Contreras y su relación con los Macías Valadez en Nochistlán-Aguascalientes-Teocaltiche

Hola a todos,

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Hello,
I must say that I have no documental proof to confirm Juana Maria Macias's parents but I came to that conclusion based on some facts:

There are no Macias Valadez in Nochistlan around 1670, which makes me thing Juana was native of other town. My best guess is Teocaltiche, where there were plenty of them.

Her son Bernardo de Contreras married in Teocaltiche.

Tomasa de Chavez was the godmother to Lucas and Juana's daughter Rosa Maria on Sep 14 1706.

Tomasa's son Diego Macias married Josefa de Contreras, a sister of Lucas. The couple lived and died in Nochistlan, as well as Lucas and Juana (siblings married to siblings?)

Lucas and Juana's son Diego de Contreras named after his grandfather Diego Macias?

Lucas and Juana's daughter Rosa de Contreras named after Juana's sister Rosa Macias?

I know these is not proven but I am pretty sure we are on te right track.

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I see your thinking. Are you discounting the bap of Juana Contreras, (9 Mar, 1694 in Nochistlan)? It lists Lucas Contreras and Juana Gonzalez Macias as the parents.
Raquel

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Hi Raquel, Juana using Gonzalez is the one thing doesnt fit in this theory. However, in my research I have found a thousand of reasons a person could use another surname. Probably it came from the Macias Valades line, as I do not know who Diego Macias' parents were.
Have you looked into Jose Luis Vazquez book? I havent been able to find the book and I am sure it will be of huge help to my research.

PS I apologize for my English, I havent had the chance to practice it often.

Alejandro

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I am unfamiliar with the author you mentioned. What is the name of the book? I am still confused about the parentage of Lucas Contreras. I can't locate anything that connects him to Nicolas Perez de Contreras and Maria de Lomelin y Benavides. From what I can locate, their children were Geronimo, Juana, Nicolasa, Nicolas, Pedro y Micaela. No Lucas nor Josefa. How do you know Josefa and Lucas are siblings

Your English is great. Much better than my Spanish.

Raquel

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I am unfamiliar with the author you mentioned. What is the name of the book? I am still confused about the parentage of Lucas Contreras. I can't locate anything that connects him to Nicolas Perez de Contreras and Maria de Lomelin y Benavides. From what I can locate, their children were Geronimo, Juana, Nicolasa, Nicolas, Pedro y Micaela. No Lucas nor Josefa. How do you know Josefa and Lucas are siblings?

Your English is great. Much better than my Spanish.

Raquel

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Raquel,

The book is Genealogia de Nochistlan by Jose Luis Vázquez y Rodríguez de Frías. I know that Lucas de Contreras is listed in the book several times, but I haven't seen it yet.

Now I am not very sure our Lucas was related to Nicolas de Contreras. But if they were related, he was likely his grandson and not his son, as Lucas was born around 1674. I didn't have Geronimo, Nicolas and Pedro as Nicolas Perez de Contreras' sons. Do you have their baptismal dates? One of them could be Lucas' father.

Lucas de Contreras died on March 15 1708, leaving a last will and the order to pay for "doscientas misas pagadas". I bet that document would solve the mistery of his parentage, if it still exists.

By the way, I am his descendant by his son Santiago de Contreras, married to Francisca Becerra.

Alejadnro

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I'm sorry I didn't recognize the author--I own the book, however, right now I've lent it to a primo. Unfortunately, it does not help us. Two of the references for Lucas Contreras concern when he was the padrino, and the third concerns a debt someone owed him.

I could not locate Lucas's death record. Did he die in Nochistlan?

I have added your Santiago--I did not have him. I am assuming he and Diego, baptized 28 Feb 1697, are different sons. Do you have a baptismal date for him?

Pedro Contreras is listed on pg 409, Tomo V, Vol 2 of Retonos. Only his birth year is mentioned-1655. He married Juana Estrada de la Mora. Geronimo's birth year is listed as 1644 and Nicloas as 1650. I found them online, with no further info.
Raquel

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Prima

Here you have Lucas's death record (with its original grammar):

LUCAS CONTRERAS. ESPAÑOL CASADO.

