Specializing in
Hispanic History
and Genealogy
|
|
|  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6985
CAMINO DEL NORTE, How a Series of Watering Holes, Fords, and Dirt Trails Evolved into Interstate 35 in Texas
Author: Howard J. Ehrlichman
Price: $29.95
Shipping: $3.75
Interstate 35 runs some five hundred miles between the Rio Grande and the Red River. It is a towering achievement of modern transportaion engineering linking a string of Texas metropolises and some 7.7 million people, and yet it all evolved from a series of humble little trails. This is a fascinating popular history. College Station, TX 2006 1st Ed., 284 Pgs., 6&1/4 x 9&1/2, HB. | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #4109
SPAIN AND ITS WORLD, 1500-1700
Author: J. H. Elliott
Price: $25.00
Shipping: $3.75
Twelve essays by the noted scholar on Imperial Spain are presented looking at the character of the Spanish Hapsburg court; the ties between sixteenth-and seventeenth-century Spain, the rest of Europe, and the New World; and the decline of Spanish world power. New Haven, CT. 1997,4th Pr., PB, 294 Pgs | |  SPAIN & PORTUGAL
Item #341
THE HISPANIC WORLD, Civilization and Empire Europe and the Americas Past and Present
Author: J.H. Elliott
Price: $50.00
Shipping: $5.00
The editor, a master Latin American historian has assembled a team of scholars from the English-and Spanish-speaking worlds to provide a lively picture of Hispanic civilization. Charts the rise and fall of Spain’s Power and prestige. 320 Illus., 100 in color. Beautiful coffee table size book. London, 1991, 1st Ed., 272 Pgs. | |  THE SPANISH COLONIAL PERIOD
Item #1981
EMPIRES OF THE ATLANTIC WORLD, Britain and Spain in America 1492-1830
Author: J.H. Ellliott
Price: $35.00
Shipping: $4.00
Sir John Elliott is Regius Professor Emeritus of Modern History at Oxford Ubiversity, and an acknowledged expert on Latin American history. This latest work is an epic history comparing the empires built by Spain and Britain in the New World to the end of Spanish Colonial rule in the 19th century. Contrasts the worlds built by both nations on the ruins of the civilizations they encountered and destroyed in North and South America. Elliott identifies similiarities and differences,, the character of their colonial societies, their distinctive styles of government, and the independence movement mounted against them. Illustrations. New Haven, 2006 Yale University Press 1st Ed., 546 Pgs., 6&1/2 x 9&1/2, HB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #873
FAMILY TREE BOOK ( The F.W. Seabury Papers)
Author: Joel René Escobar
Price: $160.00
Shipping: $12.00
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. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #914
CAPT. BARTOLOME GONZALEZ & HIS DESCENDANTS
Author: Joel René Escobar Sáenz
Price: $145.00
Shipping: $10.00
Capt. Bartolomé González was the founder of one of the González branches of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas, Texas and the U.S. Southwest. Other branches come from the González Hidalgo and González Paredes clans. Bapt. Bartolomé arrived in Monterrey circa 1645 as a miner in Valle de Los Salinas and was mayor of Monterrey in 1648. Two of his sons kept the González name but three others took the Quintanilla surname. Another excellent publication by the author. McAllen, TX 2005 1st Ed., 414 total Pgs. 8 &1/2 x 11, HB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #913
INDEX-PART II, CAPT. MIGUEL SANCHEZ SAENZ AND HIS DESCENDANTS
Author: Joel René Escobar Sáenz
Price: $15.00
Shipping: $3.00
When Item # 1009 Family History of Capt. Miguel Sánchez Sáenz was published in two parts only part I contained an index. The author has prepared this additional index for Part II of his book for anyone interested in this handy aid. Indexed by Sylvia Imelda Escobar Juárez. Pharr, TX. 2005 1st Ed. 77 Pgs., 8 & 1/2 x 11, SCB, PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #882
INDEX TO CAPT. BARTOLOME GONZALEZ AND HIS DESCENDANTS
Author: Joel René Escobar Y Sáenz
Price: $15.00
Shipping: $3.00
This is the Index to accompany item # 914 in the Hispanic Genealogy section, the hardback volume of Capt. Bartolome and his Descendants. Pharr, TX, 2006 Self published 1st Ed., 63 Pgs, PCB, 8 & 1/2 x 11, PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #812
BALLI FAMILY HISTORY ( La Barreta and Padre Island Branches)
Author: Joel René Escobar y Sáenz
Price: $135.00
Shipping: $10.00
NEW BOOK IN STOCK!!!
