April 7 - Elizabeth Rascon is a granddaughter of Old Terlingua. Her grandparents come from Old Terlingua. She is an accomplished equestrian. She won many competitions while living in the greater Dallas area and continued her competitions while she has been attending West Point. So many descendants of Old Terlingua make us proud; Elizabeth Rascon ranks up there at the top. She will be featured in a multi-page spread of Latina magazine. read more
Collection of past What's New This Week? and What's Going On?
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Feb 21 - Two new books in Libros de Terlingua suggested by Dr. MJ Garcia.
Feb 18 - New Comments on Franco Family Discussion page on when Francos might have come from Spain. Ayda Pena-Perez commented on where they might have settled and tells us of new Franco connections especially her grandmother Manuela Franco.
. . . The Peña Family is added to the Familias page. It links to a new page Macario Peña. His page connects Peñas to Francos and Galindos. . . . The Terlingua on the Map page links to maps for places in the area. For example, click on Study Butte and you get a map of Study Butte. |
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Feb 12 - The winner of the contest, Felix Gonzales selects his book and makes some nice remarks about Familias de Terlingua.
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The contest we announced February 7 to win a book from Libros de Terlingua by connecting one of the youngest people on Familias with the earliest born person on Familias is over. Joe Gonzales connected them using the links in the family pages and posted his entry here.
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Go to the Events page to read more about the contest and click from there to a page with the solution.
February 07, 2010 - With their permission we have added a family page for Ben Franco's daughter Louisa and Joe Madrid including their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
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David is the son of Florentino Franco. We honor him and have added his family page to Familias de Terlingua.
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January 29, 2010 - We have updated the Tino Franco page. We have also added a family page for his son David Franco.
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Garcia Family Updated -- Luisa Madrid posted a comment in October with 8 additional members of the Dolores Garcia Family. We finally got around to updating them. The Dolores Garcia page was one of our earliest pages. We took advantage of this update to "improve" the page to be consistent with newer pages.
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January 24, 2010 - We have added pictures to the Loyless family as promised. We have also added Roy's death certificate to the bottom of his page.
We have made major additions to the Dolores Garcia page. We added 8 more children to the 4 already there. We also "improved" the pictures there. We also made minor changes to linked pages. Check it out.
We have made major additions to the Dolores Garcia page. We added 8 more children to the 4 already there. We also "improved" the pictures there. We also made minor changes to linked pages. Check it out.
January 11, 2010 - Friday Ruben Franco Sandate added two comments to "Discuss Any Topic You Want." Do you have information for him?
January 1, 2010 - added pictures of Robert Hardin Loyless and Bobbie Jean Corley to Robert Hardin page and picture of Maria Loyless to her page.
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We added some pictures of the Loyless family thanks to our new-found cousin, Sean Loyless.
Pictured above is Maria Loyless from the 1970's. Sean is "meeting" his cousins on Facebook and has become a member of the "Francos of West Texas" group which Kathy Franco started last summer in Facebook. Sean has had his own blog for over 7 years. Check it out here. |
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Dec 25 - Ruben Franco Sandate added a comment to "Discuss Any Topic You Want." So we added a page for Atilano Molinar.
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More Molinar pages added for Victoriano Molinar and his children by his second wife Benigna, Alberto, Juan, Paz, y Jose from Bob Wirts' Molinar paper. Valenzuelas link to Molinares by Jesusita Gonzales and Benigna Molinar.
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More Molinar pages added for Victoriano Molinar and his children by his second wife Benigna, Alberto, Juan, Paz, y Jose from Bob Wirts' Molinar paper. Valenzuelas link to Molinares by Jesusita Gonzales and Benigna Molinar.
Dec 18 - Comments added to "Discuss Any Family" and "Franco Family Discussion."
Molinar Family - Mariano and Miguel pages added.
Franco Family - Maria Loyless and Robert Hardin Loyless pages updated.
Molinar Family - Mariano and Miguel pages added.
Franco Family - Maria Loyless and Robert Hardin Loyless pages updated.
Louisa Madrid has found additional information on Maria Franco Loyless. So we updated Maria and Roy's page and added a page for their son Robert Hardin Loyless.
Bob Wirt has written an extensive paper on the Molinar Family and it's relationships with the Franco Family. It is so extensive that we will be adding it a little at a time.
We started last week by adding the oldest known level of the family which is Antonio Molinar and his wife Josefa Muñós. They had a child born 1810 which means they were likely born in the 1700's.
It may surprise you how many different families have lineage back to them. For example the Franco family here starts with Francisco Franco who married Juanita Molinar. Through Juanita Molinar the Francos go back to Antonio Molinar.
Some Valenzuelas are also descended from Antonio Molinar. We will be adding Victoriano Molinar shortly and you will see how the Valenzuelas connect to Antonio Molinar and Josefa Muñós.
We started last week by adding the oldest known level of the family which is Antonio Molinar and his wife Josefa Muñós. They had a child born 1810 which means they were likely born in the 1700's.
It may surprise you how many different families have lineage back to them. For example the Franco family here starts with Francisco Franco who married Juanita Molinar. Through Juanita Molinar the Francos go back to Antonio Molinar.
Some Valenzuelas are also descended from Antonio Molinar. We will be adding Victoriano Molinar shortly and you will see how the Valenzuelas connect to Antonio Molinar and Josefa Muñós.
Terlingua Memorial Month - During the month of November you can leave a memorial for a person from Old Terlingua... read more
Oct 30, 2009
New Header Picture - As we begin our second month we have a better picture for our header taken by Whitney Lowther-Franco and submitted by her husband Brett Franco.
