The Health Initiative of the Americas (formerly California-Mexico Health Initiative) job announcement

I am taking the liberty to post this JOB ANNOUNCEMENT

The Health Initiative of the Americas (formerly California-Mexico Health
Initiative) is currently recruiting a Program Evaluator and Development

For your amusement

(This isn't really genenalogy - but it is a FAMILY story)
This past Saturday, my daughter dropped off her three oldest (ages 7, 5, and 2) for us to babysit. After playing outside for a while, the two older ones decided they wanted to watch a video - Disney's "Three Caballeros" (Donald Duck, Joe Carrioca, and ??? - I can't remember) - I haven't been able to figure out why they like this so - they have seen this a dozen times over the past 18 months. Anyway, after the movie, they wanted a snack, and while they were sitting around the table, Joey, the 7 yr old, started howling. I asked what all the noise was for - he said he was pretending to be a singing mariachi. This is what you must know about Joey's heritage: he is a combination of Irish, Lithuanian, Scots, English, Native American, Mexican ... y solo Dios sabe que mas. And yes, Joey has been exposed to mariachis in live performance, so he knew what he was trying to do.

Immigrant stories

Is there a collection of immigration/immigrant stories here on the NUESTROS RANCHOS page/site? (If so, how do I go about finding them?) Stories of how an ancestor or parent migrated to the U.S.; how and when did they travel?; why did they come to the U.S.?; how long did it take?; did they come alone or in a group?; where in the U.S. did they eventually settle?

Visit to Archivo General de la Nacion

Hello fellow Ranchos members...

I will be in Mexico City next Thursday through Sunday and am hoping to spend most of the day Friday at the Archivo General de la Nacion. I cannot promise that I will have time, but if someone has a specific document for which they have exact repository (i.e. collection name, folio number and page number, etc.) that they would like me to look up I will try to do my best.

A most important trip

I made a trip to my ancestor´s town. I claim it to be very fortunated because is the result of a bunch of diggins. I did found a hidden treasure: the getting a hug from my mother´s side of long time absence. This means, my fellows group, I just met two of my mother´s siblings and a bunch of cousins.

Garcia - Lopez from Zapotlan El Grande, Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco

I'm chuckling,
cuz i should have said in the previous email, i should have said ancestors or acendants to a wonderful
family line

Anyway, here is more:

Maria Dominguez de Loyola, my maternal grandmother, born and raised in Cd Guzman, her mother,

Ignacio Alviso race description in marriage document

Hoping someone might be able to help with the script in this document. I feel as if it is like Ojo de Agua
revisited! The below link is the document that I am pretty sure is the marriage document for the great grandparents of Julian Alviso. It is the top document, the marriage of Jose Ignacio Albiso and Juana Maria Gonzalez. Ignacio's race is described as Indio, but there is another word after Indio. I suspect it is either Savorio or Lavorio, but I am not sure. I am sorry but, I do not have the complete film, so I cannot provide other records for comparison. Could it possibly be the Indian tribe? Does anyone recognize the script or have a clue what this would mean? Thanks for any help!

Charles' Intro

Angie,
I am having trouble with my Microsoft program and cannot open any files. I
have not looked up any Godina yet. But my grandmother was Maria Godina, born
1899 in Saltillo. I am not positive of this birthplace. Her father was

I am searching for the Carlos de Godoy - Jerez, Zacatecas please contact me

I have the history of the Carlos de Godoy from the 1800 that moved to
Jalisco, have several loose files of the Carlos de Godoy in their original
location Jerez, will like to contact with the person that did the research