Brent Cruz Presentation on Francisco Montes Vigil Book

[@steveriggan8944]

This has been a wonderful discovery for the Vigil descendants. I am a professional genealogist and descended myself from three English colonists to Virginia in the 1600’s who also were descended from King Alfonso IX of Castile by his granddaughter Eleanor of Castile, wife of King Edward I of England. Many Americans are descended from the Castilian royal family through “gateway” colonists just like Francisco Montes Vigil. Such a great discovery!

[@ArcadiaJade]

Francisco Montes Vigil was my 9th Great-Grandfather. I am so excited to learn more. I want to get this book.

[@LivindEadgurll420]

Paige Thompson he was mine great father also I guess were family

[@paigethompson8857]

@@LivindEadgurll420 nice to meet you cousin!!

[@sontoahero]

Hola prima

[@paigethompson8857]

@@sontoahero Hola primo!

[@vigilanttrails7427]

Francisco Montez Vigil was my great-great-great grandfater. Our family carried the Montes name until the mid-1800's. I am in possession of our family crest along with our entire family tree going back to Asturia.

[@mrdbvigil]

I would love to see our family crest, Francisco Montes Vigil is my 8th Great Grandfather.

[@smileyladyT]

Wow, he is also a descendant of mine 10th or 11th great grandfather.

[@ckwik2983]

I would love to see tht

[@Arieslife553]

Juan Montes Vigil is my 12th great grandfather. I've been studying my ancestry for a long time love it thank you! Also we have a lt. Colonel in our family as well my cousin Chris Anderson. Our moms are sisters.

[@mysticheart4685]

Francisco Montes Vigil is my 9th Great Grandfather. I want to purchase this book. Queen Isabella is my 16th G-Grandmother and King Ferdinand is my G-Grandfather.

[@shawnhudson6795]

Francisco Montes Vigil was my 9th Great-Grandfather. I would like to buy a copy of this book.

[@newsandviews4595]

I am a descendant of these people. To call you about two years ago after I spoke to the historian of New Mexico. This is so fascinating. So you have to know when New Mexico when it was newsfeed became part of the United States I recently learned that the Americans made the Spanish women drop their second name. So that's why it went from Montez Vigil to just playing vigil. Just playing vigil. That's supposed to be pla ym. There are some Valdez's related to this and Herrera

[@chrisvigil1262]

So Fascinating to hear about my relatives who came from Spain. My Dad and his Sisters were born in San Luis Colorado. I have seen another book published that traced our Family Ancestry, and to see my Dads name and my aunts and Grandmas name all in print is amazing. I will try to get this new book that's out to add to our Family .

[@tomjmartinez]

My family is from that area also. I have Vigil cousins who's father is Ernest Vigil. Are you any relation to him?

[@paigethompson8857]

Mine, too. My grandmother was Velma (Sanchez) Montano born in San Luis in about 1930. She descends from the Vigils on both sides of her family.

[@avigilR]

VIGIL FAMILY UNITE

[@marrie6312]

so much information, I can't wait to get the book.

[@genealogy-facc-gsha]

If you can link your Vigil line to Francisco Montes Vigil with this book you will see how all of a sudden you are a descendant of historical figures you read about in school.

[@marrie6312]

Genealogy - FACC/GSHA thanks to Jerry vigil down there i have information i do. thank you all so much for your work. I'm so excited.

[@LivindEadgurll420]

Genealogy - FACC/GSHA I’m a vigil I need help finding more history about it

[@doramariemorgan242]

I am a Archuleta but that name is in my family line too

[@hawkeyeproductions7235]

Thanks for your hard work. I am related to Amanda Vigil and have many Vigil matches on my DNA test.

[@hotelexploring]

How do I order the book?

[@jacquelinevigil2951]

Where to buy

[@newsandviews4595]

So if you do more digging and try to reach out to this gentleman who wrote the book but I talked to the historian for the state of New Mexico. Names on their period but not everybody gets to access them. However one of the things you need to know is this too our family the vigils that literally means watchmen in Spanish were one of the 1st nights in all of Europe. That there is a knighthood that still exists from this and it's been in existence for hundreds of years.

[@shirleymontano9657]

So how do I get this book?

[@KevEvanMusic]

Is the book still for sale? I’m unable to order it online and wasn’t sure if it was printing or not.

[@darkoverlord3000]

I can’t reach anyone for the book

[@KevEvanMusic]

@@darkoverlord3000 same here. It is integral for my family history so I will search for however long it takes.

[@purtyshoe]

I am a direct descendant of Francisco Monte's Vigil. I am working on tracing prior to the 1500s.

