Roy Rodriguez, Jr. (a.k.a. Uncle Relic) - new member introduction & "For Greater Glory"

It's only by fate that I find myself at Nuestros Ranchos.

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Hi Roy,

welcome and thanks for sharing your story. This is a wonderful and diligent online community. I'm sure you will find a connection.... It's been really helpful for me as I've found a few distant relatives and have come across alot of new information. It's really exciting so get ready for a few surprises. Best of luck in your research. I'll keep my eyes open for you as well.

Regards,
Pauline

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Hello Roy,
I did find the marriage date which you did not have in your family tree.
This is for Bernardo del Real and Maria Isabel Caballero; they were married
20 August 1883, in Tlaltenango de Sanchez Roman, Zacatecas. I didn't put a
lot of attention so I don't know if you have all of Jesus de Real Siblings,
so just in case I found Maria Refugio del Real, 1884, and another Maria del
Refugio del Real in 1886--so I think maybe the first one died and chose the
same name for the next one. There is also Ygnacio del Real born 21
November 1888 and they were from Tlaltenango as well.

Hope it helped?
Esther Jordan Lopez

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 10:09 AM, wrote:

> It's only by fate that I find myself at Nuestros Ranchos.
> I took my wife to see "For Greater Glory" and came home to start
> researching the period. Among the numerous websites that came up on Google
> was NR and I was hooked.
>
> I've been researching my maternal family (Italian) for over ten years but
> never had much

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Esther,
Thank you for the quick posting.
I did have the 1886 birth of Maria Refugio, but not the 1884 birth.
The marriage date of Bernardo Isabel has been updated.
With this new 1884 birth, I now have 10 offspring of this marriage.

There is also a third Maria Refugio del Real listed as the first registered birth in 1909:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22152-18318-9?cc=1916240&…

On this record, Bernardo is listed as Don Bernardo...what does that signify?

Roy

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There are a few definitions to that. I have a lot of Don and Donas in my
ancestors as well. I know that sometimes it is a title and with my family
I think it may have been land/cattle owners or other type of nobility. Ask
Armando. I'm sure he or other experts can help you with that.
Esther

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 6:18 PM, wrote:

> Esther,
> Thank you for the quick posting.
> I did have the 1886 birth of Maria Refugio, but not the 1884 birth.
> The marriage date of Bernardo Isabel has been updated. With this new 1884
> birth, I now have 10 offspring of this marriage.
>
> There is also a third Maria Refugio del Real listed as the first
> registered birth in 1909:
>
> https://familysearch.org/pal:/**MM9.3.1/TH-1951-22152-18318-9?**
> cc=1916240&wc=11898837
>
> On this record, Bernardo is listed as Don Bernardo...what does that
> signify?
>
> Roy

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I have found people in my records who were recorded as very poor at their burials but were called Don and Dona so I have to think it was a sign of respect as well as for people with money.  My Castanon grandparents and gr-grandparents were always referred to as Don and Dona and they had no money but lots of respect.. just my 2 cents worth.

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There are a few definitions to that.  I have a lot of Don and Donas in my
ancestors as well.  I know that sometimes it is a title and with my family
I think it may have been land/cattle owners or other type of nobility.  Ask
Armando.  I'm sure he or other experts can help you with that.
Esther

On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 6:18 PM, wrote:

> Esther,
> Thank you for the quick posting.
> I did have the 1886 birth of Maria Refugio, but not the 1884 birth.
> The marriage date

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That is correct, Don and Doña are terms of respect regardless of money,
race, or nobility. There are indios who were given the respect of being
called Don and as Erlinda stated there were also poor people called Don. In
both cases it was mostly because of who they were related to which gave
them that place in society to be given respect. Of course the rich were
always given the term Don unambiguously in all the records, which would be
what Esther was referring to, for others the term would be applied
ambiguously. Keep in mind that the use of the term has changed over the
centuries and at one time was only reserved for true nobles and now at
times is used for older people regardless of what their economic or social
status is or was.

As far as the etymology goes the Real Academia Española
http://rae.es/rae.html shows it comes from the Latin word domĭnus. The
following pages have more information on it's history.

http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/hopper/text?doc=Perseus:text:1999.04.0062

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Armando,

I'm just curious....Do you have a sense of when the titles shifted from a
title of nobility to either a title or honorific? Perhaps its use became
more egalitarian in Mexico than in Spain? Just wondering.

Saludos,
Raquel

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Hello Raquel,

The use for older people regardless of economic or social status seems to
have begun in the 20th century in Mexico. It is actually used sparingly in
Spain, so yes in the 20th century it became more egalitarian in Mexico
than in Spain. Prior to the 20th century it used more often but only for
certain classes of people in Spain. The use for non-nobles is ambiguous in
Mexico but it's use in Nueva Galicia was used mainly for people of high
regard.

Saludos,
Armando

On Sat, Jun 30, 2012 at 8:43 AM, Raquel Ruiz wrote:

> Armando,
>
> I'm just curious....Do you have a sense of when the titles shifted from a
> title of nobility to either a title or honorific? Perhaps its use became
> more egalitarian in Mexico than in Spain? Just wondering.
>
> Saludos,
> Raquel

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Roy,

You mentioned differences in usage of words in Spain vs Mexico in addressing people.

There is one other thing that I was aware of growing up with a Native American mother from New Mexico and a Basque-mestizo-mulato father from Zacatecas. He would scold us if we said, "Que?". He insisted we say "mande usted", but my mother refused to do that. She would say "nadie me manda". She would say "como?" or "que?". I noticed in Spain they don't use that term, "mande", and since the New Mexico "manitos" used an old Spanish dialect and were isolated for so long from the centers in Mexico, if that is the reason.

In our Spanish class in school, we learned to say "Como?" or "perdon?", not "Mande", and I noticed in Spain they used the term "Como?" or "diga?".

I also had a maid that insisted on calling me Dona Emilia when I told her to call me Emilia. She could have called me "senora". I felt uncomfortable with the "dona", but then I wondered if she was being sarcastic.

