Gurulé Families

Family information in this page not only includes direct descendants of Santiago Gurulé and Elena Gallegos, but also some of the Native American families who assumed the Gurulé surname.

These are not ALL the records that Angela maintains, just the families with the most records.

She has literally hundreds of other Gurulé families, and hoping visitors to this website can provide some clues.
Please contact Angela Lewis for help or if you want to provide information on your Gurulé family.

Why are families numbered? What does that mean?

When Angela started her Gurulé research in 1998, she was finding direct descendants, but was also finding many other families that she couldn’t trace back to the French descendants. She numbered them in her records to keep track of all the different families.

How do I access the Gurulé families?

Family #1 – these are the descendants of Antonio Gurulé (son of Santiago Gurulé and Elena Gallegos) and his wife, Antonia Quintana. Go to Family #1 where you'll find links for each of their nine children.

Family #1A – these are the descendants of Antonio Gurulé (born 1742). Extensive Y-DNA 700 testing has proven that Antonio Gurulé (son of Santiago Gurulé and Elena Gallegos) was his father. It's "assumed" that Rosa, the Indian servant in the household, was Antonio's mother. Click on Family #1A to read more about this relationship.

Families #2 through #15 – These are other families Angela has been able to trace back to the 1700’s -- some of the baptism and marriage records identify these as being from “Genizaro” families.

Genizaros were captives of varied tribal origins and had been ransomed by other nomadic Native
American tribes and then placed as servants in the homes of settlers and missionaries. They
adopted Spanish surnames and customs and built towns away from the Spanish settlements and
the pueblo villages. By 1775, there were three prominent Genizaro communities in New Mexico:
Analco in Santa Fe, Abiquiu, and Los Jarales near Belen.

Some families assumed the Gurulé surname as they worked in the household, and others for
unknown reasons.

Other terms found in census records and church records are Mestizo (mixture of Indian and Spanish) and Coyote (mixture of Indian and Mestizo).
Go to Families #2 - #15 and click on the family you want to view.

How do I know which family might have my ancestors?

There are two collections to search. The first link below is an index of all 14 families with just their name and birth year identified. All baptism information, census records, and other source material have been removed to condense the document. By having all 15 families in one document, it’s easier to understand and locate your ancestors.

Index - All Gurulé Families A combined list of all descendants from Families 1-14

The second collection is a database that Leon Moya has been developing over the years. The database was current up to the release in 2014, but not afterwards. It’s still a great database to start locating your family. If you find your family, then click on the matching “family number sheet” to see if any of their information has been updated/corrected.

Find Your Gurulé Family A Combined Database of Available Families

How do I search through the documents?

Do a CTRL + F to activate the search feature within any of the documents you choose to open. Depending on what type of computer/phone you’re using, the search feature will open in various locations on your screen. You can view the document on-line or by downloading a copy of the file.

What format was used for the families?

While the format looks different from printouts you would see from genealogy software programs such as Family Tree Maker, Legacy, RootsMagic, etc., it’s easy to understand.

Family information is indented. For example, all people with #2 by their name are children of
the parents with #1 by their name. Then all people with #3 by their name are children of the
parents with #2 by their name. The indentation format works and makes it easier to tell how
the descendants flow from a line.

Source material is also included with the entries. For example:

This refers to page 137 of the baptisms book for Our Lady of Angels church in Pecos, NM. Where
a microfilm was used as the source, it’ll have “FHL xxxxx” with the entry and these are available
through familysearch.org.

Thank you for visiting the Gurulé Families page and we look forward to helping you. We also have a “Gurulé Family Surname” page on Facebook that grows each day with new cousins finding each other.

Visit the Gurulé Cousins site, also under Family Tree, to meet some of the people who descend from the various Gurulé lines.

Visit the Resources site to view source material used, the Gurulé Newsletter and other published articles about the Gurulé family.