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CHamoru Population Through 2020 (Updated)
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- Written by: Bernard Punzalan
A glimpse of the CHamoru[1] population through 2020
Footnote
[1] CHamoru population includes those with mixed races.
CHamoru Clans Series 2008 / 2024 CHamoru Genealogy Workshop
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- Written by: Bernard Punzalan
In 2008, Lacy Martinez, a reporter for the Guam Pacific Daily News, ran a weekly series on the topic “Chamorro Clans.” At the time the CHamoru Roots Genealogy Project was only a few years old and Lacy reached out to me about the project.
Family clan names are a vital CHamoru cultural practice towards pinpointing and identifying specific family relationships and even individuals within clans.
SAVE THE DATE. We are planning for a 2024 CHamoru Genealogy Workshop Symposium that will highlight this cultural practice along with other presentations, displays, and CHamoru genealogy database navigation tips. It will be a two-day, possibly three-days if necessary, TENTATIVELY, September 20-21, 2024, and hopefully at the Guam Community College multipurpose auditorium. Much of this will depend on the continued collaboration and co-sponsorship with 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).
There is still a lot of planning, coordination and organizing going on but I just wanted to give everyone some planning information, to at least set aside the time and save money for travel if you are coming from off-island. So please stay tuned for developments. Also, please let me know if you are interested in rolling up your sleeves to help out with this historical event.
Manggåfan Dågua -> Taitano
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- Written by: Bernard Punzalan
How one Taitano family, descendants of Dågua, got their surname. As told by Saina Carl Gutierrez from his recollections as told to him three generations back and also from Saina Carlos Pangelinan Taitano.
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