This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: RUYBAL, MANZANARES, CHAVEZ, BACA Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hY.2ADE/162 Message Board Post: Many Hispanic family researchers in NM and southern CO run into a period 1850-1900 when family info becomes scarce because their families converted to Protestant: "The NM Protestant Gap". My extended family includes many of the earliest NM and southern CO Protestant ministers and families: Presbyterian, Methodist and Baptist. Anyone wishing to exchange info on this topic is welcome to contact me.