En el puo. de Nochistlan en quince de marso de setesientos y ocho as. di sepultura eclesiastica a LUCAS CONTRERAS, español y vesino que fue de este partido y marido que fue de Doña Juana Masias, y murio de tavardillo y resivio todos los sacramentos, penitencia, eucaristia y estrema unsion, y en su testamento...con misa de cuerpo presente y dejo poder para testar...se le digan dosientas misas resadas y para que conste lo firme.

I don't have a baptismal record for Santiago Contreras. I got his parents' name on his marriage record to Francisca Becerra on Feb 29 1740 in Nochistlan. They had at least two daughters, Ana Maria and Maria Gertrudis.

Once you get your book back, may I give you a couple of names to look into it? Living in Monterrey it's impossible to get it from a US public library and no one out here seems to have it.

Best Regards
Alejandro

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Primo,
Thank you for death record.

I am in the same position with Bernardo, a mg record but no baptismal.

I'd be happy to look up some names for you. I will be getting it back in late December. You can send me the names anytime.

Raquel Ruiz

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Me puede decir como usted sabe que los padres de Juana Macias Valadez eran Diego Macias Valadez y Tomasa Fragoso de Chavez? Yo descendo por el hijo, Bernardo Contreras y su esposa, Feliciana Alonzo de Ynojos.
Can you tell me how you know that Juana Macias Valadez's parents were Diego Macias Valadez and Tomasa Fragoso de Chavez? I descend from Bernardo Contreras and his wife, Felicana Alonzo de Ynojos.
Raquel Ruiz

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Victor M Gomez

Hola

Lucas de Contreras es hijo del criollo nacido en la ciudad de Mexico hacia 1618 Nicolas Perez de Contreras y de Maria de Lomelin de Benavides, entre otros hijos son Geronimo, Nicolas, Nicolasa, Pedro y Micaela.

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Victor,
I have never been able to find the ancestry of Lucas Contreras and Juana Macias Valades, my 7th ggpts. Could you tell me how you linked Lucas to Nicolas Perez de Contreras and Maria de Lomelin de Benavides?

Nunca he podido encontrar los antepasados de Lucas Contrera y Juana Macias. Me puede decir como conecto Lucas con Nicolas Perez de Contreras y Maria de Lomelin de Benavides?

Raquel Ruiz

Lagos de Moreno Records "Fabricas" 1733-1797

Researching Lagos de Moreno Records I came across Fabricas. Lists of deaths, including cost and names. Is this the working of the 'hacienda'? Was the death then listed in the church records?

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Autosomal DNA tests

I did an autosomal DNA test with FamilyTreeDNA. The Population Finder results were very misleading since they use only the groups with the highest portion of certain DNA markers.

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I think it's a waste of time and money to do any genealogy DNA tests.

They're predictable and very vague.

Jose Carlos de Leon

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Sanchez-Castellanos

I used Family tree and after 2 years I got a match with Benajamin who lives in Portland, Oregon We matched 66 of 67 markers and with family finder we know that we are related. I have researched the family tree of Sanchez Castellanos' family and I am helping him to connect our trees. I hope both of us will trace our roots and probe that DNA is useful for Genealogy.

Juan Francisco.

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To Juan Francisco, just to clarify to everyone else. The 66 of 67 markers are from a Y-DNA 67 marker test. That is an extremely close match. I understand your comment was in response to Joseph de León. However, the test I had started this thread about is an autosomal test. At FamilyTreeDNA it is called Family Finder.

To add to previous comments I have made I know through Y-DNA results that there are people with the last name Jaime or Xaime that are actually descendants of Romo de Vivar. I also know that the Villalobos families from Zacatecas are related to the Villalobos of Jalisco and Aguascalientes. Those results are also definitive and not vague or predictable.

Armando

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To Joseph de Leon, You have already stated your negative attitude about these tests. Your lack of knowledge and understanding on the subject is causing your unwarranted comments.

I have proven that most people with my surname are related. This could not have been done without Y-DNA tests by descendants of the same surname. The autosomal test shows I was lower in African ancestry than I had expected. I would not have known this without the autosomal test. How is this predictable and vague? It's not, it is quite the opposite.

Armando

Duda acerca de la ascendencia de Andrés de Martín y María de las Ruelas

Hola:

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Salvador,

Hola yo tambien desciendo de estos doe individuales y no puedo encontrar sus padres si tiene informacion addicinal sobre estas dos personas porfavor en compartela con migo gracias.

can anyone read this

i found the marriage dispensation for francisco valenzuela and margarita ortega. the writing is very hard to read.

