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These are transcriptions of photocopies of the original books, that were provided by Mary Lou Montagna.

This volume includes:
Confirmaciones Jun 1621
Confirmaciones Jan 1627

Notes on orthography and abbreviations used:

As this is a transcription, I’ve attempted to stay true to what I see written. This means using the spellings and abbreviations of names used during that era - though without the superscripted text. Most of it is intuitive: “Juo” for “Juan,” “Frnco” for “Francisco,” “Ma” for “Maria,” “Cata” for “Catalina,” “Mn” for “Martin,” “Xo” for “Cristobal,” etc.

Other abbreviations used:

“come” = comadre
“compe” = compadre
“dha/dho” = dicha/dicho

Notes:

The pages, Pinos 31 & 32, have no headers, date, location, nor signature of cura nor notary. Appears to be a different notary, and likely from a later date (date on previous image was 29 Jan 1627). I say that, since many of these children were baptized at later dates, some as late as 22 Apr 1634. I’ll have to cross-reference these with other records, to get a fix on the date, but for the time being, I’m going to use the date, June 1634. The edges of the pages are torn, so some names don’t appear.

¡Feliz Navidad!
Manny Díez Hermosillo

Pinos 1 of 66
CONFIRMACIONES JUN 1621
p. 60
04 Jun 1621
Don Franco Rivera Obispo de Guadalaxara
En el Balle de Mesquitic en la hacienda de Andres Peres:
Melchora hija de Juo Migl y Frca Magna indios compe Juo Mn Çamora
Joan hijo de Fran y Jua indios come Ines Hernandes
Migl hijo de Magna y Juo Nicolas come la dha
Melchora hija de Fco y Ursula compe Juo Mn
Petrona hija de Salome y Juo come Luisa
Joan hijo de Mn y Justina compe Frco Gutierres de Colombres
Diego hijo de Lucas y Ma compe el dho
Esteban hijo de los dhos compe el dho
Baltasar hijo de los dhos compe el dho
Joan hijo de Baltasar y Ma compe Po
Po hijo de Juo Migl y Salome compe el dho
Joan hijo de los dhos compe el dho
Juo Migl hijo de Lucas y Ma compe Frco Gutierres de Colombres
Justina hija de la iglesia come Magna
Ana Ma hija de la iglesia compe Frco Gutierres de Colombres
Po hijo de Lucas y Justina compe Martin
Diego hijo de Maria ? y Justina compe Juo Xuares subdiacono
Juo hijo de Andres y Ma Magna compe Joan Alo
Joan hijo de Andres y Ma Magna come Anna Ma
Ana Ma hija de Cristobal y Ysabel come Ursula

Pinos 2 of 66

(confirmaciones 04 Jun 1621 cont’d)
Ma hija de Fco y Ursula come Magna Ma
Juan Fco hijo de Juo y Anna compe Po
Frco hijo de Diego y Ursula come Ursula

Este dho dia por la tarde, en la estancia llamada La Parada:
Cristina Ma hija de Joseps y Ines come Maria
Fco hijo de los dhos come la dha
Jua hija de los dhos compe Migl
Martin hijo de Lucas y Ana compe Lucas

06 Jun 1621
En el Real de la Pendencia:
Joan hijo de Juo de Cueba y Ma de Seli compe Joan Perez Alanis
Joseps hijo de los dhos compe Po Laçaro
Nicolas hijo de los dhos compe Frco de Cardona
Herdo hijo de Diego Delgado y Jua Diaz compe Domingo Diaz
Anta hija de la iglesia compe Ldo Po Laçaro
Nicolas de Juo de Toro y Agustina compe Juo Delgado
Frca de Juo de Cueba y Ma de Celi come Jua Diaz
Jua de Juo de Toro y Agustina come la dha
Juo de Frco Cardona y Magna Caravajal compe Diego Delgado
Ma de Andres Gomez y Agueda de Peña come Ma de Celi
Ana hija de la iglesia come la dha