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Hi Emile and Roy,

In my house growing up in East L. A. mom would always make us respond to her with ¨Mande usted ¨she would get furious with us if we didnt . She would say it was a form of respect . I have several good friends from Colombia and from other South American countries that tell me that they never use that phrase and the reason Mexicans use it, is because of the domination of the spanish people .
I dont know if thats true or not but thats what they tell me . Anyone else have any ideas ?

Welester G. Alvarado Carrillo

>
> Roy,
>
> You mentioned differences in usage of words in Spain vs Mexico in addressing people.
>
> There is one other thing that I was aware of growing up with a Native American mother from New Mexico and a Basque-mestizo-mulato father from Zacatecas. He would scold us if we said, "Que?". He insisted we say "mande usted", but my mother refused to do that. She would say "nadie me manda". She would say "como?" or "que?". I noticed in Spain they

Introduction

Hello everyone,

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Welcome to the group Martin.

As this is your first week, I would say that you're off to a good start because I just found your relatives a few days ago. The source is the marriage dispensas found at the Guadalajara Diocese: Guadalajara Matrimonios 1828, Film 168233, Image 1401.

The direct link to the first page is here:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18411-13591-78?cc=1874591 wc=12512899

The family tree corresponds to Juan Cobarrubias:
The first branch is: A1. Efigenia (m Jose Grano), A2. Rita Grano m Pedro Gonzalez, A3. Blas Gonzalez, A4. Juan
The second branch is: B1. Cristobal Cobarrubias, B2. Jose Covarrubias, B3. Rosalia m Julian Nunez, B4. Juana Maria

You can also find the marriage information for Pedro Gonzalez (born in Coahila--https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/NLQH-TZ5 ?) & Rita Grano here: https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/JHL1-VN4

As you can see I had thought that Pedro G was born in Coahila not Tayahua, but that was based

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Thank you very much, Arturo!

The information was extremely helpful

I found a different marriage record for Pedro Gonzalez and Rita Grano saying that he was from Tayahua, it was also from familysearch.org, though I can't find it at the moment and forgot to attach the link to him, I'll go hunt it down.

I'm actually related to him on both my mom and my dad's side of the family, my Gonzalez last name comes directly from him.

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Denise Fastrup
Welcome to the Forum. I can assure you I have gotten lots of help and good tips here. My first tip for you is to do searches within Nuestros Ranchos. A lot of good info lies waiting to be discovered!

Regards
Denise Fastrup

Hello, new comer in this group

Hi.

My name is Javier Aceves Navarro.

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En respuesta a por October Fly (no verificado)

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Javier Aceves Navarro

Thanks October.
Hope I will take advantage of everything that is here in Nuestros Ranchos.

Javier Aceves

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Javier Aceves Navarro.

Gracias. me pase parte de la mañana haciendo consultas sobre mi familia ACEVES
y curiosamente tengo casi todo hasta mi tatarabuelo LUCIANO ACEVES CASTELLANOS, como yo me crie poco tiempo en mi casa, de ahi en adelante me falta solamente lo de mi bisabuelo JUAN ACEVES .......pero le seguire terqueando.

Saludos

Javier Aceves

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Qué tal Javier,

Puedes subir tu GEDCOM a nuestros ranchos si gustas, así todos los miembros
pueden tener acceso a él para compartir y aportar a la información que te
hace falta. Cuáles son las líneas que te hacen falta de tus ancestros?

Por mi abuela materna, quien era de Capilla de Guadalupe, desciendo de
Antonio Faustino De Aceves, quien es mi 5to tatarabuelo, por parte de sus
hijas María de Jesús, María Rosalia y María Cesarea De Aceves.

Espero poder contribuir para hacer crecer tu árbol ancestral.

Saludos,

Ricardo

Pascual Orozco Roots

Hello,

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Matrimonial Dispensations

While searching fruitlessly through the dispensations I came upon this list of dispensations from 1879 to about 1884, in case someone is interested.

Films on the history of Tepetongo

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I've put a link to this in the links area of the group.

Joseph

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Joseph Puentes
Clean@h2opodcast.com
http://h2opodcast.com

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> http://www.tepetongozac.com.mx/suvoz7.htm

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This information added so much personality to my ancestry research. I've looked at them a couple of times each already. So exciting to see the haciendas and history of Tepetongo shared with those of us who will probably never see it in person.

Thank you for sharing this link!

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what a wonderful presentation and to see the old haciendas we have been naming in our research without having seen them makes it come to life..
thank you so much for posting this.
Linda in B.C.

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http://www.tepetongozac.com.mx/suvoz7.htm

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I too thank you for the link. My father's ancestors originated in Tepetongo too.

Emilie
Port Orchard, WA

> Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2012 16:25:25 -0700
> From: longsjourney@yahoo.com
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> Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Films on the history of Tepetongo
>
> what a wonderful presentation and to see the old haciendas we have been naming in our research without having seen them makes it come to life..
> thank you so much for posting this.
> Linda in B.C.
>
>
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> Sent: Monday, June 25, 2012 1:26 AM
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Films on the history of Tepetongo
>
> http://www.tepetongozac.com.mx/suvoz7.htm

Need Origin for Bartelomo Viramontes

My parents are both from Jalpa, Zacatecas. I have been able to trace three branches of my mother’s ancestry to Bartelomo Viramontes.

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Maria-Elena

I was not successful in finding any of the names you mentioned in either the IGI, or with the search screens in the new Family Search.

Do have have more detail? perhaps a film citation in one of the Jalpa films currently online?

Also, there are not many films for Jalpa in the Family History Library. Was Jalpa associated with a nearby town? If so, there might records from a chapel at Jalpa with the church records of that town.

I noticed an older Nuestros Ranchos posting where it is suggested that Viramontes and Miramontes are variations of the same name, with Miramontes being the older one.

George Fulton
Pleasanton, CA

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Hi George and Maria Elena:

Jalpa like the area around it had borders as to their jurisdictions chnaged all the time. You could
find people from Jalpa going to Nochistlan, Calvillo, Huanusco, Tlatenango. From around the mid
XVIII century Jalpa was under the jurisdiction of Tabasco, Zac. just a bit north from it. I did learn
at one point it was part of Juchipila but even there records are few. Hope this gives some insight.
this area is very tricky as borders keep changing and people often travel throughout the area.

