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From: "ljcrain" <>
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Spanish Presence in North America
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 2005 12:17:41 -0600
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Do you think those records are here or in Spain? Remember the Spanish
usually had three record keepers along on these expeditions. One would be a
priest, one a government official and the other I don't know. Who got the
records and what was their final repository?

And they would be in Spanish and in 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th century
Spanish. Even a person well versed in Spanish would have the same problem
English speakers would have reading English from that period.

Not trying to be discouraging, just offering a cautionary note.

Janet Crain


----- Original Message -----
From: "brenda" <>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 8:17 AM
Subject: Re: [Melungeon] Spanish Presence in North America


> Hmmmm.... what a wonderful thought, Helen. I am wondering of the
> archdiocese of areas with large NA communities would know the contact
> people to get this info. I'll bet it is there.
>
> brenda
>> Dennis,
>>
>> I don't know....I am trying to say that the Roman Catholic Church most
>> likely has many records that were sent back to the New World. I don't
>> know if the Roman Catholic Church has published anything on their
>> converted subjects, the Native Americans?
>>
>> Melungeon hugs,
>>
>> Helen
>>
>> Dennis Maggard <> wrote:
>> From: "Melungeon Movement"
>>
>>> Dennis,
>>>
>>> That sure is a very short history of New Spain. The time span 1570-1793
>> is 223 years. Women came as early as 1509.
>>
>> I don't understand your point, Helen. I wasn't giving a history of New
>> Spain, just some demographic data I found readily available on the net
>> which
>> supports your statement about the Spanish population of New Spain.
>>
>> Dennis
>>
>
>
>
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> Penny Ferguson's American History Timeline:
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