I believe that Steve is talking about me . . . I'm researching those areas (Iglesias) and have Curiel as one of the surnames that I'm researching. Funny, but I was actually in the middle of doing my family tree with Family Tree Maker when I read the message. Here are some additional surnames I have come acrossed:

Amera, Arechiga, Ramirez, Rodriguez, Bustamante, Dueñas, Castillo, Caro, Garcia, Lopez, Nery, Ramos, Peña, Robles, Sanchez, Terriquez, & Trejo.

I am also researching my mother's side of the family (Cervantes) as well . . . Her family comes Colima, Manzanillo. I remember locating Angel Cervantes too but we have no connection.

>From: "sgapodaca" <sgapodaca@...> >Reply-To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com >To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com >Subject: [ranchos] Re: Huerfanos (sp) >Date: Tue, 01 Mar 2005 23:14:41 -0000 > > >Hey Joseph, I would say I am almost a huerfano. Another member, Angel >Cervantes, and I both have Cervantes ancestors from Zacoalco, >Jalisco, but it doesn't appear to be a connection, at least back to >the 1700's. I saw one group member researching her ancestors from >Atenguillo/Guachinango/Mascota. My Curiel line is from that area, but >unfortunately (or I'd say fortunately), there's lots of Curiel >families in that region. > >Other than Angel, and the other member whose name I don't recall, I >am a huerfano. You see, most of my ancestors are from the
southern >municipios of Jalisco: Tlajomulco, Chapala, Zacoalco, Techaluta, >Sayula, Amacueca. One line, as I said, is from Atenguillo(If you >don't know where this is, it is close to Talpa, where many people >visit la virgen). I noticed that almost everybody on this group >researching Jalisco is focused on los Altos. So far, I have only one >line of ancestors from los Altos (Lagos), but haven't researched a >lot on this line. > >On the genealogy.com and ancestry.com forums, I have seen some people >researching my target area, but not my surnames. So tell me Joseph, >should I invite them to join this group, or should I send you their >email addresses? > >Ciao > >Steve > > >--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Puentes <makas@n...> wrote: > > > > Are there any Huerfanos in the group. . .are there any orphans that
> > don't have others members researching the same general area as you >are > > researching in Jalisco, Zacatecas or Aguascalientes? Well if you >want to > > invite researchers to Ranchos that are researching your specific >area > > let me know and I'll give you ideas. > > > > I just went to rootsweb and did a geneal search of all the message > > boards for those that are researching the Valparaiso, Zacatecas >area. I > > searched the first 26 pages and found 15 individuals. I then typed >their > > names into an email and send them an invitation to consider joining >the > > group. naturally if they are not serious researchers I won't let >them > > into the group. Of those 15 email addresses 4 were invalid, but >lets see > > if maybe 1 or 2 of the others might not find a serious researcher.
> > > > I said all that only to say that if you are the only one looking in >your > > area that is a way to find others to join you in your >search. . .spend > > some time on rootsweb separating the wheat from the chaff. > > > > joseph > > > > ps: for those in the group researching Valparaiso you can go to the > > rootsweb and go to message boards and then in the search window >enter > > Valparaiso and then start at page 26 looking for those that appear >to be > > serious. You never know but you might be looking for a primo or >prima. > > >