Luminaria: New Mexico Genealogy and History

Kat's family gets deep over a Disney movie! To be fair, Coco is a layered, complicated (but delightfully colorful) film about trauma, family, and ancestors. We had a great discussion about "legacy burdens" and inheriting resiliency as well as trauma from our antepasados. Check out Coco - streaming on Disney+, on demand, or from your local public library! And don't forget the tiss...

Kat talks to Richard and Rita, a married couple with roots in NE New Mexico whose lives took many turns. Mentions: Clayton, Des Moines, Taos, Red River, ABQ, Clayton POW Camp, WWII, ABQ Green Book Brief mention of Clayton "branch camp" for POWs here . Update from the Herzstein Museum : For about a year during WWII there was a tent compound of German POWs, this was approximately where the...

Kat's family samples some chokecherry jelly from Cleveland, purchased at Tapetes de Lana in Mora, a nonprofit working to build rural economics through cottage industry and agriculture. Tapetes de Lana has an art gallery where they promote rural artists, with a primary focus on weaving and the production of high quality yarns made from local farmers. They run a spinning mill, train weavers and...

Kat's family shares about a recent genealogy trip to Union County, an important area for their Pacheco ancestors. Surnames mentioned: Sanchez, Pacheco, Gonzales Places mentioned: Dry Cimarron Valley, Folsom, Clayton, Trinchera and Trinchera Plaza, CO

Kat rides solo to talk about her very colorful Alires line. Surnames mentioned: Alires, Alire, Romero Places mentioned: Colorado Springs, Pueblo, CO, Ojo Caliente, Arroyo Hondo, Fort Union, Sand Creek Massacre National Historic Site

Kat chats with her very favorite prima about some juicy finds, long-awaited records finally found, and some dicey genealogy road trips. Surnames mentioned: Tafoya, Seiler, Gilbert, Bueno, Medina Locations mentioned: Clayton, Mora, Fort Union, Trinidad, Brilliant

Kat chats with the New Mexico photographer and documentary historian known as "City of Dust." Places mentioned: Ricardo, Las Vegas, Rio Puerco Valley, Hanover Find City of Dust on Facebook and Instagram and his blog at cityofdust.blogspot.com . You can get copies (signed!) of Abandoned New Mexico: Ghost Towns, Endangered Architecture, and Hidden History at his Big Cartel page or at a loc...

Kat shares the discovery of her Pacheco line. Surnames mentioned: PACHECO, SANCHEZ Places mentioned: Union County, Mora You can reach Kat at luminariapod@gmail.com.

This intro to the podcast includes Kat waxing poetic about the importance of ancestry and shining a light on those who came before us. Surnames mentioned: PACHECO, ALIRES, ROMERO, SANCHEZ Kat can be reached at luminariapod@gmail.com.