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I have just uploaded an index to Aguascalientes Matrimonial Investigation films 299573-299575. The link is http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/18014

These films, according to the Family Search catalog, cover 1731-32, 1733-34, and 1735-36 respectively. However, film 299574 also includes the matrimonial investigations for the period 1735-58; this later group is primarily for indians.

The pdf is searchable, but please keep in mind the typical spelling variations of the period.

The matrimonial investigations are not in chronological order, but are presented in the order they are given in the digitized films.

These films were re-posted while I was creating the index. I believe I've corrected all the image numbers, but if you cannot find a particular digitized image look a few pages past the indicated image number.

There are about 940 records in this group.

George Fulton
Pleasanton, CA

Hola
alguien sabe quienes son los padres de cristobal ruis de esparza
y de antonia de alvarado?
hay algunas publicacines donde mencionan que ls padres de ambos
son bernardo ruis de esparza y catalina losano
y luis de alvarado y betris lopes elizalde.
exite algun documento donde puedo comprobar que efectivamente son ellos
los padres de cristobal y de antonia?
saludos

I am looking at the defunto records in familysearch.org of Huejuquilla El Alto of Jalisco, Mexico years 1720 - 1761. I found a couple of interesting people:

1. Theniente Capitan Protector in year 1727, on pg.10 by the name of "Don Juan Sebastian De ? (Can't make out the last name):

http://oi64.tinypic.com/jg6zyu.jpg

2. Antonio Garcia, "indio" who was the "Alcalde Actual" of Huejuquilla. Says he passed away due to "Ladrones."

http://oi66.tinypic.com/30vdqw4.jpg

This will be a study of Historical events of the Sephardic (Spanish) Jews who were brought over from Spain to the Americas and Mexico territory to escape Genocide. many of our Hispanic Ancestors have been linked with the Jewish people through Blood DNA Testing and Historical facts. I will include a website with names that have been linked with the Sephardic Jew and books which include much study and Historical information. I can be contacted at tennasalas@msn.com

Thank you,

Tenna Salas

Hi every body,

I am looking for any information about Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola, more specifically about his testament, he past away on august the 18th, 1798 o 1799 in Guadalajara, Jalisco. He was Guadalajara´s Intendent/President from 1791 to 1798 or 1799.

Greetings,

Hola a todos,

Estoy tratando de localizar toda la información posible acerca de Jacobo Ugarte y Loyola, sobre todo quisiera saber acerca de su testamento. El murió el 18 de agosto de 1798 en Guadalajara, Jalisco. El fue Intendente/Presidente de Guadalajara desde 1791 hasta su muerte en 1798 o 1799.

Ssaludos y gracias

I know I have seen references to those families from Los Altos that are known to have Jewish roots, but am having difficulty locating them in the archives. Would someone please assist me?

My father's ftdna population finder shows him as 31% Middle Eastern (Jewish,Palestinian, Bedouin). He has some family finder distant matches with people with only Jewish surnames and Eastern European roots. I'm wondering if anyone else in the group is having the same experience?

I was also stunned to notice that one of the matches is also a distant match for my husband, who is of Eastern European Jewish ancestry. (We suspect, based on my husband's ydna matches, that that line might have been part of the exodus from Iberia during the Expulsion of 1492.)

Thanks for any assistance or response.

Raquel Ruiz

Does anyone have more info on him or descend from this family. His was the son of the proignitor of the anda Surname in los Altos. I dont know who his father was though. He was born ca. 1565 en Guadalajara and married to Beatriz Gonzales de Castaneda. I dont have any info on their marriage. Their son Juan de Anda is my 11th Grt Gf. I think this is where it ends but will still try. I was trying to get on PARES website but it wont let me for some reason. Does anyone know more of the ANDA family? -Daniel