Daniel Méndez Camino

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George,
I'm also a descendant of Bartolome Viramontes, and I've not found much about the Viramontes line beyond the Jalpa informacion matrimonial images. For instance, in image 447 of Jalpa Información Matrimonial 1864-1868, you will find two family tree, one referencing the Viramontes:
https://www.familysearch.org/s/image/show#uri=http%3A//pilot.familysear…

I believe that La Villita was established as a community sometime in the late 1700/early 1800s and people from different parts of the region started settling there around then. I have seen people from Nochistlan, Teocaltiche, and Tabasco mentioned in the IMs. I have not seen many references to Tlaltenango or to the west of Jalpa; mostly southeast and south.

I'm going thru the online Tabasco birth records of 1747-1776 and will let you know if I find anything.

Arturo

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Daniel, George, and Arturo,

Thank you for giving me your insight on this. My first choice was going to be to start looking in Tlaltenango so maybe I'll save it for a different stage of my ancestry research.

Arturo, I am going to the Nueva Galicia conference in April and and I'm looking forward to listening to your presentation.

Maria-Elena Lopez Viramontes

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Maria-Elena,

I'm from Jalpa and I currently have records that stop at Bartolome Viramontes. My gg grandfather Jose Maria Flores Flores was married to Benigna Godoy Viramontes, daughter of Carmen Viramontes Pereida, married to Felipe Godoy. Carmen's parents were Jose Maria Viramontes married to Paula Pereida. Jose Maria's father was also a Jose Maria. This latter Jose Maria's father was Bartolome Viramontes. I'd be interested in comparing other decendents you have of Bartolome.

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Daniel, George, and Arturo,

Thank you for giving me your insight on this.  My first choice was going to be to start looking in Tlaltenango so maybe I'll save it for a different stage of my ancestry research.

Arturo, I am going to the Nueva Galicia conference in April and and I'm looking forward to listening to

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I'm trying to find Bonifacio Godoy Gonzalez but I know four siblings were born in Jalpa and three were born in Tlatenango. I found Benigna and Francisco father's birth certificate in the Tabasco film. Felipe died an elderly man in 1902 in Jalpa. The Godoy trail is the one I am after but it's good to run into a prima.

Juan Godoy

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Please call me at 408 926-2942. I think I can help....

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Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Francisco Godoy Viramontes

I'm trying to find Bonifacio Godoy Gonzalez but I know four siblings were born in Jalpa and three were born in Tlatenango. I found Benigna and Francisco father's birth certificate in the Tabasco film. Felipe died an elderly man in 1902 in Jalpa. The Godoy trail is the one I am after but it's good to run into a prima.

Juan Godoy

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Juan,

I also have Felipe Godoy Ledesma + Carmen Viramontes Pereira in my family tree. I'm not surprised that the Godoys and Viramontes families married one another, as these families have origins in the Tlaltenango area going back to the early 1700s.

Can you give more information about Bonifacio Godoy Gonzalez, including when he lived/married/died and who his parents were?

The Godoy Gonzalez family that I have is Francisco Godoy Viramontes + Pragedis Gonzalez Duran. I am aware of three children for Francisco & Pragedis: Hilario, Jose Jesus, and Maria (but I don't have their baptisms, just approximate date of birth based on marriage information). Pragedis Gonzalez Duran is the daughter of my direct ancestor Lucas Gonzalez Casillas.

Arturo

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Arturo,

Felipe Godoy was born 9/15/1820 (I believe you gave me this date) and died on 12/16/1902 in (La Villita), Jalpa, Zacatecas.

Benigna and Francisco also had a sister named Prisciliana.

Benigna was my gg grandfather Jose Maria Flores Flores' 2nd wife.

Francisco Godoy and his 2nd wife Praxedis Gonzalez Duran,  had the following children:

Hilario GG was born 11/4/1884

Maria GG was born 10/11/1886

Jose Jesus GG was born 1/24/1888

Froilan GG

Juan GG

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Juan,

I also have Felipe Godoy Ledesma + Carmen Viramontes Pereira in my family tree. I'm not surprised that the Godoys and Viramontes families married one another, as these families have origins in the Tlaltenango area going back to the early 1700s.

Can you give more information about Bonifacio Godoy Gonzalez, including

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The following is a list of baptismal or birth civil records for the Godoy Gonzalez Children:

1884 Hilario Godoy Gonzalez born in Jalpa
1886 Maria Godoy Gonzalez born in Jalpa
1888 Jesus Godoy Gonzalez born in Jalpa
1891 Anatleto Godoy Gonzalez born in Jalpa
1893 Ramiro Godoy Gonzalez born in Tlaltenango
1896 Nicolas Godoy Gonzalez born in Tlaltenango
1897 Maria Elvira Godoy Gonzalez born in Tlaltenango

Missing are the birth records for Froilan (1892?) and Bonifacio (1894? My great grandfather)
The only records liking these brothers to Francisco Godoy and Maria Praxedis Gonzalez are their marriage certificates.

Juan Godoy

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Hi Maria-Elena,
I think you got me and Arturo Ramos confused. But as he's the Tlaltenango expert, you should pick his brain to see if he has any suggestion about Viramontes around there.

It is a shame that the records in the southern end of the Juchipila Canyon are missing records for these years.

Best of luck and look forward to sharing more information in the future.

Arturo Gonzalez

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Arturo G.,

I am really embarrassed especially since we have emailed in the past. I was really throwing my original question about Bartolome Viramontes for both of us.

I hope to connect with you later regarding this mystery.

Maria-Elena

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Maria-Elena:

Arturo and I are actually friends who were introduced to each other in Washington DC last year by a mutual friend of ours, before I moved up here to Boston. It is a small world indeed.

My theory on the Viramontes name is that it is a variation of the Miramontes name which is endemic in Tlaltenango and in fact, I would venture to say that all of the Miramontes in Mexico are descendants of the singular Juan de Miramontes who migrated from Spain in the late 1500s and settled in Tlaltenango, marrying Maria de (Haro y) Saucedo.

