I just got some valuable information that has allowed me to definitively connect a couple of my lineages to the Escobedo clan of Francisco Escobedo, founder of Monte Escobedo. This family married into nearly all of the prominent families in Jerez, Zacatecas so I have been persuing around the web and have come up on a couple of useful resources.
As the countdown gets closer to zero, I want to emphasize to everybody how important it is to sign up for the new mailing lists. In a few days the Yahoo!Groups ranchos list will no longer distribute any messages and unless you have signed up for the new mailing lists on the Nuestros Ranchos site you will no longer receive emails with new postings AND you will NOT BE ABLE TO POST to any of the new lists.
As the countdown gets closer to zero, I want to emphasize to everybody how important it is to sign up for the new mailing lists. In a few days the Yahoo!Groups ranchos list will no longer distribute any messages and unless you have signed up for the new mailing lists on the Nuestros Ranchos site you will no longer receive emails with new postings AND you will NOT BE ABLE TO POST to any of the new lists.
The Yahoo Group: Ranchos will be closing on 31 March 2005
After that time the message email distribution functionality for the
YAHOO group will be discontinued. In it's place is the beautiful site
that Arturo Ramos, our webmaster, has built: http://nuestrosranchos.org
If you haven't requested a password for the site go here and follow the
following instructions:
http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/13819
Please DO NOT create a
new account. Your account is already
set up with your YahooGroups userid but you will have to request a new
password in order to log in. The new password will be sent to the email
registerd on your YahooGroups account and once you receive your
password you can log and change it to whatever they like. In order to
do this:
I found these old coins while on vacation in Teocaltiche and Jalostotitlán, Jalisco last year. I think this is one important subject that we have not talked about in the forum, MONEY! The coins are located in the John Gonzalez file.
I have now added the film database to the new Nuestros Ranchos website.
The functionality is still in the works. Users cannot yet add films to the database themselves, but that functionality is on its way... I will try to get to it this weekend.
TESTAMENTOS Y AUTOS DE BIENES DE DIFUNTOS DE ZACATECAS (1550-1604)
by Enciso Contreras, José
On the 31 March 2006 the Ranchos Yahoo group will cease to function as a
group.
At this point we have roughly 40%-50% of the group members moved over
(this is not good news).
So after that date any messages you post to the email address
Recently there's been some discussion about Nueva Galicia and whether the group should admit topics other than those related to Jal., Zac. & Ags. (which I think we already do anyway) so I thought this was interesting because it shows some illustrations of what originally was considered Nueva Galicia.
what does the phrase "Abuelos seigneron fueron padrinos ..." mean in a baptism document. Are they both abuelos and padrinos? I would have attached the document, but I don't see a way of doing that. With the email system it was easy to do. Well, that's progress.
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the
ranchos group:
Nueva Galicia: Would Opening the Membership up to All of
Nueva Galicia adversly affect your membership in the Ranchos
I guess you'll have to move me. I'm still on the road (Florida now)
and won't be returning to Wisconsin for another couple of weeks. I'm
in an RV and don't always get a good landline connection or wifi. I
I thought I had moved myself to the new list but my name isn't on the
list. Did I not complete the move, do it correctly, or was I sleep-
computing?
Linda Romero
Yahoo! Groups Links
The following ranchos poll is now closed. Here are the
final results:
POLL QUESTION: From time to time people not from our geographical area express intereste in Ranchos. Here is my answer:
I just watched an old move about Pizzaro and Adawalpa that seems to
roughly follow historical accounts:
"The Royal Hunt of the Sun"
old but okay,
joseph
Yahoo! Groups Links
Hi Group, just sharing some info on an HBO special if
you are interested. I grew up during the 60's and
70's and remember this event. In my teen years I was
a little bit of an activist and we had somewhat of
I know this is very late notice -- unless someone already posted the
information and I just missed it.
There will be a Hispanic Family History Seminar at the 5900 Grand Avenue,
Riverside, on Saturday, March 18, 2006.
I belong to many different forums and groups for many different names
and areas. If I could find a group which specialized in Jalisco,
Guadalahara, Tepatitlan de Morelos I would be happy. I'm selfish.
Great stuff about the Maya:
http://nuestrafamiliaunida.com/podcast/archeology.html
Yahoo! Groups Links
<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ranchos/
I have now added the film database to the new Nuestros Ranchos website.
The functionality is still in the works. Users cannot yet add films to the database themselves, but that functionality is on its way... I will try to get to it this weekend.