I'll start.

I'm Joseph Puentes from North Carolina via Maryland for 18 years and
California for 26 years. I'm searching for relatives in the Santa
Maria de Los Angeles/Colotlan, Jalisco area. I currently know of
Puentes that live in Huejucar and it wouldn't surprise me to find some
 ancient roots from there also. I believe that before Jalsico my Diaz
family roots came from the Tlaltenango, Zacatecas area. I also believe
that my Puentes roots came from the Sombrerete, Zacatecas area.

I'm sorry to report that I haven't made any positive connections with
other people on this group but I think that I might be related to
Carol Turner via my Muro roots and quite possibly to Maria Cortez (are
you related to Rich Cortez?) through my Diaz and/or Puentes roots.
Time and study will prove this out.

. . .but even if none of us ever make any positive connections between
our families I think we can benefit from sharing our discoveries on
this group. I also believe that if we are aware of who we're looking
for we just might find info that can be beneficial to our mutual research.

. . .Joseph (see a picture of my wonderful self on my profile)

ps: just in case someone has missed it, most of the info for this
group is found in the Files section. Some of you all might want to
post one or two of your most impressive pictures. . .in the Photos
section.