I couldn't have done it without my primos' help at NuestrosRanchos

Following the principle of documenting each generation and looking for "who's your daddy's, daddy's, daddy's, daddy's, etc.",

I've discovered and documented 18 generations and bridged it to Spain. When in doubt, I ordered the microfilm of Mexico's church records of baptismsm, marriages, and public records to verify my research.

Comments

Comment

Dear Joseph, good job. If you get something don´t forget your " Nuestros
ranchos" cousins.

Only one point. The royalty papers of the foundation of The city of San Luis
Potosi, said that, was founded on November the 3th of 1592 by: Capitan
Miguel Caldera and Juan De Oñate (who was later New Mexico Gubernator), and
the royalty writer was Pedro Venegas.

In April 1593, Juan De Oñate gave city land to the first people.
The land was separated to the next people: Hernando De Escobedo (Your
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGF),Tomas Rudor, Alonso De Velasco, Jeronimo de Cabrera, Manuel
Jorge, Juan Ramirez and Hernando Sanchez Urdiales, Ana de Toledo, and
others.

Hernando Jr, was there, but he didn´t stay in the foundation papers.

If you need information, I am from San Luis Potosi, and I have several books
that talk about this
Regards
Cristobal Villalobos

-----Mensaje original-----
De: general-bounces@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
[mailto:general-bounces@lists.nuestrosranchos.org] En nombre de Joseph de
Leon

Comment

Thanks, Primo!

When it rains it pours!

It appears that I've discovered generations # 19 and #20 via Francisco de Escobedo's wife Maria de Covarrubias. They appear to be mostly in Seville and Granada Spain.

I suppose it's easier when it's the ancestors of Monte Escobedo -- famous people have their pedigrees well documented!

My head is spinning from all the available data!

P. S. I have some Villalobos in my family line as well.Jose Carlos de Leon

EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOODJoin me

> From: jcvillalo@prodigy.net.mx> To: general@nuestrosranchos.org; general@lists.nuestrosranchos.org> Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2008 12:25:54 -0500> Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] I couldn't have done it without my primos' help at NuestrosRanchos> > Dear Joseph, good job. If you get something don´t forget your " Nuestros> ranchos" cousins.

Comment

Greetings, Do you have any info on Cap Miguel Caldera and his descendants? Thanks - Anita

--- On Sat, 10/11/08, jcvillalo@prodigy.net.mx wrote:

> From: jcvillalo@prodigy.net.mx
> Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] I couldn't have done it without my primos' help at NuestrosRanchos
> To: general@nuestrosranchos.org, general@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
> Date: Saturday, October 11, 2008, 12:25 PM
> Dear Joseph, good job. If you get something don´t forget
> your " Nuestros
> ranchos" cousins.
>
> Only one point. The royalty papers of the foundation of The
> city of San Luis
> Potosi, said that, was founded on November the 3th of 1592
> by: Capitan
> Miguel Caldera and Juan De Oñate (who was later New Mexico
> Gubernator), and
> the royalty writer was Pedro Venegas.
>
> In April 1593, Juan De Oñate gave city land to the first
> people.
> The land was separated to the next people: Hernando De
> Escobedo (Your
> GGGGGGGGGGGGGGF),Tomas Rudor, Alonso De Velasco, Jeronimo
> de Cabrera

Comment

Anita, I have info posted on Rootsweb.com on Miguel Caldera but mostly from his sister Marias' line, those are the Caldera's from the district of Jerez Zacatecas mostly. They took the Caldera name instead of their fathers.  There is also info from Susan Leniski in our Nuestrosranchos section you would be interested in, if you have a problem accessing it I'd be glad to send you a copy. I have 3 Caldera lines I have been trying to merge together with no luck so far.
 
Linda Castanon-Long in Everett

--- On Tue, 10/14/08, Anita Morales wrote:

From: Anita Morales
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] I couldn't have done it without my primos' help at NuestrosRanchos
To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 10:21 AM

Greetings, Do you have any info on Cap Miguel Caldera and his descendants?
Thanks - Anita

Comment

I have a few Caldera that pepper my Family Tree but mostly in the 1700s and 1800s, but I don't know if that's any help.
Attached is the reference to Captain Miguel Caldera I found on the Message Boards. It appears Caldera received 15 varas as Stock-Shares in the Santo Domingo mines.Jose Carlos de Leon

EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOODJoin me
Hernado /de Escobedo /Fundo Luis Potosì, recibio un solar, descubrio las minas de Santo Domingo en el Cerro de San Pedro le dieron15 Varasal Capitan Miguel Caldera. LAS Varas ERAN COMO ACCIONESESCOBEDO, Hernando deNació entre 1542 y 1546. Probablemente minero. Llegó a Zacatecas hacia 1567. En 1571 fue condenado varias veces por pena de ordenanza y tuvo que pagar diferentes multas a la Cámara Real de Zacatecas: el 19 de enero, 6 pesos y 5 tomines de oro común, sentenciado por Juan de Rentería, alcalde mayor de las minas; el 15 de junio, 11 pesos y 2 granos de oro común, después de la sentencia pronunciado por el mismo funcionario; el 27

Comment

Joe, did you get my last email with more scans?

--- On Tue, 10/14/08, Joseph de Leon wrote:

From: Joseph de Leon
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] I couldn't have done it without my primos' help at NuestrosRanchos
To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 12:07 PM

I have a few Caldera that pepper my Family Tree but mostly in the 1700s and
1800s, but I don't know if that's any help.
Attached is the reference to Captain Miguel Caldera I found on the Message
Boards. It appears Caldera received 15 varas as Stock-Shares in the Santo
Domingo mines.Jose Carlos de Leon

EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOODJoin me
Hernado /de Escobedo /Fundo Luis Potosì, recibio un solar, descubrio las
minas de Santo Domingo en el Cerro de San Pedro le dieron15 Varasal Capitan
Miguel Caldera. LAS Varas ERAN COMO ACCIONESESCOBEDO, Hernando deNació entre
1542 y 1546. Probablemente minero. Llegó a Zacatecas hacia 1567. En 1571 fue
condenado varias veces por pena de ordenanza y tuvo que

Comment

No, nothing cameJose Carlos de Leon

EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOODJoin me

> Date: Tue, 14 Oct 2008 19:27:00 -0700> From: resco16@sbcglobal.net> To: general@nuestrosranchos.org> Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] I couldn't have done it without my primos' help at NuestrosRanchos> > Joe, did you get my last email with more scans?> > --- On Tue, 10/14/08, Joseph de Leon wrote:> > From: Joseph de Leon > Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] I couldn't have done it without my primos' help at NuestrosRanchos> To: general@nuestrosranchos.org> Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 12:07 PM> > I have a few Caldera that pepper my Family Tree but mostly in the 1700s and> 1800s, but I don't know if that's any help. > Attached is the reference to Captain Miguel Caldera I found on the Message> Boards. It appears Caldera received 15 varas as Stock-Shares in the Santo> Domingo mines.Jose Carlos de Leon> > > > EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOODJoin me> Hernado /de Escobedo /Fundo Luis Potosì, recibio un solar

Comment

Hello Anita
All the information that I have is from the books of the Historia de San
Luis Potosi from Primo Feliciano Velazquez
They said that Capitan Miguel Caldera was natural son of Pedro Caldera from
Villa de Jerez and a Chichimeca india.
He was born in 1548, they think some place in Zacatecas. He died in
September of 1597 in San Juan Del Rio Queretaro.
He had a natural daughter Isabel Caldera who married with Juan De La Torre,
and they have two children, Marcos y Melchor De la Torre.
Miguel Caldera have two half brothers Cristobal Caldera (Lived in Fresnillo)
and Don Francisco Caldera, and one sister, Mari Cid, married with Hernan
Gonzalez, they had a son, Pedro Cid.
I hope this information Help you.
Regards
Cristóbal Villalobos

-----Mensaje original-----
De: general-bounces@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
[mailto:general-bounces@lists.nuestrosranchos.org] En nombre de Anita
Morales
Enviado el: Martes, 14 de Octubre de 2008 12:22 p.m.
Para: general@nuestrosranchos.org
Asunto: Re:

Comment

Dear Joseph, good job. If you get something don´t forget your " Nuestros
ranchos" cousins.

