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Hi Irma:

 

Thank you for the encouragement to keep on
digging the roots...It is  like a vitamin pill to keep me
going.

There are a couple of books, that I have,
 that cover Jose Maria Gonzalez de Hermosillo.  The first one,
"Biografia de Don Jose Gonzalez de Hermosillo - General Insurgente" Written by
Nicolas de Anda Sanchez" The author claims that he ( Hermosillo) was from
Teocaltiche, Jalisco. 

 The second book:  "Jalostotitlan a
Traves de Los Siglos" by Jose Antonio Gutierrez Gutierrez,  has a more
detailed and complete history of not only Jalostotilan,  but of the
entire region called "Nueva Galicia".  In this book the author claims that
 Hermosillo was from Jalostotitlan.  I highly recommend this book to
all the members since it has maps showing the following: Naciones Indigenas del
Norte, from Durango, Saltillo in the North, to Guadalajara and Queretato to the
South.

 A map labeled: La Gran Chichimeca En el
Siglo XVI.  What is iteresting about this map is that it shows an outline
of "La Nueva Galicia" The cities around the boundry are: Guadalajara, El Teul,
Colotlan, Durango, Cuencamé, Parras, Saltillo,Ciudad Valles, Queretaro,and
Guanjuato.

A map of how the area was colonized.  It
shows mainly the area from Guadalajara to Teocaltiche, Lagos de Moreno, Arandas,
and back to Guadalajara. It shows which families settled in which cities. 
Lomelí, Gallo, Gonzalez in Yahualica. In Teocaltiche, Padilla and Reynoso.

In Lagos de Moreno: Issai, Serrano, Sanroman,
Ortiz de Parra and also Hermosillo. In Jalostotitlan: Pérez, Franco, Padilla,
Jimenez, Reynoso, and Gonzalez. In Tepatitlan: Barba and Gonzalez.

There are other maps including: Las Rutas Mineras
y de Frontera, Poblaciones y Camino de Nueva Galicia, Nueva Vizcaya y Nuevo
Leon.

There is also a map of La Nueva
España framed by pictures of the 90+ "Virreyes". 

 


John Gonzalez

Wildomar, CA

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Suave!!!



color=#0000ff size=2>Bravo John!  Very interesting research, so much in
such a short time.  Keep us apprised of what you find on Jose Maria
Gonz de Hermo., and the Gonzales clan.  I've read the same about both
towns claiming him.






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color=#0000ff size=2>Bravo John!  Very interesting research, so much in
such a short time.  Keep us apprised of what you find on Jose Maria
Gonz de Hermo., and the Gonzales clan.  I've read the same about both towns
claiming him.  There is a book on the subject--I skimmed through it a
while back.  Maybe someone else can remember the book. 

color=#0000ff size=2>As far as the Vallejo clan & Mariano
Vallejo. ..  Have you been to Sonoma where his family
lived.  You can tour the  Home where the Vallejos lived during
the Bear Flag Rebellion.  The home which is now a museum has a lot of
interesting history on his family.  It is just outside of the town in
Sonoma--just North West of Sacramento.  I seem to recall that his family
came via Guadalajara.  Don't recall where he & his wife Benicia
(the town of Benicia is name after her) were married.  I remember reading
something about his Vallejos being from Guadalajara at their home in
Sonoma.  There is also a group that researches Californio
families.  I've seen it in Somos Primos.  Maybe they can
help.

color=#0000ff size=2>Good luck John, and great going--give yourself more
credit.  I never accomplished anywhere near that in 5
months!

color=#0000ff size=2>Irma 





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Subject: Re: [ranchos] 1550:
Suave!!!



I can give a very brief account of what I've been
doing, but I feel that being able to go back  about 455  years was
mostly luck and the fact that my ancestors stayed in the same town 
(Jalostotitlan, Jal.)  for that whole period.  From about 1550 to 1917
, when my Grandfather brought his family to California. 

 

I got started with the family tree about 5 months
ago, not knowing anything at all about findings roots and doing 
research.  I was surfing the internet one day and just happened to run into
the Ranchos web site.  I noticed that the area of research being done by
the group was mainly in Los Altos and sorrounding areas.  I only had one
piece of information when I
 started,
and that was that my grandfather was from Jalisco and that he had been born in
1875.

 

I went to visit a cousin, who is 80 plus years
old,  to see if I could get him to tell me something about the family.
I found out that the family was from Jalostotitlan, and that they had come to
California around 1917.  I also have a picture of my grandfather standing
next to his truck. I noticed the license plate: 
California-1928.

