This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/hY.2ADE/29.30.35.33.37.40.57.1 Message Board Post: My fathers family are Maestas and lived in N.M. near San Juan & Chamita. I have a grandfather born in 1894 who's name is Jose E. Maestas, who was married to Adelia not sure of her last name. His fathers names was Jose I. Maestas and his wife was Mela Maestas. Of what my grandfather death certificate say is that her last name was Trujillo. I am interested in finding information on them also and this is my first time looking. I have read some of your messages. I remember my father telling me that my grandfather was a farmer/sheephearder and spent lot's of time in CO. Also he had some family that he called Uncle Thomas that I think he lived in the Denver area. We have very few Maestas left in NM that we know. My father had a brother who died at a very young age and also a sister that passed way in her teens. After them there was another sister and then my father who was the youngest who's name is Joe Maestas.