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

http://www.valledeguadalupe.com/historia.htm

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

.rtf Files