The Baca / Douglas Genealogy and Family History Blog

28 November 2015

Looking for Socorro area obituaries

Dear readers of this blog:

I'm currently collecting obituaries for people who have connections the Socorro, New Mexico area. This includes people who lived and died elsewhere. If you have an obituary that you would like to share, please scan it and send it to me at info@socorrogrant.org. You may also send me transcriptions that you made of obituaries. If you have a link to a specific obituary that is online, please send it to me.

Once again my email is info@socorrogrant.org.

Thank you,

Robert Baca
Socorro Land Grant Research Project

4 comments:

Ken Cowlas said...

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106713787

Birth: Mar. 1, 1935
San Francisco County
California, USA
Death: Aug. 5, 2006
Sacramento
Sacramento County
California, USA

Obituary: Jennie Rios Baca, tireless advocate for Latino rights
By Robert D. Dávila -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 12:01 am PDT Thursday, August 10, 2006
Story appeared in Metro section, Page B3

Jennie Rios Baca, a tireless Latino activist who launched efforts to improve opportunities for children during the 1960s Chicano movement in Sacramento, died Saturday.
She was 71.

Helping one of her great grand daughters with a school project... I wonder if she is related....???

Ken Cowlas said...

http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=106713787

Birth: Mar. 1, 1935
San Francisco County
California, USA
Death: Aug. 5, 2006
Sacramento
Sacramento County
California, USA

Obituary: Jennie Rios Baca, tireless advocate for Latino rights
By Robert D. Dávila -- Bee Staff Writer
Published 12:01 am PDT Thursday, August 10, 2006
Story appeared in Metro section, Page B3

Jennie Rios Baca, a tireless Latino activist who launched efforts to improve opportunities for children during the 1960s Chicano movement in Sacramento, died Saturday.
She was 71.

Helping one of her great grand daughters with a school project... I wonder if she is related....???

Robert Baca said...

I don't know. That's a good question. I believe that most Hispanic Baca families in the United States have roots from New Mexico. However, there is no way to know just from this obituary. Thank you for sharing. I will add it to my database in case I can use it later.

Robert Baca said...

It does look like her last name is her married name. Her maiden name appears to be Rios, as is evidenced in the names of her siblings. It would be interesting to find out where her husband was from.