 

I went to the Census records and found the family
living in Fullerton, California.  Information about my family
 for the period, 1917 to the present, was collected from
living relatives at family reunions and family visits.  Now, anytime I see
a relative, I bug them to tell me as much as they know about our
family.

 

I started by  searching the LDS files.
 I found out that they have a mountain of information on Jalostotitlan. My
next step was to visit the local LDS Family Research Center to order films to
locate my grandfather.  Once I found him, it was just a matter of trying to
follow the thread as far back in time as possible.  Some of the
records were a tough challange to read, not only because of the handwriting, but
on some of them, the writing from the back side was also visible, reversed,
 and mixed with the writing on the front side. I guess the ink
had "bled"  through the paper .  Many times I felt like
giving it all up.  I am sure I am not the only one that has come across
this type of problem.

 

My wife is from Teocaltiche, Jalisco.  Last
June, we went to visit her family and spent two weeks in the area.  I
had visited Teocaltiche quite a few times before, but I never bother to
look anything up, until this last trip.  My interest had not been
stimulated until I joined the Ranchos group a few months ago.  We went
to Jalostotitlan and found the "Rancho Los Portales" where my family
originated.  It is just about 3  miles out of town.  I found
and talked to some of the descendants of other original settlers who
rememberd their grandfather talking about my grandfather.  They pointed out
the house where my granfather was born.  I don't have the words
to describe the thrill and excitement that I felt when I stood there, in
the same place where my grandfather and great -grandfather lived . 
Needless to say, I was overwhelmed with emotion... 

Upon our return, I was determined to keep on
searching as far as I could.  I've spent a lot of hours searching
through the LDS records and now, I don't regret any minute of it.  It has
been a very exciting everytime I found a new grandfather,  11
generations so far...

 

My last grandfather (my first grandfather?) was
married in 1570 to a lady from Mexico City, from there on down,  all of the
descendants were married in Jalostotitlan.  It looks like my  search
from now on will have to be from Mexico City.

 

Great items that I have found out so
far: 

1.-My family has beeen in Jalostotitlan since
1550.

2.-I am third cousin, once removed to a
saint.  Santo Toribio Romo.

3.-I am also , possibly, related to Jose Maria
Gonzalez de Hermosillo. He was one of the "Insurgentes" who fought for Mexican
independence from spain in 1810-1819.  The capital of Sonora, Hermosillo ,
was named in his honor.  He fought in Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa and
Sonora.  I said, possibly related , because the records are not very
clear.  Teocaltiche claims him, but so does Jalostotitlan, where he lived
with his family.

 4.-My wife's last name is Vallejo. 
There might be a connection there to General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo.  He
was the last Mexican Governor of Northern California.  There is a lot of
information about him and the founding of Sonoma Mission, just North of San
Francisco, and the Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino wine country. There is hardly any
information about his father and mother.  So far, I have found some
contradicting reports in the LDS films...some have him getting married in San
Diego, and some in Monterrey In one, they list it as Monterrey, Nuevo Leon,
Mexico! The Montrerrey where he was born is just south of San Francisco!. In one
film they got him getting married in San Diego and Monterey on the same
day! 

That is an entire different story that I'll try
to tackle after I get a little further back in time with my side of the
family.

 

In conclusion...I can't thank enough:  The
Ranchos Group members, the LDS for providing such valuable records and
service. Irma Gomez Lucero, and of course, Joseph, who makes the Ranchos
Group what it is.


GRACIAS A TODOS POR LA GRAN
EXPERIENCIA.

 

Did I say I was going to be brief?  sorry if
I over extended the invitation, Joseph.

 



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Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 1:59
PM

Subject: [ranchos] 1550: Suave!!!




John Gonzalez wrote:

Br. Pbro. Diego Gonzalez de Hermosillo was in charge
of the Church ( Templo San Jose) in Teocaltiche, Jal.  But my
guess is that he was either a son or a brother of my  ggggg
granfather.  I'll probably find out later.  I am related to Santo
Toribio Romo. Third cousin, once removed.  Have you ever heard of this
Saint?  Santo Toribio Romo was from Santa Ana, Jalisco, just
outside of Jalos.  They have just placed some of his relics in the new
(remodeled) Cathedral in Sacramento!   He is the patron saint of the
immigrants.

