The Families of Culiacán: the Surname Verdugo From Memorias de la Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica, December 1963 By Antonio Nakayama A., Director of the Museum and Library of the State of Sinaloa En español One of the oldest patronymics and family histories in Culiacán is the surname Verdugo. The parochial registers, which begin in 1690 and are the oldest documents… Read More
Familias de Culiacán: el apellido Verdugo De Memorias de la Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica, Segunda Epoca, Tomo III, Diciembre de 1965. Por Antonio Nakayama A., Director del Museo y Biblioteca del Estado de Sinaloa. In English Uno de los patronímicos de más antigüedad y prosapia en Culiacán es el apellido Verdugo. Los registros parroquiales, que arrancan de 1690 y… Read More
First Minnesota Regiment of Heavy Artillery A description of the Civil War unit of my great-great-grandfather Peter Stoltz, from Minnesota in Three Centuries, 1655-1908: 1858 by Lucius Frederick Hubbard, William Pitt Murray, James Heaton Baker, Warren Upham, Return Ira Holcombe, Frank R. Holmes, 1908, Free Press Printing Company, Mankato, Minnesota. The last troops raised in Minnesota for service in the Civil… Read More
Serving Up Drinks for 312 Years On 24 September 1704, the Plymouth Colony Court of General Sessions granted liquor licenses to several colonists. Each deposited a bond (“surtie”) with the court to ensure orderly behavior of their patrons, except, for some reason, the last man listed. That would be my seventh great-grandfather Eleazer Dunham (1659-1719). He’s listed as an “inholder,” that… Read More
Ciudad Juárez, ca 1905 From the California Historical Society Collection, about the time of the 1904 birth of my grandmother Consuelo Marin (Chavez) Stoltz in Chihuahua.… Read More
The Asa Dunham Family of Norway and Paris, Maine The family of Asa Dunham is recorded in the 1790 United States Census as having five members, including Asa and his wife Lydia. At the time they were living in Number 4 Plantation in Cumberland County; in 1790 the community had a population of 344. This area had first been settled in 1779, and would be incorporated as Paris only three years after the census.… Read More
Broadway, circa 1906 View looking north on Broadway, between 4th Street and 5th Street, ca. 1906. The Belasco Theatre is in the lower-right foreground. In the distance can be seen City Hall and, further back, the Broadway Tunnel. Water and Power Associates.… Read More
The Joseph Dunham Family of Biddeford, Maine The first family in our exploration of the Dunham households of 1790 Maine is that of Joseph Dunham of Biddeford in York County.… Read More
Which Lujan Family? A few years ago a cousin discovered this photograph in a trunk full of Luján family historical records. On the back it was identified only as “Luján family.” Of course the next question was: Which Luján family? There were lots to pick from! I had a theory it was the family of Jesús Luján (1811-1871)… Read More