Depending on the time frame, the father might not have been around to say
the child was his when it was born. It doesn't mean he wasn't the father.
He was working or fighting or whatever when the child was baptised. If
the father wasnt present the priest wouldnt put his name down. Or perhaps
the parents werent able to marry due to not having a priest around during
the revolution. I guess ......sometimes there is more information to
find.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Marge Vallazza"
To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Why are we doing Genealogy
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:12:32 -0600

Oh, yes! One of my tias was highly insulted when I revealed that
my grandfather was a child whose father was not on his birth
record. She very emphatically told her sisters that it was NOT
true.

Then, I just recently learned that this same grandfather was not
the eldest in his family as I'd always been told. I found
information (and on the new Family History pilot site, hurray!)
that showed his brother was his elder by 3 years. THAT record was
another "no father listed." :( Pobre visabuela mia. Marge:)

On Feb 22, 2009, at 5:27 PM, Alicia Carrillo wrote:

Jonathan,

What a great question to ask the group............I have enjoyed
reading everyone's postings and the various reasons for beginning
to do Genealogical research and the reasons for continuing to do
research.

Thanks everyone for sharing so openly and honestly, it makes for a
great book on Genealogy.

Now another question, is anyone in your family offended because you
do family research and with the findings??
Meaning dark skeleton's in the family closet that may or may not
have been intentional findings.

Thanks again to everyone, great reading.
Alicia