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Henrietta Martinez Christmas, a native New Mexican, is a well-known genealogical and historical researcher; she descends from eleven of the soldiers that came with O?ate in 1598.? She has written several books related to New Mexico?s small towns and history and over 175 articles about New Mexico?s Colonial Families. She is a long-time member and the current president of the New Mexico Genealogical Society. She has worked with the History Museum of New Mexico, The Albuquerque Museum, and The El Camino Real Heritage site in preparing exhibits and researching historical data.? Henrietta is a frequent contributor to author?s books in terms of researching biographies of individuals.? She works with a group that honors historic women in New Mexico for their New Mexico Historic Marker Program. Honored by the DAR for historic preservation, she has extracted and transcribed records for over 50 books, which in total consist of hundreds of thousands of records.