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Alice

If the site was down earlier today, it is now back up (this posting is at 8:49 PM). I tried a couple of different states/towns/collections, and all was OK.

George Fulton
Pleasanton, CA

Hola Daniel:

Se me hace un poco más fácil escribirte en español, sabiendo que también lo hablas. Nunca en todo mi tiempo de genealogista he podido descifrar los padres de la persona que ha dicho que fue hijo de padres no conocidos ni cuando dicen ser hijos naturales, que sólo mencionan a la mamá. Tengo una buena amiga, tía lejana, que sorprendentemente con mucho esfuerzo pudo con estas similares circunstancias que te digo en uno de sus antepasados de línea directa de su segundo apellido, lograr sacar el nombre del padre y abuelos cuando el registro sólo decía el de la madre.

En una ocasión, ví una dispensa donde al principio el contrayente decía ser hijo de padres no conocidos, pero cuando uno de los testigos denuncia el parentesco entre los novios, vuelve a declarar el novio y menciona a sus padres aunque sí era hijo natural, además que conocía muy bien por donde le venía el parentesco con la pretensa. Con esto sabemos que la gente sí sabía de quienes eran hijos y por circunstancias especiales como tu dices, no lo decían.

El caso que siempre he deseado resolver y que tampoco hasta donde sé, lo pudo descifrar mi tío Gabriel, fue con el apellido Agraz. Resulta que cuando José de Tadeo de Agraz casa con Andrea de Contreras y Araiza, el 14 de Febrero de 1737 en Tecolotlán, Tadeo dice ser hijo de padres no conocidos. Sé que había otros Agraz, pocos años antes en Tecolotlán que podían haber sido parientes de Tadeo. También ahorita me da la idea, que encontré a un Tadeo bautizado en Tecolotlán por las fechas en que debió haber nacido y no me acuerdo bien pero uno de los padres se apellidaba Araiza, y Andrea mi antepasada era Araiza.

Sabes tú, cuando decían ser hijos de padres no conocidos, como le hacían para elegir el apellido que llevaban? si en realidad el apellido era suyo o se lo inventaban?

Saludos,
Enrique Agraz

Thank you, Daniel, so I think I made the right decision. I needed to be
sure. :-)
Esther

On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 3:14 PM, Daniel Mendez de Torres Camino <
mendezdetorres@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
> It sounds like he was the one who registered her as his daughter and gave
> him her last name. This often ocurrs when two people live together, though
> not marry still recognizes his natural child. Most times when this would
> not occur, it would list the mother and padre desconocido. I recently
> learned that another reason for marriages when mentioned was "de padres no
> conocidos" was because the person refused to identify their parents so they
> would not have to go through the dispensation process, etc especially when
> consanguinity was obvious.
>
> Daniel Mendez de Torres Camino
>

Hi Emilie,
Molinillos still exist and are available at Mexican mercados.  You reminded me that it's time to head downtown to Mi Tierra's restaurante y panaderia and sip some of that great hot chocolate they make and enjoy it with a fresh chamuco or polvoron.   It gets cold here, too!
Alice

--- On Sat, 1/14/12, Emilie Garcia wrote:

From: Emilie Garcia
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Mexican Hot Chocolate
To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Saturday, January 14, 2012, 8:40 PM

I subscribe to a newsletter from Replacements.com, and recently they had an article about antique chocolate pots, and it included the history of chocolate.  I was intrigued by a recipe they included:

     "the original cocoa beverage comes from the Mayans and Aztecs, and was often a mixture of ground cocoa beans, water, wine, and peppers.  It did not take long for the Spaniards to begin heating this blend and sweetening it with sugar to suit their tastes".

     "the first published recipe for a chocolate drink was published in Spain---"A Curious Treatise of the Nature of Quality of Chocolate" by Antonio Colmenero de Ledesma in 1644.  The recipe called for 100 cacao beans, 2 chiles, a handful of anise, "Ear Flower", one vanilla pod, 2 ounces of cinnamon, twelve almonds or hazelnuts, one pound of sugar, and Achiote (annatto seeds to color the drink) to taste.  All of these ingredients were boiled together and then frothed with a molinillo, a traditional Aztec carved wooden tool". 