Only one point. The royalty papers of the foundation of The city of San Luis
Potosi, said that, was founded on November the 3th of 1592 by: Capitan
Miguel Caldera and Juan De Oñate (who was later New Mexico Gubernator), and
the royalty writer was Pedro Venegas.

In April 1593, Juan De Oñate gave city land to the first people.
The land was separated to the next people: Hernando De Escobedo (Your
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGF),Tomas Rudor, Alonso De Velasco, Jeronimo de Cabrera, Manuel
Jorge, Juan Ramirez and Hernando Sanchez Urdiales, Ana de Toledo, and
others.

Hernando Jr, was there, but he didn´t stay in the foundation papers.

If you need information, I am from San Luis Potosi, and I have several books
that talk about this
Regards
Cristobal Villalobos

-----Mensaje original-----
De: general-bounces@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
[mailto:general-bounces@lists.nuestrosranchos.org] En nombre de Joseph de
Leon

Comment

Well Done!  Always happy to see research that's been shared become a a part of reclaiming our heritage and history.  You give me hope in taking my families back further.
 
thanks for sharing your info so openly and freely
Linda in Everett

--- On Fri, 10/10/08, Joseph de Leon wrote:

From: Joseph de Leon
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] I couldn't have done it without my primos' help at NuestrosRanchos
To: general@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Friday, October 10, 2008, 9:26 PM

Following the principle of documenting each generation and looking for
"who's your daddy's, daddy's, daddy's, daddy's,
etc.",

I've discovered and documented 18 generations and bridged it to Spain.
When in doubt, I ordered the microfilm of Mexico's church records of
baptismsm, marriages, and public records to verify my research.

2 sets of 11th Great Grandparents from Spain.

My 11th Great Grandparents' (Hernando de Escobedo (b. abt. 1520) and Leonor
Juairez from Spain) son Hernando, Jr. (b. abt 1542)

Comment

Well, maybe you will walk the way to El Dorado!
 
When I was starting my genealogy trip read about a girl who was searching her roots because she was requested to prove her belonging to the certain family by the surname Luft I think it was, she couldn´t make it in the requested time but contracted the genealogy seed.
 
Maybe you will get a good "tajada" (piece of cake).
 
Leticia Leon te saluda.

--- El vie 10-oct-08, Joseph de Leon escribió:

De:: Joseph de Leon
Asunto: [Nuestros Ranchos] I couldn't have done it without my primos' help at NuestrosRanchos
A: general@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Fecha: viernes, 10 octubre, 2008, 11:26 pm

Following the principle of documenting each generation and looking for
"who's your daddy's, daddy's, daddy's, daddy's,
etc.",

I've discovered and documented 18 generations and bridged it to Spain.
When in doubt, I ordered the microfilm of Mexico's church records of
baptismsm, marriages, and public records to verify my research.

2 sets of 11th

download the Nuestros Ranchos user guide

Can you please direct me to where the Nuestros Ranchos user guide is.
 
Yvonne

----- Original Message ----
From: arturoramos
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org

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Comment

Go to files and under reference materials you'll find the link:

http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/14123

joseph

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

Joseph Puentes
http://h2opodcast.com (Environment Podcast)
http://h2opodcast.blogspot.com/ (Blog for above)
http://PleaseListenToYourMom.com (Women's Peace Podcast)
http://NuestraFamiliaUnida.com (Latin American History Podcast)
http://nuestrosranchos.org (Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Aguascalientes
Genealogy)

y b wrote:
> Can you please direct me to where the Nuestros Ranchos user guide is.
>
> Yvonne
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: arturoramos
> To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
> Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 7:36:52 AM
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Uploading a Genealogy Tree

Alvarado/San Luis Potosi and Gonzalez/Zacatecas

Greetings to all:
My family trees have been posted under Member Genelogy Files/Anita Morales,

Names shown under "Ancestors of Pedro G Alvarado" from San Luis Potosi are: Alvarado, Galvan, Rodriguez, Tobar, Soto, Lozano, Ybarra, Carmona, Mireles, Martinez, Morales, Ybarra. Others shown: Gonzalez, Lopez, Perez, Molinas, Luera, Medina, Garcia, Munis

Comments

Comment

Anita you did a wonderful job of documenting your lines, well done!  I have in my records Andres Correa and two of his wives.
 
I have a question about Catalina de la Torre abt 1609 married to Antonio Cueva Carbajal, my cousin is de la Cueva and I have Carabajal in an earlier record from Jerez, could you share with me the record you found in the Sagrada Mitra?  My personal e-mail is longsjourney@hotmail.com.  I do have all my records posted on Rootsweb.com with the source information included.
 
thank you, Linda Castanon-Long in Everett

--- On Tue, 10/14/08, anna1m wrote:

From: anna1m
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Alvarado/San Luis Potosi and Gonzalez/Zacatecas
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 10:50 AM

Greetings to all:
My family trees have been posted under Member Genelogy Files/Anita Morales,

Names shown under "Ancestors of Pedro G Alvarado" from San Luis
Potosi are: Alvarado, Galvan, Rodriguez, Tobar, Soto, Lozano, Ybarra, Carmona

PEDIGREE UPLOADED/ SUBI MI GENEALOGIA

I UPLOADED MY PEDIGREE SO EVERYONE CAN REVIEW IT AND POSSIBLY FIND A MATCH. ALL THE FAMILY LINEAS ARE LISTED.

SUBI MI ARBOL GENEALOGICO ESPERANDO PUEDAN REVISARLO Y ENCONTRAR UNA POSIBLE CONEXION, ESTAN INCLUIDAS LAS DISTINTAS FAMILIAS O APELLIDOS QUE BUSCO.

Comments

FILOMENO & PERFECTO ARTEAGA were from Rancho del Terrero, Tlaltenango de Sanchez Roman......

Filomeno was Perfecto's father, Perfecto's mother was Maria Josefa Ulloa. Filomeno & MaJosefa were married on 22 Feb 1843 in Tlaltenango de Sanchez Roman, Zac., according to Mormon records. I would like to find records of any kind related to Filomeno and MaJosefa.

Comments

Comment

I have a Ulloa line that starts 1679 in Tlaltenango however, I do not have any of the names you mention. Perhaps Maria Josefa Ulloa connects back a few generations.
Lots of Luck in your research.
Helyn
San Jose, CA

teresitar wrote:

Filomeno was Perfecto's father, Perfecto's mother was Maria Josefa Ulloa. Filomeno & MaJosefa were married on 22 Feb 1843 in Tlaltenango de Sanchez Roman, Zac., according to Mormon records. I would like to find records of any kind related to Filomeno and MaJosefa.

I have been able to trace the family pedigree from him but I do not have anything else other than a marriage date. I would like to be able find their birthdates and birthplaces, perhaps even their parents!

Mormon church records also indicate that they had a son, his name was Perfecto Arteaga, born on 23 Apr 1844 also in Tlaltenango. Perfecto married Refugio Casanova. Refugio's parents, Lino Casanova and Maria Prudencia Albares were married on 14 Feb 1838 in Tlaltenango

Introduction / Research Questions

Hello, I've just joined this group and am looking forward to interacting and exchanging information with all of you. I am researching Ruiz, Zavala, Castellanos, Dias, Mendes, Rodrigues and Quevedo. Currently I
am researching the Castellanos and Zavala families that lived near or in La Barca.

Comments

Comment

Just wanted to list the URL for my research resources:

http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/17222

Does anyone have any insight into why many entries in baptism records
contain the 'Ma.' prefix? Is it an abbreviation of Maria?

and

I was browsing the transcription of film 668255 and found something I found
troubling/interesting. I was searching for Jose Antonio Castellanos and
Dorotea Dias where they appear together as mother and father. I found one
entry that appears to be a positive match. Below that match are five others
with the same Dorotea Dias and variations of a Castellano as the father
(Jose Cirilo, Jose). They are all in the same location/church. Which is more
likely a) they are the same person withs transcription errors or b) they are
different individuals altogther? Here is the link to the data:

http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#fatherSurna…

On Thu, Oct 9, 2008 at

Comment

Rudy, try and get a copy of the book: "Finding your Mexican
Ancestors A Beginner's Guide" by George and Peggy Ryskamp, it has
a lot of the abriviations that you will find useable in your search. It has been very
helpful for me.

