(1938-1951),Marriage Records Volume 5(1951-1970) and Marriage Records Volume 6(1970-1982). The name of the groom is listed in the first column, followed by the date. The name of the Bride is listed in the last column. San Antonio 2007 Privately Printed 1st Ed., Spiral Wire Bound, 8&1/2 x 11, 113 Pgs., PB. Quantity: Item #5048 ZARAGOZA DE COAHUILA, UN LUGAR EN LA HISTORIA MEXICO & LATIN AMERICA Author: José Alberto Galindo Price: $30.00 Shipping: $3.50 Dr. Galindo has authored several books on Zaragoza and is the cronista for the town. He notes that there is always new information to relate and in this volume he offers a comprehensive history of the town, including a section on the Presidio and villa of San Fernando de Austria, its original name. Saltillo, 2006, Consejo del Estado de Coahuila 1st Ed., Spanish Text, 6 &1/2 x 9&1/2, 150 Pgs., PB. Quantity: Item #879 FINDING YOUR MEXICAN ANCESTORS, A Beginner's Guide HISPANIC GENEALOGY Author: George and Peggy Ryskamp Price: $16.95 Shipping: $3.50 A handy new book by the renowned husband and wife experts in Hispanic genealogical research. The Ryskamp's state that if you do not have Mexican ancestors, this book will make you wish you had. If you are one of the millions who can trace your heritage across The Rio Grande, this will help you come face to face with your own history. The authors have an easy style and dynamic approach that will take you through ten informative chapters, such as Getting Started, Finding and Working with Mexican Civil and Parish records, US Records, Research in Spanish Colonial Records, etc. Contains six appendices including one on the Mexican State Archives and one on the national Archivo General de la Nacion. Illustrated. Great price. See related book # 1099, Finding Your Hispanic Roots, Hispanic genealogy section. Provo Utah, 2007 Ancestry Publishing 1st Ed., 209 Pgs., 8 & 1/2 x 11, PB. Quantity: Item #874 FILIGRANAS, FUNDACIONES, Y GENEALOGIAS, Jerez 1531-1992-2006, Susticacan 1562-1981 y Monte Escobedo 1600-1700-1995, Zacatecas HISPANIC GENEALOGY Author: José León Robles de la Torre Price: $100.00 Shipping: $10.00 IMPORT FROM MEXICO. The latest and greatly anticipated work by the author whose prior work on Tepetongo has long been sold out. Contains histories, biographies, and genealogies of Jerez, Susticacan, and Monte Escobedo. The genealogy charts are handprinted by the author in a style he developed but very readable. Illustrated. Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico, 2007 Carmona Impresores, S.A. de C.V. 1st Ed. 8&1/2 X 11, SPANISH TEXT, 405 Pgs., PB. Quantity: © Borderlands Bookstore | San Antonio, Texas. All Rights Reserved. Privacy Policy gfarias@satx.rr.com