The name Bartolome is also endemic in that family. If you look in my folder, you will see there is a preview of my book that includes the name index and you will see that Bartolome Miramontes appears on many occasions throughout the period covered by the book. If you are back with Bartolome Viramontes in the mid-1700s I think you might be able to make the leap over to Tlaltenango by matching the name to the date.

I will try to look through all of

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Thank you Arturo R. I purchased your book and I think my parents will find it so interesting. I might need to buy them their own copy. I did notice that Bartolome Miramontes was mentioned in your book as a witness in some registrations, but without knowing much else, I couldn't assume that it was the same ancestor.

Maria-Elena Lopez Viramontes

Need help reading baptismal certificates-Sanchez Herrera

#1 https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-15269-62570-58?cc=1410092&wc…

Upper left side.
Juana Maria Sanchez Herrera
13 Feb 1829
Father: Simon Sanchez
Mother: Celedonia Herrera

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#1
AP Valentin Sanchez y Juana Frausta
AM Teodoro Herrera y Guadalupe Carrasca (sic)

#2
AP Valentin Sanchez y Juana Frausta
AM Francisco Herrera y Guadalupe Carrasco

PAD: Julian Gonzales y Rafaela Gonzales

Ruiz de Esparza and Marungo familias

Hola! My names is Robert Martinez in Albuquerque, Nuevo Mexico.

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Robert,

Where is Guadalupe del Paso, in New Mexico or in Zacatecas? or other?

Thanks,
Alicia,
San Jose, Ca

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Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Ruiz de Esparza and Marungo familias

Hola! My names is Robert Martinez in Albuquerque, Nuevo Mexico. I am researching my mother's family and one of her branches reaches into the Zacatecas and Jalisco areas, with the surnames Ruiz de Esparza and Marungo. Here is my folder: http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/es/robmartinez.

Sollatlan (Soyatlan), Tamazula de Gordiano, Jalisco

Some of my relatives were born in Sollatlan (frequently it is written as Soyatlan), Tamazula de Gordiano, Jalisco. Some come from Sollatlan de Adentro and others from Sollatlan de Afuera.

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Juan Carrillo
I talked to an uncle also born in Tamazula de Goridano, Jalisco about the meaning of Sollatlan / Soyatlan de Adentro o Afuera. He told me that Soyatlan islocated outside of Tamazula de Gordiano heading towards Ciudad Guzman. At one time there was a sugar mill there located in a hacienda. The residents who lived within the old hacienda lands were from Soyatlan Adentro and outside were Afuera. Thanks to all who inquired and suggested items. The families that were born there were the Carrillo, Antillon and Contreras families that I was investigating.

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http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Luis_Soyatl%C3%A1n

In that link you can find Soyatlan, I hope you can understand I´m in a
hurry so I cant translate it

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 10:50 PM, wrote:

> Some of my relatives were born in Sollatlan (frequently it is written as
> Soyatlan), Tamazula de Gordiano, Jalisco. Some come from Sollatlan de
> Adentro and others from Sollatlan de Afuera. Does anyone know what that
> means? Thanks.
> Juan Manuel Carrillo Guerrero

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Juan, I do research in Tamazula and Zapotlan that always includes some family being from Soyatlan de Adentro and Afuera. What families are you researching? I have no idea what it means either.
Linda Castanon-Long
Gutierrez/Mendez/Munguia and many others

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Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Sollatlan (Soyatlan), Tamazula de Gordiano, Jalisco

Some of my relatives were born in Sollatlan (frequently it is written as Soyatlan), Tamazula de Gordiano, Jalisco. Some come from Sollatlan de Adentro and others from Sollatlan de Afuera. Does anyone know what that means? Thanks.
Juan Manuel Carrillo Guerrero

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http://travelingluck.com/North%20America/Mexico/Jalisco/_3985603_San%20…

SAN LUIS SOYATLAN

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Erlinda Castanon-Long
longsjourney@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Juan, I do research in Tamazula and Zapotlan that always includes some
> family being from Soyatlan de Adentro and Afuera. What families are you
> researching? I have no idea what it means either.
> Linda Castanon-Long
> Gutierrez/Mendez/Munguia and many others
>
>
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 19, 2012 8:50 PM
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Sollatlan (Soyatlan), Tamazula de Gordiano,
> Jalisco
>
> Some of my relatives were born in Sollatlan (frequently it is written as
> Soyatlan), Tamazula de Gordiano, Jalisco. Some come from Sollatlan de
> Adentro and others from Sollatlan de Afuera. Does anyone know what that
> means? Thanks.
> Juan Manuel Carrillo Guerrero

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Adentro means inside, afuera means outside but I don't know how this translates to the naming of the area or rancho. It may have meant something at one time in terms of location or municipality.
Hope this helps,
alicia

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http://travelingluck.com/North%20America/Mexico/Jalisco/_3985603_San%20…

SAN LUIS SOYATLAN

On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 10:21 AM, Erlinda Castanon-Long
longsjourney@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Juan, I do research in Tamazula and Zapotlan that always includes some
> family being from Soyatlan de Adentro and Afuera. What families are you
> researching? I have no idea what it means either.
> Linda Castanon-Long
> Gutierrez/Mendez/Munguia and many others
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> ________________________________
>  From: "rcafartista@gmail.com"
> To

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I lost the link to a website that described the three Soyatlans within the municipality of Tamazula, but they all have the same GPS coordinates and are less than a mile from each other.

Soyatlan de Afuera, and Soyaltan de la Prensa are very near each other, and Soyatlan de Adentro is not far and it said that the Adentro was where the Hacienda is. So I guess the others were "outside" of the hacienda?

Emilie
Port Orchard, WA

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> Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2012 09:32:16 -0700
> From: alliecar@pacbell.net
> To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
> Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Sollatlan (Soyatlan), Tamazula de Gordiano, Jalisco
>
> Adentro means inside, afuera means outside but I don't know how this translates to the naming of the area or rancho. It may have meant something at one time in terms of location or municipality.
> Hope this helps,
> alicia
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: patty haro
> To: research

El Capulin, Tepetongo, Zac. ?

