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Re: Gonzalez Hernandez

noga7  (View posts) Posted: 23 Mar 2002 10:35PM GMT
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Surnames: Garza
there is a family of garzas from Lepe, SPAIN who have Jewish ancestry.The garzas in the late 1480's a small Judaizing clan of new Christians in Lepe.They fled to the canary Islands.The name Garza means heron. Many Jews changed there name to garza because it was an animal that according to Jewish tradition is Kosher to eat.Many Jews fled from the canary islands to Monterrey, Mexico because the inquisition was strong in the canary islands.They took ships from the canary island to Mexico. Monterrey, Mexico has a large amount of people with the garza name.My father has wriiten a book called The conquistadores and Crypto-Jews of monterrey that describes who founded many cities in Mexico. The Garza family was one of them. You can get the book from Carmi House Press, PO Box 4796, Valley Village, Ca 91617 or call 818-5098849
SubjectAuthorDate Posted
Moises Ramon Gonzalez 24 Jan 1999 12:00PM GMT 
MaryAnn_Garza 14 Feb 1999 12:00PM GMT 
noga7 23 Mar 2002 10:35PM GMT 
Mary Ann Garza 24 Mar 2002 3:01PM GMT 
silviaeaston 9 Jun 2004 11:57AM GMT 
Dominick Vila 20 Nov 2004 11:23AM GMT 
Mary Ann Garza 24 Mar 2002 3:04PM GMT 
magda rocha 18 May 2003 10:08PM GMT 
   

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