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Last week I received an e-mail from Mary Bingham, a historian-writer for the Tubac Villager in Arizona. Her message read in part:

I recently started to do stories on the Anza Expedition families and what happened to them after they left Tubac on Oct. 23, 1775. Your articles and Internet info about the Feliz family, the Los Feliz land grant and the family curse have been a real joy to find. Have you had any luck in finding the link between Jose Vicente Feliz and Juan Jose Anastacio Feliz?

She was referring to articles from my former blog, which crashed about two months ago. With her e-mail, Ms. Bingham graciously included a copy of her excellent article, Baby Born at La Canoa. That touched off a frenzied exchange of notes, articles and other historical data regarding the Feliz family, the Anza Expedition, Rancho Los Feliz, Griffith Park and the alleged Curse of Dona Petranilla.

I learned a lot from Ms. Bingham’s research on Jose Vicente Feliz (a Los Angeles founder) and the Anza Expedition that brought him to Southern California. The exchange also lit a fire under me to re-post my previous blog’s Angeleno history and ghostlore pieces, including the Dread Feliz Curse, starting this week. Stay tuned…