Hola todos,

I came across some baptismal certificates for relatives who were born in El Capulin, Tepetongo. Does anyone have any info on El Capulin?

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Acquiring a new language

Monday, January 12, 2009

Dear Leticia--

I was hoping you were from somewhere in Jalisco because I get to vacation there from time to time and I do have some interesting genealogy and Hispanic history books to show to whomever is interested.

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Denise Fastrup

Hi Alice

I am reading a book titled Soldiers, Indians, and Silver (1952) which describes the settlement of Nuevo Galicia, an area that included Guadalajara, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi, and reached up to Saltillo. In this book the author, Phillip Wayne Powell, describes how christianized indians from central mexico (mexicas, tlaxcalans, and otomi) were encouraged to move up into these areas in an attempt to pacify the rebellious and warlike tribes of the Gran Chichimeca,who inhabited areas where the Spanish were interested in mining for silver.

These indians were granted special privileges such as the right to ride a horse, use a Spanish sword, and be free of tribute for a number of years, in addition to being granted land. Some of them who were already acknowledged as caciques where they originally came from, were also referred to in historical documents with the title "Don". So it is understandable that in a settlement where the overwhelming majority of residents

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Hi Denise,
Sounds right.  Those indians that assimilated were granted privileges.
Could it also explain defunciones I've read through in 17th and 18th century Nuevo Leon, where entire settlements were wiped out by "los indios barbaros".  In the listing of the dead, the entire family was named, servants named, slaves named, and some would include a name with indio of a different group following it.   Thanks so much.
Alice 

--- On Thu, 6/21/12, hernandez.fastrup@gmail.com wrote:

From: hernandez.fastrup@gmail.com
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] acquiring a new language
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Thursday, June 21, 2012, 8:39 PM

Denise Fastrup

Hi Alice

I am reading a book titled Soldiers, Indians, and Silver (1952 which describes the settlement of Nuevo Galicia, an area that included Guadalajara, Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi, and reached up to Saltillo. In this book the author, Phillip Wayne Powell, describes how christianized indians from central mexico (mexicas

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Denise Fastrup

Hi Alice

Unfortunately I dont know much about the history of Nuevo Leon, - though it is on my list of things to do. I have an ancestor (Raphael Romo) who moved from AGS to Nadadores in or before 1816 , and I would like to know why. Right now, with the book Soldiers, Indian, and Silver, I am in the mid to late 1500s. If I happen to come across anything relevant for Nuevo Leon, I will let you know.

THe author of "Soldiers..." describes how Spanish soldiers sent to pacify the Chichimeca tribes made things worse by going in and picking fights in order to be able to take the prisoners of war and then sell them as slaves. Otherwise it was not allowed to use indians as slaves. Some priests complained of the practice and rightly pointed out that the only way to stop it was to not allow Indians to be sold as slaves under any circumstances. However, it was difficult to end the practice because the wages for the soldiers were very low, making it difficult for them to even

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Hi Alice , My name is Welester G. Alvarado and I am currently living in Monterrey, Mexico . If I can help in reference to people in the state of Nuevo Leon let me know and I will try to help you anyway that I can . Contact me through my regular e-mail direction hombrepi@hotmail.com . This way we dont have to tie up the NR e-mails up . Take care,Welester P.S. the name Romo is very well known here

>

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> Hi Alice
>
> Unfortunately I dont know much about the history of Nuevo Leon, - though it is on my list of things to do. I have an ancestor (Raphael Romo) who moved from AGS to Nadadores in or before 1816 , and I would like to know why. Right now, with the book Soldiers, Indian, and Silver, I am in the mid to late 1500s. If I happen to come across anything relevant for Nuevo Leon, I will let you know.
>
> THe author of "Soldiers..." describes how Spanish soldiers sent to pacify the Chichimeca tribes made things worse by going in and picking fights in order to be able to take the

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Hello Denise,
The Huichapan, Hidalgo church book that I'm researching switches over to Spanish in 1633. 

--- On Fri, 6/22/12, hernandez.fastrup@gmail.com wrote:

From: hernandez.fastrup@gmail.com
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] acquiring a new language
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Friday, June 22, 2012, 7:12 PM

Denise Fastrup

Hi Alice

Unfortunately I dont know much about the history of Nuevo Leon, - though it is on my list of things to do. I have an ancestor (Raphael Romo) who moved from AGS to Nadadores in or before 1816 , and I would like to know why. Right now, with the book  Soldiers, Indian, and Silver, I am in the mid to late 1500s. If I happen to come across anything relevant for Nuevo Leon, I will let you know.

THe author of "Soldiers..." describes how Spanish soldiers sent to pacify the Chichimeca tribes made things worse by going in and picking fights in order to be able to take the prisoners of war and then sell them as slaves. Otherwise it was not

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 Hi Laura,
I'm not at all familiar with Otomi, but I also thought it might be an indigenous language. However, I then wondered why the baptismal entries labeled as the espanoles would be in any other language than Spanish.  There were several different priests that performed these baptisms and all the entries, in different handwriting, are in this language.  Was this an order of priests from the same region of Spain that spoke another language?  I'm intrigued and would love to know...What is this language?! 
Thanks again,  Alice

--- On Tue, 6/19/12, mayangrl@sonic.net wrote:

From: mayangrl@sonic.net
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Language
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 5:42 AM

I'm guessing Otomi.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otomi_people

Laura Gonzalez

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Hello Alice,

All languages spoken in Spain, other than Euskara (the Basque language),
are Latin based such as Castellano, Catalá, and Gallego . The language in
the records you are inquiring about is not Euskara nor is it a Latin based
language. It is without a doubt an indigenous language.

