Hello, Janet. I remember you from a message board in Genealogy.com . 
Unfortunately, we found out that there are no close matches in our 
family tree. Something interesting, I noticed, by looking at message 
boards, that there are a lot, and I mean A LOT, of Curiel's in the 
area of Atenguillo-Guachinango-Mascota. You know, with all the 
people researching Curiel ancestors from Atenguillo and close 
villages we can create a new group exclusive for this surname in 
this area.

That reminds me. Joseph, is it ok to invite another genealogist to 
this group? I am very sure that he is serious about his research. 
And yes, he is probably a distant Curiel primo.

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Janet Iglesias" <reynavaleria@h...> 
wrote:
> Hello Steve:
> 
> 1. My research is focused more on my father's side . . . Iglesias 
Family Tree from the state of Jalisco. The Iglesias family are 
originally from the little towns of Guachinango, Atenguillo, and 
Ameca. I noticed that you have Curiel as one of your surnames. My 
Iglesias family members married a lot of Curiel's . . . just 
interested to see if there is a connection.
> 
> 2. I'm located in Southern California . . . I'm not sure if you 
have any family members down here that are Tapia but I sure do know 
some. . . I want to say that they are from Jalisco . . . They are 
very tall and light skinned.
> 
> 3. I also know an Apodaca family.
> 
> Janet
> 
>   ----- Original Message ----- 
>   From: sgapodaca 
>   To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com 
>   Sent: Monday, March 15, 2004 12:47 PM
>   Subject: [ranchos] Greetings and Introduction
> 
> 
>   I was invited to this group by Joseph Puentes. I think it is a 
great 
>   idea to create a group not only focused in genealogy but in a 
>   specific area.
>   My name is Steve Apodaca. As you can see in the family tree that 
I 
>   recently uploaded, I am in my early 20's. Until last year I was 
a 
>   college student, but dropped out because of lack of cash. Now I 
am 
>   working and saving money so that I go back to school. During my 
free 
>   time, I do my genealogy research. I started my research a couple 
>   years ago, but because of school and work and other 'duties' I 
>   haven't researched as much as I wished. I have not found 
ancestors 
>   in Zacatecas and Aguascalientes, yet. All of my ancestors come 
from 
>   the state of Jalisco. These are the towns and surnames that I am 
>   researching.
> 
>   Amacueca: Aguilar
>   Atenguillo: Curiel, Pena, Diaz, Cazarez
>   Barranca del Espiritu Santo: Frias
>   El Crucero: Ramirez, Gamino, Ursua, Ornelas
>   Guadalajara: Tapia
>   San Marcos Evangelista: Cervantes
>   Santa Catarina: Apodaca, Bonal
>   Sayula: Apodaca, Ayala
>   Zacoalco: Apodaca, Martinez, Frias, Rodriguez
> 
>   By the way, Barranca del Espiritu Santo, El Crucero, San Marcos, 
>   Santa Catarina, and Zacoalco all belong to the municipio of 
Zacoalco 
>   de Torres, so this is my main area of research.
> 
>   The branch that I have researched the most is the Apodaca 
family. 
>   The earliest ancestor I have found is José Domingo Apodaca, born 
in 
>   Zacoalco, Jalisco (I am still looking for the date), and married 
in 
>   the same town on November 30, 1784 with Gertrudis Aniceta Bonal 
from 
>   Santa Catarina. Finding these ancestors was relatively easy 
because 
>   of three factors: First, the surname Apodaca is not that common 
in 
>   this area of Jalisco and the Apodacas that I have found are one 
way 
>   or another related to my family. Second, I found that this 
family 
>   has stayed in the same area for at least 220 years. My father, 
born 
>   in Santa Catarina, still lives in Zacoalco, and several of his 
>   brothers and sisters have their families in Santa Catarina.
> 
>   However, I have not been very successful with all of my family 
>   branches. For example, my maternal grandfather Andrés Tapia. He 
>   married my grandmother in 1947 and their marriage lasted about 5 
>   years because he died in a terrible truck accident in Escuinapa, 
>   Sinaloa. My family lost contact with his family and that's why 
it 
>   has been difficult for me to find more about him. From 
researching 
>   documents and interviewing my grandmother, I know that his real 
name 
>   was José Luis Tapia (his baptism name), that he was from 
>   Guadalajara, and that his parents were Andrés Tapia (I don't 
know 
>   nothing more about him) and Macaria Hernández (the only thing I 
know 
>   about her is that she was from `Santa Rosa', no idea which state 
or 
>   municipio). Even though my grandmother swears that my 
grandfather is 
>   from Guadalajara, his son (my uncle) insists that he was 
actually 
>   born in Los Altos, somewhere between Atotonilco and Arandas. Now 
>   what I need to do is to order the baptism microfilm for the 
church 
>   of Mexicaltzingo in Guadalajara around 1925 and that will 
probably 
>   give me more clues about my Tapia ancestors.
> 
>   Well, I hope this introduction was good enough. I hope that we 
can 
>   find a link, if not today, in the future. Also, the file that I 
>   submitted does not include all of the individuals in my file, 
but 
>   only my direct ancestors. I will add updates as soon as I make 
>   changes.
> 
> 
> 
> 
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