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Hello, I'm Valerie Cefre, maiden name Garcia (y Guzman), and I'm very excited to join such an incredible group of people dedicated to chronicling the past for our future generations to enjoy! My mother was born in Zacatecas and my father was born in southern California and for most of my life, that's all I really knew about either side of my extended family. Both my parents had difficult childhoods which meant that they generally avoided taking about the past. It wasn't until my paternal grandmother was in her last days that my extended family (her in-laws) came to visit, from Texas! I was surprised to see my great uncles in Wrangler jeans, boots, and cowboy hats. My dad casually said that his father's side was from Corpus Christi as if it were common knowledge. Years later, my husband wanted to work on his family tree and I decided to do my side along with him but I didn't expect to find much since my mother was born in Nochistlán and my dad's maternal side came from Nuevo León. I was

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....since its free to use and to populate family trees there a a lot of folks that use it.... you may be able to see more info there.  Here is the page of your family tree.... there are a bunch of potential updates pending.....  and, yep, somebody has done a lot of populating:  https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/MVYY-WZP

Miguel de Avalos y Teresa de Baez

Que tal compañeros, quiera saber si alguien tiene de ancestros a Miguel de Avalos casado con Teresa de Báez.

Tuvieron por hijo a

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Many Askenkenazi only intermarried with other Ashkenazi, even after moving to Spain or Portugal. Rabbi Zacuto descendants intermarried often. that is how Simon Vaez was related to his wife. The extended family followed them to Mexico, and what is now New Mexico, and continued the endogamy. Mr Enriquez, the spouse of the lady that I met at the airport, descends from Ashkenazi that continued marrying Ashkenazi until only recently. That is the only way to explain his DNA results as his family has been in Mexico for centuries. I will get into contact with this Enriquez family and work on their genealogy.

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Rabbi Abraham Ben Samuel Zacuto’s ancestry leads to France in the 1200’s just like the Sanchez Hernandez Arellano family
They weren’t Sephardic Jews, they were Ashkenazim.

R.A.Ricci

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Enrique,

the dispensation doesnt really specify who the ancestors are, but the Baez and the de la Serna families are the same. I have several of them in my ancestry. My guess is that your Theresa Baez and Lorenza de la Serna are related to my Ignacio Baez aka de la Serna. they're probly all first cousins. Unfortunately, i dont know who is parents are, but his children all use the names Baez and de la Serna:

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/B%C3%A1ez-15

There's a Simon Baez that died in Aguascalientes in 1659 who is old enough to be the father of any of these Baez and de la Serna's. Some people claim that he and his wife Maria de la Cerda are the origin of the Baez de la Serna, but I don't think people would confuse de la Cerda and de la Serna, they're not the same names at all.

Guadalajara, Jal. Abril 27 de 1716.- Dispensa de tercero grado igual de
consanguinidad. - Cayetano de Avalos, español de 17 años de edad, vecino de esta
Ciudad de Guadalajara y originario del Pueblo de Nuestra

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A few months ago, I helped someone extend their family tree many generations. The information that I was provided with initially included records with De la serna as the surname. As I went back in time, the surname reverted to the original surname De la Cerda. The information was posted here in a nuestroranchos post.

Lorenza Baez Gutierrez (aka De la Serna/de La Cerda) B: 30 ago 1678 in Villa de Santa Maria de Los Lagos, Jalisco, Mexico was the daughter of Ignacio Baez De la Serna and Juana Maria Gutierrez De Mendoza.

Ignacio Báez de la Serna is the son of Simone Baez and Maria De la Cerda

I believe that it is possible that Imone descends from : Juan de Baeça natural de Baeça de Paßcuaro donde fue naguatato (?), y de Ysabel de Perez su muger, natural de Fe

Name Lorensa Baez Gutierres
Gender Female
Christening Date 30 Aug 1678
Christening Place SANTA MARIA DE LOS LAGOS,LAGOS DE MORENO,JALISCO,MEXICO
Father's Name Ygnacio Baez
Mother's Name Ma. Gutierres
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Mr. Ricci,

I think Simon Baez and Maria de la Cerda make sense as the parents of Ignacio Baez de la Serna, but Im not convinced that that's the origin of de la Serna. My guess is that de la Serna is farther back in their ancestry.

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De la Cerda is a name that was not a popular name at a time where many people were being accused of Judaism It was easy to change the name to De la Serna and it was often done, not just in this branch of the family.

Baeza is a surname based on location. The people with this surname usually had ancestors with different surnames. My Baeza ancestors were originally Lopez.

1. Simon Baez and Maria de la Serda
1.1 Juana Ysidora Baez Serda, c. 25 may 1687, Villa de Santa Maria de Los Lagos, Jalisco, Mexico.
1.2 Simon Baez de la Cerda, married at least twice
1.3. Sebastiana Baez Lacerda c24 feb 1659, Aguascalientes, Ags.
1.4 Ignacio Baez de la Serna m. Juana María Gutierrez De Mendoza (daughter of Juan Gutierrez De Mendoza and Ana Camacho Gonzalez De Hermosillo
1.4.1 María Gutierrez
1.4.2 Sebastian Baez Gutierrez c. 22/Feb/1676 in Villa de Santa Maria de Los Lagos, Jalisco, Mexico.
1.4.3 Lorenza Baez Gutierrez (aka De la Serna) c. 30/Aug/1678 in Villa de Santa Maria de Los Lagos

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What does it mean when your sayin de la cerda was not a popular name when people were accused of Judaism.

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Hola a todos:

Existió una persona llamada Simón Baéz Sevilla, era comerciante e impulsor de una serie de sinagogas, su familia vivía en San Juan de Los Lagos y varios de sus miebros fueron procesados por la Inquisición, Salomón Machorro vivía en Querétaro.

Hay varios libros sobre éstos procesos, pero en el siguiente artículo hay un resumen:

www.enlacejudio.com/2017/04/19/algunos-datos-interesantes-auto-fe-inqui…

Por cierto la palabra nahuatlalo significa que la persona es intérprete de la lengua náhuatl, aunque lo escriben con diferentes ortografías como naguatato. Las personas que servían como intérpretes de lenguas eran conocidas como "bocas" o que tenían "oficio de boca".

Saludos

Marcelina

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Gracias Marcelina por la información sobre Simón Baéz Sevilla.

Ricardo A. Ricci

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Gracias Marcelina y Danny,

Es muy interesante saber que habían establecido sinogogas in Los Altos De Jalisco en ese tiempo. También es interesante que estas mismas personas manejaban la venta de esclavos por unos años. Muy religiosos en un sentido, pero también traían y vendían esclavos.

Ricardo A. Ricci

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i didnt know they had actual jewish people in Los Altos. I thought Jewish people had to stay secret so they wouldnt get persecuted.

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Simon Vaez De Sevilla received many people into his home where he kept many of his family traditions. His place was known to be a place they could worship in secrecy. Many people from Portugal, many of them close and distant relatives from the Levi tribe, would visit him upon their first arrival to the Americas. His wife was related to him “tercer con cuarto grado”. Many relatives tried to keep their Jewish roots secret in order to avoid persecution. The stories of the Vaez family came to light from accusations made against them.

Gaspar González o Burro (nickname) married Leonor Vaez. Gaspar was “cobrador y administrador de rentas reales en Portugal. Gaspar and Leonor are the parents of Simon (their youngest son).

“Simón Vaez Sevilla De Castelo Blanco” (Simáo Vaz de Sevilha en Portugal) married his relative Juana Enriquez (daughter of Juan Antonio Rodriguez and Blanca Enriquez) (Juana y Simon fueron primos en tercer con quarto grado)

Juan Antonio Rodriguez And Blanca Enriquez were

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Wow this is really interesting. Do you think that this Simon Baez Sevilla is the father of the Simon Baez that's married to Maria de la Cerda or do you think it might be the same person that just remarried?

