[Fwd: Genealogical meeting]

[Joseph Puentes <makas@...>]

 I wish I could go. . .if any of you all can possibly make it to this meeting
please take detailed notes and give us a report. thanks,

joseph

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Subject:	Genealogical meeting
Date:	Mon, 23 Jun 2003 09:22:50 -0500
From:	George Gause <ggause@...>
To:	ggause@...

Villa San Agustin de Laredo
Genealogical Society


Villa San Agustin de Laredo Genealogical Society 

will meet on:

	Date:  		Thursday, June 26, 2003
            Time:        	7:00 P. M.   - 9:00 P. M. 
            Speaker:  	Raul J. Guerra
            Topic:       	"Marriage Dispensation Requests and how to extend
                               	your family tree, using the GUERRA family
as an example"
            Place:       	Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
                               	1520 Hillside Road

Raul J. Guerra was born and raised in the Rio Grade Valley (McAllen and
Brownsville).  After graduating from college, joined the U.S. Air Force and 
served for 20 years until retirement in California in 1983.  He then worked 
for Ford Aerospace and McDonnell Douglas in California until returning to 
San Antonio, Texas in 1995.  

Mr. Guerra co-author two books on the marriage investigations requests 
titled "Index to the Marriage Investigations of the Diocese of Guadalajara -
Provinces of Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Nuevo Santander and Texas," Volume 1,
1653 - 1750 Volume 2, 1751 - 1779.  He also co-authored of a book on 
the GUERRA family titled "Thirteen Generations of GUERRAs in the New 
World."  Co-founder and past president of The Society of Hispanic Historical 
and Ancestral Research (SHHAR) in California and past president of  Los 
Bexarenos Genealogical Society in San Antonio, Texas.

He is now retired and works on genealogy and trying to link all the original 
settlers of Nuevo Leon, Coahuila, Tamaulipas and Texas, especially the 
GUERRA family.

For more information contact Viqui F. Uribe, (956) 765-5655 or
viqui@... or Lupita C. Ramirez, (956) 722-1464 or 
LupitaCRamirez @aol.com.