Hi everyone, As you know, many of our ancestors that came to Colorado from New Mexico came through Conejos, Colorado. Many of them lived there for a generation or two or just had family that was baptized or buried there. The other day I posted the Conejos baptisms that I transcribed from the microfilm. There were 110 pages on the microfilm. I finally got them scanned into the computer. As you may know, even though you scan text, you still have to proof it, which I've done. But after reading these for several days you kind of get cross-eyed! LOL. So if anyone finds any little squigglys that I missed please let me know so I can fix them. They are at: http://www.kmitch.com/Huerfano/conejosbaps.html I am now working on the Conejos death records and hope to have those done soon. There are 280 pages so it's a bigger project and will take a little more time. After that I hope to tackle the marriages. I do hope some of you find this data useful. In case you're wondering, I got a new scanner and it seems to work so much better than the old one. So with any luck I will be scanning alot of my records to post on our site. There's so much here that I don't know which ones to do first! LOL I think this fall we will start back on the Oral Histories and I'll be asking for volunteers at that time. It sure would be nice if we could get all of those done. I hope to scan them and send them out as image files. Then the volunteer can print them out and transcribe them. It's pretty simple but it will take time to assign them and get them back in. But with you folks, I know we can do it. I also have more census records to get posted. SHEESH, so much to do and not enough time to do it. LOL. I would really like to see some more Family Group Sheets come in or some bios. If your ancestors were in Huerfano County, and they must have been or you wouldn't be reading this, it would be great if you could write a bio about a member or two and we could post those. Just pick out an ancestor and write up the facts and stories of their life. If you need any suggestions I would be happy to help you. In fact, if anyone has questions let's share info here on the list so we can all learn from it. Sound like fun? Maybe we can get Gloria to give some pointers also. And please remember ANY data contributions or photos are welcome! Another subject I would like to explore is the animals that our ancestors had. You know, back then everyone knew every horse by name. And the dogs too. Did your ancestors have an animal that you've heard about? So many of the old pictures show the dogs or horses with our ancestors. I know my Grandma had a fat old dog, and he was ancient when I was little. His name was Spooks, but I don't know why. Guess I'll have to investigate that. (grin). The dog outlived Grandma but died shortly after. When I was a toddler my Daddy brought home a little tiny black and white mutt puppy. His name was Spotty. I loved that little dog. He never got real big. I had him until I was 13 when Daddy had to put him to sleep because he was old and ill and suffered so much. Did any of you have childhood pets? No, I didn't have any pet snakes (laughing). I hope all of you have a safe and happy 4th. HAPPY BIRTHDAY AMERICA!!! Hugs to all, Karen