The mormon library on Santa monica blvd in West Los angeles. It has been closed for the past year and a half for remodeling. I read the document the day before they Closed. They should be opening in the fall.

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Rick,
When you refer to "the library", can you tell us which library contains the document of Lope Ruiz de Esparza that you briefly glanced? I am sure the descendants of Petronila de Moctezuma and her Gabai daughters would be very interested in adding that piece of information to our records.

Sincerely

Jaime Alvarado

I do not have a copy because the library was closing and they were throwing me out. The document that I saw was a statement by Lope Ruiz de Esparza where he states this relationship. The person next to me actually showed it to me while I was working on something else and startled me. More like shocked me. I should have somehow made a copy but I had overstayed my stay in the library. I will try to contact him and get a copy.
Rick A. Ricci
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In the Family Group Sheet for Lope Ruiz de Esparza and Francisca Gabay, Jaime Holcomb cites the following reference:

"Documentos proporcionados por el Licenciado Luis Lopez Martinez: Prueba de Nobleza y Limpieza de Sangre hecho por el esposo en Aguascalientes con su ascendencia en Espana varias generaciones, historia familiar y muy escueta genealogia de la esposa--dice que la madre de la esposa fue nieta del ultimo emperador Azteca, Moctezuma."

Does anyone have a copy of this, or know where a copy may exist?

George