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I believe that he is ether the father or uncle. At first I thought uncle because I read somewhere that he had two kids, but another source mentioned that he had more kids and that he left many descendants San Juan De los Lagos. There is still much research to be done to identify his descendants and the descendants of the people around Simon Baez Sevilla. The two rabbis that went to Portugal left descendants that had to leave Portugal. The names mentioned of descendants of theirs that were forced to convert are Rodriguez and Nunez. And we know that many of the Rodriguez descendants also used the surnames Lopez and Enriquez. Of particular interest to me are the Rodriguez, Núñez, Enriquez, Lopez, and Arias De Maldonado descendants in Los Altos De Jalisco. This information on Simon Vaez Sevilla, and who his ancestors and relatives were, settles the issue about anusim in Nueva Galicia, particularly Los Altos De Jalisco.

Simon Vaez Sevilla’s parents are related through third/fourth

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Hi Rick,

All this information is fascinating! In case it helps D. Alonso Arias Maldonado y Pérez de Guzmán and his wife Da. Catalina Ortiz de Zárate y Hurtado de Mendoza are the patriarchs of the Arias Maldonado family of the Obispado de Michoacan and Nueva Galicia. They established their family in Tlazazalca, Michoacán where he also served as Justicia Mayor of Tlazazalca y La Barca and have their nobility documented through several dispensas and limpiezas de sangre--they are my 9th great grand uncle and aunt. I have eight children documented for them baptized between 1640-1660.

Daniel Méndez de Torres y Camino

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Thanks Daniel,
I need to do much more research on the Aria Maldonado family. I descend from them, but I have not spent much time researching this family.

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Buen dia. Indagando en la Sagrada Mitra de Valladolid he encontrado al menos a tres cabezas de familias españolas con la misma edad de Alonso Arias Maldonado viviendo en Michoacan, estos son: Juan Arias, hijo de Rodrigo Arias; Mateo Arias Maldonado, hijo de Andres Arias Maldonado y, por supuesto a Alonso Arias Maldonado.

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Gracias Verónica por la información que hay más Arias Maldonados en este tiempo en Nueva Galicia.

Ricardo A. Ricci

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Hi!  Sorry but could you share the information of the dispensas and limpiezas de sangre of Alonso Arias Maldonado and Catalina Ortiz de Zarate? They're my 12th grandparents and I'm trying to gather more information about them.

 

Thank you in advance!

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Just after posting the comment about the Enriquez family in Jalisco being from Jewish descent from the family of Simon Baez Sevilla and his wife, I went to the airport to drop off my sister who is returning to Mexico. As my sister was waiting in line to get her boarding pass, A woman was having trouble getting her boarding pass from the computer terminal signin so I volunteered to helped her out. As I handed her the boarding pass I told her that my hobby was genealogy and that I had just posted on the internet about an Enriquez family with Jewish ancestors that left many descendants Jalisco. She lit up with the biggest smile and told me that that explains her husbands dna results.

Rick A. Ricci

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Dear Danny,

Rabbi Abraham Zacuto was the other rabbi that accompanied rabbi Yitzhak Aboab to Portugal. Yitzhak died a few months after arriving, in the beginning of the following year in January 1493. It is rabbi Abraham Zacuto’s descendants that later converted to Catholicism that were known to use the surnames Núñez and Rodriguez

Rabbi Abraham Zacuto was a world renowned scientist in his time as he wrote a very important book about how to navigate using the stars. He did not invent, but he improved on a very important invention, the astrolabe. He made a metal astrolabe that was more accurate and was easier to use in the open sea. Christopher Colombus used his charts and his astrolabe to not only help him navigate in the open sea, but to trick the Indians into believing that he should be treated with respect by using the astrolabe to accurately predict an eclipse.

I will send you a picture of him through email.

Rick A. Ricci
Source: Mygenes2000

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What was shocking to Mrs. Enriquez and her husband was that his DNA results showed that his ancestry was primarily Jewish and had little of the ancestry that he had expected. His wife’DNA sample did come back as they had expected with much European ancestry, some Native American ancestry, with smaller amounts from different areas.

Dr. Vladimir Rozenblit is a 20th generation direct descendant of rabbi Abraham Zacuto. It would be interesting to compare the DNA of Dr. Vladimir Rozenblit to the DNA of Mr. Enriquez, the husband of the woman that I met at the airport. I did get contact info from her. I will try to contact Dr. Vladimir Rozenblit and see if he will agree to the comparison of the DNA samples.

Rick A. Ricci

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1. Abraham Zacuto (b.1395, d.1475)
2. Samuel Abraham Zacuto (b.1425, Salamanca, d.1490)
3. Rabbi Abraham Ben Samuel Zacuto (b.12/Aug/1452 in Salamanca, d.either in 1515 or 1520 in Damascus, Syria) [one source says 1515 while another source says 1520.]
4. Samuel Abraham Zacuto (b.1475 Salamnca, d. 1540 Damascus, Syria)
5. first name unknown Ben Samuel Zacuto (b. 1500, d. 1590) who changed his surname to Nunez. ( his descendants used the surnames Nunez, Rodriguez and Enriquez (Anrique), and Zacuto)
6. Núñez Zacuto (b.1540, Spain, d. 1612 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
7. Moses Enriquez Zacuto is the son of Núñez Zacuto (b.1576 Portugal, d.Coltun, Hamburg)
8. Mordecai Anrique Zacuto (b.1598 Amsterdam, Netherlands, d. 1665 Amsterdam, Netherlands)

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1. Abraham Zacuto (b.1395, d.1475)
2. Samuel Abraham Zacuto (b.1425, Salamanca, d.1490)
3. Rabbi Abraham Ben Samuel Zacuto (b.12/Aug/1452 in Salamanca, d.either in 1515 or 1520 in Damascus, Syria) [one source says 1515 while another source says 1520.]
4. Samuel Abraham Zacuto (b.1475 Salamnca, d. 1540 Damascus, Syria)
5. first name unknown Ben Samuel Zacuto (b. 1500, d. 1590) who changed his surname to Nunez. ( his descendants used the surnames Nunez, Rodriguez and Enriquez (Anrique), and Zacuto)
6. Núñez Zacuto (b.1540, Spain, d. 1612 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
7. Moses Enriquez Zacuto is the son of Núñez Zacuto (b.1576 Portugal, d.Coltun, Hamburg)
8. Mordecai Anrique Zacuto (b.1598 Amsterdam, Netherlands, d. 1665 Amsterdam, Netherlands)

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1. Abraham Zacuto (b.1395, d.1475)
2. Samuel Abraham Zacuto (b.1425, Salamanca, d.1490)
3. Rabbi Abraham Ben Samuel Zacuto (b.12/Aug/1452 in Salamanca, d.either in 1515 or 1520 in Damascus, Syria) [one source says 1515 while another source says 1520.]
4. Samuel Abraham Zacuto (b.1475 Salamnca, d. 1540 Damascus, Syria)
5. first name unknown Ben Samuel Zacuto (b. 1500, d. 1590) who changed his surname to Nunez. ( his descendants used the surnames Nunez, Rodriguez and Enriquez (Anrique), and Zacuto)
6. Núñez Zacuto (b.1540, Spain, d. 1612 Amsterdam, Netherlands)
7. Moses Enriquez Zacuto is the son of Núñez Zacuto (b.1576 Portugal, d.Coltun, Hamburg)
8. Mordecai Anrique Zacuto (b.1598 Amsterdam, Netherlands, d. 1665 Amsterdam, Netherlands)

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This following passage was written by the Zacuto Foundation:

“When Christopher Columbus arrived in Spain, he met with the great astronomer and received a copy of the tables. This manuscript with the marginalia of Columbus is extant in the Colombian library in Portugal. It is often said that Zacuto was also instrumental in raising a big loan for Columbus with the tycoons Abraham Senior, Gabriel Sanchez and Luis de Santangel. A prominent man of Jewish origin, Senior embraced Christianity, while Santangel and Sanchez were born into a recently baptised family. Zacuto also introduced Columbus to Don Isaac Abravanel, a Jewish notable with great influence at the Court, and he arranged for the navigator’s audience with the King and the Queen. Soon Columbus set sail to America, bearing the Zacuto tables with him. The family tradition insists that a young Zacuto, a son of R. Abraham, sailed with him, and accompanied him in all his journeys. If so, this young man was the first Jew on the

New Member: Jorge Casarez

Hello-----I am Jorge Andres Casarez (y Sanchez)

My genealogy education began when my parents shared the names of their parents and grand parents.  

