Yes, also send me a scan of the Duartes. Thank you. Hey, Jose, we could be related! Alberto. --- Joseph Puentes <makas@...> wrote: > Jose, > > I have a 2002 phone book that has a section for > Jerez. Would you like > for me to send you a scan of all the Macias? > > joseph > > > zendean wrote: > > >Margarita; > > My great grandfather and ggmother were from > Jerez, Zacatecas. I wonder, > >is it a big town ? Francisco Macias and his wife > Leonarda Ramirez are and > >have always been a mystery to me. My Aunt told me > that they visited them in > >Zacatecas when they were little and that the > Macias's lived on a farm there. > > I wonder if you know some one that is there now > that I can correspond > >with to ask about them. > > > >Jose Macias > >usa20@... > > > > > > > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Margarita Vallazza" <TeaCozyGran@...> > >To: <ranchos@yahoogroups.com> > >Sent: Sunday, June 26, 2005 8:51 AM > >Subject: Re: [ranchos] FOOD:Mole/Pipian/Genealogy > > > > > > > > > >>My dad's mother was from Jerez, Zacatecas, and she > died just before my > >>sixth birthday so I don't have a lot of memories > of her but here's one > >>or two: > >> > >>I remember her fixing something called atole, > which I didn't like, but > >>remembering it from a fog of some years' distance, > I would say it's a > >>healthy drink. She also had prunes in her > oatmeal, so when I'd pop in > >>to visit her in the morning and she had some, I'd > be served a dish of > >>it and enjoy it. I liked it better than my > mother's porridge (which I > >>realize now was a true Scots dish). At special > times, don't know what > >>they were, Abuelita would have capirotada, which I > didn't like too > >>well. Remember, I was just a kid!:) > >> > >>I'll have to think about some more food...some of > it was just the food > >>from northern Mexico that my grandfather liked--he > was from Chihuahua > >>city. > >> > >>I wish I had had the blessing of more time with my > grandmother, maybe I > >>would have learned things about her family in > Zacatecas. I believe > >>even she didn't know a lot about her family > history and I say that > >>because my Tias, dad's sisters, don't know much > about their mother's > >>life in Zacatecas. I'm the one who told my Tia > Carmen that my abuelita > >>had a full sister named Paula, a full brother > named Jose (who died in > >>1919) and 2 half-sisters and a > half-brother...they never knew! People > >>in the old country NEVER discussed anything > private. Marge:) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>Yahoo! Groups Links > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > >Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
