.... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... .... ....ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. A local genealogy buff has gathered years of research about Albuquerque’s modern-day pioneering families into a book.
French Mortuary at Fifth Street and Central Avenue in 1907. Chester T. French, the founder, is driving the carriage. (Courtesy of The Stewart Family)
The book, “Stories of Early Albuquerque” by Rosemary McNerney Winkler, shares the history of the families who helped usher the city into the modern age. McNerney Winkler is a member of the Albuquerque Genealogical Society, and has been writing about these families for the group’s publication the Quarterly since 2013. The book can be found at Page 1 Books, Treasure House Books in Old Town and Organic Books in Nob Hill.