Not only did they go to alto California, but they also
went to new Mexico.  

Alberto Duarte

--- arturoramos2 <arturo.ramos2@...> wrote:

> 
> In response to your question:
> 
> It is my understanding that vital records in
> Zacatecas
> were burned in the revolution, but what about the
> Catholic
> church records -- does anyone know if they were
> kept?
> 
> The Catholic Church records were the vital records
> in New Spain, New Galicia and then Mexico until the
> late 1800s when a secular civil registry was
> established and even then, it took some communities
> a while before they started complying with the
> government's decrees that all births and marriages
> had to be registered through civil authorities.
> 
> There appears to be a couple of Borondas around
> Jalisco and Zacatecas that are possible candidates
> for being relatives of your ancestor.  It is my
> understading that many of the Alta California
> pioneers in that time period were from the frontier
> provinces (Durango, Zacatecas, Chihuahua, etc.)
> 
> FRANCISCO XAVIER BORONDA  
>   Male   Family 
> Parents: 
>   Father:  JOSEPH BORONDA  Family 
>   Mother:  MARIA AVENDANO     
> Marriages: 
>   Spouse:  SEBASTIANA ANTONIA  Family 
>   Marriage:  14 APR 1736   San Miguel, Cocula,
> Jalisco, Mexico 
>  
> FRANCO. MARIA BORONDA FLORIDO  
>   Male     
>  Christening:  13 MAR 1746   San Francisco, Villa De
> Reyes, San Luis Potosi, Mexico 
> Parents: 
>   Father:  JOSEPH BORONDA  Family 
>   Mother:  JUANA MARCELINA FLORIDO  
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