I found a marriage dispensation record (023 Benito Guzman & Juana Maria Rodarte / Jerez) in the late 1750s which has some information about Diego Pinedo. My Spanish isn't the greatest, but I think it indicates that Diego Pinedo was married twice as follows:
Diego Pinedo m. Maria Anna de Esquivel (1st marriage)--Maria Anna de Pinedo m. Miguel de Avila----Antonia de Avila m. Nicolas Mexia------Magdalena Mexia m. Gregorio Rodriguez--------Maria de la Encarnacion Rodriguez m. Benito Guzman
Diego Pinedo m. Gertrudis de Castaneda (2nd marriage) --Maria Antonia de Pinedo  m. Diego Rodarte----Cayetano Rodarte m. Maria de la Rosa Longoria ------Diego Rodarte m. Agustina Vallejo--------Juana Maria Rodarte m. Benito Guzman
Here's the link to the dispensa: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-66SY-2P?i=22&wc=3J49-829%3…
So I have a few questions I'm trying to clarify:
1. Is Diego Pinedo's 2d wife Gertrudis de Castaneda the same person as Gertrudis de Avila?
2. Has anyone found a documented connection between Diego Pinedo and Rodrigo Pinedo?
3.From what I could tell based on several other dispensas I've been reviewing, I think this Diego Pinedo had several children as follows:
Diego Pinedo m. Maria Anna de Esquivel (1st marriage)
a. Joseph Pinedo m. Maria de Olague b. Luis Pinedo (b. 17 Sep 1696, Jerez, Zac)c. Josefa Pinedod. Maria de la Candelaria Pinedo (b. 17 Feb 1699, Jerez, Zac)e. Maria Anna de Pinedo  
Diego Pinedo m. Gertrudis de Castaneda (or de Avila) (2nd marriage)a. Maria Antonia Pinedob. Baltazar Pinedoc. Lorenzo Pinedo
For anyone researching Pinedo lineages in Jerez, does this square with your findings? 
There's a lot of good stuff in the dispensas! (Also an FYI: there's a dispensa that discusses Rodrigo de Pinedo for anyone interested. It was in the dispensa for 086 pedro tadeo reynedo & antonia gonzalez / jerez for 1733-1734 at http://www.guadalajaradispensas.com/2011/12/1733-1734-fhl-source-film-1…. The groom's name is misspelled; it's "Pynedo" or "Pinedo" not Reynedo). 
Chris Pineda

Hi all--
Does anyone know who the parents of Gertrudis Díaz de León are? She married Juan Álvarez-Tostado circa 1708 either in Teocaltiche or Nochistlan. I am her descendent via her daughter Ana Álvarez-Tostado who married Miguel Antonio Márquez de los Olivos in 1751, Jalostotitlan.

Any leads will be appreciated. Thanks!

  RESEARCHING ANY THING ON JUAN MARTIN TORRES , I CAME ACROSS ONE OF HIS DAUGHTERS MARIA ANGEL.THE RECORD IS IN ENCARNCION DE DIAZ JALISCO BAUTISMOS 1778-1802 IMAGE 132. SHE WAS BAPTIZED 2 NOV 1783. WHAT MY PROBLEM IS THAT I CANNOT MAKE OUT THE PLACE THEY ARE FROM . OOKS LIKE ST ANITA BUT I DON'T KNOW.ANY SUGGESTONS AS TO WHERE IT IS. THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE  JOSE TORRES(EMAIL  HERJOE59@YAHOO.COM)

Some details of the mother of Padre Miguel HIDALGO...

! Birth...nacio en Jururemba, Michoacan en 1731 said the Enciclopedia
de Mexico, Tomo VI, page 3114. It also said that she was an espanola,
hija de padre y madre espanolas.
Marriage...en 1750 con Cristobal HIDALGO Y Costilla said the
Enciclopedia de Mexico.
Death...murio en la hacienda de Corralejo, Gto., en 1762, said the
Enciclopedia de Mexico.

En Mexico, el apellido GALLAGA tuvo especial importancia, ya que le
correspondia al Cura Hidalgo, por su linea materna.
Los padres, de Ana Maria, tuvieron unicamente una hija. Ella
originaria del rancho de Jururemba, de donde fue llevada al pueblo
de Huaniquero, hoy Villa Morelos, recibiendo alli las aguas del
bautismo.**

Habiendo quedado huerfana, Ana Maria, la recogieron sus abuelos
maternos, y por muerte de estas su tio carnal Don Manuel Mateo
GALLAGA Mandarte, Administrador del rancho de San Vicente del Cano,
perteneciente a la Hacienda de San Diego del Corralejo.**

