Tracing My Mother's Roots in San Ygnacio, Texas: History and Genealogy

ISBN-10
1687208395
ISBN-13
9781687208392
Pages
201
Language
English
Published
2019-08-20
Author
Mauricio Gonzalez

Description

"The timing for writing this book could not have been better. Discovering your family history has become more popular than ever. Every day thousands of people across the globe submit samples of their saliva to DNA (DeoxyriboNucleic Acid) testing companies, hoping to learn more about their ancestry. Upon receiving the results, many of them share and react to their findings on YouTube and other social media platforms, where they motivate others to do the same. I suppose learning our genetic identity is the next best thing to deciphering the meaning of life, which has not happened. Thanks to companies like Ancestry, 23andMe, Family Tree DNA, and MyHeritage, this process is now available to everyone for a modest price. The fact that thousands of people have subscribed shows just how trendy searching for our roots has become in the last decade." --from the prefaceTracing My Mother's Roots in San Ygnacio, Texas is a window into the lives of a group of South Texas pioneers. By peering in, readers will meet those who settled the San Ygnacio Ranch--a product of Hacienda Dolores and Revilla (later renamed Guerrero). They will learn about these South Texas residents' origins, life on the lower Rio Grande, and descendants. The 1850 U. S. Federal Population Census (Texas), which supplements this book, offers us a glimpse into the lives of a Guerrero landholding family and its workers in the former San Ygnacio subdivision. It is the most official record we have of San Ygnacio's second beginning. San Ygnacio's protagonist, Jesús Treviño, had since passed away, but the census includes the names of those who were by his side from the start. The list is an opportunity to meet and pay tribute to those who made the San Ygnacio Ranch during the 1800s. Their life stories should be appreciated and seen as examples of hard work and perseverance.