Regards,
Armando

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 2:24 AM, Alice Blake wrote:

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> Hi Laura,
> I'm not at all familiar with Otomi, but I also thought it might be an
> indigenous language. However, I then wondered why the baptismal entries
> labeled as the espanoles would be in any other language than
> Spanish. There were several different priests that performed these
> baptisms and all the entries, in different handwriting, are in this
> language. Was this an order of priests from the same region of Spain that
> spoke another language? I'm intrigued and would love to know...What is
> this language?!
> Thanks again, Alice
>
> --- On Tue, 6/19/12, mayangrl@sonic.net wrote

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Thanks so much, Armando. 
I love a good challenge!  Which is probably why my first graduate work was in Maya Tepeu vases.  Since the mesoamerican indigenous languages usually didn't have a written form, did the priests or scribes write it out phonetically?  There appeared to be a definite syntax, which further indicates an accepted system among the Espanoles as to how to write it out phonetically.  I'm still a bit confused as to why would they use a written indigenous language to record entries in the Espanoles volume, especially when you consider the indigenous were not literate at the time.  Coming across these little  enigmas and trying to solve them make genealogy a worthy challenge and makes researching so interesting!             Thanks again,  Alice   

--- On Tue, 6/19/12, Armando wrote:

From: Armando
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Language
To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Tuesday, June 19, 2012, 8:51 PM

Hello Alice,

All languages spoken in Spain, other than

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Hi Alice

Here is a quote from Powells "Soldiers, Indians and Silver" (1952:201)

"The Conde de Monterrey tried to speed up religious attention to the Chichimeca problem by proposing the use of several of the most important Chichimeca tongues as lingua francas, so that the friars would not have so much difficulty in communication with their proposed converts. Specifically, he recommended that the Pegua, Guachichil, and Pame tongues be used, for they were the most widely known. But he also insisted that the churchmen would have to exercise greater diligence than had been customary in learning the languages of the Chichimeca tribes...."

Elsewhere (p. 196), Powell describes the priveleges requested by the Tlaxcalans who were recruited to settle in Nueva Galicia. The following (among others) were granted:

"They are not to be compelled to settle with the Spaniards, but will be allowed to settle apart from them and have their own distinct districts (barrios). No Spaniard can take or buy

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Hello Denise,
Interesting stuff for sure.  It would be intriguing to find out who, when, and how was the oral language translated into a uniform and accepted written version.   Thanks again.
Alice

--- On Sun, 6/24/12, hernandez.fastrup@gmail.com wrote:

From: hernandez.fastrup@gmail.com
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] acquiring a new language
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Sunday, June 24, 2012, 6:57 PM

Hi Alice

Here is a quote from Powells "Soldiers, Indians and Silver" (1952:201)

"The Conde de Monterrey tried to speed up religious attention to the Chichimeca problem by proposing the use of several of the most important Chichimeca tongues as lingua francas, so that the friars would not have so much difficulty in communication with their proposed converts. Specifically, he recommended that the Pegua, Guachichil, and Pame tongues be used, for they were the most widely known. But he also insisted that the churchmen would have to exercise greater diligence than had been

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Hi again Alice!

Here is a link to someone who could tell you whether or not you are dealing with Otomi:

http://surrey.academia.edu/EnriquePalancar/Papers/891102/The_conjugatio…

The author is Dr. Enrique Palancar, a linguist who specializes in colonial Otomi. The beginning of the article itself is interesting to read.

He also has a website with more information about his qualifications:

http://enriquepalancar.weebly.com/presentacioacuten--introduction.html

If it is Otomi, he would no doubt be happy that you have given him a link to something he would find useful for his own research interests. If it is not Otomi, he might be able to refer you to someone who could identify it.

Good luck!
Denise

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Thanks so much, Denise.  I will write Dr. Palancar and let you know if I hear from him.
Alice

--- On Sun, 6/24/12, hernandez.fastrup@gmail.com wrote:

From: hernandez.fastrup@gmail.com
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] acquiring a new language/otomi
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Sunday, June 24, 2012, 8:58 PM

Hi again Alice!

Here is a link to someone who could tell you whether or not you are dealing with Otomi:

http://surrey.academia.edu/EnriquePalancar/Papers/891102/The_conjugatio…
The author is Dr. Enrique Palancar, a linguist who specializes in colonial Otomi. The beginning of the article itself is interesting to read.

He also has a website with more information about his qualifications:

http://enriquepalancar.weebly.com/presentacioacuten--introduction.html
If it is Otomi, he would no doubt be happy that you have given him a link to something he would find useful for his own research interests. If it is not Otomi, he might be able to refer

acquiring a new language/Nadadores

I don't know if this will help Denise, but I, too, have roots in Nadadores
that were Tlaxcaltecos, and they were identified as such in their
children's birth certificates (Lucas and Tomas), the

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Thanks so much for the information!
This is what I have in my genealogy :

MANUEL ROMO was born (date and place unknown). He married MARIA YGNACIA RODRIGUEZ 21 Feb. 1816 in Nadadores, Coah., daughter of Juan Rodriguez and Maria Thomasa Valdes. She was born (date unknown) in and died (date and place unknown).

Their son (Don) Thomas married Maria Luciana Espinosa, and her grandparents' surnames are: (paternal) Espinosa, Araujo, and (maternal)de la Garza and Tijerina. If any of these are also in yours, please let me know.

I have other interesting info from a book I am reading, on language use which I will put in a separate post.

Regards
Denise

Rosales-Mexia

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Deedra,

I'm glad that you've found all this information of our ancestors during all this time. I had not had time to continue my investigations in Genealogy because recently I had many academical tasks to do but I'll be back during all this vacations. I thank you for this data, I know that finding the burial records is harder because they aren't indexed. Have you found any information regarding to the parents of Gertrudis Caro y Rentería who's the paternal grandmother of the Antonio Rosales we talking of?

Thank you again, hope to hear from you soon

Enrique Salvador Agraz

Acerca del Origen de Sebastián Vizcaíno y otros más

Hola a todos:

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Hola a todos:

Pedro, como ya te ha mencionado nuestro amigo León, el nombre correcto de nuestro antepasado es Francisco Rico y de la Torre. Fue gracias a León que pudo razonar acerca de ese punto y estuvimos hablando sobre este tema por correo hace algunos meses. Concluyo que sí se trata del mismo Lic. Francisco Rico de la Torre que pasó a la Nueva España proveniente de Madrigalejos e hijo de los ya mencionados. Esa información la puedes encontrar en el PARES.

Sería interesante seguir con la línea de Pedro Enríquez Topete, seguro se ha de poder rastrear más atrás. Cualquier novedad habrá que publicarla en este foro.

