I would suggest offering some financial remuneration and if he says no, then at least you've offered.

Marge:)

On Jul 13, 2005, at 5:44 PM, Alberto Duarte wrote:

Did you think he would charge me if I asked only a

couple of questions?  The Duartes that I have talk to

about their past had almost no information, but they

were extremely nice people.



Alberto Duarte

Santa Maria, California



--- Erlinda Castanon-Long

wrote:



> 

> John, if you do get to Jerez may I recommend

> contacting Leonardo de la

> Torre Berumen at leon_torre@... for help in

> locating ranchos

> and villas.  He doesn't speak English but is very

> willing to help.  he

> is a professional genealogist and has more

> information than most.  I'm

> told he charges if his help is extensive but he

> never charged me for

> anwering questions.  He lives in Jerez

>

> Linda

>

>

>





__________________________________________________

Do You Yahoo!?

Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail

Did you think he would charge me if I asked only a
couple of questions?  The Duartes that I have talk to
about their past had almost no information, but they
were extremely nice people.

Alberto Duarte
Santa Maria, California

--- Erlinda Castanon-Long 
wrote:

>  
> John, if you do get to Jerez may I recommend
> contacting Leonardo de la 
> Torre Berumen at leon_torre@... for help in
> locating ranchos 
> and villas.  He doesn't speak English but is very
> willing to help.  he 
> is a professional genealogist and has more
> information than most.  I'm 
> told he charges if his help is extensive but he
> never charged me for 
> anwering questions.  He lives in Jerez
> 
> Linda
> 
> 
> 


__________________________________________________
Do You Yahoo!?
Tired of spam?  Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around 
http://mail.yahoo.com 

 
John, if you do get to Jerez may I recommend contacting Leonardo de la 
Torre Berumen at leon_torre@... for help in locating ranchos 
and villas.  He doesn't speak English but is very willing to help.  he 
is a professional genealogist and has more information than most.  I'm 
told he charges if his help is extensive but he never charged me for 
anwering questions.  He lives in Jerez

Linda

Viewing old church records:
I learned something about reviewing old church records
whenever trying to read them:  You have to read them
real slow and look for key letters that make up your
ancestors first and last names.  The overall
penmanship of the priests was very good, but the
copied documents are usually in poor condition because
of time. 

A couple of years ago I was looking at the 1700s Jerez
church marriage records, and I noticed my
greatggggggmothers last name of Sanchez.  The letters
S,a,c, h and z, stood out, and then I looked closer
and found my greatggggggfathers last name (Duarte)
which was spelled like Quarti.  Upon further review of
the record I found other names that were barely
identifiable (Salazar and Sanchez)which were the last
names of my greatgggggggparents.  They got married in
1797 in Jerez, and after years of research I was also
able to identify the other names listed on the record
as my aunt and uncle (Gamboa family).

After many years of researching, I have