Hello Hope,
I am familiar with Esteban Villa's work and most of the RCAF artists. Back
in the late 70's I used to drop in their shop at the old Holy Angels
Elementary school. My cousin, Louie Gonzalez, is one of the original
members. If you follow the RCAF link, from the website you sent, you'll
see Louie and Esteban in the same picture. Talk about a small world.
Do you live in the Sacramento area? If so, you might be interested in
attending our next Nor Cal genealogy meeting. We met yesterday for the
third time, and it turned out to be the best meeting ever. We were supposed
to meet from 11 am to 2 pm, but ended up staying until 4 pm. Our next
meeting will probably be a trip to one of the libraries containing a large
collection of Hispanic Research materials. Such as, Sutro or UC Berkley
library.
Maria E. Cortez
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> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2006 15:46:35 -0500
> From: Joseph Puentes
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Esteban Villa
> To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
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> Here's a message Hope wanted to share with the group:
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> I so enjoy what everyone has to say and feel a connection to everyone
> so... ..........I hope its ok to send this to you,hopfuly to share with
> everyone. This is a web site about my uncle Esteban Villa. I think its a
> great site about one of us and the struggles he went through as a young
> latino.He was a very good friend of Cesar Chavez and worked with him on
> the migrant problems in California.I know I would love to read
> interesting things about others in the ranchoes family.
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> Hope Wilson (beelieve@bellsouth.net)
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> The message is ready to be sent with the following file or link
> attachments:
> Shortcut to: http://www.chilipie.com/esteban.htm
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Esteban Villa and the RCAF
Maria
So nice of you to contact me, thank you!! I feel a little left out because
so many in the group have family connections in one way or
another.................but I am determined my day will come!! I enjoy
seeing what everyone has to say and just wanted to share a little of me. No,
I do not live in Ca. I live in Tennessee. My mother who is Esteban's sister
also lives here so I don't think I will ever relocate, but I do wish I had
someone to 'work' with here in the south.I have found some history info but
I don't know alot about computers so I just have it on paper for now.
Thanks again,
Hope