 

By the way...Last week I was able to trace my
ancestry all the way back to about 1550 !!!

Suave! 1550. . .wow. give us the details. You
don't have to tell every little detail but some of them would be great. Maybe
some could pick up some points in doing their own genealogy research.


. . .and just a thought. I don't believe that you can say you have hit
a wall until you have thoroughly examined all those records you discovered
this past week leading you back to 1550. After you do that and then examine
collateral lines related to this research you might could say you hit the
wall. but even if you did its a wall built 400+ years ago!
Cool!

joseph




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I can give a very brief account of what I've been
doing, but I feel that being able to go back  about 455  years was
mostly luck and the fact that my ancestors stayed in the same town 
(Jalostotitlan, Jal.)  for that whole period.  From about 1550 to 1917
, when my Grandfather brought his family to California. 

 

I got started with the family tree about 5 months
ago, not knowing anything at all about findings roots and doing 
research.  I was surfing the internet one day and just happened to run into
the Ranchos web site.  I noticed that the area of research being done by
the group was mainly in Los Altos and sorrounding areas.  I only had one
piece of information when I
 started,
and that was that my grandfather was from Jalisco and that he had been born in
1875.

 

I went to visit a cousin, who is 80 plus years
old,  to see if I could get him to tell me something about the family.
I found out that the family was from Jalostotitlan, and that they had come to
California around 1917.  I also have a picture of my grandfather standing
next to his truck. I noticed the license plate: 
California-1928.

 

I went to the Census records and found the family
living in Fullerton, California.  Information about my family
 for the period, 1917 to the present, was collected from
living relatives at family reunions and family visits.  Now, anytime I see
a relative, I bug them to tell me as much as they know about our
family.

 

I started by  searching the LDS files.
 I found out that they have a mountain of information on Jalostotitlan. My
next step was to visit the local LDS Family Research Center to order films to
locate my grandfather.  Once I found him, it was just a matter of trying to
follow the thread as far back in time as possible.  Some of the
records were a tough challange to read, not only because of the handwriting, but
on some of them, the writing from the back side was also visible, reversed,
 and mixed with the writing on the front side. I guess the ink
had "bled"  through the paper .  Many times I felt like
giving it all up.  I am sure I am not the only one that has come across
this type of problem.

 

My wife is from Teocaltiche, Jalisco.  Last
June, we went to visit her family and spent two weeks in the area.  I
had visited Teocaltiche quite a few times before, but I never bother to
look anything up, until this last trip.  My interest had not been
stimulated until I joined the Ranchos group a few months ago.  We went
to Jalostotitlan and found the "Rancho Los Portales" where my family
originated.  It is just about 3  miles out of town.  I found
and talked to some of the descendants of other original settlers who
rememberd their grandfather talking about my grandfather.  They pointed out
the house where my granfather was born.  I don't have the words
to describe the thrill and excitement that I felt when I stood there, in
the same place where my grandfather and great -grandfather lived . 
Needless to say, I was overwhelmed with emotion... 

Upon our return, I was determined to keep on
searching as far as I could.  I've spent a lot of hours searching
through the LDS records and now, I don't regret any minute of it.  It has
been a very exciting everytime I found a new grandfather,  11
generations so far...

 

My last grandfather (my first grandfather?) was
married in 1570 to a lady from Mexico City, from there on down,  all of the
descendants were married in Jalostotitlan.  It looks like my  search
from now on will have to be from Mexico City.

 

Great items that I have found out so
far: 

1.-My family has beeen in Jalostotitlan since
1550.

2.-I am third cousin, once removed to a
saint.  Santo Toribio Romo.

3.-I am also , possibly, related to Jose Maria
Gonzalez de Hermosillo. He was one of the "Insurgentes" who fought for Mexican
independence from spain in 1810-1819.  The capital of Sonora, Hermosillo ,
was named in his honor.  He fought in Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa and
Sonora.  I said, possibly related , because the records are not very
clear.  Teocaltiche claims him, but so does Jalostotitlan, where he lived
with his family.

 4.-My wife's last name is Vallejo. 
There might be a connection there to General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo.  He
was the last Mexican Governor of Northern California.  There is a lot of
information about him and the founding of Sonoma Mission, just North of San
Francisco, and the Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino wine country. There is hardly any
information about his father and mother.  So far, I have found some
contradicting reports in the LDS films...some have him getting married in San
Diego, and some in Monterrey In one, they list it as Monterrey, Nuevo Leon,
Mexico! The Montrerrey where he was born is just south of San Francisco!. In one
film they got him getting married in San Diego and Monterey on the same
day! 