Pinos 3 of 66
p. 61

(Confirmaciones 06 Jun 1621 cont’d)
[Page torn]-a de Elena y Diego come Maria de Celi
Isabel Marin hija de Andres Mn y Ma de los Reyes compe Po Laçaro
Cata de Agustina y Juo de Toro come Fca Martel
Joseps de Diego Delgado y Juana Diaz compe Francisco Cardona
Joseps de Juo de Toro y Agna compe Manuel Diaz
Fca de Diego Hz y Elena compe Melchor de Villaicensio
Juo de Juo Hz y Cata Gonçalez compe Migl de Sandi
Juo de Pablo y Magna compe Mn Faraz?
Juo de Marcos y Ma compe Marcos Gonçales
Marta de Ma y Pablo compe el dho
Frco de los dhos compe Cristobal
Anna de la Iglesia come Ma Magna
Anna de la Iglesia come Melchora de los Reyes
Isabel de Juo y Ma come la dha
Pablo de la Iglesia compe Juo de Toro
Maria de la Iglesia compe Melchor de Villaicensio
Petrona de Diego y Ma Magna come Ma
Ysabel de Pablo y Ma Magna come la dha
Ambrosio de la Iglesia compe Migl de Sandi
Marta de Po y Jua compe Po
Juo de Juo Migl y Beatriz compe Diego
Ma de Po y Christina come Ma
Ma de Pablo y Magna come Anna
Frca de Frco y Cata dome la dha
Ma de Lorenso y Magna come Ma
Juo de Lucas y Ma compe Andres

Pinos 4 of 66

(Confirmaciones 06 Jun 1621 cont’d)
Migl de la Iglesia compe Migl
Lorenzo de la Iglesia compe Diego Gonçalez
Christoval de la Iglesia compe Mn Jacob
Domingo de la Iglesia compe Fy Alo de Figueroa
Marta de la Iglesia compe Alo de Escajedo
Juo de la Iglesia compe Mn Jacob
Diego de Diego Gonçalez y Elena compe Melchor de Billavicencio
Joseps de Gabriel y Ma compe Sebastian
Isabel de la Iglesia come Isabel
Ma de Juo y Magna come Magna
Ma de Andres y Ma Anna come Ma
Marcos de Marcos Gonçalez y Melchora compe Ldo Po Laçaro
Magna de Juo Migl y Ma Magna come Juo Garcia
Juo de Po y Isabel compe Gabriel
Ma de Juo y Magna compe Frco
Anna de Juo y Magna come Anna
Lucia de Migl y Beatriz come Isabel Magna
Po de Andres y Magna compe Mn

Los cuales escrivi por mandado de su XXa? y para q conste lo firme en el Real de La Pendencia en dho dia mes y año d ssos Miguel Rebello

Pinos 5 of 66
p. 62

Can anyone recommend a general history book about the Jalisco area? Thanks.

I think Jose Romo de Vivar is my ancestor. The research that I and others have done suggests he was born in San Felipe in 1625, then married to Juana Solis y Calahorra in 1644 in the Presidio de Conchos, Chihuahua. Another source, the Chihuahua Fondo Colonial records, say they were married on 12 July 1650 in San Bartolome, Valle de Allende, Chihuahua. The Presidio was in the Valle de Allende. The birth and marriage records both state that Jose Romo's parents were Diego Romo de Vivar and Maria Rangel. Another record states that Jose Romo went west to Sonora. Another researcher has him in the Pimeria Alta (in Sonora) in 1695 when he was sent to pacify the Pima Indians. This could have been a son of the same name. This same researcher has Jose Romo, born 1625, with 3 sons: Geronimo, Simon and Jose Gabriel born between 1675-1678. Although it is possible for a Jose Romo born 1625 to have 3 children between 1675-1678, it seems to me that to be in active service as a captain at age 70 in 1695, is a stretch.

Jose Romo de Vivar founded the town of Bacanuche, Sonora. A Geronimo Romo de Vivar, married to Lucia (or Luisa) Martin Bernal, had a son, Jose Antonio who was born in 1707. His birthplace in unreadable in the IM, but it was in Sonora. My 6th great grandfather, Salvador Ygnacio Romo de Vivar was born in Bacanuche, as was my 5th great grandmother Maria Rita de los Dolores Romo de Vivar y Escalante whose birth date was probably 1747. My task right now is to see if Salvador Ygnacio is a brother of Jose Antonio, and both were sons of Geronimo Romo de Vivar. Or if Salvador was a brother to Geronimo, or aany other Romo de Vivar in the Bacanuche area.

