Last update: 9
February 2008
Heritage News
PLEASE NOTE THAT HERITAGE RELATED
EVENTS IN
BOTH NORTHERN & SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
ARE LISTED ON THE CALENDAR PAGE
click here: Calendar
information
from
Heritage Preservation (HP)
Committee Report
Mike Ford, Chairman
Heritage Preservation Committee Report, March 30, 2008
The stated objective of this committee is to cover
the Los Californianos purpose of providing an accurate and authentic
interpretation of Alta California’s history. The committee is responsible for
discovering and investigating sites and structures deemed worthy of preservation
as historical landmarks and any other projects worthy of recognition or
preservation.
Castro Adobe (near Watsonville):
Strange as it seems, in the midst of all the threats of budget cuts, good news
and lots of pictures have been flooding in from many quarters. (Charlie
Kieffer, Friends of Santa Cruz website & newsletter, etc.) There is even a
blogspot now!
www.castroadobe.blogspot.com. After years of
waiting, while the building was in danger of coming down if another quake hit,
the funding finally came through and is being used at this time: “The long
awaited seismic stabilization of the historic adobe building is underway.”
Feb 21 – California
Conservation Corps and Direct Construction Unit set up scaffolding. State
Archeologist Karen Hildebrand and volunteers from Santa Cruz Archeology Society
finished documentation of the cocina wall.
Feb 26 – Work has started
on the adobe walls.
“The
bricks made last summer by our dedicated volunteers will be used in conjunction
with the sound historic bricks to reconstruct the dismantled walls.” Recent
e-mail update from Friends Director Randy Widera says the first brick has been
placed! As work moves forward, please check the blog for updated
information and photos. To donate:
randy@thatsmypark.org (831) 429-1840; to
volunteer:
jess_sf@hotmail.com
Royal Presidio Chapel
While
providing me with information on the State’s threatened Parks closure, Ruben
Mendoza also reported recently visiting the chapel site and was pleased with the
progress. We will be getting more reports from him as that lengthy project
continues.
Alviso Adobe (Pleasanton)
Remember the not so pleasant tour (because of the extreme heat) when we last met
up there? Betty Watts reports that major improvements are being made on the
adobe. The City is working with the Amador-Livermore Historical Society and the
Museum on Main to do the work historically. The completed project will honor
three aspects of the Pleasanton’s history: American Indian, Spanish and dairy
farming.
Presidio
of SF
It is hoped that the negative publicity
generated by the opposition to placing a museum of modern art on the main post
will cause the Trust to rethink the idea and place that building in another
location. Then, the plans for a historical museum can proceed. If the Trust is
not trustworthy, it will be necessary to fight the plan, using the argument that
irreparable damage will be done to the archeological remains in the area as well
as the historical architecture.
Briones House
It is noteworthy that the judge hearing the
case is the one who granted the stay of the demolition permit. So, he will
already be well informed on the matter. The case at hand is whether such a
permit can be legally issued without consideration of the historical value of
the property. A win will give PAST the opportunity to raise funds to purchase
the property and give the current owners reason to consider sale instead of
demolition.
Provision of an Accurate and Authentic
Interpretation of Alta California's History.
Elementary Education
California State Standards.
The California State Standards for social studies are available on the
Internet.
Members and friends are encouraged to review the 4th Grade standards and
curriculum.
Los Californianos wishes to support educators in presenting a relevant
and accurate history of our state.
We are working to produce supplemental material for 4th grade teachers
and all others interested in the facts.
If you have Adobe Reader, (available free on the Internet)
you can to
access the standards at
http://www.cde.ca.gov/be/st/ss/hstgrade4.asp
San Francisco Chronicle Letter.
On November 8, 2004, the San Francisco Chronicle of a lengthy
op-ed piece by Elias Castillo.
The entire article was greatly inaccurate and very derogatory of our
Hispanic ancestors. Professor Emeritus Robert Hoover provided us with an
excellent detailed rebuttal, but the newspaper declined to publish it.
[You may read this rebuttal by clicking on the following link:
Dr. Robert Hoover.]
Heritage Memorial Fund
The
Heritage Memorial Fund has been established as a means for members to make
contributions in memory of a deceased member or because a member wishes to make
a tax deductible contribution to a worthy cause which is close to the heart of
all members of Los Californianos, the preservation of our heritage.