Saludos,
Enrique Salvador Agraz

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Hola Salvador,

En mis investigaciones del Capitan Pedro ENRIQUEZ TOPETE (mi antepasado) tambien me tope con Francisoc RICO y DELORME. En www.topete.org, he subido un arbol que muestra a tu antepasado.

Creo tener algunos datos mas sobre el Lic. RICO y DELORME y voy a buscarlos y compartire lo que tenga aqui. Quisiera tambien pedirte si tienes el GEDCOM del los RICO y DELORME para poder completar el ramo y pues como sabes, beneficiaria a otros.

Hasta pronto,

Pedro Topete

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Estimados Señores,

Les envío esta información por si fuera de utilidad; la comenté con Salvador, Mariano González-Leal y Pedro Franco López de Heredia y me permito incluirla también aquí para su opinión y comentarios:

"No obstante que don Jesús Amaya Topete describe al Licenciado Francisco Rico como "Rico y Delorme" siento que es una confusión, en la partida de bautismo de su hijo Pedro se lee:

"Pedro, hijo del Lic. Francisco Rico de la Torre, abogado de la Real Audiencia y de doña Antonia Enríquez Topete...". Siento que don Jesús leyó Delorme ya que la letra se presta a esa confusión.

(Favor de ver la partida de Pedro Rico de fecha 03 de Noviembre de 1632)

Salvo su mejor opinión, este Lic. Francisco Rico de la Torre fue el que pasó a Nueva España en 1625, natural de Madridejos en Toledo, hijo de Francisco Rico de la Torre y de María Ortiz de Vivanco.

Un cordial saludo,

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Estimado Sr. Agraz,
Yo pienso que definitivamente NO existen suficientes fundamentos para pensar que efectivemente Sebastián Vizcaíno fue hijo natural del virrey Luis de Velasco y Ruiz de Alarcón. Las hipótesis deben de probarse y "papelito habla". Mientras no existan documentos de la época que comprueben el parentesco las hipótesis se quedarán en eso.
Saludos cordiales e igualmente feliz navidad y próspero año nuevo 2012.
Victoriano Navarro

Tlaltenango Census

Hello,

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Arturo,

Thank you for asking about this, because I did not know that these existed or that they were available here, on NR's. Good look with your research.

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*Arturo,*
*It's available at NR under "Files" tab, "Books & Articles": *
http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/13650 *
*
On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 6:27 PM, wrote:

> Hello,
> I came across an old posting which stated that the 1650 (and other?)
> Census for Tlaltenango had been posted online on yahoo.com. But that
> yahoo group is no longer active and I haven't been able to find the scans
> on nuestrosranchos.org
>
> Does anyone have a copy of the Census for Tlaltenango for the 17th & 18th
> centuries? I've already looked at the 1773 Census, which is available
> online at the Guadalajara Diocesis, but am hoping to look at other years.
>
> Thanks, Arturo Gonzalez -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --
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NGGS Conference Facebook page

To all,

I've attached a link to the Nueva Galicia Genealogical Society's Facebook Page where I've uploaded photographs of our 2012 Conference held in Sacramento, California on Saturday May 12th.

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Hi,

I sent an inquiry to the president of NGGS about meetings and such, and never received a response. Is the email listed for Hernandez no longer valid?

Laura Gonzalez

Padres no conocidos

Thanks to a distant cousin's research on our Durango family line, I learned
that an ancestor which was labeled as "padre no conocido" had her father
later identified as part of her marriage informat

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Raquel,

Everything has a price and anyone can be bought, including church clerics, not just at the time but in today's time.

As for the padre no conocido. I have a 5 GGgrandfather whose marriage investigation said he was hijo natural de Maria Felipa Gonsalez and then I go back and find his parents marriage records, Joseph Antonio Ruiz Cortez, con Maria Phelippa Gonzales on 15 Nov 1731. Go figure, it was most likely a clerical error in the entry.

Alicia

________________________________
From: Raquel Ruiz
To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 7:40 PM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Padres no conocidos

Thanks to a distant cousin's research on our Durango family line, I learned
that an ancestor which was labeled as "padre no conocido" had her father
later identified as part of her marriage information and dispensation
process in 1708.  I was shocked to learn that the Church gave her and her
uncle dispensation to marry.  She was the illegitimate child of his

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I have also found hijos naturales that were children of marriages.
Rick a Ricci

Sent from my iPhone

On Jun 20, 2012, at 8:39 PM, Alicia Carrillo wrote:

> Raquel,
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> Everything has a price and anyone can be bought, including church clerics, not just at the time but in today's time.
>
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> As for the padre no conocido. I have a 5 GGgrandfather whose marriage investigation said he was hijo natural de Maria Felipa Gonsalez and then I go back and find his parents marriage records, Joseph Antonio Ruiz Cortez, con Maria Phelippa Gonzales on 15 Nov 1731. Go figure, it was most likely a clerical error in the entry.
>
> Alicia
>
>
>
> ________________________________
> From: Raquel Ruiz
> To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
> Sent: Wednesday, June 20, 2012 7:40 PM
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Padres no conocidos
>
> Thanks to a distant cousin's research on our Durango family line, I learned
> that an ancestor which was labeled as "padre no conocido" had her father
> later

Visiting LDS Family Search Centers & keeping records

I was wondering if anyone has visited their local LDS family search center. What's different from what you find online at familysearch.org? Is it worthwhile to go?

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mayangrl,

Excellent question and I am glad you asked. I am sure there were many of us who wondered, too. I appreciate all the responses. Thanks.

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Laura,

Yes, you can do pretty much the same research at home that you can do at your local Family History or at the Main Library in Salt Lake City.

The difference is that there are staff members at the centers and the library, who are willing to help one in their research. Of course depending on the center there may be a staff member who specializes, in the area that you are researching. And they would be willing to help you in anyway that they can.