Any thoughts or information on the above would be appreciated. From Salvador Ygnacio to me, Jose-Maria Merino Arvizu, I have documented and sourced.

I thought about translating into Spanish but it seems that most speak and read both languages, so I decided against it for now. Si a alguien le dificulta entender el ingles lo traducire.

Hello, I am new to this site so please excuse my ignorance in researching Mexican records. I am familiar with the record system in southern Italy but I have no clue about searching records in Jalisco. I would appreciate any help in learning how the births, deaths, and marriages were reported in Jalisco during the late 1800s. I think that there were prebably two records of each event; one civil and one church. I wonder if the records were kept in each village or were they sent to a bigger, centralized location?

Although I am the one doing the searching, I am doing it for my friend, Edward Bedoya Plazola. He was born in 1934 in Azusa, California a few months after his father died. Although he was the youngest of 14 children, the family didn't talk that much about his father becuase his mother soon remarried.

From bits of family lore and facts that I have dug up, this is what we know. Domingo Gonzales Plazola was born in 1889 in San Sebastian, Jalisco, Mexico. He was the son of unknown Plazola and Jacinta Gassia? Gonzalez born about 1860. We know that Domingo had a sister, Guadalupe who married a Vasquez, and brother Luis (b 18892). I am sure that there were more siblings. Luis settled in Corcoran, California. It's unknown if Guadalupe lived in the US but many of her children also lived near Corcoran. Jacinta Gonzalez arrived in the US about 1919. She also lived in Corcoran.

Domingo, Ed's father, was involved in the Revolution. About 1916, he felt threatened and decided to go to Arizona. He bagan using the the name, Domingo Gonzalez. He worked in the mines in Ray, Arizona. About 1920 he and his family moved to California.

I would like to find the birth, marriage, and deth records in Jalsico. Ed was told that he father was from San Sebastian near Guadalajara. I found two San Sebastians just south of the city but I can not figure out if both these villages were in existence during the 1880s and where the records might be. There are at leat two other San Sebastians in Jalisco. I have sent for some Family History films for two of the four.

If anyone can direct me to source for learning about the divisons of the Mexican states and record keeping, I would be grateful. As I said, I am new to this site and Mexican research so I am open to any help. If I am asking inappropriate questions, please forgive me.

Thanks,
Candis Carbone

Recently in Durham a city not too far from where I live opened a Virtual
Reality Arcade. Awhile back I went in and tried it for the first time and
thought it was cool but I'm not a gamer so most of the stuff didn't appeal
to me, but nevertheless. . .

So now some time went by and I needed to run into Durham and it happened
that the VR Arcade was having a 50% off sale (regular is 20 bucks for 30
minutes but this time it was 10 for 30 minutes and if you book two you get
70 minutes for 20 bucks). What appealed to me was that I was going to go in
and spend my time exploring the Grand Canyon, Bryce Canyon, Yosemite, Lake
Victoria, etc.

So what happened. I went in and found myself spending the whole 70 minutes
cruising around Colotlan, Santa Maria de Los Angeles, Las Animas, Huejucar,
Tepetongo, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes then South to Tlaltenango and then just
started tripping around. What I found that was different from my previous
experience with regular Google Earth is that GE VR lets you "Fly" through
the area from as close as you can zoom in all the way up in space. So it was
just like I was taking a tour of the land my Ancestors traveled around at
various times in the past. I'd go down to ground level (blurry) but I could
look around 360 degrees and see the mountains and hills that they would see
everyday. I could then fly up to the top of the mountains and look down at
the various Ranchos I was visiting. To say the least I was quite impressed
and enjoyed my 70 minutes traveling through Jalisco, Zacatecas and
Aguascalientes

If you all have a VR Arcade anywhere close to you ask if they have GE VR
installed and consider checking the land of your Ancestors out as if you
were flying in a small airplane (not quite but pretty close).

