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Las Familias: meet the pre-1946 Greater Terlingua families.
Terlingua Veterans Memorial Page
Terlingua:
You Discuss:
Events:
Go to Contributors to see who has contributed to building Familias de Terlingua and maybe contribute by buying a book or video.
- Review their documents: census, birth, marriage, and death records under the Records tab. Enjoy Documented Research Reports.
- Read their memories of slices of life in Old Terlingua in Remembrances.
- Visit the memorials and add your own memorials at the
Terlingua Veterans Memorial Page
Terlingua:
- Books - buy books about Terlingua
- Music - learn about their music
- Schools - read about the schools
- Teachers - read about the teachers
- Traditions - learn about their traditions
- Videos - see videos about Terlingua
- Terlingua Today - read news items about current Terlingua people, places, and events
- Terlingua on the Map - see maps of the various places in the old greater Terlingua area
You Discuss:
- Discuss families, places, history, or other Terlingua topics.
Events:
- Keep up with special events like reunions and other events like lectures or meetings of interest.
Go to Contributors to see who has contributed to building Familias de Terlingua and maybe contribute by buying a book or video.
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Familias de Terlingua - dedicated to life in Old Terlingua
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Familias de Terlingua is dedicated to collecting the names of the people and places, along with their stories, customs, recipes, photographs, language, and music hoping to capture and share the spirit of Old Terlingua. Familias de Terlingua is about life in the greater Big Bend Area prior to 1946. At the end of the war, the mines that were a key economic driver of the area died out and ghost towns were created overnight. The Terlingua Diaspora ended the Old Terlingua days.
Our focus is on rediscovering those lives. Those who preceded us left such a nostalgic legacy of life in Old Terlingua that infected many of their children. Over the years others also wished they could have experienced it. Those of us who are enchanted by the magic of those times and those lives as well as those of us who are simply curious can, in a small way, get a glimpse of the very stuff that helps define who many of us are today.
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Familias de Terlingua is dedicated to collecting the names of the people and places, along with their stories, customs, recipes, photographs, language, and music hoping to capture and share the spirit of Old Terlingua. Familias de Terlingua is about life in the greater Big Bend Area prior to 1946. At the end of the war, the mines that were a key economic driver of the area died out and ghost towns were created overnight. The Terlingua Diaspora ended the Old Terlingua days.
Our focus is on rediscovering those lives. Those who preceded us left such a nostalgic legacy of life in Old Terlingua that infected many of their children. Over the years others also wished they could have experienced it. Those of us who are enchanted by the magic of those times and those lives as well as those of us who are simply curious can, in a small way, get a glimpse of the very stuff that helps define who many of us are today.
Our Mission: We Collect and Connect
Our Policy: with Respect
We collect information, photographs, memories, and documents
and connect people with respect for the living and the dead.
Our Policy: with Respect
We collect information, photographs, memories, and documents
and connect people with respect for the living and the dead.
Our Vision is to evoke the life that flourished in the Greater Terlingua Area before the end of World War II and preserve its memory for future generations. The 1800's to 1945 become the starting point for exploring who lived there, what their lives were like, what they looked like, what they enjoyed, how they earned their living, what they ate, what and how they celebrated. In short, it is the starting point to understand the totality of life in that area in those years. But it is just the starting point. It leads us to their ancestors and it leads us to their descendents.
We collect information about the people who lived in the Greater Terlingua area, and we connect the living with their roots and their "lost" relatives.
But foremost we act with respect to the living and the dead. Our highest value is respect.
We collect information about the people who lived in the Greater Terlingua area, and we connect the living with their roots and their "lost" relatives.
But foremost we act with respect to the living and the dead. Our highest value is respect.
- Respectful of information providers, viewers, and the viewed, we help people discover and share the Terlingua heritage.
- Through memories and nostalgia, we help people discover their ancestors and their "new" cousins .
- Through insights and delights we help connect families.
Be a Contributor - Add to Familias de Terlingua
Familias de Terlingua cannot be, nor do we desire it to be, the creation of a few people. Creating Familias de Terlingua is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Many people adding a piece here or there make it possible to complete the picture. It takes all of us. It takes all of us to add our little piece. Even if your piece is a question and not information. Asking questions is very helpful too. Together we will gradually populate Familias de Terlingua.
To make Familias de Terlingua more valuable it is helpful if you tell us the source of your information when you send it. Knowing the source of information is as important as knowing the information itself.
All sources are useful, but only if they are known. If the source is an oral tradition handed down by your 88 year old great aunt, that is great. Tell us that. Or, if the source is an official record like a death certificate, that is great too. Send a scanned copy if you can. Or simply tell us where the document was located.
