History, Culture and General Discussion

I had a great conversation with a great guy who was a Vietnam Vet, like myself. I came away with information more valuable than a link to my family. The food was great and the conversations were equally facinating. But Olivia's husband (really great and interesting guy) told me about the VA hospital and registration for the disability benefits. Olivia, please thank him for me.

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Subject:
Re: File - Introduce Yourself Please

Date:
Fri, 03 Mar 2006 13:12:55 -0800 (PST)

From:
y b <ybinsouthsac@yahoo.com>

To:
ranchos Moderator <ranchos-owner@yahoogroups.com>

Hi,
I was not sure now to send in my introduction, so I
am sending it to you in a word doc.
Yvonne

 Family Genealogist

Any Rancho members planning to attend the following conference?

March 18: MAJOR EVENT: Hispanic Family History Conference, Riverside
George Ryskamp, BYU Center for Family History & Genealogy
Classes by Spanish/English, Prof. Ryskamp and BYU students

Saw this listed in the Somos Primos table of contents (posted o/a Mar
1, '06)- check Somos Primos for details (I guess).

I was searching the NARA site (www.archives.gov/) and came across
this bit of information that may be of interest to those who reside
in So. California:

Genealogical Workshops at NARA's Pacific Region
(Laguna Niguel, CA)

All classes begin at 9:30 AM and are held at NARA's Pacific Region,
24000 Avila Road, 1st Floor East, Laguna Niguel, CA 92677. Class
sizes are limited. Please call (949) 360-2641, ext. 0 to reserve your

Just a reminder that the Northern Cal meeting is scheduled for this
Saturday, March 4th at 11:30. All the past participants have been
notified and have received copies of the agenda. Any other interested
parties, please direct your questions directly to me: mcortez3@gmail.com

Thank you,

Maria

Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ranchos/

I've looked at all the messages regarding the SoCal meeting - but
haven't found information regarding the proceedings of the meeting
(except for the wonderful lunch the rest of us missed; excuse me for
drooling). What was the agenda? What things were discussed? Could
someone please share some insights into what went on in the meeting,
what you got out of it, and if you will schedule another. Thanks for

What a sweet story, Joseph.  Darn it!  A reminder

Okay folks I would like to EMPHASIZE that you all should be carefully
checking out the http://NuestrosRanchos.com website. It won't be very
very long before we start a push toward making the full transition over
to the new site. Arturo has built a great website that has everything
that the Yahoo group had that we were using. If I were you I would mosey
over there and click on a few links and upload a few files and join the

First of all I would like to thank all of those members who have already sent me money for Esteban Valdes Salazar's publishing efforts. I have to date received $150 in donations. Between my father and I, we pledge to match all the donations we receive so thus far we will be getting Mr. Valdes $300.

My parents will be leaving by the middle of March back to Villa Guerrero and my father will be delivering the money in person to Mr. Valdes. If there is anybody who would like to donate but has not done so already, please send your dontation ASAP.