  • My mother born in DF/MXCD told me of her grandfather: Victoriano Sanchez Calderon. From Jilotepec, MX. In his family was someone who was Jewish and came from Aragon and Andorra.  
  • My Father Andres Casarez was born in Pleasanton, Texas, told me of his father Frumencio Casarez born in Webb County Texas and his father Plutarco Casares who came from and was born in Real de Catorce, San Luis De Potosi, who was married to Felicita Zamorra who was una Huasteca. 
    • The Texas lineage mixes with Esparza of the Alamo and the Huizar who was a surveyor for the Missions in the San Antonio and Justicia at San Jose Mission. 
  • And for many years that is all that I knew, then 25 years ago I started.  
  •  I am focusing on my Casarez ancestors. I have learned of the 1591 Tlaxcala Migration/Exodus/Quizaliztli of the soldiers and their families sent to Zacatecas and San

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Hello Jorge Andres,

I am your very distant relative through our Ruiz de Esparza’s lines.  You can find many posts that I have made regarding our Esparza family in Nuestrosranchos.

You didn’t write much about your mother’s side of the family.  I did a little research using the few clues that you provided. 
Is this The death record of your maternal grandfather: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GRK5-WKG?view=index&action=view&cc=1923424     ?

Rick A Ricci

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I'm researching some of my family lines in San Luis Potosí, particularly some ancestors that were born there between 1640 and 1700, and I've found a couple conformed by Joan Estevan de Caceres and Luisa Cavallero, whose daughter Joanna was baptized in the same city on Oct. 27, 1656. They are mentioned as Spaniard neighbors of San Luis Potosí. Maybe there are more relatives lost among these records. The link is above. Good luck with your research.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GG25-B1X?i=80&cc=1860864 

Vazquez de Mercado in Pinos, ZAC.

Recientemente encontré documentos que me ligan con Antonio Vázquez de Mercado y Rafaela Tomasa de Mota. Desciendo de su hijo Manuel Antonio (n. 1743, Pinos, ZAC), y casado el 13 de junio de 1763 en la hacienda de Espíritu Santo, en la jurisdicción de Pinos. Aparece como español, y casa con la mulata Gertrudis Lucinda, hija de Juan de Dios Cisneros y Micaela Gerónima. Me gustaría saber si tienen información acerca de esta familia en la región de Pinos. He visto que otras ramas de mi familia se extienden hacia Ciénega de Mata, Aguascalientes, Asientos, pero hasta ahora no he dado con ninguna coincidencia al respecto de los Vázquez de Mercado.

Adjunto el documento del matrimonio:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-BMCT-C? 

Who is Cristobal Martinez Lozano de Lara, aka Cristobal Lozano Montesuma?

In 1685, Pedro D’Asa, resident of Tacotan, was granted a sitio de ganado mayor con ocho caballerias de tierr

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Additional information that may help:

1.Juana, daughter of Cristóbal Lozano and doña María de Lara, was baptized in Aguascalientes on 26 May 1654. Her godparents were Jacinto Lozano and doña Ana de Lara. Source: "México, Aguascalientes, registros parroquiales, 1601-1962," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6QQ9-TDZ?cc=1502404&wc=M6Q… : 6 October 2022), Aguascalientes > Asunción de María > Bautismos 1616-1662 > image 200 of 334; parroquias Católicas, Aguascalientes (Catholic Church parishes, Aguascalientes). 

2. Tomás López and María de la Rosa Lozano, 'vecinos de Aguascalientes en el puesto de Juiquinaqui' required a marriage dispensation (7 Feb 1721, Aguascalientes) for the impediment of 'cuarto gardo de consanguinidad'. The relationship from the 'dispensa':

1o grado: Jacinto Lozano hermano carnal de Cristóbal Lozano

2o grado: Ana Lozano prima hermana de José Lozano

3o grado: Tomás López casado con Juana de

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WOW! Great work, Austin! And how scandalous! Juana hija de Xptoval Losano and Ma de Lara was baptized on May 26, and if you notice on the same page, baptized just 7 days before, on May 19, was Phelipa hija lexitima de Xptoval Losano y Mariana Gonsales, emphasis on the word “lexitima.” So Cristobal Lozano had a not-so secret 2nd family with someone named Maria de Lara!  

Joseph Lozano cc Petronila Macias

Regarding his son, Joseph Lozano, he married Petronila Macias aka Gonzalez de Gardea on 23 Feb 1666 in Teocaltiche. On most records, he’s categorized as mestizo; when a witness on 29 Oct 1695 for the dispensation of his daughter, Gertrudis Lozano, for her marriage to Diego Aguayo, he gave his age as about 52, placing his birth around 1643. My bet is he is not the son of Mariana Gonzalez de Gardea.

Regarding his daughter’s dispensa, it doesn’t name names, but only states that his father was primo hermano of the mother of the groom, Elvira Gonzalez Hidalgo, who was daughter of Juan Gonzalez

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The dispensa of Jose Joaquin Delgado cc Nepomucena de Parga, dated 2 Jun 1779, establishes that Joseph Lozano cc Petronila Macias was the son of Cristobal Lozano, and brother of Juan Lozano de Gardea clerigo presbitero, who fathered a natural daughter named Tomasa Lozano cc Nicolas Delgado. A family tree is provided on image 613 showing the following:

Christoval
Juan Lozano -1-Jose Lozano
Thomasa Lozano-2-Juan Antonio Lozano 
Manuel Delgado-3-Ma Socorro Lozano 
Jose Joachin Delgado-4-Juana Nepomucena Parga

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-6VCZ-G?i=608&wc=125127…

Saludos,
Manny Díez Hermosillo

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Hello primos,

Does anyone have any idea where I could find property records.  My great grandfather owned a large amount of land in what was Jalisco in the Tepic department.  How did you buy it?  Was it passed to him?  Was it from a Spanish grant?  Anyone have an idea on where I can start?

Best,

AP

JUANA NAVARRO, MUJER DE BENITO DE ISLAS: HIJA DE MARTÍN NAVARRO

Hola prim@s,

This is a group of documents regarding some lands belonging to Andrea Gonzalez Bermejo, wife of Cristobal Barburen, of Teocaltiche: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSDL-6S93-C?i=191&cat=…

The lands were originally granted to Martin Navarro in October 1575 (image 209 btm right); he signed them over to his yerno, Benito de Yslas, as part of the dowry of his daughter, Juana Navarro (image 210 right). She in turn, (beginning on image 195) donated them to Antonio Gonzalez de Rubalcava and to Antonio de Bastidas, husbands of her granddaughters, Juana de Yslas and Magdalena Lozano, respectively, who were daughters of her daughter, Petronila de Yslas, married to Pedro Lozano. The donations were made in 1630, so Juana de Yslas and Magdalena Locano could have been born as late as 1618; you can do the math to figure out the approximate ages of everyone else involved. 
Tantalizing, ain’t it? While it can’t be said with complete certainty that the Martin Navarro

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Hi Alex,

I sure did. And I’m glad you took a look at the document, because your paleographical skills are much better than mine! I thought it said “franco gonzales i m.a [ILL] de Ysla su mujer”. But now that I look at it, it clearly says “franco gonzales en n.e (nombre) de Ben[ito] de Ysla su suegro.” Good eye! https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSDL-6S97-7?i=209&cat=…

Now the question is: if this Benito de Isla IS the same who was father of Magdalena de Lavezaris, Maria de Isla, and Maria de Isla mestiza su hija bastada, which son-in-law is he? Is he Francisco Gonzalez, husband of Maria de Isla mestiza? Or is he Francisco Gonzalez Martinez, husband of Magdalena de Lavezaris?