Contributions are not part of the general fund and will be used for
restoration projects or other projects as recommended by the Heritage
Preservation Committee. Checks may
be made to Los Californianos referencing the Heritage Memorial Fund and sent to:
Marcia Bandy, Los Californianos Treasurer
4002 St. James Place, San Diego, CA 92103-1630.
Mission 2000 Project
Rudecinda (Cindy) Lo Buglio
Publications' Chairman, Los Californianos
To quote directly from the Mission 2000 Home Page,
http://www.nps.gov/tuma/M2000.html,
"Mission 2000 is a searchable database of Spanish mission records of the
Pimería
Alta (southern
Arizona
and northern Sonora, Mexico) containing baptisms, marriages, and
burials from the late seventeenth century to the mid-nineteenth century.
Please read the two paragraph introduction for an understanding of the
kind of material which is contained within the Mission 2000 database.
A group of dedicated researchers, led by Donald T. Garate, Interpretative
Historian at
Tumacacori
National
Historical
Park,
http://www.nps.gov/tuma/, have
been extracting and entering pertinent information from the extant mission
registers of the aforementioned areas into the Mission 2000 database.
Several years ago, Don Garate led a group of Los Californianos' members on a
tour of
Sonora, Sinaloa, and Arizona and, while visiting San Miguel de Horcasitas, a
tremendous discovery was made. They found books in a scrap pile on the floor
in the sacristy of the church. These were the heretofore unidentified
registers of the Mission.
Arrangements were naturally made to have them microfilmed and, unfortunately,
fell through a couple of times, but finally they were successfully copied by
the Mormon Church, and are now available by loan to the Family History
Centers. Many of the
records from Horcasitas have been transcribed and translated, and the
information was added to the database of the Mission 2000 Web site.
They can be accessed by entering “Horcasitas” in the Event Place box in
the Event Information section of the
Searchable Spanish Mission Records page at:
http://data2.itc.nps.gov/tuma/search.cfm.
The surname help page includes information about variant spellings of many of
our Alta California families, including a familiar Anza Expedition family
–there are at least 21 different ways that Albizu
is spelled in the original documents: “Albizu,
Albiso,
Albisso, Albisu,
Albissu,
Arbiso, Arbisso,
Arbisu,
Arbissu, Arbizo,
Arbizu, Alviso, Alvisso,
Alvisu,
Alvissu, Arviso,
Arvisso,
Arvisu, Arvissu,
Arvizo,
Arvizu."
Since the project began, thousands of entries have been extracted from
original Mexican records and added to Mission 2000, and also can be accessed
through the search engines found on the Web site listed in the previous
paragraph:
http://data2.itc.nps.gov/tuma/search.cfm .
In
addition to using the search engine for genealogical and historical records,
you will find priceless information listed in the Help Area, which will open
up new areas of research for you—in many cases you will even be led to
facsimiles of the original documents, as well as to information about
surnames, place names, tips for reading Spanish language documents, to name
but a few of the lessons available on this Web site.
In these records you will find many ties to Anza Expedition members,
with leads to branches of the same families, who did not answer the call to
.
In
addition to using the search engine for genealogical and historical records,
you will find priceless information listed in the Help Area, which will open
up new areas of research for you—in many cases you will even be led to
facsimiles of the original documents, as well as to information about
surnames, place names, tips for reading Spanish language documents, to name
but a few of the lessons available on this Web site.
In these records you will find many ties to Anza Expedition members,
with leads to branches of the same families, who did not answer the call to
In addition to using
the search engine for genealogical and historical records, you will find
priceless information listed in the Help Area, which will open up new areas of
research for you—in many cases you will even be led to facsimiles of the
original documents, as well as to information about surnames, place names,
tips for reading Spanish language documents, to name but a few of the lessons
available on this Web site.
In these records you will find many ties to Anza Expedition members,
with leads to branches of the same families, who did not answer the call to
In addition to using
the search engine for genealogical and historical records, you will find
priceless information listed in the Help Area, which will open up new areas of
research for you—in many cases you will even be led to facsimiles of the
original documents, as well as to information about surnames, place names,
tips for reading Spanish language documents, to name but a few of the lessons
available on this Web site.
In these records you will find many ties to Anza Expedition members,
with leads to branches of the same families, who did not answer the call to
In addition to using
the search engine for genealogical and historical records, you will find
priceless information listed in the Help Area, which will open up new areas of
research for you—in many cases you will even be led to facsimiles of the
original documents, as well as to information about surnames, place names,
tips for reading Spanish language documents, to name but a few of the lessons
available on this Web site.