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For what I understand, they lived like husband and wife for 4 years and had a daughter which they secretly left in her aunt's house, where the child had been raised and is 3 years old or so (tubo amistad carnal como tiempo de quatro años poco mas; en cuio tiempo tubo una hija del susodicho llamada Josepha; a la qual la expusieron secretamante en casa de Bernarda de Gallegos tia de la declarante donde se a criado. Tendra como tres años o poco mas).

About 1 year and 4 or 5 months earlier the authorities separated them since they were not married and sent her to Colotlan (Y que abra tiempo de año y quatro o sinco meses que por el dicho Sr. Vicario se les fulmino causa dobre dicha ylisita amistad y puso en deposito a la declarante que estasygurada en el pueblo de Colotlan).

They are related by second with third degree of consanguinity "por copula ilicita", which is sex among unmarried people.
-The groom (Francisco de Balensuela) is first-cousin of the mother (Maria de Saldaña) of the

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thanks a lot for explaining/translating what this document was about. the wording in the document was confusing. i wasn't sure how the name josefa saldana fit in the tree.

Guerra last name in Jalisco

I don't know how else to write and ask this question, so here goes.

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Ignacio Guerra, son of Antonio Guerra and Gregoria Martín, and Margarita Garcia were married 06 Jun 1825 in La Chona.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18564-54243-47?cc=1874591&wc…

Antonio Guerra, son of Joseph Antonio Guerra and Luisa Moreno, and Gregoria Martín were married 14 Feb 1795 in La Chona

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18564-58513-10?cc=1874591&wc…

Joseph Antonio Guerra, hijo natural of Juan Guerra and Polonia Ortega, and Luisa Moreno de Ortega y Vásquez de Lara, daughter of Andrés Moreno de Ortega and Manuela Vázquez de Lara Sotomayor, were married 21 de febrero 1762 in Lagos de Moreno.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18564-3328-69?cc=1874591&wc=…

We are related through the Moreno de Ortega family (relatives of the hero of the Indpendance of Mexico the insurgent Pedro Moreno), and some others, and I have more info I can share with you on that side of the family.

You might be able to prove the grandparents of

Romero in Encarnacion de Diaz

Hello,
 
I am new to Nuestros Ranchos and not sure how to begin.  I am looking for information in the city of Encarnacion de Diaz for my deceased father's father (Paz Romero).  He was born a

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Hi Susan

You ask...what does it mean when it states 'this marriage required a consanguinity despensation'? (tercero con cuatro grado).

In the Roman Catholic Church a consanguinity dispensation is required in order to marry a "blood" relative within the fourth degree, which means that the engaged couple has a common great-great grandparent(s). A 'tercero con cuatro grado' means that the common ancestor(s) for the couple is a great-grandparent(s) for one and a great-great grandparent(s) for the other. This bit of information will be helpful as you build your family tree.

As you go farther back in time (prior to approx. 1812), you may want to visit Claudia Casilla's terrific website at http://www.guadalajaradispensas.com/p/index-years-1800-1899.html, which has listings of extracted names from the Guadalajara Diocese records.

Austin Perez

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Hello everybody! My name is Hector Guerra. My family is originally from
Encarnacion de Diaz, Jalisco, better known as "La Chona"!! I spent a lot
of time as a child in that town and its surrounding ranchos. My curiosity
for the history of the area as well my ancestors started at a young age. I
remember a time when I made it a goal to visit as many churches as possible
in that area because the architecture fascinated me. That was when I was
9! My father being a good father took me to all those places. Having the
desire to investigate and learn drove me to ask my older relatives where I
came from. Who where my great grandfathers and Great Grandmothers? I
started my tree early on by asking first hand. I went back to the 1800's
and that was amazing!

Now as an adult I find myself wondering if I can go farther back. I
realize that a lot is out there for me to find, and that the tools are out
there. I also realize that with a group like this I can help others with
their journey.

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Welcome Hector!  You could do no better than to join this group.  I've had so
much help from everyone at Nuestros Ranchos.  I made my daughter a promise I
would work on our family tree, with the help of NR staff, and Family Search,
I have found my grandfather and back 5 more to 1712.  Stick with Nuestros
Ranchos they will lead you in the right direction and it will be like going on a
tresure hunt.  Good Luck!