La senora Ana Maria, celebro esponsales con Don Cristobal HIDALGO Y
Costilla. Ellos procrearon entre otros hijos a Don Miguel HIDALGO y
Costilla, parroco de Dolores, e iniciador de la Independencia de
Mexico.**

**BLASONES Y APELLIDOS

--- On Mon, 2/23/09, Ricci, Richard wrote:

> From: Ricci, Richard
> Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Luis LOMELINI and OLMOS
> To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
> Date: Monday, February 23, 2009, 9:54 AM
> The descent from Jn carlo D. Lomelin, if I remember
> correctly is that his daughter from Maria Benavides Ramos is
> named maria lomelin.
> Maria Lomelin and Nicolas perez Contreras have a child by
> the name of juana contreras who married Pedro Gallaga
> Mandarte. They were the parents of Juan Fernando Gallaga
> Mandarte the maternal grandfather of miguel hidalgo
> costilla's mother.
> From: research-bounces@lists.nuestrosranchos.org on behalf
> of Ricci, Richard
> Sent: Mon 2/23/2009 8:39 AM
> To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
> Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Luis LOMELINI and OLMOS
>
>
>
> Joseph (Guiseppe) Luis Lomelin, brother to Jn.Carlo Domingo
> Lomelin, was married Maria del Olmo
> Joseph Luis Lomelin and Maria del Olmo were the parents of
> Maria Lomelin del Olmo
> Maria Lomelin del Olmo and Juan de Viilasenor Reus y Patino
> Peirerea were the parents of Pedro Viilasenor
> Just recently somone posted a genealogy showing the
> relationship among the leaders of the revolution. You can
> follow the rest of the line there to Miguel Hidalgo
> Costilla. There are lots of genealogies, some from well
> known genealogist, purporting to show his family tree. They
> have some mistakes but there is a reason for those mistakes
> because of circumstances. I have the documentation showing
> how it was an uncle or grandparent raising the child due to
> early deaths.
>
> ________________________________
>
> From: research-bounces@lists.nuestrosranchos.org on behalf
> of patricia burton
> Sent: Mon 2/23/2009 5:06 AM
> To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
> Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Luis LOMELINI and OLMOS
>
>
>
> To Richard R.--
>
> My husband has OLMOS in his family tree. His OLMOS are
> from the Ayo el Chico area. Can you be more specific with
> your Luis LOMELINI and OLMOS details?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Sincerely,
> Patricia BURTON
> San Diego, Ca.
>
>
> --- On Sun, 2/22/09, Ricci, Richard
> wrote:
>
> > From: Ricci, Richard
> > Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Luis LOMELINI???
> > To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
> > Date: Sunday, February 22, 2009, 7:47 PM
> > the lomelin olmos line descends from luis lomelin and
> not
> > carlos
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: research-bounces@lists.nuestrosranchos.org on
> behalf
> > of patricia burton
> > Sent: Sun 2/22/2009 7:36 PM
> > To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
> > Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Luis LOMELINI???
> >
> >
> >
> > To Richard R.--
> >
> > My husband comes from the LOMELI/LOMELIN/ LOMELINI
> line. I
> > have worked on part of the lines of Miguel HIDALGO,
> namely
> > the ones that come from the GALLAGA part of the
> family.
> > Would you please give some details on this brother of
> Carlos
> > LOMELINI and how he fits into the Padre Miguel HIDALGO
> > family tree? Many thanks.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Patricia BURTON
> > San Diego, Ca.
> >
> >
> > --- On Sat, 2/21/09, Ricci, Richard
> > wrote:
> >
> > > From: Ricci, Richard
> > > Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Thank You
> > > To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
> > > Date: Saturday, February 21, 2009, 2:18 PM
> > > My notes have him as Carlos' brother. He is
> also
> > the
> > > ancestor of one of miguel Hidalgos lines. Miguel
> > Hidalgo
> > > Costilla descends from both brothers. The
> > Lomelin's from
> > > Puebla and Mexico City descend from Luis. Back
> then
> > the
> > > records show lomelin. Before that it is Lomellini
> or
> > > lomelini. It wasn't until later that people
> > started
> > > dropping the n. In Portugal the lomelin line
> added an
> > o to
> > > make Lomelino. And the stories are true about one
> > branch
> > > leaving Genoa , going to Spain and cornering the
> slave
> > trade
> > > there. There rest of the family was into more
> > legitimate
> > > businesses.
> > > There is a famous book that uses the Lomelini as
> the
> > main
> > > characters in the book. I have own a copy of the
> book
> > but I
> > > lent it to my niece and she hasn't returned
> it
> > yet. I
> > > have not read it because she was visiting when it
> > arrived
> > > and immediately asked to borrow it.
> > >
> > > ________________________________
> > >
> > > From: research-bounces@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
> on
> > behalf
> > > of Daniel M?ndez del Camino
> > > Sent: Fri 2/20/2009 11:46 PM
> > > To: Patty Hoyos
> > > Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Thank You
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > wHAT INFO DO OU HAVE ON LUíS LOMELINI? I HAVE
> NEVER
> > HEARD
> > > OF HIM JUST CARLO. -tHANKS. dANIEL
> > >
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I have found : jose Calletano perez married (1754) to Maria a Magdalena chavez father of Andres perez which is married (1793) to luisa villalpando I hope someone has more information in these area thanks.