Up here in the Northwest where I live, it is especially cold in the winter, so I enjoy a cup of Mexican hot chocolate, but I don't follow the recipe above which sounds labor-intensive with all that grinding, finding and purchasing of several exotic ingredients, etc. (what in the world is "ear flower"?).   I find it convenient to just buy the tablets of Ibarra brand manufactured at the Chocolatera de Jalisco in Guadalajara.  All it contains is sugar, cocoa, and cinnamon.  Some of my cousins prefer the Abuelita brand, but I bet that old Spanosh recipe made by scratch would be wonderful (except for maybe the chiles in it---some Kahlua would be better).

I recall my mother making hot Mexican chocolate and using one of those wooden molinillos which was just a stick with a bulbous end with wooden rings around the bottom.  She would rub the stick between her palms to froth the drink.  I often wonder what happened to that little molinillo. 

Emilie
Port Orchard, Washington                          

Wow, que bien! Gracias Veronica. Ya postea la version editada (en dos partes, por numeros de films) en guadalajaradispensas.com

Wow, that's great! Thanks Veronica. I've posted my edited version (in two parts per film #s) at guadalajaradipsensas.com

Saludos,
Claudia
www.guadalajaradispensas.com
www.sagradamitra.com

Amalia,

A "manda," within the practices of catholics, is a promise made (or included in a will) to God, to the Virgin, or to a Saint, either because of devotion or to obtain a determinate Grace.

Efrain Conrique
San Diego, California

-----Original Message-----
>From: hernandezmol@msn.com
>Sent: Jan 12, 2012 4:02 PM
>To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
>Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Manda's, after passing
>
>Does anyone know what a manda is? I know its after they pass away but what exactly is it written up in the church for?? here is a link to my document for your viewing. It is the first record, Alonzo garcia hijo de Villalpando.
>
>http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c302/1traviesa/alonzovillal.jpg
>
>thank you
>
>Amalia Hernandez Arias

It's a debt or a promise made to the church and to God.

________________________________
From: "hernandezmol@msn.com"
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2012 4:02 PM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Manda's, after passing

Does anyone know what a manda is? I know its after they pass away but what exactly is it written up in the church for?? here is a link to my document for your viewing.  It is the first record, Alonzo garcia hijo de Villalpando.

http://i30.photobucket.com/albums/c302/1traviesa/alonzovillal.jpg

thank you
Amalia Hernandez Arias

Alice:

Of course Lino is used also as a proper name. My sixth great grandfather was named José Lino de Agraz y Contreras.

Enrique

Que tal Ricardo yo tengo en mi arbol genealogico a JUAN CASILLAS y MARIA VALDIVIA.
saludos ERNESTO DE LEON

Hello
Lucio was my great grandfather and was born from 1899 to 1900. If you have any questions feel free to email me at gumecindoe@gmail.com

Hola Jorge,

Segun el sitio de internet... "http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com", hay una localidad llamada "Rincon de Leon" en Tierra Nueva, San Luis Potosi y otra en la Huacana Michoacan, estos son los enlaces... "http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/rincon-de-leon-3/" y "http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/rincon-de-leon/".

En el municipio de Leon Guanajuato aparecen... "Rincon Grande, Rincon Verde, y Rincones de la Mora", y en Arandas aparecen... "Rincon de Ocotes,y Boca de Leones".

Este es el enlance a las localidads de Arandas: http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/jalisco/arandas/. Recuerda que quizas los ranchitos/localidades de aquel entonces ya tengan un nombre nuevo o simplemente ya no existen.

Hace un tiempo comparti en NR el enlace a "mexico.pueblosamerica.com", porque crei que seria algo util para localizar pequenos ranchos o localidades que no aparecen en un mapa comun. Espero que te sirva de algo la informacion.

Saludos,
Roberto Hdez

Estimado Roberto,
Esto precisamente necesitaba ver, datos específicos con fechas más o menos específicas. Con esta información a la mano, se nos hace más fácil seguirle “jalándole al hilito” como dicen por ahí.

A base de esta información me fue posible hacer una búsqueda de matrimonio de tus antepasados más remotos, José Isabel Hernández y María del Refugio Ayala. Ellos se casaron el 8 de septiembre de 1868, el La Barca, Jalisco.