Thanks, Alex!

Abrazos,
Manny Díez Hermosillo 
 

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Ah it seems my tree is not so built up on this part of the family. All I have is a Benito de Islas m. unk, father of:

Maria de Islas (mestiza) m. unk mother of Luisa de Islas

Maria de Islas d. 1667 m. Andres Martin Sotomayor

Magdalena de Labesares m. Francisco Gonzalez

 

Seems I never located/figured out mestiza Maria's husband

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You are right. Looking at my tree, I have it as unsourced. I don’t know where I got that name from - maybe I picked it up in one of the many discussions had in this forum? Whatever the case, I shouldn’t have mentioned it in this thread - please strike it! I do not know if Maria de Isla mestiza hija bastarda de Benito de Isla ever married, only that she had a daughter name Luisa de Islas!

What we know from this record is, this Benito de Isla also had a son-in-law named Francisco Gonzalez, who presented this title in Benito’s name in 1610, telling us that Benito was still alive that year.

Thanks!
Manny Díez Hermosillo

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Thanks for sharing Manny, I've always wondered about the Juana Navarro that Jaime Holcombe mentioned!

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I read the last name as “aramburun” and not Barburen (Cristobal de Aramburu m Andrea Gonzalez in 1730, #17 of 571).

SIERRA DE PINOS: Eugenio Rufino Galván cc María Dolores Fernández

After nearly a dozen years of looking for clues, I’ve finally broken down a wall that had perplexed me. My 5g grandparents, Eugenio Rufino Galván and María Dolores Fernández, lived in Sierra de Pinos, Zacatecas, during the last quarter of the 18th century. They also lived part of the time in Real de Catorce, Slp. They first appear in the Pinos parish records on 16 Mar 1776, when their children, Juan Joseph and Maria Josefa, were confirmed. Maria Dolores Fernandez died and was buried 26 Feb 1793 in Pinos; according to her burial record, she was originally from Silao, Gto. Eugenio Galván married a second time, to Maria Micaela Cordoba, on 10 Jun 1793, in Real de Catorce. According to his IM, he was about 53 years old (b. 1740) and he was also from Silao. 
I started dredging the archives of Silao looking for any clues. Though I found some Galvan’s and plenty of Fernandez’s, I could still find no sign of Eugenio Rufino, which is a really unique name. So I put this couple on the backburner

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I hate the name swap issues so dang much! Happens in italian church records too but nowhere near as often as mexican church records. Nice work!

Who is this Bernardino de Sandoval who was born approximately in the 1630s?

Who is this Bernardino de Sandoval who was born approximately in the 1630s? I am not sure if I am reading the documents right, but it seems Jeromino de Sandoval (Magdalena de Lavezares) has a brother name Bernardino.

From the first section of documents, 

  1. Jeromino de Sandoval is the son of Catalina Cortes - image 129 of 512
  2. Juan and Cristobal de Sandoval are brothers, sons of Jeromino de Sandoval - image 130 of 512

Then from second section of documents,  

  1. I believe it says Bernardino de Sandoval is the uncle of Juan de Sandoval - image 325 of 512, left side, third line from the bottom.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSDL-6SH1-F?i=324&cat=278176

From the 1649 padrones, there are 4 Bernardinos present in Nochistlan. 

  1. Bernardino de Isla - decreased by 1690
  2. Bernardino de Sandoval, son of Nicolas de Sandoval - deceased by 1690.
  3. Bernardino de Isla - N
  4. Bernardino de Isla - N


 

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I think in the second set of documents the cited Juan Moscoso Sandoval is alive. Therefore it cannot be the one married to Catalina Cortes nor his son. It does say Bernardino is the "tio" of the Juan Moscoso Sandoval in the documents.

I cannot say for sure who this Bernardino is but he could be of the generation of Juan Moscoso y Sandoval and Catalina Cortes' children or a child of one of their earliest children. He could be a child of Mariana Moscoso y Sandoval Cortes and Bernardino Gonzalez de Islas for example.

 

Sorry I couldnt be much help

 

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From these documents it says that Bernardino de Sandoval (born ~1630s) is the uncle of Juan de Sandoval (son of Jeronimo de Sandoval and Magdalena de Laverazes, husband of Maria Duran) and therefore the brother of Jeronimo de Sandoval (Magdalena de Laverazes), which can then be inferred that this Bernardino de Sandoval is the son of Juan de Moscoso y Sandoval (Catalina Cortes).

The issue is that I am not aware of any other document saying this or suggesting that Juan de Moscoso y Sandoval (Catalina Cortes) had a son named Bernardino de Sandoval.  

From the first section of documents, 

  1. Jeromino de Sandoval is the son of Catalina Cortes (not named Juan de Moscoso y Sandoval) - image 129 of 512
  2. Juan and Cristobal de Sandoval are brothers, sons of Jeromino de Sandoval (not named Magdalena de Laverazes) - image 130 of 512

Then from second section of documents, which includes pretty much the all the same people 

  1.  it says Bernardino de Sandoval is the uncle of Juan de Sandoval (not named Maria

CRISTOBAL NAVARRO - hijo de Martin Navarro y de Petronila de Moctezuma

Hola prim@s,

In the past couple of years, I’ve been able to accumulate bits and pieces of information regarding the immediate descendants of Cristobal Navarro, which I thought I’d share here.

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When adding dispensas to my tree I generally don't consolidate them with other lines without more information due to name similarities.  As such, I never joined the Rios-Siordia dispensa Manny provided to my tree of confirmed descendants of Martin Navarro and Petronila Moctezuma.

 

IM for Geronimo de los Rios m. Francisca Siordia teaches:

 

Cristobal Navarro         1. Maria Navarro

Maria Navarro              2. Antonio Siordia

Geronimo de los Rios  3. Francisca Siordia

                                     4. Maria de Chaves

                                     5. Francisca Siordia

 

Now I understand the trunk of this tree is supposed to be Martin Navarro and Petronila Moctezuma but I was wondering if there was any "smoking gun" that you all are aware of to prove this (i.e. force consolidation with known lines). I get that Maria Gabai y Moctezuma ( i.e. 1. Maria Navarro m. Pedro Hernandez de Vaulus) had a daughter named Juana Siordia so this is a big indicator this is correct. However Antonio

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Hola Alex,

The Geronimo de los Rios cc Francisca Siordia IM is the only document I know of that names Antonio de Siordia’s parent/s. It’s also the only document I know of that names his mother as “Maria Navarro” as opposed to “Maria Gabai” (in all of the Aguascalientes sacramental records, she was called “Maria Gabadi”).

It’s obvious that Francisca de Siordia - and her brother, Nicolas de Siordia, who married in 1643 - were born illegitimately. Francisca as born no later than 1621, since 12 years was the legal marrying age, and her brother, around the same time. They would’ve been legitimized by the 1631 marriage of their parents.