 
Ann M. Gutierrez
Chicago, IL USA

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From: Hector Guerra
To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Thu, October 25, 2012 6:03:10 PM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Encarnacion de Diaz

Hello everybody!  My name is Hector Guerra.  My family is originally from
Encarnacion de Diaz, Jalisco, better known as "La Chona"!!  I spent a lot
of time as a child in that town and its surrounding ranchos.  My curiosity
for the history of the area as well my ancestors started at a young age.  I
remember a time when I made it a goal to visit as many churches as

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hola,
Tengo varios Guerras en mi árbol pero ellos son de Lagos de Moreno,

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 6:59 PM, Ann M. Gutierrez
agutierrez07@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Welcome Hector! You could do no better than to join this group. I've had
> so
> much help from everyone at Nuestros Ranchos. I made my daughter a
> promise I
> would work on our family tree, with the help of NR staff, and Family
> Search,
> I have found my grandfather and back 5 more to 1712. Stick with Nuestros
> Ranchos they will lead you in the right direction and it will be like
> going on a
> tresure hunt. Good Luck!
>
>
> Ann M. Gutierrez
> Chicago, IL USA
>
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Hector Guerra
> To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
> Sent: Thu, October 25, 2012 6:03:10 PM
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Encarnacion de Diaz
>
> Hello everybody! My name is Hector Guerra. My family is originally from
> Encarnacion de Diaz, Jalisco, better known as "La Chona"!! I spent a lot
> of time as a

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Hola, marthaharo y todos, tambien muchos de mis Guerra's fueron baptizados en sm lagos y san Juan de lagos. Tal vez son de los mismos. Hojala nos puedemos hayudar.

Hector Guerra Polina.
California

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I am trying to put one together. Is there a suggested site? Wikitree? Any
advice is welcomed. Thanks for the email.

Hector Guerra Polina.
On Oct 25, 2012 4:02 PM, "Hector Guerra" wrote:

> Hello everybody! My name is Hector Guerra. My family is originally from
> Encarnacion de Diaz, Jalisco, better known as "La Chona"!! I spent a lot
> of time as a child in that town and its surrounding ranchos. My curiosity
> for the history of the area as well my ancestors started at a young age. I
> remember a time when I made it a goal to visit as many churches as possible
> in that area because the architecture fascinated me. That was when I was
> 9! My father being a good father took me to all those places. Having the
> desire to investigate and learn drove me to ask my older relatives where I
> came from. Who where my great grandfathers and Great Grandmothers? I
> started my tree early on by asking first hand. I went back to the 1800's
> and that was amazing!
>
> Now as an adult I

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Yes, I normally would not recommend My Heritage, but I must say they have the
most user-friendly tree. I did try others and did not find them easy to
navigate.  But then I'm new at this and do not have much experience.   Just pay
for the simple My Heritage membership and do not pay for anything
else/extras--- reason being,  they do not produce any needed info.  Stay away
from Ancestry and most of the others as they charge way too much for very
little.  I know...been there and done it.  Family Search, which is run by the
Later Day Saints is free and they are most helpful.  Nuestros Ranchos is free
and also very helpful.   Hector, if you find a user-friendly website for a
family tree, let me know.  Have you visited this Wikitree?  Does it look easy to
navigate?  I will be honest with you genealogy is not easy, at times very
frustrating---especially when you have to search through 2-300 pages to find a
"pariente" but in the end, it's like finding a treasure.  Stick with the

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Hi Susan and welcome.

I've only been a member for a few months, but during that time I have everyone here to be very helpful. It seems you already have the info you were looking for. I'm going to post a link a that I have found extremely helpful when I don't know what parish is in the area. This directory has helped me a lot. I hope you find it helpful.

http://www.thecatholicdirectory.com/directory.cfm?useaction=search_dire… De Diaz

Juanita Henniger

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don't forget to try Rootsweb.com.. it's free and the work of other genealogists like me..
good luck in your search for your roots
Linda in Boulder City, Nv

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From: Ann M. Gutierrez
To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Thursday, October 25, 2012 8:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Encarnacion de Diaz

Yes, I normally would not recommend My Heritage, but I must say they have the
most user-friendly tree. I did try others and did not find them easy to
navigate.  But then I'm new at this and do not have much experience.   Just pay
for the simple My Heritage membership and do not pay for anything
else/extras--- reason being,  they do not produce any needed info.  Stay away
from Ancestry and most of the others as they charge way too much for very
little.  I know...been there and done it.  Family Search, which is run by the
Later Day Saints is free and they are most helpful.  Nuestros Ranchos is free
and also very helpful.   Hector, if you

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I like www.Geneanet.org the most. I have used all of the sites that exist.

