Life of My 2nd Great-Grandfather and his family
While I can be certain that my grandfather married a woman born in New Mexico, research suggests that South Texas and Northern Mexico Vaqueros herded cattle to the army bases
Rumble in Molina Park in front of the Church.
A Boy Growing Up in Molina Growing up in Molina in the early 1960s meant knowing where you belonged. We did not have organized gangs with officers, membership cards, or
My Tia Juanita Garcia de la Cruz and her remarkable life
The Things They Refused to Leave Behind To my cousins, this is a little of what I have learned about your mother and father—not simply from records, but from the
27th Division, 102nd Medical Battalion, WWII
What the 102nd Medical Battalion Did The image on the left is my uncle, Armando Barrera, and my father, Manuel Barrera. The newspaper made a mistake; their father’s name was
Texas Borderland Mystery
The New Mexico Clue The first clue did not look like a clue. It was only a line in an old census, the kind of record most people would pass