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Bienvenue, Sandra, welcome to the group, Yes, we all find that often the women used many different last names. In the records for some of my ancestors in Zacatecas I find that a different last name for the mother was used almost for each child's baptism. This is because women used their mother's maiden names as well as their own, or they used their step-mother's maiden names if they had been raised by the step-mother. One time I found that they had entered the grandmother's name instead of the mother's. This may have happened because the mother and father stayed home and it was the padrinos who took the baby to be baptized and they didn't know the correct names. I have also found where men used their mother's maiden names instead of their father's last names. That could be because it was thought to be better to use the name of the espanoles (or rich grandparents) instead of the real father's name. My father was born in Jerez. His last name was Olague Tinajero. The Tinajeros for some reason also used to use the last name of Felis [Felix]. Other last names of my ancestors from Jerez and Tepetongo and Salitrillo were Suriano, Munos, Quijas, Flores, Campos, de Aro [Haro], Salazar, Miranda, Acevedo, Mata, Lucio, Valdes, Escovedo, Banegas, Ramires, [de la] Torre, Berumen. Emilie Garcia Port Orchard, WA ---
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