Joseph

Joseph Puentes

Clean@h2opodcast.com

http://h2opodcast.com/vsse.html

I am trying to trace my roots on my grandfather's side of the family
to my ancestors in Spain. My grandfather's name was Jose' Soccoro Luevano. He was born about 1892 in what I believe was Villa Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico. Family stories have it that he was the seventh born child of Tiburcio Luevano and Manuela Martinez. It is also storied that, by tradition, the seventh born child was given to the church.

I have a document that Tiburcio Luevano and Manuela Martinez were married in the Catholic Church, La Santisima Trinidad in Villa Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico on May 27, 1874. The document also states that the grooms parents were Pablo Luevano and Manuela Serna. The brides parents were Timoteo Martinez and Fermina Rubalcava.

Jose' Luevano's children have passed information on that Jose' was given to a church near Aguascalientes, Mexico where he was educated by the church and received priesthood training. He left the church just before his priesthood training was complete and immigrated to the United States around the turn of the century, early 1900s.

I have reason to believe, but not verified, that my grandfather, Jose' Luevano was given to the Catholic Church, La Santisima Trinidad, Villa Hidalgo, Jalisco, Mexico, which was probably the Luevano family church.

I have retrieved the contact information of the church, and have tried to contact them by telephone, email, and text, but have received no response.

The contact information I have for the church is Parroquia de la Santisima Trinidad, 5 de Mayo, Centro, 47250 Villa Hidalgo, Jal., Mexico, Phone: +52 495 968 0901.

I would appreciate any hints on how to proceed with my search.

Pat Cardona

The marriage of Joseph Troncoso and Maria de los Dolores Lopes has a bit of information on the Alvarado, Delgado y Lopes Lisalde Lines and possible parents to some PNC children. I tried to follow the tree but somewhere the name Prieto appeared making the story more complex. Perhaps someone has already come across this information and can help unravel more of this story and people. In particular who are the parents of Regina de Alvarado (1629) married to Nicolas Lopes de Lisaldi?

Informacion Matrimonial 9 Feb 1741 #48
Por presentada (henciasetes?) a estas partes sus declaraciones y la informaciones s su liberta y soltura de matrimonio y este se traigo…pa proveer …..(etc intro)
Joseph Trancoso (Troncoso) Espanol originario y vecino de esta villa, hijo lexitimo de Cayetano Trancoso difunto y de Maria Delgado como mas aya lugar paresco ante Vmd. Y digo que tengo tratado contraer matrimonio con Maria de los Dolores Lopes Espanola asimismo originaria desta Villa y natural vezina de ella. Hija Legitima de Christobal Lopes ya difunto y de Michaela Moreno de Quesada y para que tenga d…(Firma) Joseph Trancoso

Decla. de Joseph Trancoso Espanol de edad de 26
En la villa de Agus.Calientes en nueve días del Mes de Febrero mil sets. quarenta y una….parecio presente a hazer su declarcion Joseph Trancozo esp. Aquerer sele …juramto.que hizo por….y la señal de la Sta. Cruz …prometio decir verdad en lo que supiera y le fuera preguntado y siéndole por el themor del escripto Dixo que es el mismo presento en el contenido que … lo mismo que en el tiene este que es suelto y libre de matrimonio el que de su voluntad quiere contraer con Maria Dolores Lopes Espanola. Con la que no tiene parentesco alguno de consanga.Afinidad ni espiritual que no hadado palabra de casamiento….declaro es la verdad y lo que sabe .. declaro ser de edad de veinte y seis
Ante mi Joseph de Roxas
Declaracion de Maria de los Dolores Lopes Espanola de edad de 23 anos
Same intro…Dixo que es la mismo pretensa en el contenida que es origa. Y vezna. De esta villa traspuesta desde pequeña en el real de los Asientos y de quatro anos ha esta parte vezna. De esta villa. Hija Lexma. De Xptoval Lopez. De Lizalde difunto y de Michaela Moreno de Quesada que es suelta y libre de matrimo. …con Joseph Trancozo Espanol con quien no tiene parentesco alguno de consagd. Afinid. Ni Espiritual….the same ending.
Prim. Testigo: Nicolas de Macias Balades Espanol de 57 anos.
Incont.. mismo mes, ano y dia…Dixo que conoce al que lo presenta pro Origo. Y Vezno deesta villa desde niño y a la pretensa también conoce por origa. De esta villa y desde nina sele puso en el partido de los Asientos en el puesto de la Calabera y que haveza tiempo de quatro anos este parte .. ni sabe que tengan estos algún impto. Declaro…
2nd Testigo: Xavier Martines Espl. Y vezno. De esta feliga. En el picacho 25 anos
States the same as above he doesn’t know just knows them.
3rd Testigo: Christoval Martines Espl vezno. De este partido en el Picacho 27 anos de edad
States the same above.
In continuación ..setas. quarenta y una el Sr. Br. Dn. Bvste. Anastacio Preciado de Lizalde Comisario del Sta. Oficio..(intro of the rest of the people). States the 3 days will continue at church and if any adverse information is found the proceedings will be suspended (this is usual words).
Signed. Br. Vicente Anastacio Preciado de Lisalde
and Joseph de Roxas

