Hello Alice,

I have a copy of the only two volumes that have been published to
date--Volumes 1 and 2.

The first volume covers the history and social study of the original
Spanish settlers of Los Altos de Jalisco. The area is comprised of 26
municipalities in the State of Jalisco. It contains a few pedigree tables
and genealogical facts, but it is more of a narrative on the history and
only mentions individuals in their historical context as needed.

The second volume contains the genealogies of the first settlers. Each
chapter begins with the first Spaniard to settle in the area and lists each
generation descended from that first couple. Some families are traced all
the way to the 1900's. The chapters are in alphabetical order, as John
Schmal describes in his post, ending with Gomez de Mendoza. The third
volume was to continue alphabetically beginning with Gomez de Portugal, but
hasn't been published to date.

If you are doing research in any of those municipalities in Jalisco, I
highly recommend these books.

Maria Cortez
Sacramento, CA

-----Original Message-----
> From: Alice Blake
> Date: Thu, 1 Apr 2010 14:03:16
> To:
> Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Retonos
>
> Hello Dear Group,
> Over the past couple of years?members have?citied and mentioned?"Retonos de
> Espana".? I'm not surprised there's?great interest in acquiring the books.?
> However, ?I've never really gotten a good idea?as to the contents and/or
> format of?the?books.??Could someone please give us novices a quick who,
> what, when, and where is covered within????Is it specificly revelant to all
> of us, or only a?subgroup?? Since attending a conference in CA is out?of the
> question, I'd like to know if this book could be a good resource.?????
> Thanks so much for your expertise,??? Alice BB????
>
>
>
> Message: 8
> Date: Fri, 02 Apr 2010 15:26:27 -0400
> From: johnnypj@aol.com
> To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Retonos Contents (tomo II)
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> In addition to having a couple dozen pedigree tables, TOMO II of Reto?os
> discusses:
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> Aceves, Alba, Alcala y mendoza, Aldrete, Alvarez de Castillo, Alvarez -
> Tostado, Anava, Anda-Altamirano, Aranda, Ascencio de Leon, Azuela de San
> Pelayo, Camacho - Riquelme, Camarena, Casillas y Cabrera, Diaz del Castillo,
> Diaz - Varela, Diaz de Sandi, Escoto - Tovar, Fernandez de Palos, Fernandez
> de Rueda, Flores-Alatorre, Franco de la Cueva, France de Paredes, Gallegos,
> Garcia de Hemrosillo and Gomez de Espejo.?
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> John Schmal
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