As a young man, Antonio de Siordia rented an estancia de ganado menor located near Mexticacan, which belonged to Diego Mateos. On 24 Oct 1616, during the oidor Don Juan Davalos y Toledo’s visit to Mexticacan, among other transgressions, he received reports that Siordia had been carrying on (amancebado) with a Spanish woman from the pueblo, whose name wasn’t

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Ha thats funny I was just reviewing the 1616 document (the original) but my spanish is no where near good enough to understand those details. Thanks for the info. I don't think there will be a "smoking gun" for now but the situation does meet the "more likely than not standard" (very scientific, I know lol).

 

I suspect the non-contemporaneous last name (yet still technically correct) due to the number of generations that had passed

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Thank you Manny. My wife has “De la Cruz” ancestry in San Juan de Los Lagos. Do you know if the De La Cruz from Lagos descends from this line?

Thanks Again for your wonderful work,
Rick A. Ricci

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Manny,

Mr. Ricci's question makes me wonder if you noticed any connection between these de la Cruz's and Maria de la Cruz from San Juan de los Lagos and Jalostotitlan, wife of Lazaro Martin del Campo. She also used the names Lopez de la Cruz, Lopez de Lizaldi and Martin de Sotomayor.

Danny

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I don’t know if any of their descendants have ended up on Lagos - I’ve only documented grandchildren of Joseph de la Cruz cc Maria Navarro in Teocaltiche and Mexticacan. One of Josepha de la Cruz and Juan de Torres’ daughters, Nicolasa de Torres, married Geronimo Aramburu, and ended up in Tepatitlan, but that’s the only one I’ve seen outside of Teocaltiche and Mexticacan.

Maria Lopez de la Cruz, who married Lazaro Martin del Campo, was daughter of Licenciado Juan Baptista Valli and Maria de Estrada, who were married in Guadalajara in 1601; Maria de Estrada was daughter of Diego Lopez de la Cruz (from whom Maria Lopez de la Cruz got her surname) and Bernardina de Estrada y Alcantara; Diego Lopez de la Cruz was born in Santa Olalla, Toledo, Spain, son of Francisco Lopez de la Cruz and Alfonsina de la Paz, of Santa Olalla, who were early settlers in Guadalajara, Jalisco.

Manny Díez Hermosillo

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Hola prim@s,

In this post, I am going to touch upon some of the families who descend from Maria Navarro y Gabai and Joseph de la Cruz, most who lived in Teocaltiche. Early church records in Teocaltiche are incomplete, and there are missing years; in some cases, I don’t have specific records sayings so & so was married to so & so, but from using baptism and confirmation records, with known family members appearing as padrinos for children of others, and then cross-referencing them with the 1681 padron, I think I’ve been able to establish certain family groups. But there is still the possibility that I am wrong. So, please keep that in mind. Thanks.

PETRONA NAVARRO cc NICOLAS DE YEPES

From records I have seen, Petrona Navarro is likely the oldest child of Maria Navarro and Joseph de la Cruz. She was obviously named for her great-grandmother, Petronila de Moctezuma. Petrona Navarro was married to Nicolas de Yepes (or Yepez). I have them with six children. Petrona died before 1681

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As usual you have all the sources I already have and then some! Good work Manny, I always look forward to your posts!

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Thanks Manny, this information is very useful.

Danny

Los Hernández Gamiño

Soy descendiente de don Domingo Hernández Gamiño y Juana Bravo de Laguna, por lo que he estado investigando a esta familia.

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La familia Bravo de Lagunas fue una familia que estaba ligada mediante servicio civil y militar a los duques de Béjar. Una rama pasó a Brabante (actualmente Holanda) estaban relacionados con la familia Ramírez de Coy y probablemente con la familia Rico de Rojas de Querétaro.

Entre los más conocidos estuvo Don Sancho Bravo de Lagunas, alcaide de la fortaleza de Gibraleón.

Otro fue el capitán Juan Bravo de Lagunas, conquistador de México con Hernán Cortés que fue Alcalde Mayor de Chichimecas (Querétaro y Guanajuato) en 1548.

 

 

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He pasado muchas horas buscando pruebas que sustenten la afirmación del estimado investigador Steven F. Hernández López pero no he tenido éxito. La opinión de este humilde investigador es que acepto los parentescos dados en la dispensa de Juan Antonio Hernández como muy probablemente verdaderas. ¿Qué piensan los demás?

La citada revista fue publicada en 2003. Quizás, en el momento de la publicación del artículo, el señor Steven F. Hernández López no conocía la dispensa de Juan Antonio Hernández. (Tal vez él mismo podría darnos su opinión aquí en este foro).

(i)legitimate child

Hi everyone! I have a rather specific question. I am having an insight at my third great grandfather (i hope that's right) because I found that he was born out of wedlock in 1806. The registry literally says "legitimate son (I mean) illegitimate son of...", which is not only hilarious but puzzling. Two years later, in 1808, his parents did get married, however, I didn't find any dispensa, AND the registry does say the mother was a maiden. So I wonder what could've happened. Has anyone come across something similar? I'm guessing if they maybe kept it a secret? Also both parents are rather old; the father was 40 and a widow, and the mother was 30, never married. Being a small town in Nochistlán, it seems a bit off. Thanks in advance for your theories!

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Hi, I think it's fairly common. In my case, my 3rd grand father (Pedro Navarro AKA Pedro Vivas AKA Pedro Rivas AKA Pedro González) is mentioned as a legitimate child of a Trinidad Navarro and Eugenia Vivas in his marriage information, but in his birth information he's the son of Eugenia Vivas and unknown father. 
To make things more confusing in certain documents he mentions that his father is Luis Gabriel González, but always names his mother as Eugenia Vivas or Rivas. 
Until now I haven't found any dispensa or marriage documents from Eugenia Vivas, so I am guessing the "Legitimate" status in his marriage information may be made up.

Best regards!

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to state if the child was legitimo or natural......Sometimes they even kept a separate book for the "hijos naturales".....

Magdalena Velasco (Cristóbal Hernández Gamiño)

Good day,

I trust all are well.  I am searching for the parents of Magdalena Velasco,

Wife of Joseph de Aceves Fernández y Becerra

Mother of Nicolás Aceves y Ruiz de Velasco

(1682 • Ayo El Chico, Jalisco)

Online suggestions indicate her parents were Cristóbal Hernández Gamiño and María de los Ángeles Ruiz de Haro y Velasco.

Would you be so kind as to direct me to sources to aid in my research?

Un cordial saludo,

Sandra Garza Aceves

 

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in her page.

I can't believe spaced it earlier.  It is relevant because you and another person were using that as her supposed name.  Maybe it will help with searches later.  

You can see multiple alternate names, and spelling of names, under the "Other Information" section of her page:  https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/2BLY-LX2

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quite filled out I must say... and, YES, you can see Magdalena's parents there...her name was:

 Magdalena Hernández Velázquez y Ruiz de Haro

Gotta have the right name... otherwise it's a bear.  I'm fairly confident this is what you're looking for????  Well, hopefully....

TREE:   https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LY99-PPD

Magda's page:  https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/2BLY-LX2

Moco/a or Mozo/a?

In the book, "Genealogia de Nochistlan Antiguo Reino de la Nueva Galicia en el Siglo XVII Segun Sus Archivos Parroquiales" I am seeing the term "Moco" and "Moca" throughout and wondering if that is a misspelling of "mozo" and "moza"?  For example, here is an entry from page 104:

Maria Yniguez de Estrada, moca espanola doncella, hija de Lorenzo Mexia . . . (dated 1649 in Nochistlan)

In the 1998 edition of Spanish Colonial Terms (by Ophelia Marquez & Lilian Ramos Navarro Wold), they included the term "Mozo" and "Moza" as follows.  That seems to fit within the context here.  

Does anyone know the referenced term?  Thank you!

Mozo;Youth, young man, lad, bachelor; manservant. A younger person with the same name, usually related.
Moza;Younger woman.