I've been meaning to send an email to specifically thank Arturo Ramos for some helpful suggestions that he made some years back about where best to do my Pinedo research. Because I'm still a fairly new lawyer here in Brownsville, TX, I sometimes have to start and stop this research and can't always give it the full time I wish I could. Anyway, I have been making some recent breakthroughs I wanted to share, while searching the Jerez and Monte Escobedo ("ME") records, just as Arturo suggested, as follows:

Juan Anselmo Pinedo m. Margarita de Acuna
-Bartolo Pinedo (b.1766, Jerez)(m. Maria Josefa Gonzalez, 1789 ME)
--Gregorio Pinedo (b.1804, ME)(m. Agustina de Ulloa, 1834 ME)
---Pedro Pinedo (b.1842, ME)(m. Pioquinta Cardoza)
----Nicanor Pinedo (b.1880s?) (m. Emilia Gonzalez, 1914 Tlaltenango)
-----Jesus Maria Pineda (b.1930, Laredo) (m. Rebeca Cantu)

I can provide the specific dates if anyone is interested.

So I guess it's also pretty clear now that my great grandfather, Nicanor Pinedo, changed the spelling to "Pineda" when he came to Laredo, Texas in the 1920s, perhaps because that's how immigration officials spelled it on on his papers.

My follow up question to Arturo -- or anyone else -- is whether anyone has found a paper trail showing the parents of Juan Anselmo Pinedo. From what I can tell on familysearch.com, it appears that he and Margarita de Acuna had several children, but I've not been able to go back further and find Juan Anselmo Pinedo's parents, in part because it looks lots of Jerez baptism and marriage records are missing.

Can anyone help?

Also, I noticed in a baptism record for Jerez in the early 1740s, there was a reference to the child being from "Puesto de los Pinedos." Has anyone ever heard of this place?

Thanks!

Chris Pineda

Hi Daniel,
At the top of family search, below the words Family Search, there's five subjects: RECORDS, GENEALOGIES, CATALOG, BOOKS, and WIKI -click on the one that says "CATALOG," then click on "Film/Fiche Number" and enter your number, (in this case) the number 1095309 and hit search. It will then bring you to the parish register where your record is located, in this case it will be: Item 4, Items 1-3: Registros parroquiales, 1800-1929. Click on it and then find your number "1095309" and you'll see that your record is located in Matrimonios 1861-1865. And here is your actual record:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939D-68F3-1?i=110&owc=collectio…

Chris

I am trying to find the original record for: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NVV6-FQX This index record gives the film number 1095309. All of the films that come up for Purisima Concepcion de los Angeles in Noria de Angeles have numbers like 1095275. I imagine it is listed somewhere else, but I don't know where. Can someone help?

