Hey Joseph, I would say I am almost a huerfano. Another member, Angel 
Cervantes, and I both have Cervantes ancestors from Zacoalco, 
Jalisco, but it doesn't appear to be a connection, at least back to 
the 1700's. I saw one group member researching her ancestors from 
Atenguillo/Guachinango/Mascota. My Curiel line is from that area, but 
unfortunately (or I'd say fortunately), there's lots of Curiel 
families in that region.

Other than Angel, and the other member whose name I don't recall, I 
am a huerfano. You see, most of my ancestors are from the southern 
municipios of Jalisco: Tlajomulco, Chapala, Zacoalco, Techaluta, 
Sayula, Amacueca. One line, as I said, is from Atenguillo(If you 
don't know where this is, it is close to Talpa, where many people 
visit la virgen). I noticed that almost everybody on this group 
researching Jalisco is focused on los Altos. So far, I have only one 
line of ancestors from los Altos (Lagos), but haven't researched a 
lot on this line.

On the genealogy.com and ancestry.com forums, I have seen some people 
researching my target area, but not my surnames. So tell me Joseph, 
should I invite them to join this group, or should I send you their 
email addresses?

Ciao

Steve


--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Puentes <makas@n...> wrote:
> 
> Are there any Huerfanos in the group. . .are there any orphans that 
> don't have others members researching the same general area as you 
are 
> researching in Jalisco, Zacatecas or Aguascalientes? Well if you 
want to 
> invite researchers to Ranchos that are researching your specific 
area 
> let me know and I'll give you ideas.
> 
> I just went to rootsweb and did a geneal search of all the message 
> boards for those that are researching the Valparaiso, Zacatecas 
area. I 
> searched the first 26 pages and found 15 individuals. I then typed 
their 
> names into an email and send them an invitation to consider joining 
the 
> group. naturally if they are not serious researchers I won't let 
them 
> into the group. Of those 15 email addresses 4 were invalid, but 
lets see 
> if maybe 1 or 2 of the others might not find a serious researcher.
> 
> I said all that only to say that if you are the only one looking in 
your 
> area that is a way to find others to join you in your 
search.  . .spend 
> some time on rootsweb separating the wheat from the chaff.
> 
> joseph
> 
> ps: for those in the group researching Valparaiso you can go to the 
> rootsweb and go to message boards and then in the search window 
enter 
> Valparaiso and then start at page 26 looking for those that appear 
to be 
> serious. You never know but you might be looking for a primo or 
prima.