Mexico Marriages, 1570-1950 for Jose Ysabel Hernandes
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Groom's Name: Jose Ysabel Hernandes
Groom's Birth Date:
Groom's Birthplace:
Groom's Age:
Bride's Name: Refugio Ayala
Bride's Birth Date:
Bride's Birthplace:
Bride's Age:
Marriage Date: 08 Sep 1868
Marriage Place: La Barca,Jalisco,Mexico
Groom's Father's Name:
Groom's Mother's Name:
Bride's Father's Name:
Bride's Mother's Name:
Groom's Race:
Groom's Marital Status:
Groom's Previous Wife's Name:
Bride's Race:
Bride's Marital Status:
Bride's Previous Husband's Name:
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: M60605-1

System Origin: Mexico-ODM
Source Film Number: 281074
Reference Number:

Luego hice una búsqueda de los hijos de J. Isabel Hernández y de Ma. Refugio Ayala, salieron varios pero no José Refugio. Miren:

Saturnina Hernández
Mexico Baptisms, 1560-1950 christening: 09 Dec 1883 San Juan Bosco, La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico

residence: La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico
parents: José Ysabel Hernández, Maria Refugio Ayala

Saturnina Hernández
Mexico Baptisms, 1560-1950 christening: 09 Dec 1883 San Juan Bosco, La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico

residence: Jalisco, Mexico

parents: José Ysabel Hernández, Maria Refugio Ayala

Eduarda Hernandez
Mexico Baptisms, 1560-1950 christening: 22 Oct 1893 San Juan Bosco, La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico

residence: La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico
parents: Jose Ysabel Hernandez, Maria Refugio Ayala

Yrinea Hernandes Ayala
Mexico Baptisms, 1560-1950 christening: 07 Jul 1875 LA BARCA,JALISCO,MEXICO
residence: Jalisco, Mexico

parents: Ysabel Hernandes, Refugio Ayala

Margarito Hernandes Ayala
Mexico Baptisms, 1560-1950 christening: 24 Feb 1873 La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico
residence: La Barca, Jalisco, Mexico
parents: Ysabel Hernandes, Refugio Ayala

Margarito Hernandes Ayala
Mexico Baptisms, 1560-1950 christening: 24 Feb 1873 , LA BARCA, JALISCO, MEXICO
residence: Jalisco, Mexico

parents: Ysabel_ Hernandes, Refugio Ayala

Eulalia Hernandes Ayala
Mexico Baptisms, 1560-1950 christening: 14 Feb 1870 LA BARCA,JALISCO,MEXICO
residence:

O sea que si consultas los Microfilms correctos, ahi vas a encontras lo que buscas.

Luego me puse a buscar el matrimonio de Casildo Ruiz y Ma. Refugio Soria, pero no me salió. Pero cuando hice una búsqueda de bautizos/nacimientos me salió lo siguiente:

Mexico Baptisms, 1560-1950 for Jose Pedro De Jesus Ruiz
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Name: Jose Pedro De Jesus Ruiz
Gender: Male
Baptism/Christening Date: 10 Aug 1884
Baptism/Christening Place: Ayotlán, Jalisco, Mexico
Birth Date: 01 Aug 1884
Birthplace:
Death Date:
Name Note:
Race:
Father's Name: Casildo Ruiz
Father's Birthplace:
Father's Age:
Mother's Name: Maria Refugio Soria
Mother's Birthplace:
Mother's Age:
Paternal Grandfather's Name: Francisco Ruiz
Paternal Grandmother's Name: Maria Luz Rojas
Maternal Grandfather's Name: Matias Soria
Maternal Grandmother's name: Rafaela Valle
Indexing Project (Batch) Number: C64751-2

System Origin: Mexico-EASy
Source Film Number: 280682
Reference Number: v 34 p 48

Como puedes ver aunque no apareció el matrimonio de ellos, la información bautismal sí contiene los nombres de los abuelos. Son los nombres de tus antepasados. Por el momento creo que esto te va a mantener bastante ocupado. Espero que mi ayuda te guste.

Atentamente,
Steven Francisco Hernández López

Estimado Roberto,

Te felicito por tu deseo, la genealogía es un mundo de aventura e historia. También tengo líneas en Ayo el Chico (Ayotlán). Si tus Hernández vienen de ahí , sería probable que son Herández Gamiño. Déjame saber si te puedo ayudar, tengo más de seis años de experencia.