That is an entire different story that I'll try
to tackle after I get a little further back in time with my side of the
family.

 

In conclusion...I can't thank enough:  The
Ranchos Group members, the LDS for providing such valuable records and
service. Irma Gomez Lucero, and of course, Joseph, who makes the Ranchos
Group what it is.


GRACIAS A TODOS POR LA GRAN
EXPERIENCIA.

 

Did I say I was going to be brief?  sorry if
I over extended the invitation, Joseph.

 



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Sent: Saturday, November 26, 2005 1:59
PM

Subject: [ranchos] 1550: Suave!!!




John Gonzalez wrote:

Br. Pbro. Diego Gonzalez de Hermosillo was in charge
of the Church ( Templo San Jose) in Teocaltiche, Jal.  But my
guess is that he was either a son or a brother of my  ggggg
granfather.  I'll probably find out later.  I am related to Santo
Toribio Romo. Third cousin, once removed.  Have you ever heard of this
Saint?  Santo Toribio Romo was from Santa Ana, Jalisco, just
outside of Jalos.  They have just placed some of his relics in the new
(remodeled) Cathedral in Sacramento!   He is the patron saint of the
immigrants.

 

By the way...Last week I was able to trace my
ancestry all the way back to about 1550 !!!

Suave! 1550. . .wow. give us the details. You
don't have to tell every little detail but some of them would be great. Maybe
some could pick up some points in doing their own genealogy research.


. . .and just a thought. I don't believe that you can say you have hit
a wall until you have thoroughly examined all those records you discovered
this past week leading you back to 1550. After you do that and then examine
collateral lines related to this research you might could say you hit the
wall. but even if you did its a wall built 400+ years ago!
Cool!

joseph




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John,

 

My roots also seem to lead to Panuco, since that is where the original
Olagues were from before they came to Jerez and Tepetongo.  I too have met
a roadblock and dead end with my father's maternal side. 

 

Emilie Garcia

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Subject: Re: [ranchos] 1550:
Suave!!!



Hi Emilie:

 

It was my mother who was born in Zacatecas.  I
remember her talking about being born in "Minillas de Jerez" in 1903. 
She found out that there were no records for that period when she tried to
establish her legal status in the U.S.  (legal resident) . 
 I believe she had an affidavit from Jerez,  stating that there were
no records of her birth in 1903 because they had been destroyed by
fire.

 

She died in Lodi, California,  about 25 years
ago.  I have tried to find some of her personal papers, like birth
certificate, marriage certificate, passport, Green Card, without
success.  I asked my brothers and sisters, but nobody seems to know what
happened to all of her papers. 

 

Her parents were:  Preciliano Cerros and Apolonia
Gonzalez.  I remember hearing my grandfather talking about Pánuco but I
was too young to remember what he said about it.  The name stuck to
the back of my mind.

 

I am almost ready to start  researching her side
of the family.  I am anticipating lots of road blocks and dead
ends.
 



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Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 4:35
AM

Subject: Re: [ranchos] 1550:
Suave!!!



John,

 

So your grandmother was born in Jerez in 1903

Comentario

John, approximately 12 years ago I met a gentleman
from the Somos Primos genealogical group at the
Westwood Latter Day Saints library.  I don't remember
his name but he was a distant relative of my wife
Rebeca Gutierrez Gonzalez; although she did not
remember him.  He told me he also was from the same
Gonzales-Casillas family branch from Los Altos, like
my wife.  

He helped me to interpret a 1797 Jerez marriage
document written in Spanish.  Anyway, this gentleman
had genealogical charts of over 2200 past relatives
that started in Los Altos and went all the way back to
to the year 1200 in Spain. 

If you are able contact him, I'm sure he would be more
that happy to share his findings with you.  Also, the
gentlemen looked like an Anglo (typical of many of
those from Los Altos, fair, tall, blue eyes); his
English and Spanish were excellent and he seemed very
well educated, and friendly.  He told me that he lived
in San Fernando Valley and was a software programmer. 

If you contact the Somos Primos group, I bet they'll
help you get in contact with him.

Good luck.