En la villa de Aguascalientes de veinte y siete días del mes de Feb (27 Feb 1740 should be 41). De mil setesientos y quarenta (most likely quarenta un), el señor Dn. Manuel Colon de Larreastequi..Dixo que por que a su merced se le denunciado que Joseph Trancoso y Maria de los Dolores Lopes contenidos en la información de ariba se hallan ligados de impedimento de parentesco que les impede el matrimonio que asimismo con el de afinidad por haver tenido la (¿)
Maria Copula con Francisco Prieto hijo de Antonio Prieto y con Francisco Xavier de Esparsa que lo es de Antonio de Esparsa que ambos son tios de Joseph Trancoso y también este con Jasinta, hija de Joseph Macias y parienta de la referida Maria (a determination of the aforementioned obstacles will be made).

En la villa de Aguas calientes en sinco días del mes de Marzo de mil setecientos quarenta y uno, el señor eclesiatico…con el parentesco que Joseph Trancoso tiene con Maria de los Dolores Lopes la pretensa hiso parecer ante si, a Don Juan Peres Calbillo Espanol vezino de esta feligresía de quien siendo presente su merced le vesiuso juramento que hiso enforma de este por Dios nuestro Senor. (usual wording) Dixo que sabe que Nicolas Lopes y Andres Lopes eran Hermanos que de Nicolas procedio Margarita Lopes y de esta Rita Delgado de la que procedio Maria Delgado la que no es lexitma y solo por opinión dicen ser hija de la referida rita y de esta nacio Joseph Trancoso y de este Andres nacio Maria Lopes de esta Christoval Lopes que es padre de Maria dolores pretensa.
Nicolas Lopes Elizalde hermano Andres Lopes Ellizalde
Margarita Lopes 1st cousin Maria Lopes
Rita Delgado 2nd cousin Christoval Lopes
Maria Delgado 3rd cousin Maria de los Dolores Lopes
Joseph Trancoso 4th cousin

Joseph Troncoso Maria de los Dolores Lopes
1720–Deceased • LYLG-7J7 1723–Deceased • LYLL-VGW
IM was taken Feb 9, 1741
Children (1)

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-68VQ-LGV

1.
Brother and Sister Regina de Alvarado Pedro de Alvarado
1629–1675 • LCJ5-WMG 1630–Deceased • LYLG-W4B

Brothers Nicolas Lopes de Lisaldi cc Regina Alvarado
Andres Lopes de Lisaldi cc (unknown)

I did not add complete IM only partial informacion. See link above for complete IM

Hello Everyone, I need help with my 7th grgrandparents Gerardo Lomelin and Josepha Delgadillo's parents. Gerardo and Josepha were married 24 Nov 1728 in Nochistlan, but there parents are not listed, and there is no informacion matrimonial for that year online. Can someone tell me how to check to see if there is information for that year.

Thank you
Lisa

I am looking of the parents of Matias Nolasco de Luevano (born about 1736) and Maria Encarnacion Pichardo (born about 1738).