Daniel Méndez Camino

hola Roberto,
Bienvenido al apasionante mundo de la genealogia, estoy segura de que entre
los miembros de nuestros ranchos encontrarás mucha ayuda.

Te recomiendo visites el sitio de https://www.familysearch.org/search/ ahi
puedes realizar las busquedas que necesitas y con un poco de suerte
encontrarás los datos de la parroquia y la fecha exacta del bautiso, de ahi
puedes consultar los registros digitalizados, aqui te pongo el link para que
puedas entrar a los registros de jalisco
https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.family…

En las partidas bautismales podras conseguir los nombres de los padres y con
un poco mas de suerte, la de los abuelos....y asi vuelves a empezar el
proceso.

Otro consejo...es excelente que te quieras enfocar en tu linea paterna, pero
mantente abierto, a mi por ejemplo se me ha facilitado mucho mas encontrar
los registros de las lineas maternas, cuestion de suertee.

Y finalmente, si un día buscaste en family search y no encontraste, vuelvelo
a intentar en un par de semanas, constantemente estan actualizando la base
de datos!!!

Mucha Suerte y de nuevo, bienvenido

A todos los demas miembros de nuestros ranchos, mil perdones por ser
repetitiva, todo esto nos parece tan obvio, pero alguien te lo tiene que
decir por primera vez, una idea, poner en el sitio un lugar donde se
explique todo esto del family search y como funciona, si necesitan ayuda,
con mucho gusto los ayudo a redactar una guia para principiantes

2011/8/23

> Hola a todos,
>
> Soy un miembro nuevo con cero experiencia en el tema de la Genealogía y
> por lo pronto, solo estoy interesado en investigar el origen de mi apellido
> Paterno(línea directa Paterna), Hernandez. Cuando adquiera madurez y
> experiencia, me enfocaré en mis otras ramas genealógicas. Mi abuelo
> paterno, J. Samuel Hernandez, nació en El Fraile (municipio de Ayotlan (Ayo
> el chico)), Jalisco en 1910, tuvo varios hermanos/as, de los cuales algunos
> aun viven. Basado en el acta de bautismo de mi Abuelo (J. Samuel); Sus
> Padres fueron: J. Refugio Hernandez Ayala y Maria Cruz Ruiz Soria, Abuelos
> Paternos: José Ysabel Hernandez y Maria Refugio Ayala, Abuelos Maternos:
> Casildo Ruiz y Maria Refugio Soria. Entre aproximadamente 1920 y 1930, mi
> Bisabuelo, J. Refugio, y toda la familia, emigró al norte del estado de
> Michoacán. Ya para el censo Mexicano de 1930, ellos residían en San
> Gregorio (municipio de Pajuacaran) Michoacán.
> Estoy teniendo dificultad en encontrar el acta de bautismo de mi bisabuelo,
> J. Refugio. Ya lo busqué en los archivos de la iglesia de Ayotlan, pero no
> lo encuentro, es muy probable que el haya nacido en San Antonio (San
> Antonio de Rivas?) en el municipio de La Barca, Jalisco, Ya que encontré a
> tres posibles hermanas, hijas de J. Ysabel Hernandez y Maria Refugio Ayala.
> Ellas son: Eulalia nacida en 1870, Yrinea en 1875, y Saturnina en 1883,
> todas ellas nacidas en San Antonio, La Barca, Jalisco. Encontré el acta de
> bautismo de J. Ysabel Hernandez nacido en 1841 en San Antonio, La Barca
> Jalisco. También encontré a dos posibles hermanos de Antonio Hernandez
> (Papá de J. Ysabel), ellos son José Victorino nacido en el Rancho de Texas
> (Municipio de La Barca Jalisco) en 1788 y José Marcial nacido en el Rancho
> de Tejas(Texas) (Municipio de La Barca Jalisco) en 1802. J. Victorino y J.
> Marcial son hijos de José de los Santos Hernandez y Maria Gertrudis
> Aguilera, también Antonio es hijo de ellos, pero al igual que con el acta de
> bautismo de J. Refugio, tampoco he podido encontrar la de Antonio.
> Nota: Toda esta información que he proporcionado está basada en actas de
> bautismo y el censo Mexicano de 1930 solamente.
>
> Ahora mi misión es encontrar el acta de bautismo de J. Refugio Hernandez
> Ayala, nacido aproximadamente en 1880 (basado en su edad durante el censo
> Mexicano de 1930) en el Municipio de La Barca o Ayotlan (Ayo el Chico)
> Jalisco, y así poder o no poder hacer la conexión con Los Hernandez de San
> Antonio, La Barca Jalisco que he encontrado. También necesito encontrar más
> información de Antonio Hernandez, posible hermano de J. Marcial y J.
> Victorino, e hijos de Jose de los Santos Hernandez y Maria Gertrudis
> Aguilera.
>
> Cualquier pista o ayuda que algún miembro pueda proporcionar será muy
> agradecida,
>
> Sinceramente,
> Roberto Hdez