  
--- John Gonzalez <1gnzlz@...> wrote:

> Hi Alberto:
> 
> Thank you for the  "heads up " on a  very
> interesting article.  It has quite a few names that
> I am presently researching.  It is going to take a
> few days to sort everything out to make "heads or
> tails" .  Just a quick preliminary  perusing reveals
> a  lot of information that I can use.
>  Today has been one of those days that makes you
> feel almost numb  from joy and good fortune. 
> Earlier in the day I got en E-mail from Ken Alva. 
> He sent me some information that will take me  all
> the way back to the birth of Alonso de Hermosillo in
> Hermosilla, Burgos, Spain in 1467 !!!   Three
> generations in Spain, 10 generations in Jalos, and 3
> in California!  That puts me in the 16th generation
> of Gonzalez"s. 
>  I had gotten stuck with Juan Gonzalez de Hermosillo
> and his wife from Mexico City .They settled in 
> Jalostotitlan in the late 1500's.
> Ken's information picks him up from there and takes
> him three generations back into Spain!!!  Talk about
> getting lucky.
> I have already pinpointed  Hermosilla, Burgos on a
> map of Spain. It is very tiny village in the
> Northern part of the country.
> 
> I just don't have enough words to express my deep
> appreciation  and thanks  to all the members of
> Ranchos...Thank you.
> 
> 
> 1gnzlz@...
> Juan Gonzalez
> Wildomar, CA
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Alberto Duarte 
>   To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 5:24 PM
>   Subject: Re: [ranchos] 1550: Suave!!!
> 
> 
>   John, check out the below website.  It has some of
> the
>   same names you've mentioned in some of your
> emails. 
>   The website was sit up by my wife's (Rebeca
> Gutierrez
>   Gonzalez) relatives from Los Altos, Jalisco.  I
> hope
>   it helps you find some more names and relatives. 
> Who
>   knows? we may be related.
> 
>   Good luck.
> 
>   Alberto Duarte Prieto
>   Santa Maria, California
> 
> 


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John:
I've seen Jerez baptism records from the late 1800s to
the early 1900s.  I requested these records
(microfiche) a couple of years ago from our local LSD
library.  So they do exist.

Alberto Duarte Prieto
Santa Maria, California

--- John Gonzalez <1gnzlz@...> wrote:

> Hi Emilie:
> 
> It was my mother who was born in Zacatecas.  I
> remember her talking about being born in "Minillas
> de Jerez" in 1903.  She found out that there were no
> records for that period when she tried to establish
> her legal status in the U.S.  (legal resident) .   I
> believe she had an affidavit from Jerez,  stating
> that there were no records of her birth in 1903
> because they had been destroyed by fire.
> 
> She died in Lodi, California,  about 25 years ago. 
> I have tried to find some of her personal papers,
> like birth certificate, marriage certificate,
> passport, Green Card, without success.  I asked my
> brothers and sisters, but nobody seems to know what
> happened to all of her papers. 
> 
> Her parents were:  Preciliano Cerros and Apolonia
> Gonzalez.  I remember hearing my grandfather talking
> about Pánuco but I was too young to remember what he
> said about it.  The name stuck to the back of my
> mind.
> 
> I am almost ready to start  researching her side of
> the family.  I am anticipating lots of road blocks
> and dead ends. 
> 1gnzlz@...
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: Emilie Garcia 
>   To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 4:35 AM
>   Subject: Re: [ranchos] 1550: Suave!!!
> 
> 
>   John,
> 
>   So your grandmother was born in Jerez in 1903 



		
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Emilie:

It is probably the "Magic" of the Season...I can't think
of a better Christmas present.



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Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 4:55
AM

Subject: Re: [ranchos] 1550:
Suave!!!



John,

 

1467!!!!  Sixteen generations!!!  My God, you lead a charmed
life.  Only five months into your research, and you have found so
much.  How I (and the rest) envy you.  With your membership in this
group, maybe some of your luck will rub off on us.

 

Emilie Garcia

Port Orchard, WA ---


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Hi Emilie:

 

It was my mother who was born in Zacatecas.  I
remember her talking about being born in "Minillas de Jerez" in 1903.  She
found out that there were no records for that period when she tried to establish
her legal status in the U.S.  (legal resident) .   I believe
she had an affidavit from Jerez,  stating that there were no records of her
birth in 1903 because they had been destroyed by fire.

 

She died in Lodi, California,  about 25 years
ago.  I have tried to find some of her personal papers, like birth
certificate, marriage certificate, passport, Green Card, without success. 
I asked my brothers and sisters, but nobody seems to know what happened to all
of her papers. 

