Hola Paco,

It just so happens that I do have an Alvarez line from Zapotlanejo.  
I haven't looked at any films from Zapotlanejo, but I have a 
marriage record from Ixtlahuacán del Río for my twice 4th great-
grandmother Gertrudis Alvarez that says she was born in Zapotlanejo 
and grew up in Tescatitán. Gertrudis was born about 1771 to parents 
Nicolás Alvarez and María de la Ó Vizcarra. Let me know if we have a 
link.

Maria Cortez

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Pacorro73@a... wrote:
> Hello Ranchos group;
> 
> For the past nine years, I had been researching a couple whose 
names first 
> appeared in various baptisms in Arandas, Jalisco, from 1846 to 
1862.  Arandas is 
> the town where my grandfather, 2 great-grandfathers, 4 great-grand-
fathers, 
> and so on, were born.  
> 
> The names were: Simón Alvarez and Ma. Hermenegilda Regalado, and 
their 
> daughter Celsa Alvarez (for more info, see page 103 of my book).  
For years and 
> years and years their names haunted me like late-night heartburn 
or one of those 
> N-sync songs you can't get out of your head, and wished you 
could.  
> 
> I scoured the Arandas parish records for them.  I searched from 
1845 back to 
> 1768, and there were no Alvarez/Regalado combinations.  Simón 
Alvarez and Ma. 
> Hermenegilda Regalado were not married in Arandas, nor did they 
have any 
> children in Arandas, nor in any other nearby towns, all of which I 
searched in, 
> mind you.  And my searches of the IGI and the mormon computer 
database produced 
> nothing, NOTHING...For those nine years I was going crazy with 
Alvarez/Regalado 
> fever...for nine whole years that is.
> 
> All I knew was that Celsa Alvarez and Antonio Hernández were not 
married in 
> Arandas, but that they married around 1845, that Celsa Alvarez was 
born 
> sometime between 1825 and 1830, and that Celsa's parents were 
Simón Alvarez and Ma. 
> Hermenegilda Regalado.
> 
> All that changed on Thursday, 21 August 2003, at about 11:15 p.m., 
while 
> doing a routine search through the IGI in www.familysearch.org, I 
found the 
> baptism extract of María Celsa Alvarez's baptismal record.  It 
indicated that she 
> was baptized in Zapotlanejo, Jalisco, on 13 April 1826.  
Zapotlanejo!!!!!!  Who 
> would have ever thunk!!!  That's way on the other side of Tepa, 
close to 
> Guadalajara.  Never in a million years would I have started 
looking there.  You 
> can't imagine the pure joy and excitement I felt at that very 
moment.  After so 
> many years I had found her.
> 
> It has now been over 3 months, and I have already ordered 
countless 
> microfilms from Zapotlanejo, Jalisco, and have not only found my 
Celsa Alvarez, but 
> several of her brothers and sisters, Celsa and Antonio Hernández's 
marriage on 1 
> May 1844, in Zapotlanejo, where he mentioned that he was from 
Arandas!!  That 
> little bit of info just clinched it.  It was a sure shot, like 
when SHAQ slam 
> dunks.  At last I had closure and the documentation to go along. 
> 
> I have already found the baptism records of Simón Alvarez and 
Hermenegilda 
> Regalado, both born in 1803, and their brothers, sisters, and 
cousins, in 
> Zapotlanejo, and know the names of both of their grand-parents.  
Wow!!
> 
> As it turns out I have Alvarez (twice), Nuño, Benavides, Regalado, 
Cortés, 
> Vásquez, and Gómez in these lines.  The Regalado and Cortés (I 
already have this 
> one also!) lines I had already researched in my attempt to work my 
way down.
> 
> Does anyone out there have roots in Zapotlanejo?  Has anyone done 
any 
> research in Zapotlanejo?  It's all going to be original research, 
because I have 
> found that very few to none of the records have been extracted 
into the IGI, yet.  
> Does anyone have the last names Alvarez, Regalado, Nuño, etc??  It 
appears 
> that these were present in both Zapotlanejo and Tepatitlán.
> 
> Oh, and one last thing before I forget.  I have been told by my 
informants at 
> my Family History Center that the IGI is updated with new names, 
data, and 
> entries, EVERY THREE (3) DAYS.  That means that if one day you 
don't find 
> something (like me), then look up the names again some day, you 
might just find them 
> (like me).
> 
> Well then, hope someone out there can connect to these lines of 
mine, or has 
> some other info.
> 
> Cordialmente,
> Steven F. Hernández