Trace Your Hispanic Roots With This Genealogical Gold Mine

“With All Arms, A Study of a Kindred Group” is a pivotal resource for genealogists, historians, amateurs and novices searching for their ancestral roots in Northeastern Mexico and South Texas.

The result of 40 years of the author’s extensive travels and his exacting hands-on excavation of history, “With All Arms” abounds with family stories, lineages and historical records. Civil documents and parish records, including birth, death, and marriage, long-forgotten diaries, journals and the stories told to the author are all documented and shared here.

Beginning with Cortés in Vera Cruz, you will learn how Spaniard and indigenous peoples met, mixed history, and shaped nearly five centuries of North American history. Hundreds of family names are revealed in genealogical charts and wheels, tables and reports — names that extend far across North America and around the world today, including Pizarro, Hinojosa, Gonzalez, Trevino, de Leon, and the author’s own ancestors, Ramirez. 

For anyone inspired by popular shows like “Finding Your Roots,” “Who Do You Think You Are?” and “The Generations Project,” and platforms like Ancestry.com and MyHeritage, “With All Arms” offers an unparalleled depth of research within its 400 pages.

Revised and edited by Laurence Alan Duaine, the author’s son, the second edition retains the original text with minor corrections and a significantly expanded index and bibliography. His goal was to make this important work available to a new generation of readers and researchers. The second edition also includes 15 dramatic pen-and-ink sketches by historian and illustrator Jack Jackson.

  • “(With All Arms) has become a standard reference work for persons with roots in Northern Mexico and a 'must have' book for persons researching the history of the early settlers of that area.”

    Colonel Earnest A. Montemayor, USAF (Ret.) Director,
    Hispanic-American Genealogical Associates

  • “5 stars! A treasure trove of information on Northern Mexico, both as a genealogical and historical resource. Very well researched.”

  • “With All Arms is a treasure, a classic … presented with the inclusion of many humanizing personal accounts of individuals I continue to discover are my ancestors. For the beginner with roots in Northern Mexico and South Texas, it is a perfect over-view.”

    Mimi Lozano Co-Founder, Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research and Editor of SomosPrimos.com

  • “A GOLD MINE FOR GENEALOGISTS!”

  • “A pivotal title of interest to both genealogist and historian. Over a span of four centuries, the reader shares the hardships and sacrifices of the early settlers of this isolated and unique region ….”

    George R. Gause, Jr. Special Collections Librarian, The University of Texas – Pan American (presently UTRGV)

  • "Great genealogical resource. I have a better understanding of the history of my relatives."

With All Arms A genealogical history of northern Mexico and South Texas Laurence Alan Duaine, the editor of the second edition of With All Arms
With All Arms A genealogical history of northern Mexico and South Texas author Carl Duaine

Carl Laurence Duaine(1905-1988)was the descendent of the indigenous people of Mexico as well as Spaniards who landed at Vera Cruz with Herman Cortez. In addition to “With All Arms,” Duaine is the author of “The Dead Men Wore Boots: An Account of the 32nd Texas Volunteer Cavalry” and “Caverns of Oblivion,” the translation (with commentary) of three early Spanish journals of exploration.

Laurence Alan Duaine (1931-2022) authored three books, his aviation trilogy detailing a life spent in the cockpit: "Cold Warrior" about his time as an Air Force fighter pilot, "Where the High Winds Run" covering his career as a commercial pilot for Braniff International Airways, and "Hobo Pilot" recounting his final years as a freelance international corporate aviator. In addition to his own books, Duaine revised and edited two books of his father, “The Dead Men Wore Boots” and “With All Arms.”

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