In these records you will find many ties to Anza Expedition members,
with leads to branches of the same families, who did not answer the call to
In addition to using
the search engine for genealogical and historical records, you will find
priceless information listed in the Help Area, which will open up new areas of research for you—in many cases you will even be led to
facsimiles of the original documents, as well as to information about
surnames, place names, tips for reading Spanish language documents, to name
but a few of the lessons available on this Web site.
In these records you will find many ties to Anza Expedition members,
with leads to branches of the same families, who did not answer the call to
In
addition to using the search engine for genealogical and historical records,
you will find priceless information listed in the Help Area, which will open
up new areas of research for you—in many cases you will even be led to
facsimiles of the original documents, as well as to information about
surnames, place names, tips for reading Spanish language documents, to name
but a few of the lessons available on this Web site.
In these records you will find many ties to Anza Expedition members,
with leads to branches of the same families, who did not answer the call to
In
addition to using the search engine for genealogical and historical records,
you will find priceless information listed in the Help Area, which will open
up new areas of research for you—in many cases you will even be led to
facsimiles of the original documents, as well as to information about
surnames, place names, tips for reading Spanish language documents, to name
but a few of the lessons available on this Web site.
In these records you will find many ties to Anza Expedition members,
with leads to branches of the same families, who did not answer the call to
In
addition to using the search engine for genealogical and historical records,
you will find priceless information listed in the Help Area, which will open
up new areas of research for you—in many cases you will even be led to
facsimiles of the original documents, as well as to information about
surnames, place names, tips for reading Spanish language documents, to name
but a few of the lessons available on this Web site.
In these records you will find many ties to Anza Expedition members,
with leads to branches of the same families, who did not answer the call to
In
addition to using the search engine for genealogical and historical records,
you will find priceless information listed in the Help Area, which will open
up new areas of research for you—in many cases you will even be led to
facsimiles of the original documents, as well as to information about
surnames, place names, tips for reading Spanish language documents, to name
but a few of the lessons available on this Web site.
In these records you will find many ties to Anza Expedition members,
with leads to branches of the same families, who did not answer the call to
In
addition to using the search engine for genealogical and historical records,
you will find priceless information listed in the Help Area, which will open
up new areas of research for you—in many cases you will even be led to
facsimiles of the original documents, as well as to information about
surnames, place names, tips for reading Spanish language documents, to name
but a few of the lessons available on this Web site.
In these records you will find many ties to Anza Expedition members,
with leads to branches of the same families, who did not answer the call to
California.
The
first entry below concerns the parents of the last child (of eight live
births) born during the Anza Expedition, who was often called the
"Christmas Babe," (Salvador Ignacio Linares--I
can hear Judge José de Larios talking about his
"Uncle Sal" every time I see his name). This entry was extracted and
translated from the San Miguel de Horcasitas register:
"On July 18, [1770], I married and veiled in ecclesiastical matrimony,
the necessary marriage banns having preceded, -- Ignacio Linares
and María Gertrudis de Ribas
--. Witnesses were Féliz Robledo and Don Antonio
de Ribera, and I sign == Bachiller
Joseph Nicolas de Messa"
The
two Alviso entries which were extracted and translated from the San Miguel de
Horcasitas registers are:
"On the said day [May 1, 1770] I provided ecclesiastical burial in the
same place [beneath the choir loft] with low cross for María Josepha,
infant daughter of Domingo Albisso and Angela Trexo
and I sign == Bachiller Joseph Nicolas de Messa"
"In the village of San Miguel de Horcasitas on the twelfth of the month
of December of 1763, I, the Bachiller Don Miguel
Joseph de Arenibar, designated priest, benefactor
for His Majesty, vicar and ecclesiastic judge of this Province of Sonora,
provided ecclesiastical burial for the body of Santiago, Spaniard and infant
son of Domingo Albizu and Angela Trexo,
with the low cross beneath the choir loft, and for this truth I signed ==
Miguel Josef de Arenibar"
It
takes a great deal of time to extract and post each entry, and I believe the
hours put in on the project are strictly volunteer and squeezed into what are
unbelievably busy schedules by those involved, but yet each week a little more
is added to the Mission 2000 database. Be sure to visit it regularly for the
continuing update. What you are looking for may not be there today, but
somewhere down the line it may possibly be added .
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