Monthly General Meeting of the FACC/GSHA.
José Antonio Esquibel will be our presenter this month speaking about our early 17th century ancestors. Deep family roots combining European and Indian ancestry. Our FACC Business Meeting will be held after the talk.
Bio—
José Antonio Esquibel is a genealogical researcher, historian, and author of articles related to Spanish colonial genealogy and history, with particular regard to seventeenth-century New Mexico. He has contributed to four anthologies on New Mexico history, served as a research consultant for the Vargas Project and El Camino Real Project, and is co-author with France V. Scholes, Eleanor B. Adams, and Marc Simmons of the book Juan Domínguez de Mendoza: Soldier and Frontiersman of the Spanish Southwest, 1629-1693 (UNM Press, 2012). In 2009, Juan Carlos II, King of Spain, admitted José Antonio to the knightly Orden de Isabel la Católica for his dedication to uncovering and preserving the history of Spain and Spanish heritage in New Mexico. He is a former Vice President of the Historical Society of New Mexico and maintains the Beyond Origins of NM Families web site.
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