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you did not add a link to check, but when I see things like this I go look at other entries by the same scribe to see if I notice a pattern.... if there is a pattern by this particular scribe then it would likely be a valid assumption.

Introduction

Hello Nuestro Primos,

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Hola Prima. I too have been researching my Pacheco lineage and haven't been able to move beyond the 1850s. It's crazy.

I've done my DNA testing through MyHeritage, Ancestry.com, and am about to send a sample to 23andme later today or tomorrow.

I've found it very difficult tracing the Pacheco lineage.

¡Buena suerte!

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Hola,

Yes I started both my dads and mom's side of the family at once and sometimes I get caught up with the Ledesma side. There is not too many Pacheco's around where I live ( California) and I have only found only so much on my Pacheco side. I did my my DNA as well with Ancestry com and am all over the place but my indegenious side indicates from Zacatecas, Jalisco side. I will let you know if I find anything interesting.

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Hola,

Yes I started both my dads and mom's side of the family at once and sometimes I get caught up with the Ledesma side. There is not too many Pacheco's around where I live ( California) and I have only found only so much on my Pacheco side. I did my my DNA as well with Ancestry com and am all over the place but my indegenious side indicates from Zacatecas, Jalisco side. I will let you know if I find anything interesting.

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That's awesome! Yeah, I know about the lack of. I too lived in Cali a while back.

Good luck with your research! Looking forward to reading about it. Take care.

Locating a Testamento in the Zacatecas Archives

There is a list of notarial documents from Zacatecas on this website that were translated by Jaime Holcombe. One referred to a "testamento" in Zacatecas for a Margarita Tinoco. Does anyone know how to obtain or view the actual document online instead of the summary of it? Thanks.

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Have you looked in the archives of Guadalajara? Don’t forget: Zacatecas was part of the Kingdom of Nueva Galicia during the viceroy period, whose capital was Guadalajara, and some of its historical archives are available online.These archives are not indexed, so you’ll have to go through the individual rolls of film.

Here are the testamentos, 1500-1895: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/130231?availability=Family%…

And here are the notary archives. Some testamentos, codicils, and probate records can be found among them: 
1583-1674: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/198356?availability=Family%…
1606-1903: https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/35680?availability=Family%2…

Here’s another resource that I came upon that I found useful for at least one of my ancestors, it’s an archives of testamentos and probate records from 16th century Zacatecas: http://ru.juridicas.unam.mx/xmlui/handle/123456789/9366

If the

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Thank you, Manny. This opens up a new world for me. I was feeling so discouraged lately. I have ancestors in the Cd, de Durango in the early 1600s and it became obvious they were mixing with people from Zacatecas. It seemed logical that they too would come from there, but the church records didn't go back far enough on Familysearch. Some of the surnames with connections to Zacatecas were Tinoco y Tello, Ortiz de San Pedro, and Valle. The surnames Tello and Valle appeared in a link to one of the the testamentos from UNAM that you sent. I have a lot of work to do!

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Thank you, but a testamento (a will)  is a notarial record and not included in church records. Familysearch only had a phone number for the Zacatecas historical state archive. I was hoping there is a way to view or order archive items online. Some American universities have Mexican archives, but so far I haven't been able to find any. I am finding that it's impossible to find Zacatecas church records for the early 1600s. Has anyone out there had any luck finding those?

Jose Jesus Najar b.1760 Jalostotitlan

   I am getting stymied with Jose Jesus Najar(b1760), father Manuel, mom Maria Gertrudis, married Maria de los Dolores 1780 Jalostotitlan.  I am finding multiple surnames for the mother and wife.  If anyone can help me keep moving back I would appreciate it.

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Looks like the name is JOSEPH DE JESUS NAJAR SANCHEZ and he married Maria de los Dolores Moya Y Plasencia on 05 FEB 1780 at Nuestra Senora De La Asuncion, Jalostotitlan, Jalisco, Mexico, and his parents were MANUEL NAJAR and MARIA GERTRUDIS SANCHEZ.    

  https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/MTLL-1TK

Maria de los Dolores Moya Y Placencia has parents named Manuel Moya and it seems like the mother's first name, "Maria Gertrudis", is assumed ...but her surname "Plasencia' appears to carry forward when mentioned in other children and grandchildren birth records.  The mother's name "Maria Gertrudis" is mentioned in the marriage record but it could be a transcription error since the grooms mother's first name is also "Maria Gertrudis".....  Anyway, there it is...hope it helps.

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as you will note when following mexican genealogy there is a lot of flexibility in using either the mother's or the father's surname.  it is not atypical to see that, sometimes they would use the surname of the mothers ONLY since the father's surname is assumed in the childs name..... really quite annoying..  

what makes it look valid is the chidlren and grandchildren records where the surnames are mentioned.  ..... however, you are correct .. I am not sure if the Plasencia name is valid...  or if somehow it got conflated into the the tree...

Alonso Perez Toriello

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I read the document that confirms that the parents of Alonso Perez Toriello are Diego Rodriguez de Herrera and Ysavel Hernandez Muñoz.    This leads back to the Perstrello family in Portugal which was originally Pallestrelli from Italy.  
 

This Alonso Perestrello (Alonso Perez Toriello) is an ancestor of the Franco, PerezFranco, Perez de Paredes, Franco Perez family in Los Altos de Jalisco. 

Rick A. Ricci

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Though I am not sure that Alonso Pérez toriello is the son of of Diego Rodriguez Herrera and Isabel Hernandez Munoz as Jaime Holcombe claims, I am not adding Andres Perez and Maria Torillo as his parents until I can see where this information is coming from.

Jaime Holcombe did not say he was guessing, he wrote that Alonso Pérez toriello is the son of of Diego Rodriguez Herrera and Isabel Hernandez Munoz.

I have left his parents as "disputed" in my records.

Thanks
R.A. Ricci

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This is a document identifies Alonso Perez Toriello (Perestrello/ Pallestrelli) parents as the son of Diego Rodriguez Muñoz and Isabel Hernandez Muñoz.   This document is proof that Jaime Holcombe was correct when he identified his parents.


https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-K2SY-T4?i=456&cc=1883388


Rick A. Ricci

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Some of the Rodriguez Herrera family left Portugal and went to Castilla when some family members were involved in a conspiracy against the Portuguese crown. Not all family members were involved in the conspiracy, but many were under suspicion so some members, even though they were not involved, felt more comfortable moving out of the country. After a few years many of them returned to Portugal, while others decided to stay in Castilla.

I am not arguing that Jaime Holcombe was correct when he said Alonso Pérez toriello was the son of of Diego Rodriguez Herrera and Isabel Hernandez Munoz becauseI don't know for sure who his parents are. I had assumed that he was correct when I researched Diego Rodriguez Herrera and Isabel Hernandez Munoz. It was the research into this family that provided much information that I would later use when looking for other lines in my family such as Toribio Hernandez Arellano and Carlo Lomellini.

R.A.Ricci

Does anyone know what this means?

Hello, I am looking at a baptism record for a brother of my 5th great grandfather. I have attached the record and also here is the link: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-GYLD-7?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6D2Z-7KX6&action=view 

The child's name is Joesph Maria Cleofas Ledesma. The entry is the last one (bottom right page). 

The part I need help with is this... After his name it says "espanol de los ???" I don't know what the next word is and I am wondering if it is signifigant. 

Thank you!

Laura

 

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baptism record (1.2 MB)

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Thank you, Manny. I appreciate it!

Laura

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Or “de los Sauces” (of "The Willows") which would’ve been a place name, maybe a hacienda or a ranch or a district.  