You can get in touch with Carlos Yturralde at Hispanic Heritage Project
email: cyturralde@cox.net and you should be able to order a copy of the
book from his organization.

Happy hunting.

tiodann

> Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:21:01 -0700> From: roodee@thummy.com> To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org> Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Introduction / Research Questions> > Just wanted to list the URL for my research resources:> > http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/17222> > Does anyone have any insight into why many entries in baptism records> contain the 'Ma.' prefix? Is it an abbreviation of Maria?> > and> > I was browsing the transcription of film 668255 and found something I found> troubling/interesting. I was searching for Jose Antonio Castellanos

Comment

Hello Rudy, This is Rudy.

I too have found "Finding your Mexican Ancestors A Begginer's Guide" helpful. I purchased my copy form AMAZON.COM. Good luck in your search.

Rudy Munoz - Phoenix, AZ
---- DANIEL ESPARZA wrote:
>
> Rudy, try and get a copy of the book: "Finding your Mexican
> Ancestors A Beginner's Guide" by George and Peggy Ryskamp, it has
> a lot of the abriviations that you will find useable in your search. It has been very
> helpful for me.
>
> You can get in touch with Carlos Yturralde at Hispanic Heritage Project
> email: cyturralde@cox.net and you should be able to order a copy of the
> book from his organization.
>
> Happy hunting.
>
> tiodann
>
> > Date: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:21:01 -0700> From: roodee@thummy.com> To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org> Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Introduction / Research Questions> > Just wanted to list the URL for my research resources:> > http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/17222> > Does anyone have any insight

Comment

Rudy,
   You are correct, abbreviation Ma stands for Maria. Other common abbreviations are Jph for Joseph, Mgl for Miguel, Antto for Antonio, Ju for Juan, Fco, for Francisco. Xbal, for Christobal.

Jaime

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rudy Ruiz"
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Monday, October 13, 2008 5:21:01 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Introduction / Research Questions

Just wanted to list the URL for my research resources:

http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/17222

Does anyone have any insight into why many entries in baptism records
contain the 'Ma.' prefix? Is it an abbreviation of Maria?

and

I was browsing the transcription of film 668255 and found something I found
troubling/interesting. I was searching for Jose Antonio Castellanos and
Dorotea Dias where they appear together as mother and father. I found one
entry that appears to be a positive match. Below that match are five others
with the same

Comment

Ruddy:

Welcome to this family, I'm glad more people searches their roots each time. I search families in La Barca too, unfortunately they aren't the same as you (we don't have a match), but according to my experience, I can tell you that it is very frecuent people who extracted the names in the records misspell the names, so it is fine if you find Eduviges (the original name) as well as Edubiges or Eduwiges. At the time your GG greatmother was born, the usage was EDUWIGES.

Wish you luck and work hard in your pedigree, that's the way we can KNOW more about our ancestors.
If it sin't useless, I look for the VALDIVIA, MACIAS, SANTIAGO and NAVARRO from La Barca, Tepatitlan, Lagos de Moreno, Sn Juan de los Lagos, and all Los Altos region. If you (or somebody else finds a match just let me know please).

Best regards.
LIC. ALESSANDRO VITELA
Ser de Luz!!!> To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org> From: roodee@thummy.com> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 11:03:36 -0700> Subject: [Nuestros

Comment

Welcome, Rudy,

My father had among his ancestors people named Eduviges, or Edubiges, or Edubigen. St. Helwig was a Saint born in Bavaria in the 1100s. Read about her here: http://saints.sqpn.com/sainth03.htm

Emilie
Port Orchard, WA
----- Original Message -----
From: roodee
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 11:03 AM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Introduction / Research Questions

Hello, I've just joined this group and am looking forward to interacting and exchanging information with all of you. I am researching Ruiz, Zavala, Castellanos, Dias, Mendes, Rodrigues and Quevedo. Currently I
am researching the Castellanos and Zavala families that lived near or in La Barca. I've been fortunate to find some records of baptism for Porfirio Castellano Zavala (Sep 17 1875) my GG Grandfather. The records indicate that the baptism took place in San Juan Bosco so this suggests that they lived near that local parish. What is curious to

Comment

Rudy, I said St. Helwig, but it is really Hedwig (Eduviges).

Emilie
----- Original Message -----
From: Emilie Garcia
To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 4:24 PM
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Introduction / Research Questions

Welcome, Rudy,

My father had among his ancestors people named Eduviges, or Edubiges, or Edubigen. St. Helwig was a Saint born in Bavaria in the 1100s. Read about her here: http://saints.sqpn.com/sainth03.htm>

Emilie
Port Orchard, WA
----- Original Message -----
From: roodee>
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org>
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 11:03 AM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Introduction / Research Questions

Hello, I've just joined this group and am looking forward to interacting and exchanging information with all of you. I am researching Ruiz, Zavala, Castellanos, Dias, Mendes, Rodrigues and Quevedo. Currently I
am researching the Castellanos and Zavala families that lived near or in La Barca. I've been fortunate to find some records of baptism for Porfirio Castellano Zavala (Sep 17 1875) my GG Grandfather. The records indicate that the baptism took place in San Juan Bosco so this suggests that they lived near that local parish. What is curious to me is the criss-crossing of surnames. For example, Porfirio Castellanos Zavala was married to Guadalupe Castellanos (born October 7th 1875 in La Barca). However, Porfirio's mother Refugia (born about 1860) was also a Castellanos! Unfortunately, I cannot find much more information about Refugia's family.

Guadalupe's parents were Guillermo Castellnos (born about 1849) and Rita Mendes (born about 1850). I was very fortunate to find a record of baptism for one of their other children Cenobio Castellanos (1 Nov 1865, La Barca) that includes both sets of grandparents. From my experience, this was a great find. I'm glad to have names, but have little else. This also suggests that these sets of grandparents were present in the region. Is this a correct assumption, that the records of baptism include people who were physically present? In any case, the grand parents (my GGGG grand parents) were Jose Antonio Castellanos / Dorotea Dias (Guillermo's parents) and Eduwiges Mendes / Dolores Rodrigues (Rita's parents). I'm making the guess that they were born around the 1830's. Incidentally, Eduwiges (Edubigen) and other variants are very, very strange to me. In the original baptismal record it is next to impossible to read. A transcriber on family search labs rendered in Eduwiges. Does
a
ny
one have any history behind such a name? Needless to say researching my family history in Mexico is quite the learning experience!

Regards,

Rudy

For Joseph: Help needed in posting tree

I am about ready to post my research on my Alvarado tree from San Luis Potosi and my Gonzalez tree from Zacatecas. I need guidance as to how to post on this site and what information I should provide (i.e sources).

Comments

Comment

Anita:

I would suggest you download the Nuestros Ranchos user guide which has detailed instructions on uploading files to your folder.

The files you upload should ideally be in a standard genealogical format to make them easily understandable to other members. If you are using PAF or some other genealogical database program, simply print out an Ahenentafel or Registry report into RTF (rich text file) or as a PDF and then upload that file to your file folder and add a description of what is contained in the file in the description of your file folder.

Royalty, Nobility

Ah Stuart,

I like your analogies. Apparently, there are other distant cousins who are
also into genealogy with my family lines. At first I was impressed with the
"supposed" association of alleged royalty.....

Comments

Comment

Hello Stuart:

Your conclusions are very interesting. I agree with you, it doesn't matter who our ansestors were. They were human beings like us and they took advantage or wasted the oportunities they had in their times.
We are related with them no matter what and searching for them take us to know the history not only of their lives, but the towns, the cities and the countries were they lived in. That is what make genealogy so interesting and enable us to pass on a profound and wonderful family history to our descendants .

