Nuestros Ranchos Test Site

Can somebody read the attached marriage recording and figure out what the middle name is?

Does anyone have information on the Villalpando family of Aguascalientes?

From the Aguascalientes chuich records there is:

(1) Thomas Villalpando and Maria Vargas
married 7 Oct 1677, in Aguascalientes; they had at least these children

Jaime A. Michel pregunto:

Tendras informacion de Elena Cueto Diaz nacio en Sayula, Jalisco en 1888 estuvo casada con Manuel C. Michel Zamora ;se que era hija de Francisco Cueto Vale y Maria Diaz Gonzalez, me gustaría saber si tienes informacion sobre hermanos, ancestros de ella,

Depending on the time frame, the father might not have been around to say
the child was his when it was born. It doesn't mean he wasn't the father.
He was working or fighting or whatever when the child was baptised. If

Dear Jonathan and Alicia,
What great questions the two of you ask. There are several
reasons that genealogy sparked my interest.
First and foremost, my maternal grandfather and father knew so much

Mi agradecimiento sincero por darme la oportunidad de ser parte de su grupo. Ya tengo varios años ayudando a mi esposo en la búsqueda de sus raices en Silesia que era Alemania cuando él nació y desde 1945 pasó a ser parte de Polonia. De ahí nació en mí el deseo de hacer lo mismo con mi familia en México, pero hasta ahora no me había sido posible encontrar personas o grupos dedicados seriamente a la genealogía. Estoy segura de que podremos ayudarnos mutuamente.

Hello,
 
I am doing genealogical research--my family comes primarily from the Lagos de Moreno area with many of them being 'indios' from the Pueblo de Moya which is now a neighborhood in present-day Lagos de Moreno. One branch of the family then moved to Aguascalientes from the Lagos area. I've been in touch with an historian in Lagos who believes many of the indios from Pueblo de Moya were Tlaxcala indians from the South who helped in the conquest and I have a little bit of info. regarding the founding of Pueblo de Moya--many who carry my family names but I have not yet made the connection. I will be happy to share any informaton that I have and hope to find someone researching lines similar to mine. http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/17463

I have an ancestor named maria magdalena salas lozano christened on 2/jul/1787 with the parents named Josse de Santiago salas (Macias?) and francisca Lozano.
Magdalena was married to Juan antonio Casillas in Tepa on 20/may 1787

Hola Irma:

Saludos desde Guadalajara, Jalisco.

Yo tambien soy genealogista aficionado desde hace ya varios años y mis
ancestros por linea paterna son de la region de Los Altos de Jalisco, mi

To Richard R.--

My husband has OLMOS in his family tree. His OLMOS are from the Ayo el Chico area. Can you be more specific with your Luis LOMELINI and OLMOS details?

Thanks.

Sincerely,
Patricia BURTON

My parents were divorced when I was 10 which resulted in my not
having a close relationship with my father and his relatives. My
mother and dad spent the first 6 months of their marriage on the

Hello All I waondering where can I find or if anyone can do a lookup on the Flores de la Torre and Flores-Alatorre family! I want to know how Flores Alatorre changed from Flores de la Torre. Also, is it true the patriarch Juan López de Elizalde is "hijo legítimo de Miguel López de Elizalde y Leonor de Aberruza"? Many Thanks!

To Richard R.--

My husband comes from the LOMELI/LOMELIN/ LOMELINI line. I have worked on part of the lines of Miguel HIDALGO, namely the ones that come from the GALLAGA part of the family. Would you please give some details on this brother of Carlos LOMELINI and how he fits into the Padre Miguel HIDALGO family tree? Many thanks.

Christobal de Medina married Maria de Avila (Abila) on May 2 1666 in Aguascalientes. In their marriage record their parents are not listed, and unfortunately the images of Marriage Licenses (Informacion Matrimonial) in the LDS Pilot site begin that year, but two months latter. So, I've hit a road block. However, there is some additional information that may help.

I just wanted to ask the group, why are we doing genealogy? I have been asked ti give a talk about why we do genealogy? It has made me think, about why I started my genealogy about 30 years ago. And I just wanted to get, some more ideas or thoughts from the group members.

