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A crowd of men, women, and children exit an adobe church in Taos Pueblo (Native American), New Mexico. The church has a walled courtyard, stepped arch gate with a cross, wood steeple with a cross, and a bell on the roof. A car is parked in back.

Hispanic and Southwest Genealogy Tips and Strategies, Part 10

Hispanic and Southwest Genealogy Tips and Strategies, Part 9

Studio portrait of Major Rafael Chacón (retired). He is dressed in his United States Army uniform. His jackets has two rows of brass buttons, he wears a cap and has a sword at his waist. He stands in front of a painted backdrop.

Hispanic and Southwest Genealogy Tips and Strategies, Part 8

Studio group portrait taken at the time of the baptism of Mercedes Gómez in Vigil (Las Animas County), Colorado. Members of the Hispanic American Gómez family are identified: top left to right: Carolina Gómez, Lucía Gómez, Domecinda Gómez. Front, left-right: Juanita M. Girardot Gómez, Mercedes Gómez (baby). and Leandro Gómez.

Hispanic and Southwest Genealogy Tips and Strategies, Part 7

The Spanish Colonial mission at Santa Cruz, New Mexico is adobe and has two pitched-roof steeples with crosses on top. A woman with a dark shawl wrapped over her head and shoulders walks in the foreground down a path at the side of the mission.

Hispanic and Southwest Genealogy Tips and Strategies, Part 6

Interior view of the wedding of Lupe Morales and Gene Vigil at St. Cajetan's Catholic Church, 1190 Ninth (9th) Street, in the Auraria neighborhood, Denver, Colorado. The couple kneel in front of the altar, shows religious paintings and statues. People are in the pews, and rose petals are sprinkled along the aisle.

Hispanic and Southwest Genealogy Tips and Strategies, Part 5

Studio portrait of Pablo C. de Baca, his wife Emilia Rudolph C. de Baca, their unidentified son and an unidentified infant. Pablo wears a dark suit and tie, has his hair parted in the middle and has a waxed mustache. His wife Emilia wears a blouse with puffed sleeves. The young boy wears a dark vest and a shirt with a lace Bertha collar and an over sized bow tie. The baby wears a dark dress and has its hair parted in the middle.

Hispanic and Southwest Genealogy Tips and Strategies, Part 4

Studio portrait of Magdalena Córdova, daughter of Juan Bautista Córdova, and his wife, María Quirina Sánches. Magdalena wears a long dress with leg of mutton sleeves, and velvet trim. Her hair is curled and pulled back. She stands beside her father who is seated in a chair; he wears a suit and bow tie, his hair is receding and he is clean shaven. His wife, María wears a dark silk dress with slightly puffed sleeves and a crocheted bertha collar.

Hispanic and Southwest Genealogy Tips and Strategies, Part 3

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