Alice Wissing: Introducing Myself

[Joseph Puentes <makas@...>]

alice wissing wrote:

> Hello Everybody,
>
> My name is Alice Wissing and I'm introducing myself to the group. 
> Before I say anything else, I want to tell Steve Apodaca, another
> newcomer, how fortunate he is to be in his early 20's and
> researching his family.
I'll Amen that. I'm 50 and if I had started when I was 20 I could have 
talked to my mother, father, grandmother, even some really old folks 
that were alive at that time. ooooh, just thinking about all that oral 
history that passed before I got interested. If I had one word of advice 
it would be "ORAL HISTORY." (well I guess thats two). Remember these old 
records we're finding have been sitting there waiting for us to come dig 
them up but with every generation that passes the oral history passes 
with them and it is unrecoverable. . .forever lost. the stories and 
really important stuff about who we are is gone. Steve, Alice, all. . 
.go for the oral history.
> I wish I had started at such a young age,
> as it has been an empowering experience for me to discover the
> specifics about my origins.  Until I started this research, I was
> under the impression my father's family had just "sprouted" on the
> Mexican side of town, but now, thanks to the Mormons, Mariano Leal
> and members of this group, I'm finding out otherwise.
>
> My father's family originated in San Juan de Los Lagos and
> Jalostotitlan.  My maiden name is Campos and the surnames I'm
> researching on my father's paternal side appear in both areas and
> are as follows:  Campos (Martin Del Campo, Martin), Munos, Ramires,
> Marquez, Padilla, Barba, and Lozano.
>
> Throug! h my grandmother's side, I have an extensive tree that a
> cousin prepared that dates back to the mid 1500's in a few cases. 
> Because I haven't viewed records to support her research, I need to
> know if I should hold off on providing that information (I'm pretty
> confident the work will be accurate - she's smart, a Sorbonne
> graduate even).
Hey I think we are all responsible to verify research that others have 
done. That is the whole idea of why I started this group. So many people 
are on rootsweb looking for others that have done the research, trying 
to tie into that work, and then show how great genealogist they are by 
all they have found.
my number one prerequisite for joining this group is to "do your own 
work."  That definitely means verifying anything we find when we view 
the files that we see in the files area of the group via the second 
prerequisite "send in your genealogy." So having said all that I have no 
problem with you sending in that work since we know that a serious 
researcher is going to verify, and of course we all know that verifying 
could be a work in progress that could take many years. Send it in. if 
you want to add a note that you haven't verified it well that would be 
better. I think no one can accuse of not have been fairly warned!
wow, the 1500's!!!

> With my Campos research, I'm having difficulty tracing the name, as
> it seems to constantly change (from Campos to Martin Del Campo, back
> to Campos, then to Martin).  Does anyone know if there is any rhyme
> or reason to how it evolved? 
>
> Before I submit a tree I'd like to do a little more research.  I ask
> that Joe have mercy on me and allow me a little more time.
that hurts. . . . .

. . . yes, sure, take whatever time you need, i don't believe in rushing 
genealogy, even if it were possible.
joseph