Armando

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Hector Guerra wrote:

> I am trying to put one together. Is there a suggested site? Wikitree? Any
> advice is welcomed. Thanks for the email.
>
> Hector Guerra Polina.
> On Oct 25, 2012 4:02 PM, "Hector Guerra" wrote:
>
> > Hello everybody! My name is Hector Guerra. My family is originally from
> > Encarnacion de Diaz, Jalisco, better known as "La Chona"!! I spent a lot
> > of time as a child in that town and its surrounding ranchos. My
> curiosity
> > for the history of the area as well my ancestors started at a young age.
> I
> > remember a time when I made it a goal to visit as many churches as
> possible
> > in that area because the architecture fascinated me. That was when I was
> > 9! My father being a good father took me to all those places. Having
> the
> > desire to investigate and learn drove me to ask my older relatives where
> I
> > came from. Who

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I like www.myheritage.com

On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 11:19 PM, Armando wrote:

> I like www.Geneanet.org the most. I have used all of the sites that exist.
>
> Armando
>
> On Thu, Oct 25, 2012 at 9:43 PM, Hector Guerra wrote:
>
> > I am trying to put one together. Is there a suggested site? Wikitree? Any
> > advice is welcomed. Thanks for the email.
> >
> > Hector Guerra Polina.
> > On Oct 25, 2012 4:02 PM, "Hector Guerra" wrote:
> >
> > > Hello everybody! My name is Hector Guerra. My family is originally
> from
> > > Encarnacion de Diaz, Jalisco, better known as "La Chona"!! I spent a
> lot
> > > of time as a child in that town and its surrounding ranchos. My
> > curiosity
> > > for the history of the area as well my ancestors started at a young
> age.
> > I
> > > remember a time when I made it a goal to visit as many churches as
> > possible
> > > in that area because the architecture fascinated me. That was when I
> was
> > > 9! My father being a good father took me to all

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Hi Susan and welcome to the group.

I have a Jose de la Paz Romero baptized on Feb. 1, 1881: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18687-85489-76?cc=1874591&wc…

father's name: Feliciano Romero
mother's name: Felipa Romo
paternal grandparents: Jose Maria Romero & Refugia Gonzalez
maternal grandparents: Antonio Romo & Julia de Alva
padrinos: Antonio Romo & Ynes Cornejo

On the margin it states that Jose de la Paz married Regina Zermeno on Aug. 1, 1908 in: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18532-4073-16?cc=1874591&wc=…

The marriage record states that prior to his marriage, Jose Paz lived in Clito [Clifton] Arizona, it also states that this marriage required a consanguinity dispensation (tercero con cuatro grado).

Best Regards
Agustin Perez

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Hello Ernie,

You need to provide more info than that. What was the name of your father's
mother? Where did they marry? About what year? What were the names of your
father's siblings? Who did they marry and when? Those are all clues needed
in your search.

Armando

On Sat, May 19, 2012 at 2:05 AM, Ernie Preciado <
ernie.preciado@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I am new to Nuestros Ranchos and not sure how to begin. I am looking for
> information in the city of Encarnacion de Diaz for my deceased
> father's father (Paz Romero). He was born about 1880. Thank you.
>
> Susan Romero Preciado

Help with a surname

Hello to everyone. Can anybody take a minute and check this record? I'm unsure on what a surname is:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18697-41774-98?cc=1874591&wc…

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Thanks so much! Lambaren makes sense, though I've never heard this surname before. I have a good feeling about researching this family Gutierrez Lambaren. If I confirm that Silvestre Gutierrez is related to my GGGmother Ysabel Gutierrez, that will help me add an aditional generation to my paternal family tree. By the way, I noticed the names of the godparents in the new baptism record you showed me on page 77. Antonio de Frias and Juana de Castro sound so awfully familiar on my mom's maternal line. I haven't been focused on these lines for a while, but I do have Frias and Castros in Zacoalco. It's so amazing to think how many of my ancestors from different lines interacted with each other in the past, unaware that a couple centuries later, their common ggggrandson would be looking for them.

Steve in NC

for anyone who has antonio miramontes and his wife teresa munoz on their tree

i found a marriage dispensation for the couple. go to page 258 and read the right page carefully. you'll find how the couple relate to each other.

