Welcome, Connie! Go have a look at my information in the archive files. Some of it might connect with your family. Marge Vallazza:)



On Jul 14, 2005, at 4:34 PM, Consuelo Dominguez wrote:

Hello all!



My name is Connie Dominguez and I've just joined the Ranchos Groups. I

look forward to learning a lot and sharing whenever I can.  I have

compiled a lot of information over the past 9 years since I embarked

on this journey...so much so that I can't keep a good handle on it.

Recently, I lost all of my old Word documents (things I'd compiled,

lists, copies of emails & posts, etc.) in a computer crash. A few

paper copies that I had just happened to print out survived. I will

try to reproduce or scan (bit by bit) what I feel might be useful to

the group. 



I began working on my own family tree and slowly began to branch out

to help others. What was once a light hobby became much more. I began

corresponding with many researchers, including some in this group, and

began learning and helping.  I welcomed challenges from fellow

researchers and tried to answer as many as I could. In fact, I began

researching/answering so many requests from others that it's been

years since I've actually worked on my direct family lines.  :-) 



I also began a 'small project' (or so I thought) in an effort to get

the big picture of the founding families of Aguas. I decided to

extract the baptisms, marriages and burials for Españoles from the

parish records of El Sagrario in Aguascalientes, Aguas., for the 17th

century.  (I extracted only Esp. or those having similar names or

mixed marriages only because most designated 'indios' or 'esclavos' in

the books did not carry surnames, and because my lines had previously

been classified as 'españoles'). However, with this extraction came

the tendency to begin linking families and compiling the data.

Eventually, I went back to the beginning and compiled family group

sheets for every married couple and filled in as many children as I

could. I am still in the thick of this process.  I was right...I do

have a much bigger picture of the families of Aguas., but in some

ways it's too big!  I intend to publish this information eventually

and add other compilations I've made in the book's appendices.



I will upload the specific surnames I am researching linked to their

places and times.  Likewise I will try to retrieve posts I may have

added to other lists and post them here if I feel they might be

helpful.  I've added my surname list to the Who's Who section of

this group if you have any questions or can offer any assistance with

those names.



Happy Hunting!



Connie









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