Thank you for your reply, my real curiosity was about the Sanches de 
la Mejorada line that was the first wife of my Ancestor Jose 
Francisco Mendez who married her in 1795 in Zapotlan El Grand/Ciudad 
Gusman.  In that town all the people I asked about including Espanol 
Gonzales and Leal's are living and marrying into the same lines as 
my direct ancestor did. They say they are from Leon and also many 
people coming directly from Spain in this time period.. I didn't 
mean to do their genealogy but you know how it is.. we start with 
one family and end up doing the city or rancho! These same people 
also live in Tuxpan, Atoyac, and Tamazula de Gordiano, they seem to 
come around Lake Chapala.  I got to go there a couple of years ago 
and the area is still in sugar cane and making tequila is a 
maintstay. If you'd like any of the records let me know, always glad 
to share my findings..
Linda in Wa.

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Pacorro73@a... wrote:
> Sorry that this reply is so so late, but I hardly check my aol 
mail box 
> anymore.  I was rather interested to see that you discovered 
records 
>  from Zapotlan el Grande that connected your Loza y Linares 
lineage to 
> the Villa de Leon.  Well that is without a doubt Leon, 
Guanajuato.  The 
> Loza y Linares family and Lopez de Lara are both definitely from 
there. 
> DEFINITELY.
> 
> My close friend, cousin, genealogist, and writer, don Mariano 
Gonzalez 
> Leal, has researched the Loza y Linares lineages since they 
migrated to 
> Mexico from Spain.  He himself is a Loza y Linares and currently 
lives 
> in Leon, Guanajuato.  He has access to all kinds of records from 
Leon's 
> historical archives, both public and private. Some of the Loza y 
> Linares and Lopez de Lara's descendants eventually moved to 
> Jalostotitlan, Lagos de Moreno, Ayo el Chico, Arandas, San Miguel 
el 
> Alto, and San Juan de los Lagos.
> 
> It seems that they also migrated to Zapotlan el Grande.  Where is 
that 
> anyway?
> 
> Regards,
> Steven Hernandez
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Erlinda Castanon-Long <longsjourney@y...>
> To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
> Sent: Sun, 21 Aug 2005 09:01:29 -0000
> Subject: [ranchos] Villa de Leon Mexico
> 
>   I'm doing records from Zapotlan El Grande Jalisco and am finding
> families from Villa de Leon Mexico.. any idea where that is?  I
> checked the wonderful location dictionary but found nothing. The 
time
> period is early to mid 1700's.  The families are Losa y Linares,
> Sanches de la Mejorada and Lopes de Lara and Alcaraz.
> 
> any help appreciated
> Linda in Wa.
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