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Wow...I was speechles when I read this dispensa, again. As you turn the pages, the amount of information is incredible. This is the first time I've seen this much ancestry information included in one dispensa.

Also, it appears to me that the first page of the dispensa is written by Antonio Miramontes, himself. It is written in first person and it sounds like Antonio is pleading his case. I was very moved by this. Can anyone help me confirm this?

Thanks!

P.S. Roy, the information in this dispensa confirms the suggestion I made to you via email.

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Thanks, that confirms what I thought I knew.

Although Hernando de Haro and Lorenzo de Miramontes are brothers using different last names, they are both my 9X Great Grandfathers. I guess that makes me a cousin to myself?

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Katy,

This dispensation really helped me, and there are a few members here that have discussed this couple and may benefit from your work. I believe this dispensation proves that my ancestors, Antonio Miramontes and his wife Maria Theresa Munoz are cousins. Their common ancestor is their great great grandparents Juan Miramontes and Maria Haro y Saucedo.

Also, of much interest is the marriage dispensation you found of Francisco Guzman and Maria Teresa after Antonio Miramontes dies. This solved the mystery for me as to why Francisco Guzman was living in the house of Maria Theresa Munoz who is listed as a widow in the Tlaltenango census of 1754.

This connected my family tree to the Haro/Saucedo/Miramontes/Lopez/Ortiz de San Pedro/ Lopez de Ayala families.

Again, good job and thanks, because this helped prove some theories that I had been working on for some time.

Family Search

Is Family Search down for anyone else?

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George, that worked for me. Thanks.
Juanita Henniger

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I've been using it for the lasts 1/2 hr., no prob.
Raquel

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 9:28 PM, wrote:

> Is Family Search down for anyone else?
>

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I've have been unable to access the home page for the past two days. "Sorry our site is temporarily down"

So, can someone please post the link to the Baptism Records of Tlaltenango - Film No. 443782?

Thanks in advance,
Roy

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The maintenance window at Family Search seemed to take a long time. I discovered I could get to the site through another computer, but not at home. Which seemed odd.

At my home computer, I tried deleting my browsing history, and then was able to get back to the site right away. I am running Mozilla Firefox on a pc with Vista.

Try deleting your browser history, it may solve the problem.

By the way, Family Search is up and running now (8:13 PM, Pacific time).

George Fulton
Pleasanton, CA

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Thanks everyone! I thought I was losing my mind. It's been down all week for me, but at work I could access the site. I'm having some difficulty. It seems to lead me to different websites and/or tells me it temporarily down. I'll try the different suggestions here. Thanks again.

Juanita Henniger

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On Tuesday past, it was down for quite a while and yesterday it was down for a
while.  In fact, while I was on the website it went down.  It is normally
stable, I guess there were too many of us searching. 

 
Ann M. Gutierrez

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From: Raquel Ruiz
To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Thu, October 25, 2012 12:36:25 AM
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Family Search

I've been using it for the lasts 1/2 hr., no prob.
Raquel

On Wed, Oct 24, 2012 at 9:28 PM, wrote:

> Is Family Search down for anyone else?
>

Help locating this marriage record

I was trying to locate the marriage record of Francisco Duran and Dorotea Lozano on family search.So they married on Feb 14 1776n in Nochistlan Zac ,Family Search seems to skip almost the whole year o

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Hi,

I was unable to find this record. You can see that it goes from Feb 9 to March skipping the rest of the month. However it is pretty common to find records after the date they actually took place. I am sure you will find it somewhere in that microfilm as it is where the record was extracted from.

Please let us know if you haven't found it in some days and I will help you look into it.

Regards
Alejandro

Document Sources

I use Reunion 9 for my family tree information. What is the best way to cite a specific image, from the Family Search website?

Thanks

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Your help is appreciated. Both Victoriano and George brought up a couple of good points that may help me in citing my sources.

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I would try to put enough information so you or anyone else can find again the document 20 years from now. You could put the web address but this may change in a few years.
I recommend putting: Familysearch.com; film number; country; state; city; parish; type of document (marriages, deaths, etc.); years the film covers; date of the event; image number.
Sometimes you can find the film number in the first few images of an online set, but some don't have it and some sets enclose more than one film.

