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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.

 

 
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