 

Her parents were:  Preciliano Cerros and Apolonia
Gonzalez.  I remember hearing my grandfather talking about Pánuco but I
was too young to remember what he said about it.  The name stuck to
the back of my mind.

 

I am almost ready to start  researching her side of
the family.  I am anticipating lots of road blocks and dead
ends.
 



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href="mailto:auntyemfaustus@...">Emilie Garcia


Sent: Sunday, December 04, 2005 4:35
AM

Subject: Re: [ranchos] 1550:
Suave!!!



John,

 

So your grandmother was born in Jerez in 1903

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John,

 

1467!!!!  Sixteen generations!!!  My God, you lead a charmed
life.  Only five months into your research, and you have found so
much.  How I (and the rest) envy you.  With your membership in this
group, maybe some of your luck will rub off on us.

 

Emilie Garcia

Port Orchard, WA ---


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Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:19
PM

Subject: Re: [ranchos] 1550:
Suave!!!



Hi Alberto:

 

Thank you for the  "heads up " on a
 very interesting article.  It has quite a few names that I am
presently researching.  It is going to take a few days to sort everything
out to make "heads or tails" .  Just a quick preliminary  perusing
reveals a  lot of information that I can use.

 Today has been one of those days that
makes you feel almost numb  from joy and good fortune.  Earlier
in the day I got en E-mail from Ken Alva.  He sent me some information
that will take me  all the way back to the birth of Alonso de Hermosillo
in Hermosilla, Burgos, Spain in 1467 !!!   Three
generations in Spain, 10 generations in Jalos, and 3 in California!  That
puts me in the 16th generation of Gonzalez"s.

 I had gotten stuck with Juan Gonzalez de
Hermosillo and his wife from Mexico City .They settled in  Jalostotitlan
in the late 1500's.

Ken's information picks him up from there and
takes him three generations back into Spain!!!  Talk about getting
lucky.

I have already pinpointed  Hermosilla,
Burgos on a map of Spain. It is very tiny village in the Northern part of the
country.

 

I just don't have enough words to express my
deep appreciation  and thanks  to all the members of Ranchos...Thank
you.

 

 


Juan Gonzalez

Wildomar, CA


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href="mailto:albertodua@...">Alberto Duarte


Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 5:24
PM

Subject: Re: [ranchos] 1550:
Suave!!!


John, check out the below website.  It has some of
the
same names you've mentioned in some of your emails.
The website
was sit up by my wife's (Rebeca Gutierrez
Gonzalez) relatives from Los
Altos, Jalisco.  I hope
it helps you find some more names and
relatives.  Who
knows? we may be related.

Good
luck.

Alberto Duarte Prieto
Santa Maria,
California

Comentario



John,

 

So your grandmother was born in Jerez in 1903 and you say the records were
"destroyed"?  My father was born in Jerez also in 1903, and when we went
there to try to get a birth record the priest at the church told him that the
records for 1903 had been "burned"  (I presumed that happened around
1910-1916 when my father and his father left Mexico forever because the fighting
was so horrendous there during the Revolution.  What were you told about
how the records were destroyed?  Please let me know if you find anything on
those born in Jerez in 1903.  I recently posted a link to my
Olague-Tinajero [Felix] tree that I updated on World Connect.  Did you see
it? 

 

My maternal grandmother was Gorgonia Garcia and her parents were Ignacio
Garcia and Maria Guadalupe Rodriguez. I have not found a thing on them yet
in the IGI, and I am assuming they were from Jerez, since my father Guadalupe
Olague was born there, but his father Francisco Olague was born, as were all his
ancestors going back to the early 1700s, in Salitrillo, part of the jurisdiction
of Tepetongo.

 

Emilie Garcia

Port Orchard, WA ---

 


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Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 9:34
AM

Subject: Re: [ranchos] 1550:
Suave!!!



Hello Jose:

 

Thank you for your kind words, we all need a
few words of encouragement every now and then and I appreciate your
words.  Thank you again.

As far as : "Gonzalez de Hermosillo" is
concerned, I found a book titled :  "Jalostotitlan a Traves de Los
Siglos"  The book mentions Juan Gonzalez de Hermosillo as being one of
the first settlers in Jalostotitlan, along with his wife Ana.  I traced
my line all the way back to him and that's where I find myself at the
moment.  There were 10 generations of "Gonzalez de Hermosillo" 
 in Jalos.