Children of Matias Nolasco de Luevano and Maria Encarnacion Pichardo are:

1.) Vicente Felilpe Luevano (born 1758 in Tepesala and died June 26, 1838 in Asuncion de Maria, Aguascalientes) married Maria Josefa Diaz de Leon on June 2, 1806 in Asientos, Aguas

2.) Josef Ancelmo de Luebana (baptized April 30, 1775 in Asientos, Aguas) married Maria Dolores Ortiz on April 24, 1799 in Asientos, Aguas.

3.) Maria Calletana de Jeseus de Luevano (baptized August 19, 1781 in Nuestra Senora de Belen, Aguascaliente)

4.) Maria de Jesus de Luebano (born in San Rafael de Los Aguajes-may be the same as #3 but I haven't found proof one way or the other yet) married Jose Roman Montanes on May 14, 1800 in Asientos, Aguascalientes.

5.) Jose Apolonio de Luevano (born in Therpesalan, Aguascalientes) married Maria Dolores Garcia on August 5, 1797 in Asientos, Aguas.

6.) Trinidad Luevano (Born in Tepesala) married Rafaela Sipriana Araiza on July 23, 1800 in Asientos.

7.) Petra De Luevano

8.) Maria Ignacia de Luevano (born in Tepestlan(Tepoztlan)) married Jose Dolores Villapando on September 3, 1792 in Asientos, Aguas.

9.) Onofre Antonio Trinidad de Luevano (born in Tepesalan, Aguascalientes) married Maria Lorenza de Jesus Garcia on June 1, 1797 in Asientos, Aguas.

Is there possibly a link to the baptisms that haven't had the images put online yet? I will gladly scroll through and look frame by frame.
Any suggestions or ideas will be greatly appreciated.

My husband descends from the Vicente Felipe/Maria Josefa Diaz de Leon line.

Thanks!

Debbie Arellano

Hi! I am a new member and I am researching my husband's family tree. Here is my link to what I have uploaded so far.

I am currently working on Francisco Perez(s) and Petra (Petronila) Hernandez (born about 1800). Francisco was born about 1795 and married Petra about 1820. Their first son, Clemente, was born in 1821. Followed by Ysidro, Maria Gregoria, Pedro, Jose Marcelino, Antonio, Sabino, Dario, Epigmenio, and Vicente Nepomeceno. The children were baptized in San Matias, Pinos, Zacatecas. Some of them ended up in Teocaltiche, Jalisco and others went to Santa Rita, Zacatecas.

I am needing help on tracking down more information on Francisco Perez's parents, who are Diego Peres and Maria. I am also stopped at Petra's parents, Francisco Hernandez and Juana. Has anyone came across these names before?

My husband is from Dario Perez's line. Dario married Maria Teodosia (Teodoria) Castaneda. Delgado and Lopez are the family names that the other siblings married into. I have more information on them if needed.

Here is a link to what I have submitted so far. There isn't any information on the Perez line other than the great parent listed as I am still working on this line. I will upload this line once it is more put together. I have other lines that I will upload to my link as soon as I do more work on them as well.

http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/debbieare

Thank you in advance for any leads you may have.

i just received 23 and me results for my dna test and my gedmatch currently is M599673. looking forward to meeting new cousins and maybe break down some brickwalls and i will be uploadingn soon to dnaland also .

I joined a couple of weeks ago.
My research is primarily in Jalisco but I'm also looking at the
Nayarit/Jalisco border. I have been able to trace my paternal line to 1650.
However, I have about a 50 to 75 year gap that teeters between Jalisco and
Nayarit. I look forward to sharing information and learning more about my
heritage.

I believe that my direct ancestor Antonio Madera (1660? - 1709) may have originated from "Puesto Maria De La Torre" which today is a rancho on the main road leading away from Monte Escobedo, Zacatecas, Mexico to Colotlan, Jalisco, Mexico.

Because I had found his grandson Blas Madera's brother "Francisco Madera" who was there. And also a "Luis Madera" who passed away at year 80 at Colotlan in 1731 who was from Puesto De Maria De La Torre. He may be a brother of Antonio Madera.

