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Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Apolonio Venegas was born on April 10, 1930, in San Román, Jalisco, México; his father’s name was Santiago Venegas, and he worked in agriculture in addition to selling goods in town to earn money; his mother’s…

Luis Figueroa Encinas filled out this application in for back wages owed to him.

Luis Figueroa Encinas filled out this application in for back wages owed to him.

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Audómaro Zepeda was born on May 10, 1933, in Jalisco, México; as the second of thirteen siblings he only went to school through the third grade; when he was nine years old, he began working in the fields; his…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Aurelio Delgado Moreno was born in Las Nieves, Durango, México, in 1924; he helped his father work in the fields; he later helped work on the Pan-American Highway; in 1953, while he was working in Camargo,…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Aurelio Marín was born on July 27, 1941, in Tepechitlán, Zacatecas, México; he is the eldest of his five brothers and two sisters; he was formally educated for six years, and during that time he helped his…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Aurelio Pereida Rodarte was born on January 13, 1925, in México; when he was only two years old, his mother passed away; his father was often gone and remarried four other times; consequently, Aurelio grew up…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Bárbaro Chacón Delgado was born in San José de Carreras, Chihuahua, México, in 1923; his father was a farmer; in 1946, he became a bracero; he was hired by a food processing company in Michigan; in 1947, he was…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Belisrio Luna was born on June 26, 1936, in Guadalupe Victoria, Durango, México; he was the sixth of eleven children; his father died when he was six years old; he was forced to work in agriculture at the age of…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Benito Fierro was born on March 20, 1932, in Julimes, Chihuahua, México; he was the third of nine brothers to be born, and they all learned the agricultural trade from their father; in 1953, he became a bracero;…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Bernardino Vilchis was born in Cuernavaca, Morelos, México; he grew up in a middle class family, and later worked as an electrician; he joined the bracero program in 1943, and worked in Arizona as a railroad…

Biographical Synopsis of Interviewee: Bernardo Treviño on September 2, 1936, in Saltillo, Coahuila, México; he grew up in a family of farm workers; at an early age, he worked in the fields with his family; he worked as a bracero until 1964 in…

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During peak seasons approximately 5,000 men passed through this camp daily. The first step for processing is for the men to have their name recorded on the main list. At the Processing Center in Monterrey, Mexico the men are kept in line by Mexican…

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Mexican birth certificate for Roberto Ramon Carrillo.

Birth Certificate of Eugenio Renteria. Born March 24, 1915.

Birth certificate of Apolonio Venegas.

Birth certificate of Jose Guadalupe Santacruz Rangel, born in 1925, with this copy of the document obtained in March of 1986.

Birth certificate of Melitona Santacruz obtained in April of 2000.

Faustino Martinez's birth certificate attest that he was born on August 13, 1926.

This birth certificate delineates the lineage of Federico Navarro Duran. It also states that he was born March 2, 1929 in Guanajuato.

This birth certificate delineates the birth of M. Esther Rivera, Federico Navarro Duran's wife. It also states that she was born January 23, 1930 in Guanajuato.

This birth certificate states that Pedro Rivera Duran was born September 17, 1929 in San Luis de la Paz, Guanajuato, Mexico.

This is the written birth certificate of Alejandro Salas Arrendondo from his home state of Durango, Mexico. It states that he was born April 24, 1935.

Faustino Martinez's birth certificate attests that he was born on August 13, 1926.
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