 I am waiting for a couple of films from
the LDS to see if I can go a little further back.  Thank you for offering
me assistance with the Gonzalez name.  My maternal grandmother's 
last name was Gonzalez, and she was from Jerez Zacatecas. There could be a
connection there between Gonzalez from Zacatecas and Durango.  I have not
started doing research  on my mother's side because I want to see how far
I can go on my father's side of the family.  I am anticipating some
problems with her because some of the records,  for the date when
she was born (1903) , were destroyed.

I will make sure that I stay in touch with you
as soon as I get started in Zacatecas.



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José
Román González López


Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:57
AM

Subject: [ranchos] 1550: Suave!!!







Hello John:

 

Congratulation!

 

Your experience about researching your ancestral line of "González de
Hermosillo" has knick me in a hard way, is very impacting to any that has
spent much time in our research, many times we seek where there are noting
of information, in Spanish we say: "damos palos de ciego".

 

You say:

 

"I
feel that being able to go back  about 455  years was mostly
luck...".

 

You are very "modesto", you did your work to obtain that you now have.
The "luck" is where the preparation and opportunity join to benefit our, if
there is not "preparation", there is not "luck", and if there is not
"opportunity", then there is not "luck". Your minds proceed to run in the
accurate way, because you were thinking about of your ancestors, and this is
the best preparation to do the research. After, you were work hard to found
your genealogical tree:

 

"I was surfing the internet one day
and...

"I went to visit a cousin,
who...

"I went to the Census records
and...

"Information about my family  for
the period, 1917 to the present, was collected from living
relatives at family reunions and family visits...

"Now, anytime I see a relative, I bug
them to tell me as much as they know...

"Some of the records were a tough
challange to read...

 

And so... Your account is filled with a great work, after that your
"luck", you needy had was to work hardly to finish with your precious
data.

 

You are a great lesson for the rest of the "ranchos group". 
Thanks for share your experience with others.

 

 

Comentario

dear John! (hey that reads heavenly) bells all the way for you! these news is a bus for touring the past! God, they are waiting for us to reach! this Christmass you'll have a full house, full yard, full street and by all means a full hart! rejoice! cheers to all of us! Did this help you a little to express? Thank you for shearing  Leticia Leon Morales

John Gonzalez <1gnzlz@...> escribió:
Hi Alberto:
 
Thank you for the  "heads up " on a  very interesting article.  It has quite a few names that I am presently researching.  It is going to take a few days to sort everything out to make
"heads or tails" .  Just a quick preliminary  perusing reveals a  lot of information that I can use.
 Today has been one of those days that makes you feel almost numb  from joy and good fortune.  Earlier in the day I got en E-mail from Ken Alva.  He sent me some information that will take me  all the way back to the birth of Alonso de Hermosillo in Hermosilla, Burgos, Spain in 1467 !!!   Three generations in Spain, 10 generations in Jalos, and 3 in California!  That puts me in the 16th generation of Gonzalez"s.
 I had gotten stuck with Juan Gonzalez de Hermosillo and his wife from Mexico City .They settled in  Jalostotitlan in the late 1500's.
Ken's information picks him up from there and takes him three generations back into Spain!!!  Talk about getting
lucky.
I have already pinpointed  Hermosilla, Burgos on a map of Spain. It is very tiny village in the Northern part of the country.
 
I just don't have enough words to express my deep appreciation  and thanks  to all the members of Ranchos...Thank you.
 
 
Juan Gonzalez
Wildomar, CA
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 5:24 PM
Subject: Re: [ranchos] 1550: Suave!!!

John, check out the below website.  It has some of the
same names you've mentioned in some of your emails.
The website was sit up by my wife's (Rebeca Gutierrez
Gonzalez) relatives from Los Altos, Jalisco.  I hope
it helps you find some more names and relatives.  Who
knows? we may be related.

Good luck.

Alberto Duarte Prieto
Santa Maria, California






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Comentario


Hi Alberto:

 

Thank you for the  "heads up " on a
 very interesting article.  It has quite a few names that I am
presently researching.  It is going to take a few days to sort everything
out to make "heads or tails" .  Just a quick preliminary  perusing
reveals a  lot of information that I can use.

 Today has been one of those days that makes
you feel almost numb  from joy and good fortune.  Earlier in the
day I got en E-mail from Ken Alva.  He sent me some information that will
take me  all the way back to the birth of Alonso de Hermosillo in
Hermosilla, Burgos, Spain in 1467 !!!   Three generations in
Spain, 10 generations in Jalos, and 3 in California!  That puts me in the
16th generation of Gonzalez"s.

