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Sharing Hispanic Genealogical History of New Spain, Mexico and the American Southwest


Will and Disposition of the Estate of Juan Altamirano Pizarro, 1566-67
In our article in the June 2024 edition of the New Mexico Genealogist, Karen Bowman, Damien Aragon and I pieced together the genealogy...
Aug 1610 min read


Last Will and Testament of Leonor Díaz de Benavides, 1531
Leonor Díaz de Benavides was the mother of Alonso de Benavides, conquistador of Mexico City, and Cristóbal de Benavente, fiscal of the royal audiencia of Mexico
May 2714 min read


Last Will and Testament of Captain Juan Joseph Moreno, 1756
Captain Don Juan Joseph Moreno, a native of Seville, Spain arrived in New Mexico by way of El Paso del Norte sometime in the early...
Feb 2512 min read


Last Will and Testament of Diego Vásquez Borrego, 1753
Diego Vásquez Borrego, a vecino of Rio Abajo, made his will in Santa Fe, at the home of Vicente Martín, on the 5th of May 1753. It is a...
Feb 117 min read


Last Will and Testament of María Francisca Gutiérrez, 1799
María Francisca de la Trinidad Gutiérrez (c. 26 May 1771, Sandia Pueblo), wife of José Antonio García de Noriega, who was one of the...
Jan 85 min read


Last Will and Testament of Francisca Varela Jaramillo, 1755
Francisca Varela Jaramillo (b. about 1692), wife of José Antonio Lucero de Godoy, made her last will and testament in the Cañada de...
Jan 55 min read
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