Abram

You are fortunate to have ancestors from Nochistlan for two reasons: (1) the state of the church records is excellent, and (2) the baptisms have been extracted to 1875, and marriages to 1885.

Go to https://www.familysearch.org/

In the window you will see boxes for first and last name, Enter "Jauregui" in the last name box.

Immediately below this is a line that begins with "Search by Life Events"; click on marriage. A new line will open asking for a location, and a date range.

For location, type "nochistlan, zacatecas, mexico," it is not necessary to capitalize the place name. Accents are not required.

If you press search at this point, you will get more than 49,000 results. Too many. So you need to narrow down the search. From the search parameter window on the left of the screen, type in a date range (try 1870-1885) which would seem reasonable for this couple based on other information you have. This will give a smaller list, but still way too many.

You can narrow down the search by clicking the check box next to the location name. This means the location must match exactly. This will give a much shorter list of all the Jauregui marriages in the 1870-85 period in Nochistlan.

If you are sure you have the name right, enter the first name. Use "Encarnacion", you don't need "Jose". You could also do this from the beginning, but you then won't get a sense of how many families there are with this name.

With "Encarnacion Jauregui" in this period you will get four results. Two for Ma. Enacarnacion Jauregui and two for Jose Encarnacion Jauregui. Click on the little triangle at the far right of the record will give a summary; clicking on the name itself will give you the full record.

Jose's is the one you want. With the information here, you can go to the digitized records, and view and download it. Since there are two with marriages to the same person, you've got to figure out why.

Don't take the Family Search index as absolute truth! You absolutely must look at the original record.

In a normal marriage, the record will say "case y vele." Sometimes a record will say "case y no vele," the second part of the ceremony is performed later. This could account for two dates. However, there may be other ecclesiastical reasons for this. There may be an annotation on the records that explains it; or there may not.

When you go to the digitized records, they are in date order, so the record should not be hard to find. Often, but not always, the name of couple is written in the marriage. This makes it a bit easier.

There was another posting today about someone wanting to use a professional genealogist. Sometimes, this can be helpful (and expensive!), but there is a lot of satisfaction in finding the records yourself. Besides, when you have success, which you will (trust me on this!) it is a lot of fun!

Good luck!

George Fulton
Pleasanton, CA

Jose,

It was oh so very common to re-marry a very young girl after he was widowed. I
can't tell you how many records I've com across where the man is widowed, is
over 40 and he marries a girl in her teens and is having children into his 60's.

Alicia,
San Jose, Calif

________________________________
From: "jvball21@gmail.com"
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Fri, March 4, 2011 10:41:50 PM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Francisco Acosta and Maria Ysebel Ruedas and son(s)
Jesus Acosta

I have a great grandfather Francisco Acosta, born in Gomez, Zac 1818 (died 1882
in Monte Escobedo, Zac) He married Maria Ysabel Ruedas, born in San Ramon, Zac
1826, (died 1891 in Laborcita) They married in Monte Escobedo Zac in 1847.

They had a son Jesus Acosta born in 1854 in Monte Escobedo and died in 1940
there also. I heard thru family members that he married Maria Cleofas Minjarez
in 1875 in Monte Escobedo.

