No. But I'm planning to research my ancestors from
Panuco this month.  If I do find any Zaldivars, I'll
let you know.

Albert Duarte Prieto
Santa Maria, California

--- Margarita Vallazza  wrote:

> Do you have any Zaldivars in your Panuco ancestry? 
> Marge:)
> On Nov 7, 2005, at 5:45 PM, Alberto Duarte wrote:
> 
> >
> >  How do you expect Americans to know the history
> of
> >  another country or group when they know very
> little
> >  about their own history?  If you don't believe
> me,
> >  just ask them. 
> >
> >  Emile, you are doing way better than me.  I can
> only
> >  trace my ancestors back to 1675 in Panuco,
> Zacatecas.
> >
> >  Alberto Duarte Prieto
> >  Santa Maria, California
> >
> >  --- Emilie Garcia 
> wrote:
> >
> >  > Yes, Arturo,
> >  >
> >  > It is so frustrating to know that Anglos here
> don't
> >  > have a clue about our history.  They are
> amazed when
> >  > I request records for 1640, or mention that I
> just
> >  >

Emilie,

Just wanted to comment on what you wrote below...I once heard someone 
with a similar experience as your sister...  There response was "I 
didn't cross the border it crossed me!"

Here in Southern California...even though almost all the cities and 
streets are in Español.  People seem to forget that Mexico use to own 
all of the Southwest States.  And even though the border was moved to 
its current location, many of the people stayed.

As for me, I have been able to successfully trace most of my family 
ancestors to the 1700's in Colotlan and Totatiche, Jalisco.  I have 
hit some brick walls but I am currently trying different angles.  My 
fahter did cross the border, he came to the U.S. in the 1950's during 
the Bracero program.

Angie Godina
So. California


--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Emilie Garcia"  
wrote:
>My sister (born in Colorado as I was) once was told by her boss at 
work, "Well, Alicia, now that you have adopted this country as your 
own

There is a 1785 Census of the Colotlan region that is held at the
Archives of Simanca in Spain and has bee digitized.

I was thinking that perhaps we could get a few volunteers from the
group to help transcribe it and then perhaps even publish it.  I think
it would be very useful for many people in the group and as far as I
know, it has not previously been published.

The document can be found on Archivos Espanoles en Red at:

ES.47161.AGS/19.8//SGU,7015,2

Let me know if you are interested in helping out on this project.

There is a 1785 Census of the Colotlan region that is held at the 
Archives of Simanca in Spain and has bee digitized.

I was thinking that perhaps we could get a few volunteers from the 
group to help transcribe it and then perhaps even publish it.  I think 
it would be very useful for many people in the group and as far as I 
know, it has not previously been published.

The document can be found on Archivos Espanoles en Red at:

ES.47161.AGS/19.8//SGU,7015,2

Let me know if you are interested in helping out on this project.

Josie:

If I remember correctly, Estaban Valdes Salazar's family in Totatiche 
are relative newcomers since their ancestor only immigrated to the area 
from Spain in the mid-1700s.  There is actually an older Valdes line in 
the area who were originally "Llanos y Valdes" that goes way back... 
one of the first families to settle in Jerez, Zacatecas in the 1500s 
and then a branch moved to what is now Villa Guerrero to resettle the 
main hacienda there after one of the many indigenous uprisings that had 
led it to be abandoned.  That family is very prominent... lots of army 
officers and to date about half of the mayors of Villa Guerrero are 
Valdeses from this line.


>>Hi Arturo! I just now had time to try to catch up on my e-mail (Mickey
Garcia and I were in Monclova, MX  for a few days) and just read the 
above message you sent a few weeks ago.  You mention that you are going 
to try to interview Esteban Valdes Salazar while you are in Mexico 
during December and January.  I am

Do you have any Zaldivars in your Panuco ancestry? Marge:)

On Nov 7, 2005, at 5:45 PM, Alberto Duarte wrote:

How do you expect Americans to know the history of

another country or group when they know very little

about their own history?  If you don't believe me,

just ask them. 



Emile, you are doing way better than me.  I can only

trace my ancestors back to 1675 in Panuco, Zacatecas.



Alberto Duarte Prieto

Santa Maria, California



--- Emilie Garcia wrote:



> Yes, Arturo,

>

> It is so frustrating to know that Anglos here don't

> have a clue about our history.  They are amazed when

> I request records for 1640, or mention that I just

> downloaded a census for 1650, for example.  They say

> "They have records in Mexico that go back that

> far?--Who wrote them?"  (they have no clue as to how

> literate and educated the priests and notaries

> public were).  I tell them that I can trace some

> ancestors to 1543 (in Panuco, Zacatecas).  I just

>

How do you expect Americans to know the history of
another country or group when they know very little
about their own history?  If you don't believe me,
just ask them.  

Emile, you are doing way better than me.  I can only
trace my ancestors back to 1675 in Panuco, Zacatecas.

Alberto Duarte Prieto
Santa Maria, California

--- Emilie Garcia  wrote:

> Yes, Arturo,
> 
> It is so frustrating to know that Anglos here don't
> have a clue about our history.  They are amazed when
> I request records for 1640, or mention that I just
> downloaded a census for 1650, for example.  They say
> "They have records in Mexico that go back that
> far?--Who wrote them?"  (they have no clue as to how
> literate and educated the priests and notaries
> public were).  I tell them that I can trace some
> ancestors to 1543 (in Panuco, Zacatecas).  I just
> can't trace all the lines back that far and there
> are such huge gaps sometimes due to the upheavals
> caused in the founding of a