New Header Picture - As we begin our second month we have a better picture for our header taken by Whitney Lowther-Franco and submitted by her husband Brett Franco.
Oct 28, 2009
We have added two pages today:
New Page - "Events" is where we will post any event about Terlingua or Terlingua Families. We start with The Villalba Family Reunion.
Special page - Terlingua Memorial Month - A page that will be displayed only through the month of November is setup to memorialize our Terlingua departed. Leave a memorial free of charge to remember your departed Terlingua family members.
We have added two pages today:
New Page - "Events" is where we will post any event about Terlingua or Terlingua Families. We start with The Villalba Family Reunion.
Special page - Terlingua Memorial Month - A page that will be displayed only through the month of November is setup to memorialize our Terlingua departed. Leave a memorial free of charge to remember your departed Terlingua family members.
Oct 26, 2009
New Video - "Do you Terlingua?" catchy tune.
We have removed this since the author did not want it embedded, but only viewed at YouTube. It's still worth watching at YouTube.
New Video - "Do you Terlingua?" catchy tune.
We have removed this since the author did not want it embedded, but only viewed at YouTube. It's still worth watching at YouTube.
Oct 25, 2009
New Page - Videos de Terlingua featuring YouTube videos of Terlingua was suggested by Manuel Esquivel - Villa de la Mina has top billing.
Reformated Recuerdos - It is easier to get to the stories and see comments separately.
Index - We reworked the Family Discussions page with index words to help you quickly find the post where a name is mentioned.
New Page - Videos de Terlingua featuring YouTube videos of Terlingua was suggested by Manuel Esquivel - Villa de la Mina has top billing.
Reformated Recuerdos - It is easier to get to the stories and see comments separately.
Index - We reworked the Family Discussions page with index words to help you quickly find the post where a name is mentioned.
Oct 24, 2009
New Book - We added Beneath the Window to Libros de Terlingua
Editing - Bob Wirt provided info about Fort Leaton.
New Book - We added Beneath the Window to Libros de Terlingua
Editing - Bob Wirt provided info about Fort Leaton.
Oct 23, 2009
Renamed - We renamed some of the key pages to make them easier.
Editing -Minor reformatting of Documents page; minor editing in the Valenzuela page with new picture.
Renamed - We renamed some of the key pages to make them easier.
Editing -Minor reformatting of Documents page; minor editing in the Valenzuela page with new picture.
Oct 22, 2009
New Books - We have added more books based on viewer recommendations;
Links - also added links to reviews on other Web sites for Casas' book.
Corrections - Simon Franco DOB
New Books - We have added more books based on viewer recommendations;
Links - also added links to reviews on other Web sites for Casas' book.
Corrections - Simon Franco DOB
Oct 21, 2009
New Page - "Recuerdos de Terlingua"
for accounts of the old days of Terlingua. We are very excited to start this page. Louisa Madrid has contributed the first account. Read and comment on "Visiting Los Abuelitos." Send your Stories to be published here.
Minor Editing - we have also done some editing to the Familias especially Ybarra, Garcia, and Franco to try to make them easier to use. This type of minor editing will be ongoing for all the Familias.
for accounts of the old days of Terlingua. We are very excited to start this page. Louisa Madrid has contributed the first account. Read and comment on "Visiting Los Abuelitos." Send your Stories to be published here.
Minor Editing - we have also done some editing to the Familias especially Ybarra, Garcia, and Franco to try to make them easier to use. This type of minor editing will be ongoing for all the Familias.
Oct 17
Yesterday was the birthday of a Terlingua native. Curious? Read what the Odessa American wrote about him a few years ago.
What's New - Oct 8
Terlingua on the Map - Pic of Terlingua in Massachusettes and Ines Franco Fatzinger.
Obituaries - Pic of David Franco; obit and pic of Antonio Franco; also acknowledged newspapers which sourced obits.
Albumenes - New page "Tino Franco" with two pics of Tino from Louisa Madrid
Familias - a new familia: Esquivel.
Terlingua on the Map - Pic of Terlingua in Massachusettes and Ines Franco Fatzinger.
Obituaries - Pic of David Franco; obit and pic of Antonio Franco; also acknowledged newspapers which sourced obits.
Albumenes - New page "Tino Franco" with two pics of Tino from Louisa Madrid
Familias - a new familia: Esquivel.
What's New - Oct 7 - PM updates
Ybarra Family Tree - extensive updates to five generatons of Ybarras from Bob Wirt
What's New - Oct 7 - AM updates
- Three new photos of Simon Franco
submitted by Brett Franco are now in
Albumenes de Familias.
- Familias has a new page for the
Cartledge family. We need information.
- The Obituaries page has moved under
Documents
- new link from Books to Family Discussion
for Juan Manuel Casas', author of Federico
Villalba's Texas, post.
Ybarra Family Tree - extensive updates to five generatons of Ybarras from Bob Wirt
What's New - Oct 7 - AM updates
- Three new photos of Simon Franco
submitted by Brett Franco are now in
Albumenes de Familias.
- Familias has a new page for the
Cartledge family. We need information.
- The Obituaries page has moved under
Documents
- new link from Books to Family Discussion
for Juan Manuel Casas', author of Federico
Villalba's Texas, post.
What's New - Oct 6 - PM updates:
Two new photos are now in Albumenes
Oct 6 AM updates: to Familias page Ybarra, to Contributors page, and to
Family Discussions page on First post.
Two new photos are now in Albumenes
Oct 6 AM updates: to Familias page Ybarra, to Contributors page, and to
Family Discussions page on First post.
