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GUIDELINES FOR WRITING BIOGRAPHIES OF COLONISTS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS
The following is an outline for use in creating biographies of people who have lived on El Chamal. Include as much of the following information as possible for the biography of the person about whom you are writing.
Down load a Word Document of this guide. See an example of a biography on the Blalock Mexico Colony web site.
- Author Contact:
- Name of person completing the biography
- Contact phone number
- Email and/or postal address
- Description of relation to the subject of biography
- Biography Subject:
- Person's full name: First/Middle/Last
- Person's birth date: Month/Day/Year (yyyy)
- Person's birthplace: town, county, state, country
- Person's date of death: Month/Day/Year (yyyy)
- Person's place of death: town, county, state, country
- Person's place of burial: name of cemetery, plot number if available, town, county, state, country
- Person's Parents:
- Father's name: first/middle/last
- Father's birth date: month/day/year (yyyy)
- Father's birthplace: town, county, state, country
- Mother's name: first/middle/last
- Mother's birth date: month/day/year (yyyy)
- Mother's birthplace: town, county, state, country
- Person's First Spouse:
- First Spouse's name: first/middle/last
- Spouse's birth date: month/day/year (yyyy)
- Spouse's birthplace: town, county, state, country
- Spouse's place of death: town, county, state, country
- Spouse's place of burial: name of cemetery, plot number if available, town, county, state, country
- Marriage date: Month/Day/Year (yyyy)
- Marriage place: town, county, state, country
- Children with First Spouse: (List all information for each child.)
- Child's name: first/middle/last
- Child's birth date: month/day/year (yyyy)
- Child's birth place: town, county, state, country
- Child's place of birth: town, county, state, country
- Child's place of burial: name of cemetery, plot number if available, town, county, state, country
- Person's Second Spouse:
- First Spouse's name: first/middle/last
- Spouse's birth date: month/day/year (yyyy)
- Spouse's birthplace: town, county, state, country
- Spouse's place of death: town, county, state, country
- Spouse's place of burial: name of cemetery, plot number if available, town, county, state, country
- Marriage date: Month/Day/Year (yyyy)
- Marriage place: town, county, state, country
- Children with Second Spouse:
- Child's name: first/middle/last
- Child's birth date: month/day/year (yyyy)
- Child's birth place: town, county, state, country
- Child's place of death: town, county, state, country
- Child's place of burial: name of cemetery, plot number if available, town, county, state, country
- General Information:
- 1. When did this person arrive in Mexico?
- 2. Who went to Mexico with this person?
- 3. How did this person travel to Mexico?
- 4. Why did this person go to Mexico?
- 5. Where did this person live prior to moving to Mexico?
- 6. Did this person live in Chamal City or on a ranch?
- 7. Did the ranch have a name?
- 8. What property did they own?
(plat description)
- 9. Where was the property located?
- 10. What was this person's occupation?
- 11. Tell the story about this person and their family's move to and time in Mexico.
- 12. When did this person leave Mexico?
- 13. What were the circumstances that lead them to leave?
- 14. Did this person or family members return to Mexico?
- 15. When did they return and what happened after they returned?
- 16. What families is this person related to?
- Documents:
- Do you have original photographs of this person? Yes/No
- Do you have original letter by this person? Yes/No
- Do you have deeds, stock certificates, brands, or claim file documents related to this person? Yes/No
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