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Hi,

It has been a long time since I posted here. I have been researching since 2012. I have been off researching the Torres/Estraca side of my family, but recently I returned to researching the Valdes side of the family. I knew from my grandfather's death certificate that he had been born in San Luis Postosi and his parents were Pedro Valdes and Mateana Sandate. I had been researching Mexquitic de Carmona. Everything had been going well in this search. I had found Mateana's and Pedro's civil marriage record and their informational record. I had found my grandfather Pilar's baptismal record (with the birthdate that is on the death certificate)and his civil birth registration and I had even been able to go back as two and even 3 generations on both the Valdes and Sandate lines. I had found the children of Pedro and Mateana and some of the marriages and deaths. Then just the other day I came upon a death certificate for Pilar Valdes son of Pedro Valdes and Mateana Sandate at the age of 5 years of age. I have never come across another record for another Pedro Valdes/ Mateana Sandate linking. So, this really depresses as it seems I spent the last 3 years researching the wrong family. Of course, my Spanish is not the greatest, but in my research I have learned to pick out the main information from a record and I think besides sometimes confusing the colonial letters g's p's r's o's and h's I think I've done pretty good. My beggies problem is not being able to find a marriage record for Pilar Valdes and Romona Tobar. Family talk has always been that my great grandmother Romona was Indian of the Yaqui nation, but no one had anything to prove it. Other than talk about the india`.

So, the reason for my long post is this question--Has anyone ever found a death record for a relative that was still alive?

Thanks,
Juanita

This is a bit off topic, but does anyone know if the Guadalajara dispenses have dispensations for marriages in Guanajuato & Michoacan? My family spans Jalisco & Guanajuato, and I want to know the extent to which I can use the dispenses.

Thanks,

Jaime Trexo

To Sergio Gutierrez Molina

Your book just arrived today. Instead of starting with the beginning, I flipped to page 157 in the middle of the book and immediately recognized my greatgrandparents Eligio Romo and Francisca Gutierrez. I turned to the next page to find their son Emeterio Romo Gutierrez, the horse whisperer who broke Pancho Villas world famous horse. Emeterio is my great grand father. You did an excellent job writing on our family.

Thanks again for writing this book.
R A Ricci

Aguien tiene los padres de esta pareja, vecinos de San Miguel(de los Alba), casada en Aguascalientes el 5 de junio de 1719. En el registro del matrimonio no aparecen sus padres.
Andres y Maria Teresa tuvieron por hijos, al menos a:
-Francisco Antonio.- Sepultado el 6 mayo 1729, de 3 dias de edad, en Aguascalientes.
-Francisco Antonio(otro).- bautizado abr 1737 en Aguascalientes Y casado con Maria de los Dolores Gonzalez Rubio y Lomelin, el 9 de octubre de 1768 en Santa Maria de los Lagos).
-Joseph Joaquin.- Bautizado el 11 abr 1728 en Aguascalientes, y casado con Eufrasia -Antonia Rubio de Monroy y Martinez de Basurto el 8 de enero de 1755 en el mismo lugar
-Miguel Geronimo.- bautizado el 22 de oct 1731 en Aguascalientes.
-Magdalena.- bautizada el 16 de febrero de 1724 en Aguascalientes.

Gracias.

Alguien sabe en donde se hacian los registros de bautizo antes de 1811?

Hola primos y primas,

My g7's are Francisco de Alba and Maria Ygnes Ximenes, who lived on Matanzas, near Ojuelos de Jalisco, as late as 1732. They had at least 3 children:

a. Ysidoro de Alba-Ximenes, m.Juana Maria de Nava, 25 Aug 1732, Limpia Concepcion, Cienega de Mata, Ojuelos, Jal.
b. Felipa de Alba-Ximenes, d. 05 May 1720, Pinos, Zac. Parbula de Matanzas.
c. Joseph de Alba-Ximenes, d. 19 Dec 1787, Cienega de Mata, Ojuelos, Jal. Adulto de 60 años (b. 1727), soltero, vecino de Letras. Said he was age 30 when testigo in 1764 (b 1734).

Maria Ygnes Ximenes was still alive when daughter Felipa died in 1720, and was deceased when son, Ysidoro, married in 1732.

I can find no marriage record for Francisco de Alba and Maria Ygnes Ximenes in Señor San Jose Ojuelos, Cienega de Mata-Ojuelos, nor San Matias Pinos (nor baptism records for their children), so they likely married and had their children elsewhere. My guess is San Miguel de los Albas, in Encarnacion.

FRANCISCO DE ALBA & MARGARITA DOMINGUEZ DE REYNA

In the meantime, the only Francisco de Alba I can find living in the Ojuelos/Pinos area, during this same timeline, was the son of Alonso de Alba and Jacinta Ximenes, baptized 12 Nov 1674 in Teocaltiche. He married Margarita Dominguez de Reyna, 16 Feb 1711, Pinos, Zac. Margarita Dominguez died a year later, 29 Mar 1712, giving birth to their only son, Salvador de Alba (b 18 May 1712, Pinos).

