Hi All. I am sharing this old guide to the Spanish writing (paleography) for the 12th through 17th centuries, Spain (and colonies).
Includes upper case, lower case and numerals.
-Claudia
Los Casillas
List of miners and hacendados - with names of haciendas - 1799
SOURCE: AGN, Historia, 49 (exp. 26): el intendente Francisco Rendon al virrey, Zac., 3 de mayo 1803
Diccionary of last names, meanings. Contains most common names, but not all.
Contiene los apellidos que tienen significados propios...
enjoy,
Claudia Reynoso
Lista y mapa de localidades (rancherias) de San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco.
There is another "la vaqueria" ranch in San Juan de los Lagos (location 0148) but I couln't find it on the map. (attached both of them). Although there is a Ojuelos ranch on the map (doc file)
Material sobre el apellido compuesto Gonzalez de Hermosillo
Complation of Colonial Spanish Terms and Document Related Phrases
Compiled and edited by Ophelia Marquez and Lillian Ramos Navarro Wold
Published by SHHAR PRESS, 1998 (Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research)
Attached are the LDS Mexican Research Guides for recent records (1859-Present) in English. The Spanish version of this guide is available at:
http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Home/News/Press/Finding_Records-Mexico_36581-002.pdf