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Hispanic family names
Up to now, there are still amongst us who think, because their family names sound and spell like Spanish, they are descendants of Spaniards – be these “conquistadores”, creoles, illustrados or other Spaniards of pre-American era. We really don’t have anything against Spanish or anything related to Spain. But wouldn’t be a great idea that… [Continue Reading]
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Email sponsorships
This website is sponsored by way of advertisements and email sponsorships. Sponsoring members create an email address using their family name (see list below) using an email service provided by Gmail / Google. As at 4 February 2010 5 January 2011, we provide each email address an allocated 7411 7662 MB space just like other… [Continue Reading]
My family name has historical and demographic contradictions
A friend who also hails from the province of Tarlac and also now based in Sydney gifted me The Tarlac Book 2007, Yesterday’s History, Today’s Legacy put together by a kababayan, Virgilio Buan, a freelance photojournalist. Going over its pages, I thought the book looked impressive. It is just like an almanac with facts and… [Continue Reading]
Finding their ancestry…