Joseph,

 

In one of my e-mails to the group, I specifically said that I didn't know what the members of the Ranchos Group or the Jerezano Group at MSN were talking about when they mentioned this Rancho or that.  To me a "rancho" is a working ranch with livestock.  I asked if these "Ranchos" had been former Haciendas belonging to one land-owner where a village had sprung up, sort of like the Company Towns in New Mexico and Arizona owned by mining companies.  What are they exactly, in Mexico?

 

Emilie Garcia

Port Orchard, WA