I think the 2 Francisco de Alba's are the same person, and that he married Maria Ygnes Ximenes en 2o's, and here's why:

Salvador de Alba-Dominguez married Josefa Baltasara de Espino. They had a son named Jose Andres de Alba, who married Rosalia de Alba. These 2 were dispensed 09 May 1790, Pinos, Zac, at 2o grado consanguinidad, because Rosalia de Alba was hija natural of Xaviera de Alba (deceased), the SISTER of Salvador de Alba. Unless she was born before Francisco de Alba and Margarita Dominguez de Reyna married, Xaviera de Alba would have to have a different mother. Dispensa, Jose Andres de Alba con Rosalia de Alba: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-6535-BC?wc=3J4S-C68

My theory is, as many men would do, when finding themselves widowers w/ children, Francisco de Alba married Maria Ygnes Ximenes, shortly after the death of his first wife, Margarita Dominguez de Reyna. I just haven't been able to find any marriage records in Pinos/Ojuelos to verify this. I think Francisco went back to San Miguel to marry and have his children, but I am totally lost in those archives (San Miguel appears to shift jurisdictions, over the years).

Would any of you, who are familiar with the Alba's in Encarnacion, have any suggestions for me, as to where to look? Any assistance would be appreciated.

Additional notes:

When Ysidoro de Alba. married in 1732, his age is given as 24, placing his birth around 1708. This wouldn't work with the timeline, since Francisco de Alba and Margarita de Reyna were married in 1711 - unless, he was born illegitimately and later legitimized, or, he was born later, which is my opinion (I've noticed that ages given on IMs seldom correspond with baptism records). He was likely born around 1713-14. IM Ysidoro de Alba con Juana Maria Lopez (de Nava): https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-JZ3K-1?wc=3JHJ-7MS

Rosalia de Alba had a brother named Manuel de Alba, who gave his permission for Rosalia to marry Andres de Alba. He is probably the same Manuel de Alba who was baptized 27 Jun 1741, on San Nicolas de Quixas, San Matias, Pinos, hijo expuesto de Maria de Alba and padre no conocido; padrinos were Francisco de Alba (who wasn't present at the font) and Maria de Guadalupe. Baptism, Joseph Manuel de Alba: https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:939N-Y5JR-H?wc=3P9T-GP6

Gracias y saludos!
Manny Diez Hermosillo

When I was in Spain some years ago I bought an "escudo" for my godfather whose surname was Perea.

It says: PEREA - Apellido vasco, su casa solar primitiva radico en Beotegui, ayuntamiento de Ayala, partido judicial de Amurrio en Alava. Probo su nobleza en las ordenes de Santiago (1688), Calatrava (1678) y San Juan de Jerusalen (1579) y en la real chancilleria de Valladolid (1784).
ARMAS - escudo partido: primero en campo de oro, dos leopardos, al natural. Segundo, en campo de plata, tres bandas de azur, cargada cada una de tres besantes, de oro.
Textos: nobiliario Espanol Julio de Atienza y Vicente de Cadenas y Vicent.

Thank you in advance

Emilie
Port Orchard, WA

During the time of "Nuevo Espana (Mexico)" era, The Real Audencia had political, civil jurisidiccion of several provinces such as Coahuila, Nayarit, Los California, Texas, Durango and I would assume Zacatecas, Aguascalientes and Jalisco.

We get to see catholic records online at familysearch.org

But are the civil records of Real Audencia of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico viewable online? There is a website where you can type in search to look for something. But it doesn't give that much information. I think you have to go in person to the library or something in Guadalajara.

I found this website that has a collection of old paintings, sketches, maps, etc.

For example in the search area enter anything you want to look up and you may get sketchs, paintings, maps that were drawn during colonial era.

http://jcb.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/view/search?fullTextSearch=full…

And check this on on the presidos and map of Texas year 1769. You can zoom it up real close with clarity:

http://jcb.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/s/013g9o

http://jcb.lunaimaging.com/luna/servlet/view/search?fullTextSearch=full…