Antonio Madera appears in the records at Minillas, Mesquitic, Jalisco married to Maria Candelaria Angon (1655 - 1735). He also had bought two blocks of land at Tlatenango, Jalisco, Mexico in 1698. His grandson Blas Madera had migrated to Huejuquilla El Alto.

Does anyone have any information on Puesto de Maria De La Torre near Monte Escobedo, Zacatecas? It may be under jurisidiccion of Colotlan. And may help me find out if my direct ancestor Antonio Madera was originally from there and who his ancestors were.

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Tree of Lights Ceremony, Remembering Loved Ones "Hospice Came Today" Poem by Stephan Au Clair Hospice, What it is and How it Works

BOOKS AND PRINT MEDIA
Dancing with the Devil by Louis Diaz
Franciscan Frontiersmen: How Three Adventurers Charted the West Españoles Olividos de Norteamérica por Jose Antonio Crespo-Francés How Will I Talk to Abuela by Maria de la Luz Reyes Los Demonios del Mar Naves negras. La ruta de las especias by Carlos Canales Y Miguel del Rey

FILMS, TV, RADIO, INTERNET
Louie the Actor Is Back by Al Martinez
Secrets of Spanish Florida
Wonder by Raquel Jaramillo Palacio Al Martinez

ORANGE COUNTY, CA
Jan 13: SHHAR: Sylvia Contreras, "Abraham Lincoln and Mexico”
The Mexican War (1846-48)

Mater Dei High School, 2017 State Champions Open Division Mater Dei High School Alumni, class of 1956 "Tracks to the Westminster Barrio: 1910-1960s" by Albert V. Vela, Ph.D.
Example of information and visuals from the book:
Irapuato, Gto (Guanajuato), Mexico correspondence
Boy Scout's Cabin in Westminster,
Jan 13, Fund Raiser for "Tracks to the Westminster Barrio: 1910-1960s"

LOS ANGELES COUNTY
The Stage Presence José Luis Valenzuela
Church of the Epiphany in Lincoln Heights UCLA Celebrates the Career & Legacy of Professor Juan Gomez-QuinonesCALIFORNIA January 6: Los Reyes Magos, Spain's Extended Christmas How the Sun Illuminates Spanish Missions On the Winter Solstice Mission San Miguel Arcángel Farias history in California, answers from Eva.

NORTHWESTERN, US
La colonización del Norteamérica fue fundamental expansión de la religión Seven Myths of the Spanish Conquest

Hi Everyone!

My name is Delia Guzman. My maternal grandmother[Isabel Reyes Flores (Beltran)] passed way this past March and since then I have began to seriously research my family ancestry. Her father, Jesus Nunez Flores was born in 6 August 1894 in Mezquital del Oro, Zacatecas, Mexico and her mother, Ventura Romero Reyes was born 14 July 1899 in Pilotos, Aguascalientes, Mexico.

Having just returned to school full-time, funds for memberships to websites is little to nothing, so I am looking for the most information I can from free resources.

I welcome any advice, tips, etc. and look forward to learning some new information.

http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/delia_guz

Hello! ¡Hola! I am doing research to help a friend find his ancestors from
Mexico. To start he knows his great-grandfather, Miguel Ramirez, was
assassinated in Ayutla, Queretaro De Arteaga, Mexico, in the 1940's and was
the Chief of Arms at that time in Ayutla. Also he knows he served in a war
in Mexico prior to living in Ayutla, so we hoped there could be information
in Jalisco, Zacatecas, and/or Aguascalientes regarding his service in the
war. We would appreciate any advise or assistance in obtaining information
about Miguel Ramirez.

Thank you!
Gracias!

Hello. I am searching the Cornejo line from Jalisco. More specifically, from the areas of San Juan de Los Lagos, Encarnacion de Diaz but it has now led me to Teocaltiche. Unfortunately, I am stuck on Blas Ramirez Cornejo (late 1600's, early 1700s). Does anyone have any leads as to who his parents were?
Thanks in advance!

I have a request from a non member for contact information for this
genealogist: Anna Arellano Luna

She is from this city Florencia de Benito Juarez, Zac.

If you happen to know her contact info either let me know at makas@nc.rr.com
or I can give you the persons contact info for you to pass on to her.