 I had gotten stuck with Juan Gonzalez de
Hermosillo and his wife from Mexico City .They settled in  Jalostotitlan in
the late 1500's.

Ken's information picks him up from there and
takes him three generations back into Spain!!!  Talk about getting
lucky.

I have already pinpointed  Hermosilla,
Burgos on a map of Spain. It is very tiny village in the Northern part of the
country.

 

I just don't have enough words to express my deep
appreciation  and thanks  to all the members of Ranchos...Thank
you.

 

 


Juan Gonzalez

Wildomar, CA


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----- Original Message -----


style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black">From:
Alberto
Duarte


Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 5:24
PM

Subject: Re: [ranchos] 1550:
Suave!!!


John, check out the below website.  It has some of
the
same names you've mentioned in some of your emails.
The website was
sit up by my wife's (Rebeca Gutierrez
Gonzalez) relatives from Los Altos,
Jalisco.  I hope
it helps you find some more names and
relatives.  Who
knows? we may be related.

Good
luck.

Alberto Duarte Prieto
Santa Maria,
California

Comentario

John, check out the below website.  It has some of the
same names you've mentioned in some of your emails. 
The website was sit up by my wife's (Rebeca Gutierrez
Gonzalez) relatives from Los Altos, Jalisco.  I hope
it helps you find some more names and relatives.  Who
knows? we may be related.

Good luck.

Alberto Duarte Prieto
Santa Maria, California

www.prodigyweb.net.mx/luzmontejano/articulos.htm

--- John Gonzalez <1gnzlz@...> wrote:

> Hello Jose:
> 
> Thank you for your kind words, we all need a few
> words of encouragement every now and then and I
> appreciate your words.  Thank you again.
> As far as : "Gonzalez de Hermosillo" is concerned, I
> found a book titled :  "Jalostotitlan a Traves de
> Los Siglos"  The book mentions Juan Gonzalez de
> Hermosillo as being one of the first settlers in
> Jalostotitlan, along with his wife Ana.  I traced my
> line all the way back to him and that's where I find
> myself at the moment.  There were 10 generations of
> "Gonzalez de Hermosillo"   in Jalos.
>  I am waiting for a couple of films from the LDS to
> see if I can go a little further back.  Thank you
> for offering me assistance with the Gonzalez name. 
> My maternal grandmother's  last name was Gonzalez,
> and she was from Jerez Zacatecas. There could be a
> connection there between Gonzalez from Zacatecas and
> Durango.  I have not started doing research  on my
> mother's side because I want to see how far I can go
> on my father's side of the family.  I am
> anticipating some problems with her because some of
> the records,  for the date when she was born (1903)
> , were destroyed.
> I will make sure that I stay in touch with you as
> soon as I get started in Zacatecas.
> 1gnzlz@...
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: José Román González López 
>   To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Saturday, December 03, 2005 7:57 AM
>   Subject: [ranchos] 1550: Suave!!!
> 
> 
>   Hello John:
> 
>   Congratulation!
> 
>   Your experience about researching your ancestral
> line of "González de Hermosillo" has knick me in a
> hard way, is very impacting to any that has spent
> much time in our research, many times we seek where
> there are noting of information, in Spanish we say:
> "damos palos de ciego".
> 
>   You say:
> 
>   "I feel that being able to go back  about 455 
> years was mostly luck...". 
> 
>   You are very "modesto", you did your work to
> obtain that you now have. The "luck" is where the
> preparation and opportunity join to benefit our, if
> there is not "preparation", there is not "luck", and
> if there is not "opportunity", then there is not
> "luck". Your minds proceed to run in the accurate
> way, because you were thinking about of your
> ancestors, and this is the best preparation to do
> the research. After, you were work hard to found
> your genealogical tree: 
> 
>   "I was surfing the internet one day and...
>   "I went to visit a cousin, who...
>   "I went to the Census records and...
>   "Information about my family  for the period, 1917
> to the present, was collected from living relatives
> at family reunions and family visits...
>   "Now, anytime I see a relative, I bug them to tell
> me as much as they know...
>   "Some of the records were a tough challange to
> read...
> 
>   And so... Your account is filled with a great
> work, after that your "luck", you needy had was to
> work hardly to finish with your precious data.
> 
>   You are a great lesson for the rest of the
> "ranchos group".  Thanks for share your experience
> with others.
> 
> 



		
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