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August 2014 update

Image of the Jose Joaquin Moraga family tree courtesy of Jessica Velarde-Montes. The Velarde family is related to the San Francisco branch of the Moraga family living in Ventura County, California

Hello everyone,

Been busy the last few weeks trying to finish up the initial updates on the new www.MoragaHistory.com website.

As of yet we have been unable to come up with a subscribe option for these updates so we are going with an e-newsletter option for now. We will send updates only occasionally, at the most once a month, so we can avoid clogging up your email. Please fill out the new “Subscribe to our mailing list‘ form on the righthand side of this website to subscribe to the e-newsletter.

Great information from contributors on the Moraga family history since our last update.

Thank you all very much.

Be sure to check our Photo page to see:

An image of either an unknown Moraga or Lt. Gabriel Moraga. Do you know who? Please let us know at contact@moragahistory.com
An image of a mural in the Town of Moraga depicting Lt. Gabriel Moraga. Image courtesy of Jessica Velarde-Montes. The Velarde family is related to the San Francisco branch of the Moraga family living in Ventura County, California.
A courtesy photo with information on Gabriel’s Moraga exploration in the southern San Joaquin Valley in California. Do you know who was the first Moraga to actually live in the Los Banos / Firebaugh region of the San Joaquin Valley? If so, please send us a note at contact@moragahistory.com
A Joaquin Moraga family pedigree chart courtesy by Jessica Velarde-Montes.
A slideshow of the Frieda Castro Martinez de Moraga family in El Rio, California with images courtesy of Roxanne Mueller.

We have also added:

A new Cuentos / storytelling page with links to newspaper articles and other sources with entertaining information on the Moraga family.
Links to more obituaries of Moraga family members in El Rio, California.
An update on the roots of the Moraga family of El Rio, California, including new information on a Basilio Moraga of Santa Ana, father of Salvador Domingo Moraga, born San Ignacio in 1760, with both towns near Magdalena, Sonora. Do you have some more information about Basilio, Salvador and their connection to earlier Moraga families in Sonora. Please send information to contact@moragahistory.com

Thank you again for contributing photos, documents and links to other historical information on the Moraga family. We also look forward to receiving any family history stories or research they you might want to share with us.

Until next time. Take care…

Information is coming in

Hello everyone,

Thank you very much for your kind comments to the upgrade of the www.moragahistory.com website. Very much appreciated.

We are still trying to work out that pesky “subscribe to our WordPress blog” issue. Hopefully, we will have an RSS feed or something else working soon.

We have also received some great photos and suggested updates on information on the site.

Gerry Hamor provided information and a photo on a plaque located north of Ventura, California recognizing the Rancho La Cañada Larga Mexican land-grant to Gabriel Moraga’s second wife, Joaquina Alvarado de Moraga. Gerry is a descendent of the Gabriel Moraga family line.

Click on image below to see more details

Following the death of Gabriel Moraga, his second wife, Joaquina Alvarado de Moraga, petitioned the Mexican government and was granted on 30 Jan. 1841 a total of 6,559 acres of land in the area known as La Cañada Larga north of the city of Ventura. Photo courtesy of Gerry Hamor.

He also provided updated information on the connection between the Camarillo and Moraga family so check out the “San Francisco Branch” page.

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Lance Beeson, a descendent of Joseph Juaquin Moraga, provided a photo of his Great-Great-Great-Grandmother Gomacinda Moraga, and information on the Facebook page, Los Arribeños de San Francisco, on the traditional “Fandango at the Moraga Adobe” in Northern California.

Click here for more information.

Photo by Gomacinda de Los Santos Moraga, daughter of Jose de Jesus Moraga, grand daughter of Joaquin Trinadad De La Santisma Moraga, great-granddaugter of Gabriel Moraga and great-great granddaughter of Joseph Joaquin Moraga. Photo courtesy of Lance Beeson.

Lance also provided us with photos from his recent visit to Spain, including a visit to el Palacio – Casa de los Moraga, which was donated by Dona Marta de Moraga as a rectory to the Convent of Santa Maria de Jesus in Cáceres, Extremadura. The house, which is now a center of Extremaduran arts and crafts, can be seen today with an inscription outside reading “Casa de Nuestra Senora y Pobres Que Fue de los Moraga.”

You can also click on the image below to see a short slideshow.

The Casa de Moraga in Caceras, Extremada, Spain. To the left is the shield Benito Moraga y Nidos. That on the right is the shield of his wife, Doña Maria de Carvajal. Photo courtesy of Lance Beeson.

The Casa de Moraga in Cáceres, Extremadura, Spain. To the left is the shield Benito Moraga y Nidos. That on the right is the shield of his wife, Doña Maria de Carvajal. Photo courtesy of Lance Beeson.

Thanks again for all your contributions. Very much appreciated… Frank M.

Welcome

Under construction

Construction of the Riverpark development on the site of the old Moraga property on El Rio Drive, Ventura County, CA. Photo by Frank X. Moraga / 2014©

Hello everyone,

Sorry if you stumbled on this page while we are undergoing a major renovation.

But we hope you will like the results as we migrate to a new, easier-to-use, WordPress theme for our website.

This will allow us to update the site more frequently, post more photos, provide more links to reference sources and publish your comments.

Thanks very much to everyone over the years who have visited our previous website. We very much appreciate your comments, photo and information contributions.

We hope to have this new site up and running very soon.

Thanks for your patience… Frank X. Moraga

Time to update the site

Yes, it is long past time to update the Moraga family history site. Our part of the Moraga family has moved from Ventura County, CA to Arizona (sort of doing our family migration in reverse). Time to change e-mail addresses and close out old web sites.

Thanks to everyone over the years who have contacted us through this site and provided additional information on the history of the Moraga family and how we all got to be in our present location.

Also thanks to those who have provided additional family photos so we can add them on our web site. As time permits, I will try to keep this web site updated with new information (family tree lists, photographs, videos and blog entries). Thanks in advance for your help in keeping this site fresh with new information.