Erlinda,

My impression is that Villa de León in your records refers to what is
now the city of León, Guanajuato.  

http://www.leongto.com.mx/secciones/historia/historia_colonial.htm

You can locate it in the neighboring state of Jalisco, right across
the border from Lagos de Moreno.

HIH

Victor


--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Erlinda Castanon-Long"
<longsjourney@y...> wrote:
> I'm doing records from Zapotlan El Grande Jalisco and am finding 
> families from Villa de Leon Mexico.. any idea where that is?  I 
> checked the wonderful location dictionary but found nothing. The time 
> period is early to mid 1700's.  The families are Losa y Linares, 
> Sanches de la Mejorada and Lopes de Lara and Alcaraz.
> 
> any help appreciated
> Linda in Wa.