Nuestros Ranchos Site

I'll be posting some photos from a souvenir booklet sold on the Southern Pacific Railroad in the 1920's. Those of us whose ancestors crossed to el norte through El Paso saw some of these same stations along the way. My father, Luis Calvillo Zaragoza, was 10 years old when his family travelled from Guadalajara to San Francisco, California, on this same train route, in 1922. His mother, Jesus Zaragoza Castillo, a widow with five children and very little money, nevertheless paid the grand sum of $1.50 so that Luis would remember the journey. The booklet remained one of my father's treasured possessions until he died.

I don't know any living male descendants of Domingo and Rosalia. Since I
descend from a female line I didn't trace the male lines. The best I can do
is the family of Rafael Puentes and Josefa Raigoza. I am attaching a family

Enrique,

The meeting time and place are:

Event Date: Saturday July 29, 2006
Event Time: 11:00 am to 2:00 pm
Place: Raley's Event Center
2400 Sand Creek Road
Brentwood, CA (near Antioch)

Dear Ranchos Members;

This is to announce that I have with Joseph and Arturo's help up-loaded two new files to my Genealogy folder.

See attached link, http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/13982

Enrique,
Are you also new to Nuestros Ranchos, If you are, welcome to this caring group of people who call themselves Genealogists.

I was born in a rancheria just outside of Tlachichila called Los Cardos and have lived in San Jose, Ca since I was 2 years of age. My father and padrino, (dad's brother) came first and worked in Los Gatos for the Novitiate Vineyards, they made the wine for the Catholic Church which was then consecrated for the priests' use in the mass.

Thank you Alicia. I did as you suggested and it was a big help.

I was at my Family History Center today. It's in Hacienda Heights, in the San Gabriel Valley just east of Los Angeles. I told the head of the library, Kim Austin, about this site and she plans to join us.

Hi Joseph,

Yes, that is me who has studied Ixtlahuacan del Rio, Jalisco records. I
have the Rafael Puentes m. to Josefa Raigoza in my database. Rafael is the
son of Domingo Puentes and Rosalia Diaz. I have not found the names of the

For those researching Huejucar and Calvillo, a long time ago I took the following note from "Historia del estado de Aguascalientes" by Agustin R. Gonzalez, Mexico 1881 [my translation]. Unfortunately I can't remember where I read or found the book:

For those that are doing research in both areas have you ever had a look
at this film? It is pretty current 1905, but my curiosity makes me want
to see what's on the film. Is El Refugio close to Momax?:

Who in the group is studying the Ixtlahuacan del Rio, Jalisco area?
Awhile back, quite awhile back I was trying to tie into the Puentes from
this area. Is that you Maria Cortez. I was wanting to know the parents

The first digitized records are now online, according to my sources in Salt Lake City.

They tell me that their original estimate to digitize all the records in their mountain vault would take SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS!

The only way that the database can link back to the familysearch website is if
the batch number is entered exactly as it would be in the familysearch site,
so therefore only one batch number can be entered in every entry.

Okay folks who is game for some work for a worthwhile cause???

Arturo has poured his hard work and labor (thanks Arturo) into building
this site and especially great is the "Films" area of the site where you

thank you. i hope i can help out.

margot

Original Message:
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From: ylricro ylricro@att.net
Date: Sun, 11 Jun 2006 21:05:51 -0700 (PDT)
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org

Hi,
My name is Daniel and I am doing research on my ancestors who were from:
#1-San Juan de Los Lagos, Jalisco (mid 1800s)
#2-Mascota, Jalisco (mid 1800s)
#3-Sombrerete, Zacatecas (early 1800s), familia de Onofre Eulogio Ortiz y

If you ever click on a link that is suppose to go to the website and get
a nasty little message like this:

"ACCESS DENIED"

well that is because you weren't logged in. It is also possible that if

According to the website 70 members are signed up for the Announce list.
So If I'm understanding things correctly 70 of you should receive this.

Helyn and Mickey are you there?

If you receive this email then you are properly subscribed. Helyn resend

Have I guessed the correct forum for posting this message? I'm not very good at discerning into which forum to post certain inquiries or comments - so I just hope for the best.
Anyway - What genealogy software do you use? How would you evaluate it (i.e., what do you like/dislike about it)?

If you are in need of specific help for your particular genealogy
software here is a great list of the Lists available:

http://www.rootsweb.com/~jfuller/gen_mail_software.html

joseph

Saludos a todos,
I am planning a few trips to visit the UTEP special collection dept to see the documents of Cleofas Calleros. This local historian, author became the Mexican Border Representative of the National Catholic Welfare Conference Bureau of Immigration in El Paso in 1926 to 1968. He handled over 1 million immigration cases and from what I have seen of his documents he was a very organized and meticulous Rep. These records were donated to the UTEP Library and have all been sorted by surname and placed in acid free file boxes. Unfortunately the records for letters A-E were destroyed. If you know that your ancestor came thru El Paso e-mail me directly with the names and any pertinent info such as name of state, town of birth, spouse, parents. Remember that women used their maiden name. This info allows me to distinguish from many similar records. I will then get a copy and e-mail them to you. Some of these records have pictures, with these I take a photo and will do the

If you happen to be in Washington, DC June 30-July4
or July 7-11, you might want to take in the
Smithsonian's Folklife Festival on the National Mall.
This is the announcement regarding the Nuestra Musica

According to the website 77 members are signed up for the General list.
So If I'm understanding things correctly 77 of you should receive this.

This email distribution list should be used for things of General

I just returned from our 31st Castanon Family Reunion in Stkn Ca. and had a family member ask if I had any information for her husbands family originally from Aguascalientes.. I found some information on Familysearch and am wondering if anyone in the group is working this Andrade line? Luciano Andrade and Antonia Montes were married in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes on Feb. 18 1835. Their son Pascual Andrade, wife Maria Augustina Lopez, married May 23 1859 are the parents of Luis Andrade June 1874, wife, Angela Mendez who are the parents of my relative Luis Andrade from Ca. I was amazed I could find this much online and am praying someone in the group has other information.

According to the website 76 members are signed up for the Research list.
So If I'm understanding things correctly 76 of you should receive this.

This email distribution list should be used for things of Research

The Texas Connection to the America Revolution Association is going to
be sending a group to Washington, D.C. for the 4th of July. At this
point it is very possible that I'll be driving the float. why don't all