Marmato, Colombia
Leo has been calling Marmato, Colombia and harrassing the poor lady, Luz, who works in the parrish there, and finally after several months, she found the baptismal records of his maternal great-grandfather, his siblings and his parents. Sweet!!! This is pretty amazing considering that Leo's dad didn't even know his grandfather's name till just this past November, because his mom had had some long-held grudge against him. She gave us the most information because my kids buttered her up--no, just kidding, I don't know why, but I sure was happy about it. I can't wait till those records arrive so we can call Marmato again and start bugging Luz once again about other names.
Marmato has the largest gold deposit in the world. (I think a Canadian company was trying to buy most of the rights to it.) It's been operating since 1625 under Spanish rule, and even before that by indigenous people. Leo's great-grandfather was a gold miner. No surprise there, almost everyone in the town is.
Marmato has the largest gold deposit in the world. (I think a Canadian company was trying to buy most of the rights to it.) It's been operating since 1625 under Spanish rule, and even before that by indigenous people. Leo's great-grandfather was a gold miner. No surprise there, almost everyone in the town is.
And just another picture from the town. 
2 comments:
Oh that is so Cool!!!! Congrats!
Awesome.
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