And talking about genealogy I would like to share with you and all our friends in Nuestros Ranchos, our experiences during our 8th trip to Germany and Poland in search of my husbands roots.
http://www.boehm-chronik.com/reisen/relatoSept2008.htm

Saludos,
Bertha Medina de Boehm

En Busca de mis Antepasados
http://www.boehm-chronik.com/mexico/antepasados.htm

Comment

Hello Bertha
Thank a lot for share your experiences of your 8th trip and all the others
in the link, For me ,that I am new, in Nuestros ranchos, help me a lot to
know a lit bit the history of others countries, like Germany and Poland.
Cristobal Villalobos

-----Mensaje original-----
De: research-bounces@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
[mailto:research-bounces@lists.nuestrosranchos.org] En nombre de Bertha
Medina de Boehm
Enviado el: Domingo, 12 de Octubre de 2008 06:04 p.m.
Para: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Asunto: [Nuestros Ranchos] Royalty, Nobility

Hello Stuart:

Your conclusions are very interesting. I agree with you, it doesn't matter
who our ansestors were. They were human beings like us and they took
advantage or wasted the oportunities they had in their times.
We are related with them no matter what and searching for them take us to
know the history not only of their lives, but the towns, the cities and the
countries were they lived in. That is what make genealogy so

Comment

Hola Esperanza ,

I spoke to Pepe Lastra yesterday and told him that you and I had spoken , he remembers you quite well .
I asked him about the other gentleman in the foto and about the french issue , he said he will look into it . I'll keep you posted .

Take care,
Welester
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Films from FHC

Greetings: At one time I saw on the FHC site that copies of individual records could be ordered in lieu of ordering films. Now I cant locate this and someone had also commented that copies could be ordered.

Comments

Comment

Hello Anita: I order individual records from Salt Lake. From the church site, the form is "Request for Photocopies - International Genealogical Index and sources". Two dollars per copy, with a minimum of eight orders. The copies are great, and I receive them in about two weeks.
Hope this helps
Helyn
San Jose, CA

anna1m wrote:

Greetings: At one time I saw on the FHC site that copies of individual records could be ordered in lieu of ordering films. Now I cant locate this and someone had also commented that copies could be ordered. Is this still available? If so, where on the FHC site? Thanks - Anita

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Anita,

http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=0

The 1930 Mexico census is there with images. Some of the states are
searchable. They are doing alphabeticlly, I think they are up to Chihuahua.

Eric Edgar

On Sat, Oct 11, 2008 at 5:37 PM, anna1m wrote:

>
> Greetings: At one time I saw on the FHC site that copies of individual
> records could be ordered in lieu of ordering films. Now I cant locate this
> and someone had also commented that copies could be ordered. Is this
> still available? If so, where on the FHC site? Thanks - Anita

In reply to by robledo (not verified)

Comment

Anita,

Go to the familysearch.org Home page. In the upper right hand corner is a box titled "Start your Family Search". The first word on the third line is underlined- "Forms". Click on that link and scroll down to "Requests for photocopies..." Then just follow the directions. You can download the form or complete it online and print it.

David Delgado in Albany, CA

-----Original Message-----
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>Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Films from FHC
>
>
>Greetings: At one time I saw on the FHC site that copies of individual records could be ordered in lieu of ordering films. Now I cant locate this and someone had also commented that copies could be ordered. Is this still available? If so, where on the FHC site? Thanks - Anita

Introduction / Research Interests

Hello Everyone!

I've just joined the group; having found it through a couple of search engines.

I am researching my wife's family. Her maternal grandmother, Maria Eutiquia Escobar (b. 1883), is from Aguascalientes. Her ancestors have roots in Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes), Zacatecas (Trancoso, Pinos), and Jalisco (Lagos de Moreno). My wife's father's family (Lara) is from Guanajuato, as is her materal grandfather (Eutiquia's second husband, Juan Navarro).

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Thank you to those who replied/commented on my Introduction.

I must confess I made a typo: "Alons" should have been "Alonso." Our line begins with Maria Ignacia Alonso who had a son with an unnamed father, Andres Alonso born about 1785, in Aguascalientes. He (Alonso) married Maria Josefa Teresa de Jesus Sandoval on 8 Jan 1810, in El Sagrario, Aguascalientes. They had eight children that I know of: José Buenaventura Alonso Sandoval, Maria Dolores Balvina Alonso, Maria Gila de la Trinidad Alonso, Ma. Fulgencia de Jesus Alonso, José Fulgencio Alonso, Maria Petra Alonso, José Severiano de Jesus Alonso, and Jacoba de Jesus Alonso.

Our Salas family starts with Juan Salas (or de Salas) who was born about 1744, in Aguascalientes, and who married Maria Juliana Gracia. They had two children that I know: Joseph Melchiades Salas, born 1769, in Aguascalientes, and Juan Jose Salas, born about 1783 (he married twice: Maria Josefa Petronila Martinez and Maria Mednina Hernandez.

We have three

Comment

Welcome George to the group.

I want to ask you, where are your Macias and Salas from exactly? I have those 2 lastnames in my pedigree.

Best regards.
LIC. ALESSANDRO VITELA
Ser de Luz!!!> To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org> From: gpf13@aol.com> Date: Thu, 9 Oct 2008 21:53:09 -0700> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Introduction / Research Interests> > > Hello Everyone!> > I've just joined the group; having found it through a couple of search engines.> > I am researching my wife's family. Her maternal grandmother, Maria Eutiquia Escobar (b. 1883), is from Aguascalientes. Her ancestors have roots in Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes), Zacatecas (Trancoso, Pinos), and Jalisco (Lagos de Moreno). My wife's father's family (Lara) is from Guanajuato, as is her materal grandfather (Eutiquia's second husband, Juan Navarro).> > Names in the family are Escobar, de la Torre, Macias, Perez, Gonzales, Pedrosa, Castro, Arias, Gallegos, Salas, Garcia, Martinez, Ponze, Salazar, Montoya, Cordova, Escoto

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Welcome, George,

My husband had an ancestor named Maria Luisa de Allon. Kind of sounds like your wife's Alons? Maria Luisa was married to Jose Segundo Talamantes around the late 1700s, probably in Tlaltenango. I have no information on Maria Luisa's parents.

Some of the other surnames you mentioned such as Garcia, Martinez, Martin, and Dias are also in my husband's tree.

Emilie
Port Orchard, WA

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Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2008 9:53 PM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Introduction / Research Interests

Hello Everyone!

I've just joined the group; having found it through a couple of search engines.

I am researching my wife's family. Her maternal grandmother, Maria Eutiquia Escobar (b. 1883), is from Aguascalientes. Her ancestors have roots in Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes), Zacatecas (Trancoso, Pinos), and Jalisco (Lagos de Moreno). My wife's father's family (Lara) is from Guanajuato

Introduction and Research Interest

Hello Everyone!

I have just joined the group. I have been reading some of your research work and it is quite impressive. You are all so very helpful to everyone and look forward to communicating with all of you.

La Barca, Jalisco Films...

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Dear Rudy,

The following are microfilms I have on permanent loan at the Family History Center:

281,017 Bautismos de hijos legítimos 1769-1801 La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico

Comments

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Particia, are you aware of anyone conducting research on the Cano name in the area around Arandas, Ayo el Chico, Rancho Corrales, Rancho Cabrito in Jalisco. All are in the area around Arandas. My research covers the period 1758 to 1948. Thank you, Luis

patricia burton wrote: Thursday, October 9, 2008

Dear Rudy,

The following are microfilms I have on permanent loan at the Family History Center:

281,017 Bautismos de hijos legítimos 1769-1801 La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico
281,018 Bautismos de hijos legítimos 1779-1801 La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico
281,023 Bautismos de hijos legítimos 1828-1836 La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico
281,070 Matrimonios 1681-1768 La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico
281,071 Matrimonios 1768-1814 La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico
281,073 Matrimonios 1836-1861 La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico

These might be too far back for you now. I also think the 1930 Census is in the Bonita Family History Center. The # is 1,507,533 and 1,507,534.

Keep in touch.

Sincerely,
Patricia Burton
San Diego, Calif.

To all my primos

I have updated my FAMILY TREE files which include BANUELOS, CARLOS, COVARRUBIAS , DE ESCOBEDO, DE LEON, DEL REAL, ENRIQUEZ, FLORES, QUESADA, SANDOVAL, and VILLANEDA.

