Author:John P. Schmal

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The Dominguez Family: A Mexican-American Journey

By: Donna S Morales and John P Schmal

Price: $28.50

Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc: (2004)

Seller ID: M2527

ISBN: 0788425277

Binding: Softcover

Condition: 296 pages, 5.5x8.5, (2004), 2012, 5.5x8.5, paper, 296 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc

Narrated by family member, Donna Morales, this is the touching and dramatic story of one Mexican-American family's struggle to find its part of the American dream. Ms. Morales explains, "My family left Mexico in 1909 just as the country began its slow descent into a bloody ten-year revolution. Coming to Kansas City in 1918, my family's services in the railroad and meat packing industries of Kansas City were very much desired by the Kansas business community. However, from a social standpoint, my family was not eagerly nor warmly welcomed to Kansas during the early decades of the twentieth...
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The Indigenous Roots of a Mexican-American Family

By: Donna S. Morales and John P. Schmal

Price: $26.50

Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc: (2003)

Seller ID: M2469

ISBN: 0788424696

Binding: Softcover

Condition: 206 pages, 5.5x8.5, (2003), 2008, 5.5x8.5, paper, indices, 206 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc

In their second collaboration together, the authors begin their narration by taking the reader back thousands of years to reveal the complex and fascinating history of Mexico's Indian tribes, and conclude with the story of nine generations of the Indian-Mexican-American Morales family. Prior to the arrival of the Spaniards, an incredible diversity of aboriginal peoples lived in the area we now know as Mexico. After the conquest of the Aztecs, the greatest challenge to continued Spanish domination in Mexico lay in the northern lands of Zacatecas and Jalisco. It was here that the Chichimeca Indi...
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Naturalizations of Mexican Americans: Extracts, Volume 1

By: John P. Schmal

Price: $34.00

Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc: 2006

Seller ID: S3800

ISBN: 0078843800X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: 352 pages, 5.5x8.5, 2006, 5.5x8.5, paper, index, 352 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc

Volume 1 in this series contains a unique and detailed collection of extracts from 311 naturalization documents filed by Mexican immigrants between 1860 and 1950. The applicants came from several states in Mexico, and entered the United States through Texas, Arizona, and California. Extracts from these documents yield important details such as date and place of birth, last foreign residence, names of spouse and children, date and place of marriage, and more. Naturalization records also reveal the port of entry and the location of the district court where the documents were filed, which can dir...
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Naturalizations of Mexican Americans: Extracts, Volume 2

By: John P. Schmal

Price: $37.50

Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc: 2006

Seller ID: S3803

ISBN: 0788438034

Binding: Softcover

Condition: 400 pages, 5.5x8.5, 2006, 5.5x8.5, paper, index, 400 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc

Volume 2 in this series contains a unique and detailed collection of extracts from 371 naturalization documents filed by Mexican immigrants between 1860 and 1950. The applicants came from several states in Mexico, and entered the United States through Texas, Arizona, and California. Extracts from these documents yield important details such as date and place of birth, last foreign residence, names of spouse and children, date and place of marriage, and more. Naturalization records also reveal the port of entry and the location of the district court where the documents were filed, which can dir...
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Naturalizations of Mexican Americans: Extracts, Volume 3

By: John P. Schmal

Price: $34.00

Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc: 2006

Seller ID: S4113

ISBN: 0788441132

Binding: Softcover

Condition: 344 pages, 5.5x8.5, 2006, 5.5x8.5, paper, alpha., 344 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc

Volume 3 in this series contains a unique and detailed collection of extracts from 313 naturalization documents filed by Mexican immigrants between 1860 and 1950. The applicants came from several states in Mexico, and entered the United States through Texas, Arizona, and California. Extracts from these documents yield important details such as date and place of birth, last foreign residence, names of spouse and children, date and place of marriage, and more. Naturalization records also reveal the port of entry and the location of the district court where the documents were filed, which can dir...
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The Journey to Latino Political Representation

By: John P. Schmal

Price: $24.00

Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc: 2007

Seller ID: S4114

ISBN: 0788441140

Binding: Softcover

Condition: 228 pages, 5.5x8.5, 2007, 5.5x8.5, paper, index, 228 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc

The Journey to Latino Political Representation is a detailed, yet succinct, description of the struggle of Latino Americans to express their political voice from 1822 to the present day. There are essentially two parts to this story: the decline of Hispanic representation in the nineteenth century and the revival of their political voice in the second half of the twentieth century. To explain this, the author discusses Latino population demographics, anti-immigrant legislation and other political influences. In addition, short biographies throughout the book help to familiarize the reader with...
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Naturalizations of Mexican Americans: Extracts, Volume 4

By: John P. Schmal

Price: $29.00

Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc: 2007

Seller ID: S4283

ISBN: 0078844283X

Binding: Softcover

Condition: 314 pages, 5.5x8.5, 2007, 5.5x8.5, paper, index, 314 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc

Volume 4 in this series contains a unique and detailed collection of extracts from 265 naturalization documents filed by Mexican immigrants between 1860 and 1950. The applicants came from several states in Mexico, and entered the United States through Texas, Arizona, and California. Extracts from these documents yield important details such as date and place of birth, last foreign residence, names of spouse and children, date and place of marriage, and more. Naturalization records also reveal the port of entry and the location of the district court where the documents were filed, which can dir...
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Mexican-American Genealogical Research: Following the Paper Trail to Mexico

By: John Schmal and Donna Morales

Price: $21.00

Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc: (2002)

Seller ID: S2139

ISBN: 0788421395

Binding: Softcover

Condition: 166 pages, 5.5x8.5, (2002), 2007, 5.5x8.5, paper, index, 166 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc

Mexican-American genealogical research has long been an under-appreciated pastime, practiced by a select few. However, "Mexican-American Genealogical Research: Following the Paper Trail to Mexico" brings a new resource into the public eye and provides the everyday American with suggestions for locating Mexican ancestors. The most important piece of information for the Mexican-American genealogist to obtain is the name of the place from which his or her Mexican ancestors came. In this respect, the search for Mexican roots is exactly the same as that of every other ethnic group that came...
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A Mexican-American Family of California: In the Service of Three Flags

By: John Schmal and Jennifer Vo

Price: $20.00

Publisher: Heritage Books, Inc: (2003)

Seller ID: S2448

ISBN: 0788424483

Binding: Softcover

Condition: 252 pages, 5.5x8.5, (2003), 2007, 5.5x8.5, paper, index, 252 pp, Softcover, Heritage Books, Inc

The eleventh-generation Californian Jennifer Vo and the historian John P. Schmal have collaborated in the production of this multi-generational epic about a pioneer California family. In 1781, Luis Quintero, a poor, middle-aged African-Mexican tailor from Sonora, Mexico, and his family (plus ten other families) founded El Pueblo de Nuestra la Reina de Los Angeles del Rio Porcioncula. The founding of Los Angeles, California, was a well-planned strategic move made by Spain to secure the northwestern border regions of its extensive American empire in the last half of the eighteenth century. Th...
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Author:John P. Schmal