Joseph:

There is a historian by the name of Esteban Valdes Salazar who has 
published his own family's genealogy as well as the genealogy of a 
number of priests and bishops from "our" town of Totatiche, including 
Saint Cristobal Magallanes.  He recently published the second volume 
of his History of Totatiche which includes transcriptions of the 
original land deeds by the Spanish crown and a very detailed census.

I know that Rosalinda has been in touch with him, and my parents who 
are now living part-time in Mexico, have met his on a number of 
ocassions.  He may be someone interesting to interview.  Let me know 
if you are interested and we can try to get in touch with him.

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "v.h.villarreal"  
wrote:
>
> Joseph,
> 
> Just an opinion from a different perspective.  What I got from what
> Norma Angelica Mendoza Sandoval wrote is that they are currently
> struggling to launch their radio project and I really doubt that 
they
>

Joseph,

Just an opinion from a different perspective.  What I got from what
Norma Angelica Mendoza Sandoval wrote is that they are currently
struggling to launch their radio project and I really doubt that they
would relinquish the privilege of making their debut with an
unpublished material.

Maybe you can reformulate your proposal and offer them to upload their
audio tapes some time "after" they have aired them first.  Make it
very clear that you would give proper credits and add a link to their
website, etc.

Victor

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Puentes  wrote:
>
> 
> 
> Emilie Garcia wrote:
> 
> > So what did she say, Joseph?  Will she send you tapes or snippets of 
> > their programming for your podcasts?
> 
> boy am I hoping she will but she hasn't written back yet. I just sent 
> off the email to her yesterday. I'm hoping she is going to take my 
> proposition to other decision makers in the group to consider the
proposal.
> 
> >   That would be great if

Emilie,

The word "partido" has a lot of definitions. The one that applies here
is the following:

12. m. Distrito o territorio de una jurisdicción o administración que
tiene por cabeza un pueblo principal. (From the "Real Academia
Española" http://buscon.rae.es/diccionario/drae.htm)

You have to consider that the entry from "Diccionario Geográfico,
Histórico y Biográfico de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos." is an old one
and does not necessarily reflect current word usage.  Not even the
political divisions of the states and municipalities are guaranteed to
be the same today.  But being an old book and having old records is
what makes this resource valuable.

For the current political division of Zacatecas check the official web
page: http://www.zacatecas.gob.mx/  (Click "Estado" at the top menu
bar and then "Municipios" at the left side links.)  Indeed Jerez is
now an autonomous "Municipio".

Regards.
Victor Villarreal



--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Emilie Garcia" 

Alicia Carrillo wrote:

Joseph,

I'd be happy to volunteer if no one else steps up to the plate with
regards to the Spanish language, although there are many in the group
who are much more polished and accomplished than myself.

(translation)
Joseph te ofrezco mis servicios como traductora de Ingles/español o
como representante del Grupo Ranchos para las entrevistas con persona
o personas de la lengua castellana. Te advierto de antemano que hay
otros integrantes del Grupo Ranchos con un español mucho mas pulido y
profesional que el mio.

Les reto a los otros integrantes que hablan mejor español, que alcen
la mano y se den de voluntarios antes de que meta yo la pata y deje en
verguenza a este grupo.

(translation)
I challenge the other Ranchos members who speak better spanish than
mine to raise your hand and volunteer before I stick foot in mouth and
shame the group.

You wouldn't be shaming the group. . .your Spanish from my perspective
appears to be great. Okay

Emilie Garcia wrote:

So what did she say, Joseph?  Will she send you

Joseph, 

How about asking if there are official Bracero Program statistics 
from the early 1900s?  I'm sure there must be something because every 
worker was issued an ID card. 
http://www.farmworkers.org/bracero/braceric.GIF

Also, I recommend anyone interested in the subject from a general 
perspective to take a look at the following publication at the 
University of Texas (in Spanish):

http://www.utexas.edu/lbj/uscir/binpapers/v2b-6bustamante.pdf

Here's a quote:

Areas de origen en México

Tres entidades han sido clasificadas consistentemente en los primeros 
lugares como proveedoras de migrantes: Jalisco, Michoacán y 
Guanajuato. A ellas se agregaron Chihuahua, Durango y Zacatecas.
Gamio señalaba en 1930 que el 54.3% de los migrantes mexicanos 
provenía de esos tres estados del centro-occidente de México 
(Michoacán, Guanajuato y Jalisco), siguiéndolos en importancia Nuevo 
León, Durango y el D.F. (Gamio, 1930) (ver Cuadro 1).

It also includes the destination places for most of