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These trees are descendant down to my parents ELIAS DE LEON and MARIA CARLOS (Carlos de Godoy)

Jose Carlos de Leon

Mexican Newspaper Archives

Does anyone know of anywhere someone can access, Mexican Newspaper archives, without having to goto the Newspaper in Mexico?

thanks,
Jonathan Walker

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Jonathan:

The Library of Congress has a large collection of Mexican newspaper archives on microfilm and you can order duplications of the microfilm.

What paper or city in particular were you looking for? For what period?

Comment

Arturo, I went to the website but was not able to find them. From the
Library of Congress homepage, where do I go from there>

Thanks,

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Arturo,

I am looking for a newspaper from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, for Feb 1939.

Jonathan

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To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Mexican Newspaper Archives
Date: 10/07/08 22:25

>
> Jonathan:
>
> The Library of Congress has a large collection of Mexican newspaper
archives on microfilm and you can order duplications of the microfilm.
>
> What paper or city in particular were you looking for? For what period?
>
>

Comment

Hi there Jonathan ,

It's me Welester G. Alvarado and I live in Monterrey , Mexico . Let me see what I can dig up for you . Tell me , what is it that you're looking for ?

FYI this friday , saturday and sunday is a family gathering of the Elizondos , guest speakers will be Garmendia and the Arq. Jose Francisco Garza Carrillo as well as some others that at present I can't remember .

Take care,
Welester

> Arturo,> > I am looking for a newspaper from Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, for Feb 1939.> > Jonathan>
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Jonathan, Mercedes:

The Library of Congress has microfilm for the following newspapers, though only a couple were published in 1939 and it appears their microfilm collections are not complete as much of the film is from the Benson Collection at U. Texas related to Mexican Revolution newspapers, thus the filming ends in 1929 or so...

You can find the catalog listing at:

http://catalog.loc.gov

and searching for the subject:

Monterrey (Mexico) Newspapers

I have marked the papers that were published in 1939. Worldcat may give you other locations that have full filming.

Cuarto Poder
Democracia
Espectador
Mexican-American
Monterrey News
Norte
Porvenir*
Sol*
Tiempo*
Trueno

Comment

Jonathan,

http://www.mexico-periodicos.com/

Hope your Spanish up to par!!

-Luis
> To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
> From: jonathan@mexicanfhr.com
> Date: Sat, 4 Oct 2008 12:36:33 -0700
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Mexican Newspaper Archives
>
>
> Does anyone know of anywhere someone can access, Mexican Newspaper archives, without having to goto the Newspaper in Mexico?
>
> thanks,
> Jonathan Walker

Comment

Jonathan,

Here is most of the newspaper old archives available at the UTEP Special Collections. It's mostly northern Mexico (Durango/Chihuahua) though.

1) Durango's public library newspapers

Archivo de la Biblioteca Pública del Estado de Durango [microform] : Periódico oficial de Durango (1833-1973)

Gaceta del Supremo gobierno de Durango (Durango, Mexico) 1833-1835.
Registro Oficial del Gobierno del Departamento de Durango (Durango, Mexico), Feb-Jul 1842.
Registro Oficial (Durango, Mexico), 1842-1856.
Opinión (Durango, Mexico), Jul-Aug 1851.
Enseña Republicana (Durango, Mexico), 1856-1858.
Tres Garantías (Durango, Mexico) Apr-June 1858.
Boletín Oficial del Gobierno del Departamento de Durango (Durango, Mexico), Jun-Jul 1858.
Coalición Fronteriza (Durango, Mexico), Jul-Nov 1858.
Boletín Oficial (Durango, Mexico), 1858-1859.
Sombra de Farias (Durango, Mexico), Oct-Nov 1859.
Falange (Durango, Mexico), 1959-1860.
Conservador de la Nacionalidad Mejicana (Durango, Mexico), Feb-Jun 1860

Esperanza - Villa de Santiago

Wow Welester,

He MUST have an amazing memory! I can barely remember whom I spoke with
yesterday!

Special saludos to him and to the gentleman in the photo, who made my trip
most memorable.

Research/Introduction

Hi, I'm researching the surnames Rivas, Valdez,Llanos, Salas, and Flores
from the Val Paraiso, Zacatecas area. I have been working on a family tree
and some research has led me to these names and a consistent occupation

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DOnt worry COle all of us in the group who are Spanish can relate to you, just look at our trees you find multiple people on their like 20
times. My parents are related, my grandparentes were related about 12 times, it was common who Spaniards to marry inside if a suitable spouse wasnt found. MOstly to perserve what we call "pure blood" which I think is kind of racist but I respect my ancestors decisions.
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Hello everyone,

Since joining the group about a month ago I have made a tremendous amount of
progress on both my Chavez and Padilla lines.
On my Chavez line I can now go back to the early 1700's with the children of
Domingo Chavez and Juana de Garza in Teocuitatlan de Corona, Atoyac,
Jalisco, Mexico. I have had even more luck with my Padilla line, obviously
it is a much better documented family. I can now trace it from Pablo
Padilla, the founder of San Julian, Jalisco to Pero Lopez de Padilla in
Spain during the mid 1200's.

I've updated my files
http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/17062 to reflect all my progress

I was wondering if anyone could advise me as to where I could look for
additional information on the Padilla in Spain beyond the 1200's. My new
focus is now the families that married into my Chavez line - Rodriguez,
Urzua, Garcia, Soto, Sotomayor, Cuevas, Silva - from around Teocuitatlan de
Corona, Atoyac, Jalisco, Mexico. And the families that married into my
Padilla

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WEll fo SPain it seems this is noble amily hence why it goes that far back. Have you conntect tothe SPanish Kings yet, you should have some kng by the 1300's? It is funny about 85% of all spaniards were nobles and the rest were "comons" only about 3% survived to have descendants of the commons today. I once read an article on Ancestry.com (Will try to post the article link) saying all Hispancis are the remnants and descendants of the SPanish Royal family in the Middle Ages. -Daniel
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?????

--- On Sat, 9/6/08, Daniel Mendez wrote:

From: Daniel Mendez
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Introduction
To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Saturday, September 6, 2008, 11:10 AM

WEll fo SPain it seems this is noble amily hence why it goes that far back.
Have you conntect tothe SPanish Kings yet, you should have some kng by the
1300's? It is funny about 85% of all spaniards were nobles and the rest were
"comons" only about 3% survived to have descendants of the commons
today. I once read an article on Ancestry.com (Will try to post the article
link) saying all Hispancis are the remnants and descendants of the SPanish Royal
family in the Middle Ages. -Daniel
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Hi Daniel,

yes and no. Spaniards in the Middle Ages are linked to the king as serfs to the king but I doubt in a bloodline. Royalties are the dynasties who reign a country. Nobilities were the administrators and the kinghts were the lower part of the nobility, they came from the ministeriales (serfs/employees to a king).
Perhaps an exemple for a better understanding: a royal lettercarrier is not a messenger of the king he is simply a lettercarrier of the royal postal service, an employee of the state in a monarchy.

As the knights became in the middle to the end of the middle ages slowly but surely unnecessary (see novel Don Quixote) due to the change from the "squatter"/tribal right (that what I occupy I own) to a documentary right (territorial sovereighnty with documentation) the kings together with the church had to look for a new duty for the knights, so they sent them to the crusades to secure the trade routes and for a promise of a fief of land. Good for Spain was the discovery

Comment

I too agree with you, about us mostly descending from the Nobility according to my Grandfather who comes from the Nobles in Santander, legend has it all Spaniards come from Alfonso I, Rey de las Asturias. In the 800's several families and remanants of the Visigoths I might say about 30 or so families according to the genealogy Ive seen, escaped to Asturias and elected Pelayo as 1st Chief almost like a King but not fully. It wasnt until Pelayo had his daughter married who was legitimate and she married Alfonso el Católico. He was named King of Asturias. I believe all Spaniards descend from him. I can connect to him many many times through other royal lines (as long as the royal genealogies are correct!):) My earliest King is Fernando II of Aragon (not Isabel) through one of his other wives. Im still researching a possible link to the Habsburgs through my Bourbón line, I have Jean de Bourbon in México in 1625 who's father was Alonso or Alexandro (seen both names used not sure why?) de

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Hi Daniel,

> Anyway it is said all Europeans descend at least once from Charlamagne
Some even say from Adam and Eva. It is for some a nice belief, for me it is rubbish.
In the middle ages family names did almost not exist. A knight (13th century) which was a castellan (administrator of a royal castle) was named by his first name and the surname was the name of the castle. When this landless knight became a commission from the royal administration to admistrate a other castle the surname of the new castle was given to him. So one person could have several surnames in his lifetime. Surely not an easy task for an genealogist.

