hello everyone, if any of you have ancestors in what is now the gallup diocese (Ácoma, Zuñi, Laguna, Seboyeta or Cebolleta, San Rafael, Gallup, Blanco, Farmington, Cuba, Lumberton, Tohatchi, San Fidel, Shiprock, Aragón, Grants, Aztec, Bloomfield, Crownpoint, Navajo, Waterflow, Milan, Thoreau, Chichiltah, Church Rock, Quemado, Pinehaven, Fort Wingate, San Mateo, Tinaja and Flora Vista in New Mexico; St. John, Springerville, Winslow, S. Michaels, Chinle, Fort Defiance, Lukachukai, Whiteriver, Holbrook, Cibecue and etc. in Arizona) here is some wonderful news from ron miera, president of HGRC as follows: "In the November Noticias I stated that we had completed the microfilming of the Gallup Diocese Sacramental Records. If you live in the Santa Fé and or the Northern area of New Mexico you can view these records at the New Mexico State Archivies. These records are also available for viewing at the Archivies of the Archdiocese of Santa Fé. The Santa Fé Archdiocese report that you phone for an appointment to view these microfilms or for any other research. In Albuquerque the microfilm is only available for viewing at the office of HGRC. To view these microfilms call me, Ronaldo Miera, at 505-836-5438 to set up an appointment. At the January Board of Directors meeting a motion was made and passed to start the extraction of the Gallup records. The motion stated that we start with the extraction of the marriage records first. When that is completed, we will then extract the baptism records. We will need volunteers to complete the extraction process in a timely fashion. All the work will take place at the HGRC office in Albuquerque. If you have experience with Microsoft Access we can really use your help. If you can volunteer on any of the projects, mentioned please call me, Ronaldo Miera, at the above phone number." good luck in your research. sam-quito ************************************************************************* A message from Sam-Quito Padilla G. at: samquito@nmia.com NM Death Index Project. For more information, click on: http://www.nmia.com/~samquito/nmdi.html I'm the County Coordinator for NMGenWeb's Socorro & Valencia Counties. Visit the Socorro County website at: http://www.everton.com/personal-pages/Socorro/ Visit the Valencia County website at: http://www.everton.com/personal-pages/Valencia/ I save used/cancel postage stamps for charity, including duplicates. Send any amount to myself at: 1520 Univ. Bl.,NE#314, Albuquerque, NM 87102-1723