[@patrickvigil5863]

Patrico Vigil here very interesting stuff

[@newsandviews4595]

I also want you to know that after the Queen Isabella kicked out the Arab mores from Spain that's how Spain became an empire. They kicked out the Arabs they had this inquisition. They were the first nation to know to have a gun. Yes this is true. When they came unlike the pilgrims they came with animals they came with more food. To build and stay longer. They came with the best men that they could. But what's even more interesting is some of the medicinal things that they brought with them. But to this day and after Queen Isabella everybody in every other household in Europe the ruling governments wanted to intermarry with Queen Isabella's children. So our Spanish DNA lives on in pretty much every royal household to this day. I want to thank Mr Cruz for the research he did. It got me to read as much as I could for several years. Including reading things out of Spain and Europe and learning all of this. When people put down us Hispanics here in this country remind yourself this is what we are descendant from this is what we formed this is what we created. We know that there's the dark side to what the Spanish did. But our DNA was what's the most powerful government on the planet. So much so that all these people wanted to marry within the Spanish homes. King Henry the 8th married one of her granddaughters of Queen Isabella. When she could not produce a child he did not kill her like he did his other wives. He was afraid to inflict the wrath of Spain upon his nation. About that one for a moment. But remember this. Until 1957 Hispanics were not allowed to vote in this country. Last group of people to be allowed to vote. It wasn't until the civil rights laws and a Hispanic lawyer from Texas that challenged this in the Supreme Court did our families get the right to vote. That's why many of your grandparents and great grandparents did not speak about politics because they weren't allowed to be involved with it. And that's your American history for the day. But Hi Cousins there's a lot of us.

[@Deanofthedead]

Thank you!

[@fv1291]

Another Vigil here! Dad from New Mexico.

[@newsandviews4595]

I will finally add this the knighthood that our ancestors the vigil family began is called the order of Santiago. If you are a descendant of this person we all come from an esteemed family and an esteemed history.

[@doreenlopez9770]

I'm a descendent of Francisco Montes Vigil..also.. I've noticed that some Native Americans carry The Vigil Sur Name...I'm wondering If they are also related and If Anyone knows anything about it.?.I I would love to learn more..That would be great..Take Care

[@tomjmartinez]

Native Americans who have the Vigil name, or any other surname, whether it is Spanish or other European name, usually got it from one of their ancestors who was adopted, traded, captured or stolen from their tribe. It was a very common practice for Spanish families to have a Native American, sometimes more than one, as a servant (slave) of the family. They were baptized and given the family surname. Most of them were set free when they were older and had their own families carrying on their new surname. If the servant was a female, she sometimes had children from her European master. These children would have DNA from both Europeans and Native Americans. In this case they would have at least a DNA connection to the Vigil clan, or any other one.

[@doreenlopez9770]

@@tomjmartinez Thank You ..for the reply..My ancestry DNA results came back..saying That I have 39% Spanish 37%i Indigenous of Northern New Mexico and Southern Colorado and other European blood... I'm fro trying to find info about the indigenous side.. Have You had any luck.finding Yours? ( I'm assuming that You have indigenous blood, also) Thanks and Take Care.

[@tomjmartinez]

@@doreenlopez9770 Practically anyone who has ancestors from New Mexico or Mexico has indegenous DNA. Mine is 43%. The average is around 30%. If you are trying to find a particular tribe you are from, that is almost impossible unless you can get verifiable records. Ever since Europeans came to the New World their has been a blending of DNA.

[@lopezcora]

Hello.. I did find a link to San ildefinso pueblos. Tewa my ancestors had been there for many generations.. Cases is, Archuleta and Gomez .. .and. Some Ancestors lived in Abiquu ( not sure if I spelled it right) Thanks for the reply and sorry about my late reply.Take Care .

[@newsandviews4595]

@@tomjmartinez If you have ancestors who are Spanish and New Mexico or anywhere in the southwest you have indigenous DNA. They didn't bring their wives with them or their daughters at first period we're all the first people literally. But it is harder to find more information on the native side there just were not records. We've run into that on my dad's side. My grandma we can go all the way back now to like 1400 in Spain. Monte's vigil our relative our shared relative if you dig a little bit further you can go back to about 1400 1300. Your hitch they are from ASTRUIS Spain. They originated from a place called OVIEDO Spain but on my dad's side on the native side we can only go back about 4 maybe five generations. There's more native on his side. The only reason why you can find more records on his Spanish side is because the church kept a lot of records. And the more prominent the person in your family tree was like our shared great great great great great great great great great great grandfather. They were a prominent person so they were more records about this person and their family.

[@ckwik2983]

my names Cristian Vigil my father Javier fransisco Vigil and his father John Benjamin Vigil were from oakland cali and have been living in oregon for 20 years

[@patriciavigil5835]

Francisco Montes Vigil is my 13th great grandfather

[@vcab6875]

Hispanics having the Surname Bethencourt can trace themselves back to the earliest Kings of the HRE, France, England, Flanders, Burgundy, Bretany.

[@gloriascott4515]

Hi family! sangre TIXIER VIGIL

[@newsandviews4595]

And finally here's a wave to all of you cousins

[@jpmsyen]

I too am a direct descendent.

[@jamesvigil707]

My Grandparents are from Taos. Let us all return to The Faith of Our Fathers.

[@lopezcora]

My Cousin looks like the boy John of Asturis.

[@sontoahero]

Does anyone think we need to start a roundup every year. "Francisco íVigilantes

[@elbarrigueta]

Why don't write in a right way the spanish names? If you want honoring your ancestor's history respect names properly.

[@newsandviews4595]

I don't know how to tell you this but the names we spell here in the United States are spelled differently in Spain. A lot of the names are changed. There's AV might have been AB or if you go to Spain you will not hear the name Martinez there's no easy on the names. That was added when they came to the New World. For a long time if you were born in Spain for example you were considered a Spaniard. You're born in the United States with Spanish DNA we were called Spanish. So the names change over time for various reasons. They're going