> I think that is why Im a good leader and love politics.
Be careful, politicians with a sophisticated marketing team can sell any belief.

> Do you connect to royalty? I think your wife had told me once before but no names were mention?
No, not to royalties. We don't dare assuming such a connection.
What we know about the 'NAVARROs de los Altos de Jalisco'

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Guenter,

I agree with all you said, about not being able to trace our common ancestors back to royalty via surnames, for the reasons you specified, either in the New World or the Old. All we can hope is that the surnames will lead us to at least a location, if not to a specific person, royal or serf. I think when we throw DNA into the equation, it leads us even further afield.

Emilie
Port Orchard, WA
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To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Tuesday, September 09, 2008 6:11 AM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Royalty, Nobility

Hi Daniel,

> Anyway it is said all Europeans descend at least once from Charlamagne
Some even say from Adam and Eva. It is for some a nice belief, for me it is rubbish.
In the middle ages family names did almost not exist. A knight (13th century) which was a castellan (administrator of a royal castle) was named by his first name and the surname was the name of the castle

Comment

Hello Bertha, Daniel, et al,

>> Anyway it is said all Europeans descend at least once from Charlamagne
> Some even say from Adam and Eva. It is for some a nice belief, for me it is rubbish.

You're both right. For illustration, lets consider we colonize a new
world with 10 people - 5 boys and 5 girls - all unrelated. They pair
off and marry. Each couple has 4 children. The children then pair off,
picking their mates at random from the children of the other 4
couples. It doesn't take much consideration to realize that in only
two generations each new child will be descended from two of the
original couples, and if the random selection of mates continues, most
of the offpring will be descended from all 5 couples in a very few
generations.

Now suppose that one of these orignal couples was "royalty". It
follows that nearly all of the children several generations later will
be descended in some way from royalty. The only requirement is that
the descendants of royalty freely mix and mate

Comment

Cole:

Welcome to the group!

First of all, you should know that "Llanos y Valdes" is not a combination of two surnames as you seem to imply in your message, but rather a composed name, where the two names are always used together and transmitted from generation to generation together. I presume at some time the two names were combined, but then remained the combination until about the time of Mexican independence when such composed names became "out of fashion" since they were linked to Spanish families... I think nowadays most of the "Llanos y Valdes" use simply Valdes, although I have seen some Llanos around.

The first Llanos y Valdes in the Jerez region was Juan Jose Llanos y Valdes, who was a military officer and son of a Spanish immigrant who came to Michoacan in 1610:

http://www.ramosfamily.org/nextgen/getperson.php?personID=I1523

They were a very prominent family (and still are... they own half the land in Villa Guerrero, Jalico, where my father is from) and thus it is no

Comment

Thank you Arturo! I wasn't sure how the system works as Iberian naming
customs are pretty screwy(I've seen matronyms,patronyms,both, etc.). Its
ironic that his father comes from Asturias, which seems to keep popping up
in various places I've researched. All the listed names seem like they're
originating from there, though the link is hard to prove. If this Juan Jose
Llanos y Valdes is a relative, he'd be the first link to Europe that is
definitive beyond oral history of coming from Spain and France.

How many other such families of prominence exist under this name? What are
their roots? Unfortunately I've hit a wall beyond the name of Hacienda de
San Jose and its' being 10 miles outside Val Paraiso, Zacatecas. I have no
idea whether some branch of my family owns the land still or whether they
were hacked down by revolutionaries or the like.

I suspect a Sephardic ancestry at some point because Flores, Rivas, Salas,
and Valdez are all registered at Sephardim.com as names of

Comment

Cole,

I answered you in detail by sending an email directly to you. I have family in Valparaiso but am unsure whether our families overlap.

Ed Serros

Comment

Which hacieda did your family own, we owned La Labor, La Luz, El Salitre, Noria de los Angeles and El Carreton. All in Aguas and Zac. This ranged from ca. 1770-1918. It was said we left to Spain during the Independence and returned ca. 1827 where my 3ggf was born in Santander, in his marriage . "Eugenio del Camino, natural de Santander y vecino de la parroquia de los Angeles. We lost about 90% of our wealth in the revolution. After the revolution of 1918 the Spaniards cease to exsist in Mexico, now they were known as Mejicanos. They arrived in MAy 1913 and had my family under house arrest like criminals for over a month, apparently starving them, raping, and mistreating and stole everything. That's why when I met someone from the "group of la Raza" who their idol is Zapata or Villa, I feel ashamed what they did to my family.
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GARY APODACA

Gary, I was looking the information you submited and we have an Apodaca line that matches, we both descend from Jose Antonio APODACA. I´d like to be in contact with you and look forward.

Best regards.

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Hello.
Wow, I cannot believe it! Are you also a descendant of Jose Antonio Apodaca? I have encountered a couple distant relatives in the past, but this is the first time I know of an Apodaca cousin that is researching his family tree. I am really curious to know how you and I relate. By the way, you can write to me en espanol, too, if that's suits you better. Well, I hope to hear from you soon.
 
Saludos,
 
Tu posible primo Steve.

--- On Thu, 10/2/08, viteliky wrote:

From: viteliky
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] GARY APODACA
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 1:48 AM

Gary, I was looking the information you submited and we have an Apodaca line
that matches, we both descend from Jose Antonio APODACA. I´d like to be in
contact with you and look forward.

Best regards.

Alessandro

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Hola Gary:

Es un gusto saber que has leido mi mensaje. Sabes, entre lo que he investigado encontre una linea de Apodaca que tenemos en comun y se junta con Jose Antonio Apodaca y Cornelia Rosalia Ayala. Esta pareja tuvo a tu antepasado Nemecio (del cual desciendes tu) y otra hija Antonia Margariata Serapia Apodaca (de la cual desciendo yo) la cual caso con un Castro y tuvo vasta descendencia y es donde cambia el apellido a Castro. En resumen Nemecio y Antonia Margarita Serapia son hermanos asi como otros.... tienes el sibling de Nemecio? De hecho, yo tenia ya el conocimiento de Nemecio en mi arbol pero estaba mal escrito y yo lo tenia como HERERECIO, supongo que la persona que tomo el nombre en la extracción lo anoto o entendio mal y asi lo anotó. Yo ya lo tenia en el archivo y pude confirmarlo que se trataba de Nemecio = Hererecio porque tenia el nombre de su esposa y concuerda tambien con el que tu tienes (Guadalupe Serbantes). El ver tu archivo me ayudo a corregir este nombre y

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Hola Alessandro.
 
Definitivamente, somos parientes. HEY EVERYONE, I FOUND A PRIMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No tenia en mi lista de hermanos de Nemecio a Antonia Margarita. No he buscado a los hermanos detalladamente, y la unica que tenia en mi archivo era a Maria Agapita nacida en 1830.
 
Tengo unos hermanos de Jose Antonio Apodaca: Jose Leandro, Jose Leon, Maria Catarina, y Jose Pantaleon.
 
En donde he tenido demasiado problemas es con Jose Domingo Apodaca. Conozco de el porque lo mencionan en las actas de bautismo de sus hijos, y aparte localice su matrimonio con Gertrudis Aniceta Bonal el 30 de noviembre de 1784. Ahi menciona la edad de Jose Domingo al casarse, y asi se que nacio en o alrededor de 1764 en Zacoalco. Desafortunadamente, no he podido encontrar su acta de bautismo. Primero la busque en los microfilmes de los mormones. Tiempo despues, en un viaje a Zacoalco, tuve la suerte de visitar la notaria parroquial y de tomar esos libros de bautismos del siglo

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Es tiempo para bailar es tiempo festivo es tiempo para alegrarse porque
los perdidos han encontrado el uno al otro.

las felicitaciones y mi esperanza están que ustedes ambos hallan muchas
generaciones más de su familia juntos

joseph

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Steve Apodaca wrote:
> Hola Alessandro.
>
> Definitivamente, somos parientes. HEY EVERYONE, I FOUND A PRIMO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No tenia en mi lista de hermanos de Nemecio a Antonia Margarita. No he buscado a los hermanos detalladamente, y la unica que tenia en mi archivo era a Maria Agapita nacida en 1830.
>
> Tengo unos hermanos de Jose Antonio Apodaca: Jose Leandro, Jose Leon, Maria Catarina, y

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Please read the original message.