But I was looking thru Baptismal records and found another Jesus Acosta with
another wife named Margarita Sanchez. This Jesus Acosta had the same parents.
And this Jesus Acosta had a daughter by the name of Margarita Acosta born in
1910 in Bieneguitas, Zac. (Margarita's parents were Esteban Sanchez and Tomas
Ruedas)

I'm sure these are 2 different people otherwise he fathered a child at the age
of 56. I wouldn't say that's impossible, but very unlikely.

If anyone has more information on this, can you please contact me via email thru
this site?

Thanks
Jose Acosta

My ancestor was father to two children starting at age 72 with a 35 year old
second wife.. he did put he was 52 on his marriage information but that was not
correct, he was 72 in district of Jerez Zacatecas. nothing was impossible!
Linda Castanon-Long

________________________________
From: "jvball21@gmail.com"
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Fri, March 4, 2011 10:41:50 PM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Francisco Acosta and Maria Ysebel Ruedas and son(s)
Jesus Acosta

I have a great grandfather Francisco Acosta, born in Gomez, Zac 1818 (died 1882
in Monte Escobedo, Zac) He married Maria Ysabel Ruedas, born in San Ramon, Zac
1826, (died 1891 in Laborcita) They married in Monte Escobedo Zac in 1847.

They had a son Jesus Acosta born in 1854 in Monte Escobedo and died in 1940
there also. I heard thru family members that he married Maria Cleofas Minjarez
in 1875 in Monte Escobedo.

But I was looking thru Baptismal records and found another Jesus Acosta with
another wife named Margarita Sanchez. This Jesus Acosta had the same parents.
And this Jesus Acosta had a daughter by the name of Margarita Acosta born in
1910 in Bieneguitas, Zac. (Margarita's parents were Esteban Sanchez and Tomas
Ruedas)

I'm sure these are 2 different people otherwise he fathered a child at the age
of 56. I wouldn't say that's impossible, but very unlikely.

If anyone has more information on this, can you please contact me via email thru
this site?

Thanks
Jose Acosta

Hi Monica,

We all reach stalemates in our research. Some take years, hard work and perserverance and lots of patience. What I would do is continue researching your lines, if you can continue to advance on others, stick with those and resume with other lines. Somtimes, I find researching other lines in the same area, might give clues or hints on other lines. It can become difficult when everyone stays around the same general area. What I hate the most is having to back to the same film and review it a second time, so I started to extract microfilm of all spaniards, since about 98% of my lines are Spanish. I have a couple of mestizo, mulato, black, and native american lines. That way when I do advance I can easily check for Spanish and has been working so far. I do not know if I would recommend this method for you, since it is time consuming, but well worth it. I have been called a serious, but a crazy researcher.

In my family tree, there exists all ends of the spectrum, some were very wealthy, some very poor. Documents even state, no testo por ser pobre. Some refer to them as la muy rica, etc. I have noticed in my mulato, mestizo, black and native american lines do tend to "die out" eventually. Which does sadden me a bit, because I would be interested to see where they take me. I do not think its that the poorer branches are impossible to find, they existed so they must be out there somewhere. Something a wise man taught me is that Colonial Spanish officers usually focused on their Spanish colonists, especially if they were of noble lineage, for some reason the officiators in Colonial Mexico would have hundreds of documents on one family. So I think that's why Spanish lines for the most part are easier. Have you looked on www.familysearch.org? Have you looked page by page on film? This is a tedious job, but for the most part if the only way to advance. People know me for doing the gru
nt work, that no one else really wants to do. I can assure you the grunt work is what produces results.

Where is your general area of research. My ancestors moved around a lot. I have lots of lines in Mexico City, Aguascalientes, Guanajuato, Michoacan, Jalisco, Nayarit, Chihuhua, Hidalgo, Zacatecas, Puebla, Portugal, Spain, Italy and France. Try to research your own lines first, I think it's more fulfulling. If you still believe hiring a professional researcher is the way to go, be careful, some claim they know what they are doing, but some can fabricate genealogies, for the sake of a paycheck. Always make sure they provide documents to back up their researcher. I have taken on big projects in the past, but I'm not sure if I could be of assistance, since I am moving to Brazil in two weeks. I do however, have "many friends" in this field, and they are all excellent researchers and am sure will love to help you.

Mis saludos,

Daniel Mendez de Torres Camino