Hello, it is true what you say about this classification upgrade 
because I found that in my own research. My ancestor Jose Domingo 
Apodaca was classified as a mestizo in his marriage certificate from 
1784. His wife was espanola. Of course, his son Antonio Apodaca 
would be mestizo too, right? But when I found the marriage record of 
the son, he was classified as espanol, the same as the mother. Was 
the indian blood lost from one generation to the next? I have read 
that these racial terms had no scientific basis, and they were used 
to describe the appearance of the individual, rather than his ethnic 
mixture. 

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, alice wissing <alice_wissing@y...> 
wrote:
> Folks,
>  
> I can't remember where I read this, but in some parts of Mexico 
the term Coyote simply meant a Mestizo, with the person not 
necessarily being part black.  It's probably safe to say that if a 
person is looking though records and seeing the terms coyote and 
mestizo used during the same time period, the coyote was probably 
someone who appeared to be part black and Indian.  In researching 
ancestors from Durango, I found that people who were born mulato or 
coyote often got a classification upgrade when marrying an 
Espanol.         
>  
> Alice
> 
> Joseph Puentes <makas@n...> wrote:
> 
> 
> http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/rg/frameset_rg.asp?
Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab
=&Entry=&Guide=WLSpanis.ASP
> 
> [this is a might long link. if it doesn't work you might have to 
rebuild it in the URL window]
> 
> go to "Racial Ternminology"
> 
> ============================================
> 
> or:
> 
> go to www.familysearch.org and 
> 
> go to "Library"
> 
> go to "Education"
> 
> go to  "Family History Library Publications"  [another time go 
to "Research Guidance" and do a search under "Mexico" For a wealth 
of info]
> 
> go to "Word Lists"
> 
> go to "Spanish Genealogical Word list"
> 
> go to "Racial Terminology"
> 
> and you'll see that "Coyote" means: 
> 
> Coyote Spanish (#65533;), Indian (3/8), and Negro (1/8)
> I was trying to find other references but wasn't able to find any. 
If anyone has a cross reference to the meaning of Coyote that would 
be great. I guess what I'm trying to say is that this is only one 
source of information and it would be safe to consider it but much 
safer to consider it in the light of another reference or two. Just 
like our genealogy when we see it once we have confidence but if we 
see the same couples over and over with other children we "know" we 
have it right. Never hurts and always helps to have multiple 
sources. 
> ====================
> 
> keep the questions coming,
> 
> joseph
> 
> 
> latina1955@a... wrote:
> In a message dated 3/12/2004 11:55:28 AM Central Standard Time, 
gmccrary@z... writes:
> The baptism 
> records for my family line have the children in one family 
labelled 
> as Indios, Mestizos and coyotes! 
> What are coyotes?
> 
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