Northern California book of the quarter

["Alicia Avelar Olmos de Carrillo" <alliecar@...>]

OK Northern Californian's, this is a challenge to us all. What if we 
plan that for our next meeting in March we each present the name of 1 
book along with the author, the possible merits of the book to the 
group and we vote on it as the book of the quarter. As the first book 
it might be best if it's a book in english, a book we can all get 
either through Amazon or any of the on-line booksellers and that the 
book should be $50.00 or less because some of these books are very 
expensive.

Once we have decided on a book we can communicate it to all of the 
Ranchos members. Anyone from Ranchos who wants to participate can do 
so.

And here's to all of Ranchos, what say you on this matter because it 
is now on the table for commentaries, suggestions etc.

Feliz Año a todos........Alicia Avelar Olmos de Carrillo 

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Mary Allen <mary.allen3770@s...> 
wrote:
>
> Hello Victor:  
>    
>   I know this was addressed to Joseph, but I couldn't help but 
overhear!  It sounds like a wonderful set of ideas.  Book reviews are 
good because most of us have limited time and to be directed to good, 
useful or interesting books is critical.  On the other hand,  it 
would be a real service to catalog vital information from certain 
books so that everyone doesn't have to search through the same 
books.  It would be a great reliable bank everyone could draw from.  
But we have to give credit where credit is due....Alicia did get this 
started. 
>    
>   Isn't it great?  The group weaves in and out but is never 
stagnant. The group is like a great tapestry. From the bottom you see 
a lot of apparently disconnected threads.  But, from the top, it all 
comes together into a great design!  
>    
>   My work is wonderful but very stressful.  I coordinate volunteer 
services for the terminally ill, my second career after 38 years in 
education.  At the end of the day, I am sometimes emotionally drained 
but I  kick off my shoes and head for the computer to see what 
everybody has to say.  It is refreshing. Sometimes I smile at the 
polite exchanges.  Sometimes I wonder.  But it is always 
motivating.   Then I am ready for the next day.  Thanks.  
>    
>   Mary
> 
> "v.h.villarreal" <raices_regias@y...> wrote:
>   Joseph,
> 
> I've thought of something similar but instead of getting a group
> together to simply comment about or review a history book which is
> very good, to take it one step further and create a searchable
> database with all the data of genealogical relevance.
> 
> Something similar to what we were doing with "The Colotlán Census"
> from the Archivos Españoles where each team member gets assigned a
> chapter or section of a book and as he/she is reading it enters the
> who, when, where and what data into a previously agreed form.
> 
> When everybody gets their part done it would be a simple task to
> concatenate all the parts into a single searchable database.  Then
> we'd select another book and do the same and so on.
> 
> The other part of the idea is to have a user interface that you can
> access online where one would select a book's title from the 
database
> and then be able to search for a person's name and get a list of all
> the instances that the name appears and the associated events to 
it. 
> You would also be able to filter by dates and read all the persons
> included in a selected period, some sort of timeline.
> 
> With an application like that we would not only learn about history
> but we'd be accumulating data to be mined later with ease for our
> genealogical purposes.  I don't think any copyrights would be
> infringed by extracting the "data" this way out of a book.
> 
> Of course there would have to be some criteria for the book's
> selection process.  We would have a list of "candidate" books and 
then
> by consensus make a selection or maybe there could be several teams
> working on their own selected book projects.  "Sumaria Relación" is 
a
> book that should be in such a list as well as many other history 
books
> from colonial times.  What do you think?  I have already toyed 
around
> with a possible database structure.
> 
> Victor
> 
> 
> --- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Puentes <makas@n...> wrote:
> >
> > 
> > 
> > Alicia Carrillo wrote:
> > 
> > > Victor and Ed,
> > >  
> > > The reason I chose to use this quote is because the topic was 
on 
> > > historical novelas and or movies. My recollection was that in 
times 
> > > past many movies and novelas were created with this thematic 
matter. 
> > > It is not that I agree or disagree with it, my opinion is not 
of 
> > > any relevance as it is not well informed either way. The two of 
you 
> > > appear to have much better information and anecdotal data than I
> do. I 
> > > appreciate your inputs and comments and for my part enjoy when 
two 
> > > diverging views are presented with facts or data to represent 
each 
> > > point of view.
> > >  
> > > Please continue to enlighten us when ever possible. Since 
joining
> this 
> > > group I have been reading as much as possible on the history of
> Mexico 
> > > at different time periods.
> > >  
> > > That might be something we could do as a group, provide more 
names of 
> > > books and texts that each of us feels would be enlightening to 
the 
> > > group as it relates to our research. You know what they say, 
> > > several people might read the same material and come away with 
> > > differing opinions. I would love to belong to a Latino/Mexican 
> > > literary group so that we could hold open discussions. I guess 
I am 
> > > dreaming but if you don't have dreams you are not truly living.
> > 
> > dreams come through with action. here is how you do it. get 
together 
> > with those Rancho Members right in your area and pick a book to 
read or 
> > and get together quarterly to review the book. put a notice up in 
the 
> > family history center you attend and the others in the SF bay 
area (you 
> > could mail them to the others unless you want to make a visit).
> > 
> > just an idea.
> > 
> > joseph
> > 
> > >  
> > > Take care,
> 
> 
> 
> 
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