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Posted By richards on May 1, 2016

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RE: "Tracing roots of Sephardic Jews of Spain," April 17

Recently, Herb Canales wrote a forum with Jackie Ben-Efraim on the Sephardic Jews and the Carvajal family. Luis Carvajal was a "converso," one of the Spanish Jews who adopted the Catholic faith under pressure from the Spanish Inquisition.

If anyone is interested in learning more about this time period and this remarkable man, I recommend that they read a book in the genealogy reference section of the La Retama Central library. This book tells the story of the Carvajal family and how the Inquisition killed most of the members of the family. The book is called "The Carvajal Family, The Jews and The Inquisition" and was written by Alfonso Toro.

Editor's Note: An earlier version of this letter included incorrect information about the founder of Monterrey. Diego de Montemayor was the founder.

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