Saludos,

Manny Díez Hermosillo

Help with abbreviation

Hello all,

My uncle is celebrating his 97th birthday, we think.  I found his baptismal record.  There is an abbreviation after "cuatro de Julio" i cannot make out.  I believe it stands for "presente pasado" but that wouldn't make sense.  Does it mean last year (1926) or the present year (1927) Anyone have an idea?  It is the second one from the top on the left page.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-MKPQ-P?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3AD5QP-3DZM&action=view

thank you in advance,

AP

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the prior month of July; so----  "el cuatro de Julio P. PDO ..."  mean the 4th of previous July (the July before this 12 sep entry).  Note that the entry is being recorded on 12 September 1927......so that would mean 4 JULY 1927.  

(From google:  ¿Que se significa el mes proximo pasado?   La expresión próximo pasado se usa para referirse al día, semana, mes o año mencionado inmediatamente anterior; el año próximo pasado es el último que hubo antes de éste.)

I'll go buff up the entry.

Apparently his real name is "J. Refugio"..... which would generally understood to be "Jose Refugio"

Here.... I initiated and populated some of your tree.....  lots of info available...  https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/GR29-BRV

 

 

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did you happen to eyeball the trees I created for your relatives?

Pedro de Ledezma

Looking for any information on Pedro de Ledezma married to Isabel de Grado prior to 1524

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Dear Carlos,

I researched the naming of Conquistadors and found that you were right that some people that went on Vasquez De Coronados’s expedition were also referred to as Conquistador. So we have two men named Pedro Ledesma that were conquistadors but they were not involved in the same events.

Thanks,
Rick A. Ricci

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I have previously stated that criado meant servant but it had different connotations in the 1500’s. Criado could mean what we now call personal assistant or Subordinate. Many criados when on to hold high positions in government.

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Dear Jose Alfredo,

Many years ago I received some information on the Ledezma family from another genealogist that was also researching the Ledesmas that came to Mexico. His primary focus was trying to find his Ledesma ancestors from Guanajuato. He had come to a brick wall so he was researching all the Ledesmas that came from Spain. He informed me that the Ledesma ancestral branch (From Los altos de Jalisco) that I was investigating descended from a family in Zamora Spain that also left much descent in South America. He provided my starting point for investigating in Spain but I also ran into a brickwall like he did. That is until a couple of years later when I was working on another research project and discovered at the bottom of the page written in small print that the Ledesma that I was stuck at was the son of a woman who is the illegitimate daughter of a prince of Castilla. I became fascinated by this find and renewed my efforts into finding my Ledesma ancestry. What I

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Hello Primo Rick!

It´s so interesting that a friend of yours has researched about the Ledesmas in Gto. because that´s the line I´m researching now because the Ledesmas of Michoacán have their origin precisely in Guanajuato.

I´m stuck right now with Domingo de Ledesma who was born around 1650 and married around 1674 Micaela de Espinosa. This couple lived in Salamanca.

I haven´t been able yet to find Domingo´s parents but I found that there is a contemporary Domingo de Ledesma who died in Patzcuaro on may-24-1696 and he is reported as being born in 1656.

A posible father or grandfather of one or both Domingos may be another Domingo de Ledesma born around 1600 who married around 1625 Francisca de Mendoza, I have this couple baptizing their daughter Juana de Ledesma ago-10-1636 in Queretaro

I found that there´s a Juan de Ledesma who married around the year 1600 to Mariana de Vargas and they are the origin of the Ledesmas of Silao, Gto.

I also found that there was a Domingo

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Both “Pedro Ledesma” lived very busy lives but the one married to Catalina Mejia is attached to the hip of Francisco Vasquez De Coronado while the Conquistador was attached to the hip of Pedro Alvarado.

I take issue with your statement:
“Conquistador Pedro de Ledesma I found that the one married to Catalina Mexía is righteously called that way because in 1556 he claims to have fought, conquered and pacified Yucatan. “

I agree with you that more than one can be called a Conquistador, but I think that the title was used for the one that conquered Nicaragua and pacified Yucatán. The expedition of Vasquez De Coronado was not a big success like Alvarado’s was in Yucatán and Nicaragua. Vasquez De Coronados expedition was an economic disaster as he blew through his wife’s Estrada inheritance.

The origin of this mistake that they were the same person is found in Diccionario autobiográfico de conquistadores y pobladores de Nueva España: The Conquistador Pedro de Ledesma that “

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Hello Rick,

I just became a member and am here researching my Ledesma lineage. I am interested in your book that will be coming out. Please keep me posted. Also in reading your information above about Pedro Ledesma marrying a woman from Salamanca. There is a town named " Ledesma" in Salamanca. See below link. Not sure if you knew this.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ledesma,_Castile_and_Le%C3%B3n

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Some genealogists have claimed that Pedro Ledesma married to Isabel Grado and Pedro Ledesma the conquistador are the same person. I do not think they are the same person. I believe that the Conquistador is the half brother of the grandfather of the Pedro Ledesma married to Isabel Grado.

I have a lot more work to do before I add anymore info on this family as I am still researching the branches that went to South America.

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Pedro Ledesma does descend from :

32. Pedro de Zuniga, Conde de Ledesma y Plasencia, Justicia Mayor del Rey and Alguacil mayor del Rey,
+ Isabel Guzman
So Pedro Ledesma does descend from Edward of Windsor aka Edward III, King of England.

Please see the post on the descent of Edward III to Margarita Rocha Gutierrez to see the line of Pedro Zuniga, Conde de Ledesma and Plasencia to King Edward III.
I am not ready to post the ancestry of Pedro Ledesma yet.

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hello, my name is Jose Alfredo De La Torre Romo, I am a descendent of Pedro de Ledezma and of his wife Catalina Mejia De La Torre daughter of Melchor Perez De La Torre. I have been trying to find from whom are his ancestors from Spaon, since I have been unable to follow that thread. I f you by any chance have any information on the subject could you please get in touch with me either thru here or my e-mail address at josealfredodelatorre@yahoo.com I greatly appreciate any help you might be able to provide.
Thank you
Jose Alfredo

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Dear Jose Alfredo,

I don’t know if our Pedro Ledesma that is married to Catalina De La Torre is the son of Pedro Ledesma and Isabel Grado. The timeline for The son of Pedro Ledesma and Isabel Grado does fit the Conquistador Pedro Ledesma but I have proved that these “Pedro Ledesma” are two different people.

Rick A. Ricci
Source Mygenes2000

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There are a couple of Pedro de Ledesma during this time but if Steve Hernandez is correct that this Pedro Ledezma is the ancestor of the De La Torre Ledesma in Los Altos de Jalisco and if the claim that he descends from El Comendador is correct then I have found his parents and ancestors. The family trees that other genealogists have made for his ancestors are riddled with mistakes, just like Juan Pantoja Portocarrero ancestry and Toribio Hernandezs grandfathers ancestry. I don't want to post their parents without showing the correct ancestral lines for many more generations. In the book that I am writing, I provide evidence for the correct lines, and provide stories to go with many of these ancestors. The book is at least a year away as I continue to find important information. I had previously said that I would finally publish this summer but I continue to find little pieces of information that i want to add. One of his ancestors is arguably the greatest knight that ever lived

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Hello! I was wondering how the book is going, since I'm very interested in the de La Torre Ledesma line. That line is both on my mother and father's tree and I'm stuck in Pedro de Ledesma.

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I still have nt finished my book and for good reason.   I keep finding bits of information to add.  I just recently found a record showing Pedro Ledesmas mother in a dispute over an inheritance where some of the other people listed in the dispute are members of Hernan Cortez’s immediate family.   So here is another family connection amongst the conquistadors. 

Rick A. Ricci

MARIA DE LAS RUELAS and the daughters of JUAN MONTAÑÉS & MARIA DE SOTOMAYOR

Hola prim@s,

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Hola a todos:

Reconozco algunos de los apellidos de su investigación:

Sotomayor.- Gabriel de Sotomayor era el hombre más rico de Querétaro en 1643. También en Acámbaro había una familia de encomenderos que se apellidaban Sotomayor, sin embargo, no he encontrado suficiente documentación de estas personas.

