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The MARC Roots Project
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- Written by: Bernard Punzalan
While I am not exactly sure yet when the Micronesian Area Research Center (MARC) started the Roots Project, I found a 1989 article from the Pacific Daily News written by Tambra Maddock providing some background information. The article featured Assistant Professor and MARC Librarian Albert L. Williams. “Williams, who put the information into a user friendly form, says people are interested in knowing who their ancestors are for a number of reasons.” Back then, the Roots Project contained 10,000 names in the database, was touted as “probably the largest compilation of Chamorro genealogical information in the world…” The names and data came from births, deaths and marriages taken from the Guam News Letters from 1914 to 1921, the 1897 census and the 1920 census of Agana.
2024 CHamoru Genealogy Workshop Symposium & Exhibit
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- Written by: Bernard Punzalan
Unofficially Official...LOL. Will post the flyer once cleared through appropriate channels...
What: Two-day CHamoru Genealogy Work Symposium & Exhibit
Day 1: Making Connections, Genealogy Panel on Clan Names, 18th Century Census Data, Pre-1936 Judicial Records
Day 2: Making Connections, Sharing Stories, DNA as a Genealogy Tool, Kumision’s Genealogy Database and Resources
Daily: CHamoru Family Clan Exhibit: participants will display their family genealogy, photos, and other related items.
FREE and open to the public.
When: September 20-21, 2024, 8:00am -5:00pm
Where: GCC Multi-Purpose Auditorium, Guam
How: Pre-Register with the Kumision. Registration at the door will be limited to capacity. (More to come on details)
*We encourage participants to bring in family trees, photos, and documents to share and display for the Exhibit. Also, bring laptop/tablets for hands-on assistance in navigating genealogical resources.
This event is being sponsored by the Kumisión i Fino’ CHamoru yan i Fina’nå’guen i Historia yan i Lina’la’ i Taotao Tåno’ (Commission on CHamoru Language and the Teaching of the History and Culture of the Indigenous People of Guam) and in collaboration with the CHamoru Roots Genealogy Project.
Hafa "paiquit?"
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- Written by: Bernard Punzalan
Hafa "paiquit?" In the early 1900s on Guam, certain games played for gambling were in violation of E.G.O. (Executive Government Order?) No 124. One of them was a "moneyed game" called "paiquit." At least that is how it was spelled in a judicial document, where five people were arrested in 1909: Enrique Sanchez, Lucas Aguon, Antonio Sanchez, Manuel Aquiningoc, and Maria Deza.
REGISTRATION OPEN: CHamoru Roots 5K Virtual Run/Walk Event
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- Written by: Bernard Punzalan
CHamoru Roots 5K virtual walk/run…Biba! The limited edition medals have arrived! Registration is now open and limited to 100 people.
This is a self-paced virtual 5K run/walk event in support of the CHamoru Roots Genealogy Project that can be ran (or walked) from any location you choose. You can run, jog, or walk on the road, on the trail, on the treadmill, at the gym, or on the track (or even at another race). Although some of the information identifies Tamuning, Guam as the location, you get to run your own race at any place, at your own pace, and time it yourself. Some families and people even do it as a group with a prearranged date, time and location.
Click on the link below to register and for more information.
1792 Sketches from the Malaspina Expedition
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- Written by: Bernard Punzalan
These sketches are from three artists (Felipe Bauza, Juan Ravenet and Fernando Brambila) from the Malaspina Expedition’s stopover in the Marianas island, which lasted under a couple of weeks. The expedition reached Guam 12 Feb 1792 (Levesque, pg. 447) and departed out of Umatac on 24 Feb 1792 (Levesque, pg. 489) to the port of Palapag.
The works of these artists can be found in Madrid, Spain at the Museum of America and the Naval Museum.
The original draft sketch of the woman is apparently missing or somehow disappeared. (Serrano in Levesque, pg. 573)
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