Victoriano Navarro

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Victoriano

Family Search provides some guidance. For example:

"Mexico, Chiapas, Catholic Church Records, 1558-1978." Images. FamilySearch. https://familysearch.org : accessed 2012. Citing Catholic Church. Mexico, Chiapas, Catholic Church records. Archivo Histórico Diocesano de San Cristobal, Chiapas, Mexico.

Other information you could add is the volume number and record type (eg, baptisms), or if no volume number, then the year range. The page number and entry number, if any, are also useful.

Some sources use folio number instead of page numbers; in which case you would cite the folio. In those cases it is common to use the terms "recto" and "verso" as appropriate. Terms "front" and "back" are just as good.

The film numbers have some utility, but are specific to the FHL, and really are unrelated to the true identifiers for the original records. They have value within the Family Search system only.

Image number and url are specific to the current version of Family Search, and

Dia de los Muertos

Hola a todos.
And that is the extent of my Spanish for the day.
I am writing to ask if any of you do anything for Dia de los Muertos. Do you set up an ofrenda or participate in some kind of event?

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Many people go to the graveyard to visit their loved ones who passed away. My sister sets up an ofrenda. I have some of the traditional sugar skulls and pan de muerto or dead bread with hot chocolate.
I also write calaveras for my siblings and some friends and cousins, which are limericks depicting their supposed passing away and how Death came to pick them. Many newspapers publish calaveras for living politicians, artists and other famous people, and in the schools and universities they set ofrendas and post calaveras for their teachers and students.

Best regards,
Victoriano Navarro

what does 'fojo 37' mean in this marriage record?

when i was looking up the marriage record for marcial banuelos and mariana bonilla, i saw the text 'fojo 37' on the side. what does it mean?

you can see it here

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It says "foja 37", which in modern Spanish would be "hoja 37" and in English "sheet 37". In those years many times they numbered the sheets of a book rather than each page. It seems to me they are referring to the 37th sheet of another book (probably the one with the full marriage information including the witnesses statements) rather than to the 37th sheet of that book.

Best,
Victoriano Navarro

HACIENDA DE MIGUEL PICASO, PUEBLA, MX

Good morning,

Can anyone, please, tell me about this Hacienda? Or a reference, or two? One of my Gomez abuelos was born there.

Thank you.

Paul Gomez
Rancho Cucamonga, CA

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Hi paul i met you in covina. i had a similar problem and i wrote the city hall of thattown in mexico and they sent me information back. Good luck.

mtDNA - yDNA

I have watched with interest the membership activity in genetic testing and can only reiterate the caution some members have voiced.

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My youngest son is Robert Jauregui he tested with familytreedna, I liked this company better than Ancestry.com DNAHis results were YDNA Haplogroup:
R1b1a2 Shorthand:
R-M269
MtDNA Haplogroup - A My husband who is deceased grew up in Teocaltiche Jalisco Mexico and his mother Romo lived in Jalostotitlan Jalisco. We have gone back to 1609 Aracena, Adalucia Spain on my Fathers paternal grandmother Riojas side. My father Richard Rodriguez also tested YDNA Halogroup: I2b1 I-M223MtDNA Halogroup: A Still searching for more on the Jauregui & Rodriguez families.

Judy

Happiness is not based on your circumstances - it is based on your will !!!!!!

> Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2012 21:57:33 +0000
> From: rayjaur@comcast.net
> To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] mtDNA - yDNA
>
> I have watched with interest the membership activity in genetic testing and can only reiterate the caution some members have voiced. Know what you are looking for and be sure the testing

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The Real Eve" by Stephen Oppenheimer was produced by the Discovery Channel and you can see the 1.5 hr segment here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oAXt2AUwPm0&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I'm sure the book has more info but it's a quick fix on human migration...

Best,
Pauline

On Oct 15, 2012, at 4:14 PM, Judy Rodriguez Jauregui wrote:

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> My youngest son is Robert Jauregui he tested with familytreedna, I liked this company better than Ancestry.com DNAHis results were YDNA Haplogroup:
> R1b1a2 Shorthand:
> R-M269
> MtDNA Haplogroup - A My husband who is deceased grew up in Teocaltiche Jalisco Mexico and his mother Romo lived in Jalostotitlan Jalisco. We have gone back to 1609 Aracena, Adalucia Spain on my Fathers paternal grandmother Riojas side. My father Richard Rodriguez also tested YDNA Halogroup: I2b1 I-M223MtDNA Halogroup: A Still searching for more on the Jauregui & Rodriguez families.
>
>
>
>
> Judy
>
>
> Happiness is not based on your circumstances - it is

