ORDER RELUCTANT DAWN: NEW SECOND EDITION AVAILABLE
A new edition of RELUCTANT DAWN, a biography of Padre Antonio José Martinez first written thirty years ago by Rev. Juan Romero, is available. To order this second edition by mail, please send your check for $22 (includes shipping) to the following address:
THE TAOS CONNECTION
4741 East Palm Canyon Dr. C-135
Palm Springs, CA 92264
The monograph is primarily based on the never-before-published manuscript BIOGRAFIA DEL PRESBITERO ANTONIO JOSE MARTINEZ written by Santiago Valdez in 1877 and that is housed at the Huntington Library near Los Angeles. It also includes other primary resources, including data from the archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, State of NM, Vatican Archives, and Notre Dame University.
El Crepúsculo de la Libertad 
June 2, 2011 at 7:51 am
I have been working on my ancestory and I alway knew that our family was related to Padre Martinez through my father Ernesto Varos’ mother, Teodorita Montano-Varos, my grandmother. My grandmother’s mother was Loreta Romero-Montano and her mother was Maria Soledad Romero the daughter of Padre Martinez and Dona Teodora Romero. I also have been handed down through the family an original picture of Padre Martinez. My grandmother’s sisters were Josefa Cantu, Lola Hopkins, and Dela Segura from Santa Fe.