Mary Lou Bustillos Martinez would have been 90 years old today. I can only imagine the surprise birthday she would have planned. My welita had a history of planning a few of her own surprise birthday parties. Those were the… Read More »Our Firecracker, Mary Lou Bustillos Martinez
My family members were honored in this parade and cultural arts festival. We love keeping our ancestor’s memories alive. We have been involved in some way with this parade for over 20 years, and we are so happy to see… Read More »Harlandale Cultural Arts Festival and Parade 2022
The Ruth Mini Mobile Library participated at the City of San Antonio World Heritage Event 2020 Dia de Los Muertos Ofrenda at the Mission Marquee Plaza this year. Due to COVID-19, the yearly tradition at San Jose Mission in the… Read More »Dia de Los Muertos Ofrenda 2020
The family of Dolores, including her future daughter-in-law, planned a surprise car parade for her birthday. It seems that this will be the new normal for birthdays for a while. I was amazed to see how quickly the family came… Read More »Family Surprises Their Mom With Birthday Car Parade
Many years ago, my grandmother, Mary Lou Bustillos Martinez, told me we have a lot of history in San Antonio, Texas. I haven’t been able to delve into all the research as I would like. I’m still learning information every… Read More »The Birth of San Antonio
We want to feature events on our calendar from several historical organizations even if we are not members. Any organization that would like for us to post their meetings/events can contact us to get their information posted. Please fill out… Read More »Now Accepting Submissions For Calendar
Please email patgerecci@gmail.com if you have any questions or want more information. Lesson Three: You have a photo with an unidentified building or part of a building in it from San Antonio, Texas. Maybe only the names of a few… Read More »Family Tree Lessons from Tia Patricia: Lesson 3
Please email patgerecci@gmail.com if you have any questions or want more information. Lesson 2 Lesson Two: Start to write up little stories of one person from your family tree. Put it in a real folder or an online folder. One person per… Read More »Family Tree Lessons from Tia Patricia: Lesson 2
A bronze monument honoring the four founding communities of San Antonio is being commissioned, in honor of our City’s TriCentennial. Being Honored are: Native Americans Spanish Presidio Soldiers Spanish Friars Canary Islanders This monument will represent San Antonio’s historic beginnings… Read More »San Antonio’s Founders Monument: A Historic Initiative
Please email patgerecci@gmail.com if you have any questions or want more information. Lesson 1 For the Hernandez research conducted over 30 years, I have 416 people 473 records and 107 photographs For the De Los Santos Coy-Hernandez-Salinas research, I… Read More »Family Tree Lessons from Tia Patricia: Lesson 1