To submit information or pose questions of our viewers use any of the Discussions or send us email and put the word "Familias" in the subject line so we will know it is not spam. And tell us the source of your information.
Familias de Terlingua cannot be, nor do we desire it to be, the creation of a few people. Creating Familias de Terlingua is like putting together a jigsaw puzzle. Many people adding a piece here or there make it possible to complete the picture. It takes all of us. It takes all of us to add our little piece. Even if your piece is a question and not information. Asking questions is very helpful too. Together we will gradually populate Familias de Terlingua.
To make Familias de Terlingua more valuable it is helpful if you tell us the source of your information when you send it. Knowing the source of information is as important as knowing the information itself.
All sources are useful, but only if they are known. If the source is an oral tradition handed down by your 88 year old great aunt, that is great. Tell us that. Or, if the source is an official record like a death certificate, that is great too. Send a scanned copy if you can. Or simply tell us where the document was located.
To submit information or pose questions of our viewers use any of the Discussions or send us email and put the word "Familias" in the subject line so we will know it is not spam. And tell us the source of your information.
Known Sources yield Levels of Credibility
Familias de Terlingua can be a valuable reference to those seeking to know their Terlingua ancestors and "new" cousins. But the value comes from knowing how trustworthy, how believable, the information is. The trustworthiness arises from the source of the information.
Even information on official documents can be wrong. But different pieces of information from known sources can be used together to gain a higher level of credibility. Information doesn't have to be 100% proven to be interesting and useful. But knowing the level of credibility makes information usable.
It is difficult, maybe impossible, to rank the credibility of information that is not grounded on sources. The source can be oral tradition handed down by a specific family member or friend. Or it can be a document long "lost" in a drawer or a hard to reach shelf. Or it can be data diligently gathered by hours of searching databases, church records, governmental documents. It can be an original document compiled from your research carefully analyzed, and artfully put into a documented report.
Familias de Terlingua can be a valuable reference to those seeking to know their Terlingua ancestors and "new" cousins. But the value comes from knowing how trustworthy, how believable, the information is. The trustworthiness arises from the source of the information.
Even information on official documents can be wrong. But different pieces of information from known sources can be used together to gain a higher level of credibility. Information doesn't have to be 100% proven to be interesting and useful. But knowing the level of credibility makes information usable.
It is difficult, maybe impossible, to rank the credibility of information that is not grounded on sources. The source can be oral tradition handed down by a specific family member or friend. Or it can be a document long "lost" in a drawer or a hard to reach shelf. Or it can be data diligently gathered by hours of searching databases, church records, governmental documents. It can be an original document compiled from your research carefully analyzed, and artfully put into a documented report.
Who we are:
The site is managed by Antonio S. Franco, managing director with the guidance and contributions of Louisa Franco Madrid, research director and Bob Wirt, research director.
Familias de Terlingua was founded by Louisa Franco Madrid and Antonio Franco on September 29 2009. It's growth was ensured by the major contributions of many readers but especially the two "driving forces" without whom there would be no Familias de Terlingua: Louisa Madrid and Bob Wirt.
Familias de Terlingua was founded by Louisa Franco Madrid and Antonio Franco on September 29 2009. It's growth was ensured by the major contributions of many readers but especially the two "driving forces" without whom there would be no Familias de Terlingua: Louisa Madrid and Bob Wirt.
- Louisa Madrid, whose dedication through many years has preserved memories, photos, and contacts that together with her participation in reunions has provided the materials and magic that drove the creation of Familias de Terlingua.
- Bob Wirt, who has no family connections to Old Terlingua, but he fell under its spell while working as a volunteer for the Big Bend National Park wondering who had lived in those abandoned buildings and fields. His years of dedication to research and his high respect and esteem for validation of information are an invaluable contribution to this site since those values affect all content on here not just that provided by him. Bob Wirt has his own site with the poetic name of Life Before the Ruins which is a treasure trove of research into genealogical and other records that reveal the lives of those who lived in the area.
- Bob Wirt, who has no family connections to Old Terlingua, but he fell under its spell while working as a volunteer for the Big Bend National Park wondering who had lived in those abandoned buildings and fields. His years of dedication to research and his high respect and esteem for validation of information are an invaluable contribution to this site since those values affect all content on here not just that provided by him. Bob Wirt has his own site with the poetic name of Life Before the Ruins which is a treasure trove of research into genealogical and other records that reveal the lives of those who lived in the area.
