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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. 

See number 0168809 --- that is where I found the page in the files area
of the Ranchos webpage. Lyman D. Platt wrote a book called Census Record
for Latin America and the Hispanic United States. He gives a run down on
what areas are covered in each film. Do an interlibrary loan for this widely
available book or let me know what towns you're looking for and I'll look
and see what films are covering that area. For Kitty and Rich they might
be interested in the census records for Huejucar--168819, 168828, 168833,
168836, 168838 or Lagos de Moreno 221883 or 221884



joseph



ps: Here the complete listing of whats available from the Guadalajara Diocese
(other Census available for other areas though)  for Census:

Title

Padrones, 1639-1875

Authors

Iglesia Católica. Diócesis de Guadalajara (México) (Main Author)

Notes

Microfilme de manuscritos en el Archivo de la Sagarda Mitra en Guadalajara.

Census records from parishes within the Diocese of Guadalajara, Jalisco,
Mexico.

Subjects

Mexico, Jalisco - Census

Mexico, Jalisco, Guadalajara - Census

Format

Manuscript (On Film)

Language

Spanish

Publication

Salt Lake City : Filmados por la Sociedad Genealógica de Utah, 1957-1958

Physical

48 carretes de microfilme ; 35 mm.

http://biblio2.colmex.mx/bibdig/dicc_cubas/base3.htm

The above link takes you to a digitized version of "Diccionario 
Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos
Mexicanos"
by Antonio García Cubas

It's fully searchable and I have found it very useful.

I added #5 to the links section but not any of those on number 25.

joseph


5.  Spain, The United States, and The American Frontier: Historias
Paralelas
http://international.loc.gov/intldl/eshtml/eshome.html

Partnering with The National Library of Spain, The Biblioteca
Columbina y
Capitular of Seville, the Library of Congress has developed this fine
collection of primary and secondary historical documents that explore
the
complex and multifaceted history of Spanish expansion into North
America
from Florida, Georgia, the Carolinas, and across most of what is now
the
modern-day American Southwest all the way north to Alaska. The site
contains
digital versions of numerous texts, maps, manuscripts, and first-hand
accounts composed by different individuals. Some of the highlights
include
"La Florida del Inca," which is an account of the Hernando de Soto
expedition through Florida and the southeastern part of North America,
along
with the "Notes of a Military Reconnoissance from Fort Leavenworth to
San
Diego," published in 1848 as a special report to the United States
Congress.
Appropriately enough, many of the documents are available in both
English
and Spanish, and are searchable by page number. [KMG]

==============

25. Historic Maps
1. Map Library
http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/dhistorymaps/Atlas%20Page.htm
2. Maps of the Roman Empire
http://www.dalton.org/groups/Rome/RMaps.html
3. History of Cartography
http://feature.geography.wisc.edu/histcart/
4. American Memory Collections
http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-
bin/query/S?ammem/collections:@field(SUBJ+@1(Geogr
aphy)):heading=Topics%3a+Geography
5. Perry-Casta�±eda Library Map Collection: Historical Maps
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/index.html
6. Color Landforms Atlas of the United States
http://fermi.jhuapl.edu/states/states.html
7. Old-maps.co.uk
http://www.old-maps.co.uk/
8. Maps and Geography

Hi Joseph,

yes, it is interesting.  When I was looking through your reports I 
noticed we share a lot of the same surnames.  The one that really 
caught my attention is Juan Jose Diaz. I have 2 lines that descend 
from a Juan Jose Diaz.  I haven't uploaded that report, but will do 
so shortly.  The report I uploaded is as far back as I've gotten, but 
it's a work in progress, so stay tuned.  Domingo Puentes is the 
father of Francisca Puentes.  Right now I don't know who Domingo's 
parents were, but I'll update that report as I learn more.

The Sanchez report started with my paternal grandfather.  I will 
upload one for my maternal grandfather next--Rufino Diaz.  That's 
where you'll see the 2 Juan Jose Diaz'--one who was married to 
Gertrudis Alvares and the other to a Rita Barajas (or Martin del 
Campo).  They very well may be the same person, but I have no 
documentation to base that on.  I'm thinking that your Juan Jose and 
mine might descend from a common ancestor, but we'll learn that in 
time.

Regards,

Maria

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Puentes <makas@n...> wrote:
> 
> okay this is getting interesting. On those marriage records is 
there a 
> listing for who the parents were of Francisca Puentes and Domingo 
Puentes?
> 
> Also there are a couple of Diaz in there as well who might their 
parents 
> be???
> 
> thanks,
> 
> Joseph

yes I am he! I'm still so new to PAF and gedcom that I have no idea if
I'm number 2008. Since it worked I'll send my other lines via gedcom but
so I don't make the same mistake how do I avoid what happened to you in
accidently importing a gedcom file where is doesn't suppose to go?

thanks,

Joseph

ps: when I was little I was totally fluent in Spanish and I referred to
myself as Jose Luis but everyone else just called me, "Dinky"

pps: as you'll see from a more current photo of mine I am far from a Dinky

okay this is getting interesting. On those marriage records is there a
listing for who the parents were of Francisca Puentes and Domingo Puentes?

Also there are a couple of Diaz in there as well who might their parents
be???

thanks,

Joseph

this might be old news but I'm finding it valuable for my work. Has this
been addressed before?



Batch Searching the
LDS films from home: "Or how to get the most bang
for your buck when ordering films."



The batches are just that: "batches" of information keyed into the Family
Search website (
href="http://www.familysearch.org">http://www.familysearch.org). This
is information that is taken from the films and entered into the International
Genealogical Index. (Not just there but for the specific purpose of Mexican
Genealogy that is where I'm finding my ancestors).



How to find the batch numbers?



well you can go to any LDS Family History Center and look at the Fiche
for your particular surname of  research. Find the Fiche for the State then
for the Surname and then find the towns your Ancestors came from.



Orrrrr



>From the home page just go to the IGI page that looks like this: