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When surnames were finally given to the Indios,
many of them received names such as Juan de Dios or Maria de los Angeles--saints
names were used as surnames.  Sometimes they also took on the surname of
the patron of the particular rancho, pueblito, hacienda, casa, etc., that they
were living at.  Marge Vallazza:)


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makas@...m


Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 2:19
PM

Subject: [ranchos] Indios: Surnames



When the Spaniards made converts of the Indios of
Mexico they gave them
Spanish names. So am I correct that there are
peoples of every Spanish
surname out there that can eventually trace their
genealogy back to
where that name was "assigned" and then the trail would
end because it
would be extremely difficult or impossible to find a
written record of
the Indio names before conversion. . .OR. . .or do I
have this all
wrong? Was it only first names that were assigned to them
and then as
the Spaniards crossbred with the Indios those bi-racial
children then
had a ligitimate [traceable] name that could be traced back
to Spain?

How exactly did the names for the indios come
about?

joseph

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