Re: Trying to locate family history
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Re: Trying to locate family history
Heather Rojo 5/16/00
Hi Heather,
I got your e-mail tonight! Thank you for responding.I did bring up a few websites during my search but I don't know enough Spanish to interpret them!!Was your husband's grandfather a guard for King Alfonso (or is spelling Alphonso?).I'm told that our great great grandparents had to leave Spain because of some type of coup and they had the choice to leave to go to the Phillippines or forfeit their lives-well, they chose to be exiled to the Phillippines.I tried to figure out the years this could have happened but it takes alot of time and I can only do this at night after coming home from work...the searching takes alot of time!Anyway, how this all evolved is my brothers and I only have one aunt & uncle who are just now giving us this information on our family history.We always thought we were Filipino but just recently found out our ancestors were from Spain!!Imagine our surprise since we were raised with the Filipino culture, food, etc., so my brothers are talking with our aunt & uncle to try to get as much information as possible to put together this family history.I can't remember what I put in my message on this website regarding my ancestors but my great, great grandfather was born in Barcelona and his wife (whose name we do not know at this time) was born in Madrid.I'm hoping they can find out information on her.They had one daughter, Jacoba de Pastoral so I'm thinking my great, great grandmother's name had to be de Pastoral since I know they don't take on their husband's names when they marry.I tried to get info on the de Pastoral family but was not successful.Please let me know if you find out anything and I'll do the same.My e-mail address is [email protected]
Thanks again for responding. Hope to hear from you soon.
Marlyn