Posted on: Costilla County, Co Query Forum Reply Here: http://genconnect.rootsweb.com/genbbs.cgi/USA/Co/Costilla/10072 Surname: Romero, Maes ------------------------- Hi Nola - my name is Maria Clara Martinez. I am researching families for a book on the early settlers in San Luis de La Culebra for the 150th anniversary. Your Jose Antonio Maes and Maria Petra Romero were among them. They had at least eleven children, including Jesus Maria y Jose who married Acasia Vigil. Most of the children were married in Arroyo Hondo. When I went to the Taos baptisms I found a child I did not know about named Maria Cesaria born 2/24 in Arroyo Hondo and baptized 2/28/1845 in Taos. The paternal and maternal grandparents are listed in this record. The parents of Jose Antonio Maes are listed as Antonio Maese and Juana Maria Romero; and the parents of Maria Petra Romero are listed as Juan Jose Romero and Maria Ygnacia Solano. I have a problem with this mainly because I have Juan Jose Romero and Maria Ygnacia Solano as the parents of my great-great grandmother "Petra de Jesus Romero" who married Miguel Antonio Martin. I wonder if a family could have had two daughters with almost the same name? Maria Petra and Petra de Jesus???? Have you done any research on this family? mariam@vanion.com