ALESSANDRO

VITELA family in JALPA or Miguel Auza, Zac.

Hello everybody:

I see many of you search families in Jalpa, Zac. but I don't find any match with your lastnames, however, as you have been searching in those records, I would like to ask you if you have seen VITELA in Jalpa? My grand-father was born there in 1866 - 68 and his name was Francisco Vitela, his parents were Gorgonio/Aurelio Vitela and Fermina/Emigdia Lopez (I found them with two different names both). It has been difficult to me to find more information. I have read several microfilms and nothing comes up. What I found in IGI were many Vitela from Miguel Auza, Zac. (Mezquital del Oro) but among the many names no-one matches my G-Grand-parents Gorgonio and Fermina. I haven´t been able to relate them. As I found many Vitelas there by the same years (1850-1870) y think they may be relatives, but I haven´t conffirm that.

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Francisco VITELA married Juana VILLAREAL also from Jalpa. Juana's parents were Juan VILLARREAL and Dionisia SALAS. Hope somebody has hear or known about them.

Thank you in advance.

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Alessandro, yes, I have seen Vitela in the Jalpa records. In a message I
sent earlier, I sent a list of the available records of Jalpa thru LDS. Next
Thursday, I will look for the specific years you mention and see if your
grandfather is listed.

Thanks,

Mercedes

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Hi, Roberto:
Isn't it great to get reorganized? I am doing just that very same thing. I
got bogged down by too much information and not enough organization.

Good to hear you are back with us. My family is also from Los Altos, though

Huizar Surname

Hi Rick,

Hope all is well in Valle de Guadalupe. I just wanted to follow up and see if
you had an update on the video from the conference down there in August. Drop
me a line when you get a chance. I'm very interested in getting a copy.

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Hi John, how are you?

I uploaded the entire conference to youtube but after it uploaded the video
it said that it was too long and youtube won't play it. I'm still trying to
think of a way to share it with everyone. Any ideas?

Rick

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Hi Rick:

It is nice to hear from you again, I hope things are going well for you.

The entire conference was pretty long as I recall, maybe too long top put on
YouTube, as you found out. You might want to check with Joseph to find out
if there is a way to upload the conference to Nuestros Ranchos. I know he
has uploaded quite a few things to his site but I am not sure if he has
anything like a long conference recorded.

The conference is pretty long and I am sure that most idividual's personal
e-mail addresses will reject it. Another idea which is not very practical
would be to "burn" the conference on CDs and then either sell them or give
them away to those interested in it. The problem with this idea is that
then you will have shipping problem (cost).

Talk to Joseph, He will probably has a better answer.

Saludos.

J. Gonzalez
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> Hi John, how are you?
>
> I uploaded the entire

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Hi Rick,

I know your asking John, but what if you put it in two or three parts?

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Re Huizars

I have the following:

Joseph Patrisio Perez de Huizar b. approx 1741 in Colotlan
    m. Juana Ynes Bobadilla Romero
        Son: Julian de Huizar
        m. Maria Catarina Josefa Antonia Fernandez Romero  (b. 1796 in Queretaro)
            daughters: 1) Maria Fernanda Feliciana Huisar Fernandez (b. approx 1823 in San Luis, Colotlan)
                                   m. Ygnacio Vasquez in 1844 in San Luis, Colotlan
                             2) Maria Victoriana Huisar (b. about 1825 in Rancho Cartagena, Colotlan, christened in Nuestra Senora Del Rosario, Totatiache, Jalisco)
                                   2 possible marriages 1) m. Jose Rudesindo Gonzales in 1847 in La Encarnacion, Encarnacion de Diaz); or 2) m. Hermenegildo Acosta in 1850 in El Sagrario, Aguascalientes.

Julian's & Maria Catarina's grandson by their elder daughter Maria Fernanda's was Florencio Huisar Vazquez b. abt 1848 in San Luis, Colotlan.  He married Natividad Urdian who was born in Rosario

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Hey Lori,

No worries...

You make any new progress? I can't remember if I gave you the following information:

Joseph Patrisio Perez de Huizar
Christening:
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/IGI/individual_record.asp?recid=…

Marriage:
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/VR/individual_record.asp?recid=1…

I descend from Joseph Patricio's brother, Joseph Onorato PEREZ DE HUIZAR.

Take Care,
Angie Godina

Jalpa, Zacatecas - church and civil records available.

Amelia, below are the available church and civil records. All you have to do
is request the films from any Family History Center in an LDS church. There
is a nominal charge for each film $6.00 per film. You do not have to be a

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I received an e-mail that someone has sent me a message via my
contact form.

How do I use that? When I go to my account all I see is a page to
send an email to myself and no apparent way to change the recipient
and no obvious way to view my messages.

I'm confused.

Also, when I go to recent posts, and click on the MY RECENT POSTS
tab, most of the posts listed are not mine, nor any that I have
replied to.

Stuart mailto:stuartarms@gmail.com

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Stuart,

I was the one that sent you the message via contact form - sorry if I
complicated things. It seems that we share the Padilla heritage. I have more
information on Diego Padilla if you are interested.

-Angelina-

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I received an e-mail that someone has sent me a message via my contact
form.

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Stuart,

Sorry, I got my contacts mixed up - the reason I wrote to you was to let you
know that the link was back up on the book you were looking for - but it
seems that you know that.

-Angelina-

Oral History Welcome in nuestrosranchos.org

Oral History is welcome in the nuestrosranchos.org group. Many of the
valuable pieces of my family's genealogical information were verified as
a result on following leads gained from tidbits of stories or accounts

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Joseph Puentes:
Me parece muy acertado tu comentario, ya que e ocasiones la historia oral, contiene algunos recovecos que se ocultan o simplemente esta en relación al interes que se le de, y tambien por otro lado sabemos que la mayoria de consejas, relatos o por que no decirlo verdades a medias son las que nos han mantenido inmersos en el interes por encontrar la verdad en los hechos y acontecimientos.

No dudo que muchas platicas que nos decian nuestros abuelos contengan cierta base para de ahi iniciar alguna investigación, y lo digo en mi caso que aunque soy principante en la genealogia; me sirvio de mucho el saber minimo a mis bisabuelos, y caso curioso en algunos casos no conocian su edad real, y tambien el nombre no les gustaba o si tenian 2 nombre solo manejaban uno solo y esto se daba tambien en documentos oficiales, y le dare un dato,: mi bisabuelo era conocido unicamente como Juan, y resulta que ni sus hijos sabian que el nombre completo era Juan de Dios, ¿ Que

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For a long time I have been accessing the Colmex website to browse and
search

Diccionario Geográfico, Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos
by García Cubas, Antonio, 1832-1912

But for two weeks now this publication has been unavailable on this
website. I don't understand Spanish very well, so I cannot tell if it
is discontinued, broken, changed, or requires a special subscription.
The address was
http://biblio2.colmex.mx/bibdig/dicc_cubas/base3.htm

I was afraid this would eventually happen. I would like to get my
hands on a hard copy or downloadable copy of this extremely valuable
resource. It is 5 volumes and I would pay good money for a set. But I
have been unable to find it except volume 5 only is offered for sale
on one website.

Can anyone help?

Stuart mailto:stuartarms@gmail.com

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Yes, I agree with everyone here that oral history should never be discounted nor discouraged. My post started as a comment in response to a claim that has long been disproved, and I digressed to share my personal opinion on another matter. My apologies if I came off as uncouth or unfriendly.

Personally I take folklore solely as a "lead" that should be followed upon diligently. For example, my uncle was told that Reynoso and Reynolds share the same surname root. If this is so, then I am related to Burt Reynolds!

I get now that NuestrosRanchos is not a place to share personal opinions or views on sensitive matters.

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This past weekend, I spent a glorious encounter with relatives...relatives
that I have not had the pleasure of asking questions before.

