Check out Peter Gerhard's "The Northern Frontier of New Spain" - which
is essentially about Nueva Galicia and Nueva Vizcaya and very detailed
about each area.

JOHN SCHMAL
johnnypj@aol.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Erlinda Castanon-Long
To: general
Sent: Mon, Sep 23, 2013 4:52 pm
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Historical information for southeast
Laguna Chapala region, Jalisco

I have no answer for you but if you find where Cotija is listed in the
records for Michoacán I would be interested.. so many people in
Tamazula, Jalisco seem to have roots in Cotija.
Linda in B.C.

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From: "jrodori@hotmail.com"
To: general@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Monday, September 23, 2013 4:44 PM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Historical information for southeast
Laguna Chapala region, Jalisco

Does anyone know what books cover the colonial history of the
municipalities of Jalisco that are near the southeast shoreline of
Laguna Chapala? The municipalities that are of greatest interest to me
are Mazamitla, Quitupan, and Valle de Juarez, Jalisco. Those
municipalities are close to Sahuayo, and Cotija, Michoacan. My
historical research of the area has come up dry. Not much more could be
said for my genealogical research of the area, either. I also want to
know what clans settled in those three Jalisco municipalities and how
Valle de Juarez came to be. I have already read the Wikipedia article,
but the level of detail was cursory at best. The links on the article
were outdated.

If anyone knows of any resource that describes this area in detail, I
would much appreciate it. Thanks!