Another outstanding Hispanic genealogy and history work by our friend and prolific researcher from South Texas. Presents an accurate account(as records wiill allow) of one of the founding families of Reynosa(1749) and Matamoros(1784), a powerful, politically-connected family who acquired some of the largest Spanish and Mexican land grants in what would eventually become South Texas and the Rio Grande Valley. Unfortunately the family heritage and birthright were taken away by family members who were unable to read or understand deeds, terms and leases they were signing with Anglo entrepreneurs and land speculators. The first part of the book encompasses the changing times in the history of this Texas period and the second part concentrates on the actual genealogies of the Balli family. Illustrated and with a family picture album.Contains a handy index. McAllen, TX, 2008 Privately Printed (Copy Zone Center) 1st Ed., 250 Pgs., 8 &1/2 x 11, HB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1097
THE FAMILY HISTORY OF JOSE MARIA ESCOBAR AND HIS DESCENDANTS, The History of Porcion 76-Mier Jurisdiction, 1767
Author: Joel René Escobar y Sáenz
Price: $100.00
Shipping: $7.00
NOW OUT OF PRINT. LIMITED COPIES AVAILABLE. The history of the Escobars of Starr County through the seventh and eight generations. Over 4,800 names included in this family history of the Escobars of New Spain and their arrival in South Texas in 1767. Includes related family lines of Saenz, Garza, Garcia, Alvarez, Laurel, Contreras, Muñoz, Pérez, López, Peña, Gonzalez, Martínez, Longoria and Rosales. Covers period 1770-1990. San Antonio, 1997, 1st Ed. HB, 176 Pgs (66 Index Pgs) | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #952
RODRIGO DIAZ DE VIVAR ( El Cid Campeador) & hIs Descendants ( The First 23 Generations) and The Civilizations of Spain
Author: Joel René Escobar y Sáenz
Price: $175.00
Shipping: $8.00
DELUXE EDITION LIMITED TO 200 COPIES. NOW OUT OF PRINT. LIMITED COPIES LEFT. Initial Research by Dr. Adrián S. Hernández, D.C. Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar, known more popularly as "El Cid," was an invincible knight and warrior considered to be the National Hero of Spain. Besides Spain his heirs could be found later in England, France, Germany and Sicily. With the immigration of Diego de Guevara y de Tovar to Mexico City (c.1530-1535) his line passed to the New World. The marriage of Capt. Joseph de Treviño de Quintanilla and Leonor de Ayala Valverde, brought the line to Nuevo Leon. Many of his descendants live in Northern Mexico and in the Southwestern United States. Besides listing the initial 23 generations the book contains a history of the civilizations of Spain, many black and white and color (25) illustrations, and genealogy charts. McAllen, Texas 2004 Privately printed 1st Ed., 175 Pgs., 8&3/4 x 11&1/4, HB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1009
FAMILY HISTORY OF CAPT. MIGUEL SANCHEZ SAENZ AND HIS DESCENDANTS
Author: Joel René Escobar y Sáenz
Price: $150.00
Shipping: $10.00
NOW OUT OF PRINT. LIMITED COPIES AVAILABLE. Another massive Escobar project this time on his Sáenz ancestors, initiated when he found that his paternal and maternal Sáenz lines were related when the two lines joined with the third generation of Miguel Sánchez Sáenz' descendants. The author found that these ancestors belonged to the Mier Jurisdiction at the time Jose de Escandon established the border settlements. Good fortune came in that the Mier records were intact and had been microfilmed by the Mormons. The unlucky side was the records of Ciudad Camargo, where many books are missing and where many entries were brief omitting the parents of the marrying couple. Escobar has pieced together the Sáenz family of Nuevo León, Tamaulipas and present day Texas. This is not a complete history due to missing records as noted including those of Cerralvo, Nuevo León. Some churches have not permitted microfilming by the Mormons and the author filled in many gaps with the help of other researchers who contributed their family trees. Includes Color and B&W photos, & Supplement. Shipping is $ 8.25, ($ 2.75 Reg +$5.50 xtra). San Antonio, TX 2002 1st Ed., 477 Pgs., 8 &1/2 by 11 size, HB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #1103
