Las Porciones Hispanic Geneaolgy Conference *** Nuestros Raices del Rio *** September 27, 28, and 29 [Friday through Sunday] 2002 Registration: $50.00 pre-registration (until 1 September) $60.00 on site registration $15.00 students (no meals) Book Sales / Exhibit tables: $25.00 full / $15.00 half Renaissance Casa de Palmas S/D=$79.00 // T/Q=$89.00 Thursday, September 26, 2002 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Registration Isabel Brown James Brown Berta Guerra Odie Norquest Friday, September 27, 2002 7:00 a.m. until 9:00 a.m. Registration Imeda Munoz and friends (AG) 7:00 a.m. [7:30 a.m. / Leave] until 5:00 p.m. Tour: Rio Grande City / Roma / Camargo / Villa Nueva / Mier [Fritz's Travel / $45.00 / Deadline August 15] 8:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. The University of Texas-Pan American Library, Special Collections open for research (on your own) 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. Book Sales / Author Tables / Exhibits / Family Trees 5:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. Registration unknown (AG) 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Border Buttermilk Reception: 6:00 p.m. until 7:00 p.m. [Hotel] Musical entertainment: 7:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. La Joya High School / Mariachi / Folkloric dancers Amancio Chapa) Cost: Included with registration Saturday, September 28, 2002 8:00 a.m. until 10:00 a.m. Registration Elva Garza Lucia Garza Rosie Salazar 9:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. Book Sales and Exhibits 9:00 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. Israel Cavazos Garza (BV-OK) / Entradas into Nuevo Leon [H=3 nights] 10:00 a.m. until 10:50 a.m. Dr. Denise Joseph (GG-OK) / The Good, the Bad and the Ugly: Notable Men and Women of Spanish Texas [H=1 night] 11:00 a.m. until 11:50 a.m. Dr. Manuel Ceballos RamÃrez (BV-OK / Settlement of Border Towns (Spanish) [H=? nights] 12:00 a.m. until 1:30 a.m. Luncheon (No speaker) / Awards Dr. Cayetano E. Barrera / Tejano Statue and State Representative Ismael "Kino" Flores / Tejano Statue Queenie Pemelton / Publicity news articles Homero Vera / El Mesteno Dr. Michael Mathis / Mexican church records 2:00 p.m. until 2:50 p.m. Dr. Joe Chance (GG-OK) / Mexican American War [H=No] [marker or chalk board (AG)] 3:00 p.m. until 3:50 p.m. Dr. Anthony Knopp (GG-OK) / Civil Wars [with "S"] Experience on the South Texas Border [H=? night] 4:00 p.m. until 4:50 p.m. Dr. Armando Alonzo (GG-OK) / Change of Land Ownership in South Texas [H=? nights] 5:00 p.m. until 5:50 p.m. Mary Margaret McAllen Amberson (BV-OK)/ "I'd Rather Sleep in Texas" (McAllen family history) [H=? nights] 10:00 a.m. until 7:00 p.m. The University of Texas-Pan American Library, Special Collections open for research (on your own) 7:00 p.m. until 9:00 p.m. Reception: Nuevo Santander Gallery, McAllen (BV) Musical entertainment: Grupo Jarocho del Valle (Amancio Chapa) Light refreshments Cost: Included with registration McAllen Hispanic Chamber of Commerce: A. Jabier Rodriguez (AG) Sunday, September 29, 2002 8:30 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Future Conference Planning Meeting 2003: San Antonio 2004: ????? 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 noon Book Sales / Author Tables / Exhibits Family Speakers [15 minutes each]: Cavazos family: Manuel Cavazos (GG) Chapa family: Amancio Chapa (GG) De la Garza / Garza family: Dr. Adalberto Garza (AG) De Leon family: Bertha De Leon de Garcia (Berta Guerra/GG) Gonzalez family: David Gonzalez (DG) Guerra family: Raul Guerra (GG) Gutierrez de Lara family: Ramiro Davila (GG) Hinojosa and Barrera families: Dr. Cayteano Barrera (GG) Hinojosa family: Eduardo Hinojosa (GG???) Longoria family: Diana Borja (??) Maroquin family: ????? Maroquin (AG) Pena family: Kelly Norquest (KN) Ramirez family: Baldo Vela (BV) Saenz family: Rene Escobar (RE) Trevino family: Estela Trevino Trigo (ETT) Villarreal family: Danny Villarreal (RE) 12:00 noon Conference Ends Post Conference Hidalgo County Historical Museum (on your own) 2:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. The University of Texas-Pan American Library, Special Collections open for research (on your own) -- Jose O. Guerra, Jr. Email [email protected] Visit my webpage http://www.hispanicgs.com http://www.olsenguerra.com