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| Photo by Patrick Jones. Mural by Lucy McTier. Muhammad Ali. 16 Jun 2015. |
Saturday, June 4, 2016
Friday, June 3, 2016
Trove of Indiana Vital Records Released on Ancestry & FamilySearch
This week Ancestry.com published three new collections of Indiana vital records, totaling 17 million entries. The collections include Indiana Birth Certificates (1907-1940), Indiana Death Certificates (1899-2011) and Indiana Marriage Certificates (1958-2005). This is a pretty huge set of collections for researching the branches of my family and my wife's side of the tree. I even found myself in the records.
These records join the recent publication of the Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 database on FamilySearch. Take note the FamilySearch records are missing Howard, Johnson and Montgomery counties, which is unfortunate for me as I have a few lines in Montgomery County. I am hoping these will be available soon. There are currently 1,259,299 images in the FamilySearch collection.
The new records have already helped resolve some gaps in my research. Some of these finds will make their way to the blog in due course.
For those with Indiana connections, happy researching!
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| Indiana State Flag, source Wikipedia. |
These records join the recent publication of the Indiana Marriages, 1811-2007 database on FamilySearch. Take note the FamilySearch records are missing Howard, Johnson and Montgomery counties, which is unfortunate for me as I have a few lines in Montgomery County. I am hoping these will be available soon. There are currently 1,259,299 images in the FamilySearch collection.
The new records have already helped resolve some gaps in my research. Some of these finds will make their way to the blog in due course.
For those with Indiana connections, happy researching!
Scenes from Minsk
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| Photo by Patrick Jones. Minsk, Belarus. 16 May 2016. |
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| Photo by Patrick Jones. Minsk, Belarus. 16 May 2016. |
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| Photo by Patrick Jones. Paste-up street art in Minsk. |
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| Photo by Patrick Jones. Minsk, Belarus. 18 May 2016. |
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| Photo by Patrick Jones. Soviet-era artwork above a KFC. |
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| Photo by Patrick Jones. Bolshoi Opera & Ballet Theatre, Minsk. 18 May 2016. |
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| Photo by Patrick Jones. Island of Tears monument, Minsk. |
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| Photo by Patrick Jones. Monument to Belarusian soldiers who died in Afghanistan. |
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| Photo by Patrick Jones. Island of Tears. |
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| Photo by Patrick Jones. Island of Tears. 18 May 2016. |
Wednesday, June 1, 2016
Captain Calles
On Tuesday I started to explore the background on Carlos Gomez Calles, cousin of my great-grandfather Plutarco Campuzano. Carlos joined the Mexican Army around 1916, serving as a Captain. He was closely associated with his Uncle Plutarco Elias Calles, who was then the military chief of Sonora (later General & Governor, and eventually President of Mexico).
Captain Calles founded the town of San Luis Rio Colorado, on the US border on 15 March 1917, as an agricultural and military station under orders from the Mexican government. He shows up in US Congressional testimony titled "Investigation in Mexican Affairs" dated 1920, and appears in a FBI file. The Congressional testimony is really interesting and is worth another blog post, with tales of kidnapping, executions, extradition and more.
Calles clearly made some enemies during his time in San Luis. On 13 May 1920, Carlos Calles was shot and killed at San Luis when his station was seized during the Mexican Revolution.
The Tombstone Weekly Epitaph reported two of the six alleged murders of Carlos Calles were captured and imprisoned in August 1920.
Today there is a street named after Carlos Gomez Calles (Avenida Carlos G. Calles), it is the main road running along the border between San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora on the US border with San Luis, Arizona. Anyone driving between the US and Mexico at San Luis today crosses this road.
Captain Calles is buried with his wife, Mary Flynn Calles, in Holy Hope Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona.
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| Source: Tribuna de San Luis, 14 Jun 2015. |
Calles clearly made some enemies during his time in San Luis. On 13 May 1920, Carlos Calles was shot and killed at San Luis when his station was seized during the Mexican Revolution.
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| Bisbee Daily Review, 14 May 1920. |
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| Arizona Daily Star, 30 May 1920 |
The Tombstone Weekly Epitaph reported two of the six alleged murders of Carlos Calles were captured and imprisoned in August 1920.
Today there is a street named after Carlos Gomez Calles (Avenida Carlos G. Calles), it is the main road running along the border between San Luis Rio Colorado, Sonora on the US border with San Luis, Arizona. Anyone driving between the US and Mexico at San Luis today crosses this road.
Captain Calles is buried with his wife, Mary Flynn Calles, in Holy Hope Cemetery in Tucson, Arizona.
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| Source: Findagrave, photo by K. |
First of June
The 1st of June marks two themes that fit into my interests. This day is the start of the 3rd Immigrant Heritage Month, which I have covered in previous posts such as last year's The Journey and 2014's post on the month. I have quite a few stories to bring to the blog on my Campuzano ancestors and related families who entered the US from Mexico and contributed to history of this country in their own unique ways.
The second theme for the 1st of June is Global Running Day. I have been training for the Reykjavik Marathon in August, and had been looking forward to the NYC Marathon in November. Unfortunately a meeting that was originally supposed to be in Puerto Rico at the end of October has been moved to India in November, conflicting with the marathon. So, I'm going to defer my entry in NYC to 2017 and look for another race in October or November. Possibly the Army Ten Miler in DC or another half marathon.
The second theme for the 1st of June is Global Running Day. I have been training for the Reykjavik Marathon in August, and had been looking forward to the NYC Marathon in November. Unfortunately a meeting that was originally supposed to be in Puerto Rico at the end of October has been moved to India in November, conflicting with the marathon. So, I'm going to defer my entry in NYC to 2017 and look for another race in October or November. Possibly the Army Ten Miler in DC or another half marathon.
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