My grandmother's name was Paula/Pabla Ramos Mascorro.
She had 12 sisters. I only have the name of one sister, Longina/Lonjina Ramos Mascorro, christened on March 23 1863 in Ledesma, Ojuelos, Jalisco, Mexico.

Hi Jonathan!
I wish I had started doing genealogy 30 years ago!!! :-) The reason I
do genealogy is probably a selfish one......I only have one
brother.....I come from a small family and always wanted a larger

I'm reading a book titled Rivers of Gold by Hugh Thomas about the Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan.

Chapter 4 begins with the Genoese or Italian explorers and the influence on the Spanish crown. During the early 15th Century the Genoese merchants were dominant in Mediterranean commerce. The Italians were very influential to the Spanish crown as there also happened to be a sitting Genoese Pope, Pope Innocent VIII. whose ancestry was purported to be Genoese on both sides of his family.

For Jonathan:

Why do I do genealogy? For my children and grandchildren, and for myself. Because I grew up with only one grandparent (the others had died long before I was born), there was always this troubling feeling of not knowing where we came from, and what made us what we are. The following two quotations explain this better than I can:

Found this in my notes and thought it might be of interest to the group:

Luis
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SIXTEENTH CENTURY INDIGENOUS JALISCO
by John P. Schmal © 2001

I made a table about the Mendoza family showing how they married into several prominant spanish families and the many surnames they created. I think it could help us look at the big picture. I've never knew how important this family was.

Okay folks. Sorry about the sloppy uploads. Joseph was kind enough to show me how exactly to upload my files to my folder only. I also took this opportunity to put together the rest of my great grandmothers pedigree trees. Please look through them and see if we can make a connection.

GALARZA LOPEZ Ma de Jesus.pdf
http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/filemanager/active?fid=2905

GARCIA DE LEON Ma Macedonia.pdf
http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/filemanager/active?fid=2906

MALDONADO CHAVEZ Matilde.pdf
http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/filemanager/active?fid=2907

PEDROZA ROMO Timotea Pedgree.pdf
http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/filemanager/active?fid=2908

ALBA CUEVA Elena.pdf
http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/filemanager/active?fid=2909

MOCTEZUMA Petrolina Pedigree.pdf
http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/filemanager/active?fid=2910

I have other loose trees in my database that I will also be posting soon. They include my surname along with other surnames that appear above. I have not been able to connect to them but hopefully they might help someone else.

ESPANOL: Favor de bajar y revicar estos archivos para ver si podemos acer una conexcion de familia. Tambien tengo otros troncos familiares sueltos con mi apellido y con diferentes apellidos que no e podido conectar a mi tronco familiar. Espero que esta informacion le pueda servir a alguien mas.

Rick,
Being from the "norte", where relatives have confirmed our Jewish legacy via
word of mouth, and verified later by DNA - I am very interested in how the
Jewish legacy might have continued in Los Altos, however guised.

Lately there has been a lot of activity on the list and when that
happens some start thinking of ways to minimize the amount of emails
received into their inbox. Well there are two options to consider -

Hi Everyone, I didn't see my first two posts here, I'm sure I'm doing something wrong. I did get a reply ( Gracias Jorge !) but have not seen my posts show up here...forgive me, I'm a rookie. First I'd like to thank Joseph for allowing me to join the site. My name is Robert Gonzalez, my area of research is Los Altos de Jalisco, specifically, Tepatitlan and "La Villa" San Jose De Basarte. My father and grandfather were born in La Villa \ SJB. My Great Grandfather, Gregorio Gonzalez is buried beneath the alter of the small church\ capilla there. I also have records of my great,great grandfather and some other family members but have hit a wall. Ultimatley I'd like to take my research all the way back to Spain to find out where my family line started. Names I'd like to research are Gonzalez, Casillas and Alonso. It seems that for at least two generations, the Gonzalez line married into the Casillas line. Any info on San Jose de Basarte would be greatly appreciated, I do have some minor info in regards to the history of La Villa but not enough to satisfy my curiosity. Thank you all, I look forward to sharing info with all of you, Robert Gonzalez ~