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The War Years on Guam: Narratives of the Chamorro Experience

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Written by: Bernard Punzalan

Published: 27 February 2023

____. 1981. The War Years on Guam: Narratives of the Chamorro Experience. University of Guam.

A collaborative project by the University of Guam and the U.S. National Parks Service , which yielded two volumes of narratives. 72 people described their experience. Some of the narratives contain family information.

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Carmen de Salas : Jane Underwood Index Card Collection

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Written by: Bernard Punzalan

Published: 20 February 2023

Carmen de Salas (1867-1940)

An index card of my maternal great grandmother and her children.

It is one of thousands created by anthropologist Jane Hainline Underwood from 1965 - 1992. These cards are located at the Micronesia Area Research Center, University of Guam.

I still have the theory that Carmen de Salas is really the daughter of Rita Aguon Salar born out of wedlock; and, that the Salas surname was a transcription error. Family lore reveals that she that her biological father was Felix (Tun Felis) de Torres.  I have written about this before and is searchable on this website. Carmen is also the lineal source of my mitochondrial DNA (MtDNA) haplo group E2a, unique to the CHamoru people. It will be through this type of DNA that will prove whether my theory is correct.

Academia.edu 30-day Snapshot

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Written by: Bernard Punzalan

Published: 25 January 2023

Academia.edu snapshot of the past 30-days.Thank you all for taking the time to explore these pilot papers that were designed to encourage and inspire scholars to take it to higher discourse levels. Even if only one at time. These are seeds that eventually flourish with the proper nurturing.

https://bellevue.academia.edu/BPunzalan

Copies of these papers are also filed in the documents area for subscribers. 

Note: I have been scanning and uploading thousands of document pages under the Genealogy Library->Genealogy Documents submenu section submitted by various Project Collaborators. For those with access, take a peek. All other users and subscribers are highly encouraged to upgrade their subscription to the Genealogy Library Plan (https://www.chamorroroots.com/v7/membership/subscribe?group_id=5).

Familian Chamorro: The Genealogy Work of Paul Souder

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Written by: Bernard Punzalan

Published: 22 December 2022

In 1981, the late Paul Souder, husband of Mariquita Calvo Torres, published Familian Chamorro. This publication features family genealogy sourced from early Spanish records including the 1897 Spanish census, Father Roman de Vera’s 1920 census, and personal interviews he conducted with some Guam elders. This publication contains over 500 pages of CHamoru genealogical information, and at least 294 surnames. Souder acknowledges that his work in this publication is not complete, but clearly, his work is an absolutely amazing resource and inspiration to many seeking to discover their roots.