Realizing that my discovery is not directly related to the "ranchos" group
of interest... I hesitated in sharing...

But seeing how "ranchos" is the theme...have you ever heard of underground
passages linked from one area (usually churches) to another.?

I had heard this to be true, especially as relates to the Indian raids and
Pancho Villa's visits...but now, there were more than one person(s) that
authenticated these stories...at least to having seen or walked in these tunnels.

Esperanza from chicagoland area

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Esperanza,

I lived in San Luis Potosí for about 13 years. There, I went to High School and graduated from the university. One of my classes was "Historia de México." My final project consisted of documenting the cultural aspect of the several colonial constructions in the City. I went to various Churches documenting paintings, sculptures and construction styles of several buildings. One of the more interesting churches I found was la Iglesia de San Francisco en la Plaza Aranzazú. Inside the church there is a gate which is usually locked that leads somewhere downstairs. On one rare opportunity I found that this gate was unlocked and coincidently I was gathering info for my final project so I decided take a quick peek down those stairs. Needless to say that I was terrified while walking down those dark stairs and almost lost control of my bowels, I found some interesting things down there. To make a long story short, the stairs led to a crypt. What caught my attention was that there

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I'd like to share some oral history that relates to the Cristero Revolution.

My great-grandfather Heladio Robledo Montante was born in San Luis Potosi
in 1880. The Robledo side seems to be from San Luis Potosi for a number of
generations, but more on that later. The Montante family moved back and
forth between there and Mexico City. According to my grandfather they were
newspaper and magazine publishers and operated jewelry stores. He told a
story that when he was five years old ( 1908) his father took him to stay at
his grandfathers hacienda. I don't know which family. He said it took three
days to travel around it on horseback and there were native villages up in
the mountains on it.

My grandfather had light skin and blond hair as a child, his mother
being Scottish-English, but raised in Mexico, where her father worked for
the Mexican National Railroad. While traveling through a remote part of the
mountains, their party was passed by group of native people his grandfather

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Greetings from Lockhart: Many years ago I read a book (author unknown, dont remember the title) about a woman from San Luis Potosi to whom those from San Luis Potosi resettling in San Antonio Texas would come to for assistance. The book tells about a particular family, their social lives, their flee from San Luis Potosi, and their struggle to readjust in San Antonio, Texas. Your post reminded me of my own grandfather and his immediate family leaving Matehula SLP about 1919. My grandfather, Pedro Alvarado, also worked for the KATY railroad and is in the 1920 census as an employee. He recalled having worked along side Pancho Villa's men in Kansas and in the deep snow. Thanks for sharing your oral history - Anita

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Hi Anita ,

Do you by any chance know if your Alvarados went to Coahuila or Nuevo Leon during the late 1700s or early 1800s ?

Welester G. Alvarado

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Greetings from Lockhart: They started their move around 1900. Some settled in Bustamante NL and Villadame NL, Monterey NL, Nava Coah, and Nuevo Laredo. In research I found another Alvarado family living in NL and would need to do some digging to find those notes. My Alvarado family consisted of parents Doroteo Alvarado and Anastasia Galvan . Their children were Maria Zeferina, Jose Anastasio, Teofila, Martin, Pedro, Juan, Jose Tomas, Benjino, Celectina, Francisco and Gomecinda. I also found a WWI registration, which I have since lost due to my inactive Ancestry.com account, for another Tomas Alvarado from NL. Let me know if anything sounds familar. Anita

--- On Thu, 10/2/08, Lester Alvarado wrote:

> From: Lester Alvarado
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Alvarados' - Anita
> To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
> Date: Thursday, October 2, 2008, 5:43 PM
> Hi Anita ,
>
> Do you by any chance know if your Alvarados went to
> Coahuila or Nuevo Leon during the late 1700s or early

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Hi Anita ,

So far nothing sounds right , here is what I have on mine :

Candelario Alvarado married for the first time that I know of to a Marica Concepcion Garcia in Villa de Santiago , Nuevo Leon in the year of 1833 .

Ten years later he marries Maria Quirina Saldivar Gomez also in Santiago in the year 1844 .

Candelario is my Great great Grandfather . I don't have his confirmed birth date or his parents names .

In the book by Hector Barbosa of the marriages of Santiago he is listed without parents on his marriages . This usually means that he was a widow so, he may have been married once before he married Ma. Concepcion Garcia .

Another theory is that he came from Saltillo , Coahuila via Galeana Nuevo Leon . In those early days people crossed the mountains from Saltillo over to Santiago .

Galeana is at the lower tip of Nuevo Leon and butts up to San Luis Potosi . I know that there are quite a few Alvarados' from SLP .

People came up north to Coahuila using the RUTA

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Hola Anita,

Unfortunately none of your Alvarados' at present connect to mine .

My info starts at 1833 with my Great great Grandfather Candelario Alvarado . I don't know who his parents were so I don't have his second last name .

What I have is that he was married twice in Villa de Santiago , Nuevo Leon and sadly not much more .

Maybe in the future some of yours will connect to mine . I'll just have to keep on digging .

Thanx ,
Welester

> Greetings from Lockhart: They started their move around 1900. Some settled in Bustamante NL and Villadame NL, Monterey NL, Nava Coah, and Nuevo Laredo. In research I found another Alvarado family living in NL and would need to do some digging to find those notes. My Alvarado family consisted of parents Doroteo Alvarado and Anastasia Galvan . Their children were Maria Zeferina, Jose Anastasio, Teofila, Martin, Pedro, Juan, Jose Tomas, Benjino, Celectina, Francisco and Gomecinda. I also found a WWI registration, which I have since

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Esperanza,

Interesting that you should mention this! When my grandfather visited last month he happened to mention a cave near Moyahua, Zacatecas. While not exactly an underground passage, he told me that (according to family members)--during the Revolution and Cristero Wars, some of his relatives hid their valuables in that cave. They even went as far as hiding their teenage girls lest they be taken by the bandidos--which apparently did happen, unfortunately.

He mentioned a tunnel as well, but that tunnel-like passage under a water stream--he says--wasn't very long. He remembers playing in it when he was a kid. I can ask the name of the cave and zone/area if anyone is interested.

Esperanza: To find your answer, you must study the history of the town(s) in question during those periods, as well as the specific groups involved (indian tribe/settlers).

A resource for Church stories published during the Revolution is a publication titled Catholic World, they may have written

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I have heard about it but have no idea if it is true or not and have never investigated it.

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Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Oral History Welcome in nuestrosranchos.org

This past weekend, I spent a glorious  encounter with  relatives...relatives
that I have not had the pleasure of asking questions  before.

Realizing that my discovery is not directly related to the "ranchos" group 
of interest... I hesitated in sharing...

But seeing how "ranchos" is the theme...have you ever heard  of underground
passages linked from one area (usually churches) to  another.?

I had heard this to be true, especially as relates to the Indian raids and 
Pancho Villa's visits...but now, there were more than one person(s) that 
authenticated these stories...at least to having seen or walked in these  tunnels.

Esperanza from chicagoland area 

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Yo are so right Joseph, oral history is so important for our search, it will support our mission for us, the ones that take this investigation as a mission; sometimes I imagine my self as a night, armour and all, when I want to corroborate some of my family "cuentos", stories.
 
Oral history may contain matters that are unpleasant for some audiences, but then is the time for our criteria to be of good use and respectfully keep opinions for ourselves if nothing nice can be said.
 
In my last trip to my parents homeland I learned that my granpa, on my mother´s side stole some corn and that he regreated that action all the rest of his time, I felt his sorrow and shame: also his nephew Bartolo was a common bandido and killer, which is shamefull but instead I kind of admire him, and I know is for the way people use to tell this familiar stories, like he was a hero.
 
I remember so warmly, gone with the television times, when my mother use to tell stories after supper, mostly about ghosts

My Files are Updated

Hi everyone,
I'm Roberto Martinez, until recently an inactive member of Nuestros Ranchos for a while. I'm proud to say that I've reorganized myself and have been busy with the family history research these last couple of months. After (more than) a little help from my NuestrosRanchos and months of hard work, I'm proud to announce that my files are updated. At least 95% of my work is focused in Los Altos de Jalisco.