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Hi Judy,  my Mother's family and my in-laws were also from the area of
Jalostotitlan, Jalisco.  In fact, so far I have traced my Mother's father back
to 1712.  All the Gutierrez clan from around Jalos and Arandas, Jalisco.  My
oldest son, tested with 23&Me, he test 92% European and 8% Asian.  His Maternal
Haplogroup is A2.  His Paternal Haplogroup is R1b1b2a1a2C.  The R1b1b2 is the
most common haplogroup in western Europe.  How did you trace your ancestry to
Andalucia?  Please let me know as I'm still searching also.  Let's keep in
touch.

Ann M. Gutierrez
Chicago, IL

________________________________
From: Judy Rodriguez Jauregui
To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Mon, October 15, 2012 6:14:47 PM
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] mtDNA - yDNA

My youngest son is Robert Jauregui he tested with familytreedna, I liked this
company better than Ancestry.com DNAHis results were YDNA Haplogroup:

R1b1a2 Shorthand:
R-M269
MtDNA Haplogroup - A My husband who is deceased grew

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Ann,

R1b1b2a1a2C is also known as SRY2627+ it is found mostly in Spain and
France. It is a descendant of L176.2+. There is a combined FamilyTreeDNA
project for both of those subclades at
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/R1b1c6/default.aspx?section=ycolori…

You can transfer your sons 23andme results to FamilyTreeDNA in order to
join the project. That would also give you a chance to join the Mexico DNA
project at http://garyfelix.tripod.com/~GaryFelix/index63.htm (Takes a long
time to load)

There is a map of the frequency of subclade R1b1b2a1a2C SRY2627+ in Spain
at http://www.iberianroots.com/Images/spain%20R-SRY2627%20percent.png

You can see how all of the R1b subclades relate to each other at
http://www.eupedia.com/europe/Haplogroup_R1b_Y-DNA.shtml#R1b-subclades

Armando

On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:10 AM, Ann M. Gutierrez
agutierrez07@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> Hi Judy, my Mother's family and my in-laws were also from the area of
> Jalostotitlan, Jalisco. In fact, so far I

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Hello Armando,  thank you so much for all this information.  I will access each
one and hopefully find a link!  Thank you for thinking of me and sending this
valuable info.  Have a great day.

 
Ann M. Gutierrez

________________________________
From: Armando
To: "research@nuestrosranchos.org"
Sent: Sat, October 20, 2012 5:23:41 PM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] mtDNA - yDNA

Ann,

R1b1b2a1a2C is also known as SRY2627+ it is found mostly in Spain and
France. It is a descendant of L176.2+. There is a combined FamilyTreeDNA
project for both of those subclades at
http://www.familytreedna.com/public/R1b1c6/default.aspx?section=ycolori…

You can transfer your sons 23andme results to FamilyTreeDNA in order to
join the project. That would also give you a chance to join the Mexico DNA
project at http://garyfelix.tripod.com/~GaryFelix/index63.htm (Takes a long
time to load)

There is a map of the frequency of subclade R1b1b2a1a2C SRY2627+ in Spain
at http://www.iberianroots.com/Images

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Judy,

If you get a Deep Clade test at FamilyTreeDNA for your son you will be able
to see what his subclade is. It can be ordered by clicking on the tab Order
an Upgrade. Once you find the subclade you can join a subclade project in
FamilyTreeDNA. You can see a list of subclades and how they relate to each
other at
http://www.eupedia.com/europe/Haplogroup_R1b_Y-DNA.shtml#R1b-subclades

Saludos,
Armando

On Mon, Oct 15, 2012 at 6:14 PM, Judy Rodriguez Jauregui
judyjauregui@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> My youngest son is Robert Jauregui he tested with familytreedna, I liked
> this company better than Ancestry.com DNAHis results were YDNA Haplogroup:
> R1b1a2 Shorthand:
> R-M269
> MtDNA Haplogroup - A My husband who is deceased grew up in Teocaltiche
> Jalisco Mexico and his mother Romo lived in Jalostotitlan Jalisco. We have
> gone back to 1609 Aracena, Adalucia Spain on my Fathers paternal
> grandmother Riojas side. My father Richard Rodriguez also tested YDNA
> Halogroup: I2b1 I