Also, as it was stated, not all the microfilm have been digitized yet. So if you, want to get access to those undigitized images, you need to order the microfilm and read. And you can only have access to the microfilm at your local Family History Center. And the Library in Salt Lake, has a big collection of books. Some of those have been digitized, some have been mircofilmed, and the others are sitting on the bookselves, in the library. And the only way to have access to the books, is by going to the Library in Salt Lake, since

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Randy McNeal, I scan all of my documents but I also have files of the paper documents I get. The files are by family lines. I find this easier since so many of my lines have the same last names in them. The only time this becomes a problem is when families combine then I print another copy and keep going by line. I also have a geneology program that I attach the documents to.

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Yes, I have visited my local FHCs as well as the main one in Salt Lake City. Everyone is very nice and helpful. They are anxious for you to share your genealogical information and they have much to share with you---their PAF genealogy program that I have in my computer, and CDs of family trees they have gathered.

No, they don't try to convert you, but if you ask about their practices and beliefs they will tell you. They will give you a tour of their facilities in the temples except for some areas where only members are allowed.

One thing they did not tell me is that everyone in their microfilms has been baptized and "sealed" via their Baptism for the Dead, the reason they went worldwide microfilming the documents they did, so in a way it is conversion after the death. Google that for more information.

Since many of their microfilms are not online yet, it is worthwhile to go and ask the local FHC to send for some films to be reviewed by you; they have microfilm readers

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Emilie,

For your information, everyone can visit the *outside *of the of the
Temples and or when a new Temple has an open house for the first time,
people are invited to come in and once they are through with the grant
opening the Temples will only be visited by worthy members. There are other
outside buildings where people may visit such as the Visitors Center.

The following statement is *not completely factual. Members take care of
these ordinances for their dead and/or friends if they ask. *There are
some people who have done ordinance work for others *without permission *but
ordinance work is not done for everyone arbitrarily, and Google is not an
authority on LDS Temples.

*One thing they did not tell me is that everyone in their
microfilms has been baptized and "sealed" via their Baptism for the Dead,
the reason they went
worldwide microfilming the documents they did, so in a way it is
conversion after the death. Google that for more information.
*
Esther

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Esther,

Once when I was at my FHC, I used a computer where an LDS member had left his password open, and when I looked up my father's ancestors, I saw what had been done as far as Baptism for the Dead for my ancestors--sealed- not once, but several times by LDS members in Mexico City, in Salt Lake City, in Arizona, etc.

I demanded an explanation, told them my ancestors were all devout Catholics and not Mormons, and they explained that computerized lists are made up and shown on screens by the baptismal fonts where people get in and read the names off.

There was an LDS member there who told me that she also had found the "ordinances" or whatever completed for her ancestors several times from several locations, and she was upset because she had wanted to be the one to do that for her ancestors.

When I mentioned that my deceased ancestors would not be pleased to know about their having been "sealed" I was told that they could "refuse". That does not change the fact that in

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Hi,
After attending a conference at the Los Angeles temple FHC, I organize using a color coded system similar to what is found at: http://news.legacyfamilytree.com/legacy_news/2006/09/organizing_your.ht…
I use colored folders and post-it note tabs to hold or label documents, photos, etc. I have them housed in a plastic case with a handle that is easy to transport.

Other bits of advice-site your sources! You may think this is just for fun and you know you trust your original research but when you want to share your information or convince your tia that the family once lived in another part of Mexico than what she was told, it's a headache. I started genealogy 5 years ago and I'm still going back to site sources.
Also, if you keep digital files, rename your images so you can find them by search instead of scrolling through each image.
It seems like such a pain, especially when you're on a roll, but trust me it's hard to go back.
One last thing-I have two trees that I work on. One

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Emilie,
For your information, everyone can visit the *outside *of the of the
Temples and or when a new Temple has an open house for the first time,
people are invited to come in and once they are through with the grant
opening the Temples will only be visited by worthy members. There are other
outside buildings where people may visit such as the Visitors Center.

The following statement is *not completely factual. Members take care of
these ordinances for their dead and/or friends if they ask. *There are
some people who have done ordinance work for others *without permission *but
ordinance work is not done for everyone arbitrarily, and Google is not an
authority on LDS Temples.

*One thing they did not tell me is that everyone in their
microfilms has been baptized and "sealed" via their Baptism for the Dead,
the reason they went
worldwide microfilming the documents they did, so in a way it is
conversion after the death. Google that for more information.
*
Esther

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Mayangrl,

I have not visited a family search center since the records went on-line. I found the people volunteering at any of the centers to be very kind and extremely helpful and not once did anyone try to convert me. Some of them even became friends.

I no longer print hard copies. I copy the records I need from family search and save them on an external hard drive. I file the records according to the film number/type of record whether birth, marriage, info matrimonial etc. In my notes on PAF I make a complete source notation such as film#, image#, folio or page#, item#, therefore I can go to my hard drive and with the film# and all other pertinent information I can easily find it. I do all of this at the time I find the record, it's time consuming but it works very well for me.

For example: I have separate folders. labeled as such: 226665-Bapt-Nochis-Vol#35-1837
for each file going into this folder I include the following. I don't use the birth date because it's not always easy

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You didn't post your name so I have no idea what to call you.
 
You are one of the lucky ones who can now get all the information online instead of going to a history center for Mexican records. 
I spent 16 years going to history centers, ordering film at $6. a film, wait up to 6 weeks for it to arrive, be able to view it for 30 days or pay another $6 to keep it another month and was happy to do it! Like you in the beginning I had loads of paper work and file after file and reams of paper. And NO, not one person ever tried to convert me but they were more than willing to help me find information and answer genealogy questions. I would suggest you do whatever works for you. I use the Family Tree Maker for my records and put all my information in there since it keeps track of families and blood lines.
 
Marriage dispensations were for blood relationships and any offense that caused a couple to seperate and wanted to marry again. You may be surprised how many blood relatives you have so

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Before all of the records were on-line we all had to go to order the individual films and view them after they arrived about a week later. The benefit of going to your local center is that the people who run them, though volunteers, are very friendly and knowledgeable. They may have access to some books that have been donated. No, they don't try to convert you. Now if you have a chance to go to one of the more metropolitan centers, ie Los Angeles, and especially the parent center in Utah, you will find everything. Deedra Corona