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The Hunt for Nicolás
This essay originally appeared on the Manitos Digital Resolana, a blog site meant to reconnect, recollect, record, and reflect on the shared cultural heritage of manitos, as people from rural northern New Mexico and southern Colorado call themselves. In this entry, Miguel Tórrez discusses a genealogy project he undertook in which he helped three friends with surnames Espinosa trace their family lineage. Using Y-DNA, Tórrez traced the Espinosa name back to the 1695 colonists Nicolás de Espinosa and Josefa de la Cruz, as well as the migration of the Espinoza family throughout the country. -
Hipólito Espinosa and the Old Spanish Trail
This essay originally appeared on the Manitos Digital Resolana, a blog site meant to reconnect, recollect, record, and reflect on the shared cultural heritage of manitos, as people from rural northern New Mexico and southern Colorado call themselves. In this entry, Mary Anne Pentis and June Espinosa Rosales discuss the life of Hipólito Espinosa, their great great grandfather. Espinosa was one of the first colonists to arrive in Alta California from New Mexico via the Old Spanish Trail. -
Recovering Ancestral DNA in Abiquiú
This essay originally appeared on the Manitos Digital Resolana, a blog site meant to reconnect, recollect, record, and reflect on the shared cultural heritage of manitos, as people from rural northern New Mexico and southern Colorado call themselves. In this entry, Miguel Tórrez, a genetic genealogist, details his time working with the Pueblo de Abiquiú on a project to offer insight into the historical and contemporary context of the genízaro using oral history and DNA. -
Recovering Abiquiú's Lost Church Records
This essay originally appeared on the Manitos Digital Resolana, a blog site meant to reconnect, recollect, record, and reflect on the shared cultural heritage of manitos, as people from rural northern New Mexico and southern Colorado call themselves. In this entry, archivist Samuel Sisernos recalls how the baptismal, marriage and burial registers (1777-1861) from the Mission Church of Santo Tomás Apóstol de Abiquiú ended up at the Center for Southwest Research in Albuquerque and, following rehousing and documentation, then to the Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (AASF).