MIER IN HISTORY, A Translation and Reprint of MIER EN LA HISTORIA by Antonio Ma. Guerra, 1953
Author: Jose Maria Escobar, et al
Price: $50.00
Shipping: $3.75
A translation of a commemorative history of Mier written in celebration of 200th anniversary. of the town's founding. Spanish version included. A profusion of names of early families. Contains the original Spanish version. San Antonio, 1996, 2nd Ed. PB, 165 Pgs. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6910
COMMANCHE MASSACRE: THE COUNCIL HOUSE FIGHT 1840, (Bexar County, Texas)
Author: Santiago Escobedo
Price: $20.00
Shipping: $3.75
The Council House Fight in San Antonio, Texas on March 19, 1840 was a classic example of ethnic genocide in Texas history. The cold-blooded massacre of Comanche chiefs was viewed historically as a heroic battle won by Texans. It was not a fair fight between two combatants, but an ambush and a massacre. San Antonio, TX, 2008 Los Bexarenos Genealogical Society, 1st Ed., 8 &1/2 x 11, 90 Pgs., PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #809
THE CONFIRMATION LISTS OF ST. ANTHONY CHURCH, 1919-1931,Elmendorf, Texas
Author: Santiago Escobedo
Price: $25.00
Shipping: $3.75
Contains confirmations of June 30, 1919, November 2, 1919, March 6, 1922, April 1, 1928, and April 4, 1931.Includes the residents of Graytown, Canada Verde and Saspamco, an area area south of San Antonio, Texas with historical tradition. San Antonio, 2008 Los Bexareños Genealogical Society 1st Ed., 8 &1/2 x 11, 71 Pgs., PB. | |  HISPANIC GENEALOGY
Item #854
HERENCIA MESTENA, Un reencuentro con la historia del rancho, San Rafael de las Tortillas, Guerrero, Tamaulipas
Author: Mario Manuel Escoto Santoyo
Price: $60.00
Shipping: $3.75
We were able to find a few more copies of this popular book dealing with the history and genealogy of this Guerrero, Tamaulipas area. Contains chapters on the Rio Salado, The First Inhabitants, the Founders, The Founding of the Villa of Revilla, The Mission and Church, the Ranch and more. Monterrey, 1998 1st Ed., 5&1/2 x 8&1/4, 302 Pgs., PB. | |  RARE & ONE OF A KIND
Item #1942
NOBILIARIO DE LA CAPITANIA GENERAL DE CHILE
Author: Juan Luis Espejo
Price: $150.00
Shipping: $10.00
USED BOOK. An invaluable aid to genealogical research in Chilean Spanish colonial history describing in biographical summaries the Captains involved in the Conquest of Chile with very detailed references and an Index. Very Good. Santiago, Chile 1966 Editorial Andrés Bello, 1st Ed., 946 Pgs., HB | |  MISCELLANEOUS
Item #24672
THE CHRISTMAS BOX
Author: Richard Paul Evans
Price: $10.00
Shipping: $3.75
The touching story of a widow and a young family who moves in with her. Together they discover the first gift of Christmas and learn what Christmas is all about.Very fine/FDJ-as new. New York, N.Y.,1995 8th Pr., 125 Pgs., 5&1/4 x 7&1/4, HB. | |  TEXANA & THE AMERICAN BORDERLANDS
Item #6998
TEXAS TEARS AND TEXAS SUNSHINE, Voices of Frontier Women
Author: Jo Ella Powell Exley
Price: $17.95
Shipping: $3.75
Sixteen frontier Texas women, such as Mary Ann Adams Maverick, tell their stories, providing a gripping, highly personal history of the state from its first Anglo settlement through the taming of the last frontier in the west. Some of the stories involve Indian raids, frontier-style "society balls, " the Runaway Scrape, plantation life, yellow fever, trail drives and the bloody Council House fight in San Antonio. College Station, TX, 2000 Texas A&M University Press 8th Pr., 275 Pgs., 6 x 9, PB. | |
|
|
|