Ruelas.- Ya en una ocasión transcribí parte del testamento de Juan de Las Ruelas quien testó en Querétaro el 9 de febrero de 1602, dijo ser natural de Sevilla, hijo de Hernando de Las Ruelas y de Francisca de Medina. Heredó varias casas en la Calle Real de Zacatecas a su hija Leonor de Las Ruelas y dijo tener un hijo llamado Hernando que se fue a España y tenía además a sus hijas Beatriz y Felipa de Vargas.

Montañés.- Hay una familia de Querétaro que estuvo ligada con las familias de Jalisco como los Híjar, los Monroy.

Andrés Martín.- Hubo un Andrés Martín natural de Vargas, Toledo que testó en Querétaro en el año 1600, declaró tener un hermano llamado Diego Martín a quien le prestó 300

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Mary Lou mentions in her Juan Montanez article that Elena Sotomayor and Diego Perez de Frias were married 9 July 1656 in Pinos. Anyone know how I can locate this record?

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Manny,

I've just seen this post, and of course, I am so thankful that you have not only located the various records but have unified them into a narrative that allows us to understand the events reported. I have so many familial lines to study, so when I see a report like this about one of my ancestors, it makes me want to work harder to sort through all of the available documentation I have located. Thank you so much for all the hard work you have spent on this!

Rosalinda

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thank you for sharing more great information on our ancestor Maria de las Ruelas.

A super thank you to Mary Lou Montagna for lighting your way.

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Thank you so much, Manny, for your discoveries re one of my favorite ancestors. You are persistent, precise and a great narrator. I need to digest this new data and update my files. Stored files that have gathered dust for many years. You may even have coaxed me out of research retirement. Wouldn't it be great to identify that great lady's parents?!

Saludos y mil gracias,
Mary Lou

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I’d like to express my immense gratitude for your generosity in sharing these documents, as well as composing such an awesome synopsis of the aforementioned documents- a very enjoyable and comprehensible read!

I have spent many hours rummaging through the San Luis Potosí collections, and I am very glad you have found my ancestor Juan de Salcido’s testamento! I have been working extensively on the de Salcido line for a long time.

Regarding Maria de las Ruelas, she is my ancestor numerous time over across many generations (as I’m sure many of you) and is one of my favorites to explore. In all these documents one would believe we’d get insight into her parentage, but I personally have not yet so the search must continue!

This thread spotlights our abuela Maria de las Ruelas so perfectly that I will post another thread concerning some of the de Salcido documentation I have located over time.

Stay well and mucho agradezco for your plethora of knowledge and generosity.

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This is the carta de dote of Teresa de Sotomayor, aka Teresa las Ruelas, daughter of Andres Martin and Maria de las Ruelas. It was registered by her husband, Diego Martin Saldaña, on 14 Sep 1661. He had actually received the dowry 17 years before, when they married on 26 Nov 1644, but as he explains, he hadn’t had the opportunity to procure a receipt nor register her dowry, “because he lived in the country.” When they married, Andres Martin had already died, so Maria de las Ruelas arranged this marriage and negotiated Teresa’s dowry, valued at 2,393 pesos de oro comun. Included among the items were bedroom furniture and bedding, woman’s clothing and jewelry, some livestock, as well as some cash.

On 26 Feb 1663, Diego Martin Saldaña had taken very ill, so he granted power of attorney to Teresa, so that she could write his testamento. Oddly enough, this document names his parents as Diego Martin Mateos and Maria de Saldaña, but his parents were actually Alonso Martin Mateos and

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In this document is my 3rd great grandfather Jose Dolores Jimenez. There is two separate pictures because the document was found on two different pages. Any help would be greatly appreciated! 
 

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...it is mentioned in the birth of her kid(s).  I found a Jose Arechar in Los Pinos who i think is the same guy and he has a whole 'nother family....but I cannot confirm so i did not merge the 2 Joses...  One her names in Familysearch dot org is Tomasa Arechar Rodriguez....   https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/sources/GW7L-X2J

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here you.... I tried to translate as accurately as I could read the thing.  and here is a direct link to the page: 

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-BS3W-R?view=index&pers…

 

In the Chapel of Los Campos on 2 May 1865, i the "presbiterio"  (D.=Mr) Mr Mucio Godina(?), with License from the Parrish, with prior necessary consent(s), the examination(as best as i can tell) of the Christian Doctrine, the three moviciones( (conditions?) provided for by the Holy Council of Trent,  that were the 16th, 23d, and 30th of the previous month, which resulted in not any impediment, prepared with the Holy Sacraments of the Penitence and Eucharist, married and blessed, in faciae ecleciae (IN FACIE ECCLESIAE. Definition: In facie ecclesiae means "in the face of the church."), Jose Dolores Jimenez, celibate of 21 years of age, originally from Los Pinos, and resident("vecino" is kinda like neighbor from) of La Monteza, legitimate son of Jose

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José Dolores Jiménez (single, 21 years old, from Pinos and legitimate son of José Guadalupe Jiménez and Juana Martínez) and Tomasa Rodríguez (single, 15 years old, from Rancho de la Milpa and natural daughter of Estéfana Rodríguez) were married in the chapel of the hacienda of los Campos on May 22, 1865.

Here is the link to their información matrimonial: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-YRDZ-X. It adds that he is originally from Pinos and was then a resident of La Monteza. The witnesses all confirmed the biographical information.

Los Gutierrez de Mendoza

Hola Beatrice:

Gracias por tus lineas.
Es muy grato saber de ti y de tus esfuerzos y logros, te felicito
muchisimo
por todo eso, y eres inpiracion para mi en mis busquedas genealogicas.

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Saucedo, Udabe & Lopez de la Cerda of Teocaltiche, Jalisco

Hello everyone, My name is Cynthia Saucedo & I am a descendant of Juan Zacharias Saucedo Udabe.  I see there are posts on Nuestros Ranchos that are over 10 years old from other descendants of the Saucedo, Udabe, Lopez de la Cerda family line.  If anyone researching this family line is still active on this website I would like to collaborate.  It seems there is a brick wall with the grandparents of Juan Zacharias.  I am researching the Saucedo/Udabe/de la Cerda line from Teocaltiche, Jalisco.  Christoval Saucedo married Feliciana Udabe López de la Cerda around 1711.  There is no marriage record for them.  I have not been able to find any sources with the names of Christoval Saucedo’s parents nor have I been able to find any siblings of Christoval Saucedo. The parents of Feliciana, his wife, are Isidro Udabe & Rosa Manuela Lopez de la Cerda.  There is no marriage record for them however, their children are listed as legitimate children in each of their marriage records.  I have not been

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It shows Gabriel Saucedo & Petronila Mendez as Christoval Saucedo's parents, but I have not seen any sources to support the relationship.  I've gone through all the attached sources for each of Christoval & Feliciana's children & I have not seen the name Gabriel Saucedo for Petronila Mendez mentioned in any of them.  I was hoping to find a baptismal record or marriage with either the paternal grandparent's listed or a lead for another name I could search but I have had no luck.  I descend from Juan Zacharias Saucedo & have been working on his branch of the tree as well as his sibling's branches. The records online for Teocaltiche, Jalisco appear to be incomplete during the 1600 & 1700's.  I haven't been able to find a death record for Christoval.  I have looked at the dispensa's & did not find one for Christoval & Feliciana.  I am struggling on finding sources/documents that will help me to continue researching Christoval Saucedo & Feliciana's parents and their parent's, etc.

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It would be best if you provided some other names....such as parents or spouse or chidlren.   Is the first name JUAN ZACARIAS?  And the surname Sauedo Udabe?   What date range are we asking about for this individual?  about what year was he born?  died?