Joseph

Joseph Puentes

Clean@h2opodcast.com

http://h2opodcast.com/vsse.html

Hello! ¡Hola! I am doing research to help a friend find his ancestors from Mexico. To start he knows his great-grandfather Miguel Ramirez was assassinated in Ayutla, Queretaro De Arteaga, Mexico, in the 1940's and was the Chief of Arms at that time in Ayutla. Also he knows he served in a war in Mexico prior to living in Ayutla, so we hoped there could be information in Jalisco, Zacatecas, and/or Aguascalientes regarding his service in the war. We would appreciate any advise or assistance in obtaining information about Miguel Ramirez.

Thank you!
Gracias!

Segun el libro de "Genealogia de Nochistlan" de Jose Luis Vasquez, esta pareja se caso el 12 de Septiembre de 1628 en Mexticacan. Busque en el libro de Matrimonios de Nochistalan pero no encontre esta acta. No saben si el libro del Sr. Vasquez tiene un error o esta acta se encuentra en otro libro parroquial de Nochistlan.

Gracias.
Su Amigo Sergio

Hola a todos:

El Conquistador de México Diego de Valadés fue natural de Villanueva de Barcarrota, en Badajoz, Extremadura, hijo de Alonso de Valadés y Catalina de Retamosa, se casó con Catalina Rodríguez y fue padre de Alonso de Valadés y de Cristóbal de Vargas.

Pasó con la expedición de Pánfilo de Narvaéz y se halló en las conquistas de México y de Michoacán. Fungió como testigo en la información de méritos y servicios de Antonio de Arriaga en 1548 y de Martín de la Mézquita en (1573). Vecino de México hacia 1525, fungió como Alguacil Mayor de la Ciudad de México. Fue encomendero de Tepeapulco a mediados del siglo XVI con 160 tributarios casados.

Información basada en diversas fuentes citadas en el libro: "Los testigos hablan. La conquista de Colima y sus informantes" de Margarita Nettel Ross.

Existen otros registros sobre dicho conquistador en donde sus sucesoras tiene el apellido Aguilera.

Saludos y feliz navidad a todos.

Marcelina

I am descended from ancestors with the last name Lomelin. It turns out that is an italian name. Would anybody have information as to why Italians were migrating to Mexico in the 16th and 17th century?

Buscando mapas antiguos de Aguascalientes, encontré a este mapa que demarca un rancho en el municipio de Calvillo en Aguascalientes. Gracias a Google Maps pude encontrar su lugar actual, pero me gustaría encontrar mapas similares de ranchos en otras zonas de Calvillo. Encontrar escrituras y mapas es una de las cosas que quisiera hacer para saber con exactitud quien era el dueño de las tierras y si se puede, tambien me gustaria encontrar documentos desde la colonia española. Alguien sabe donde comenzar?

http://mapoteca.siap.gob.mx/index.php/cgf-ags-m1-v1-0032/

Hola,

En busca de información de la Familia Loera Macías para agregar al Árbol Familiar.

Todo lo que tenemos es: ALFREDO LOERA MACíAS nacido en algun lugar del Estado de Zacatecas (Posiblemente 1957), y residente de un Suburbio de la Ciudad de Guadalajara, Jalisco.
El nombre de su Mamá fue ELVIRA MACíAS quien vivía en Guadalajara antes de su muerte algún tiempo después de los últimos 1990's

Si alguien conoce a esta familia Favor de contactar a Erik Loera a Rep4LA@gmail.com o ShivisM@msn.com

¡Cualquier Información será en grande apreciada!

Muchas Gracias anticipadas,

ShivisM

Hello,

Looking for information on a Loera Macías Family to add to a family tree.

All I got is: Alfredo Loera Macías born somewhere in the state of Zacatecas In late 1950's (possibly 1957) and resident of a Suburb of Guadalajara, Jalisco.
His Mother's Name Elvira Macías who lived in Guadalajara prior to her passing sometime after the late 1990's.

If any relative or someone who knows the family reads this please contact Erik Loera at Rep4LA@gmail.com or ShivisM@msn.com

Any info is truly appreaciated!!!

Thanks,

ShivisM