Great great suggestion. Everyone should take Angie up on her offer to
help if you have any problems. This is really pretty straight forward.
So why not gather your names and places within our Target area (Jalisco,
Zacatecas, and Aguascalientes) and put them into the database? That way
someone can see the short description and locations and be able to then
go directly to your file to see if there is a connection. I'm going to
do this soon but time prevents me from doing it for the next week or so
because of an exam I need to study for. . .

thanks Angie,

joseph


aajay1073 wrote:

HELLO EVERYONE:

I was thinking...

As the group gets bigger and as new members join, it might be easier
to keep track of one another if we had a central sign in area. I
thought if we created a database and everyone entered themselves into
that table, it would help some. The database section of the group is
only available to memebers only.

Here are some instructions on how to add yourself to

Hi all,

I'm new to this group but I would like to say what I'm
searching for at this point. 

I'm looking for any information on the family of my
great-grandparents, Nicanor Pineda and Emilia
Gonzalez, both from Tlaltenango, Zacatecas.  They came
to Laredo, Texas in the 1920s.  

Based on the 1930 Census records that I've found,
Nicanor Pineda was born around 1895 and his wife,
Emilia Gonzalez was born around 1907.  I've looked at
some of the 1890s microfilm from Tlatenango at my
local FHC but have not really had any luck.  I've
realized at this point that the Census records can
often be wrong with dates.  What was interesting was
that I did not find one 'Pineda' but there were
several people with the name 'Pinedo.'

I'm hoping this may connect with somebody out there. 
As a side note, I do have extensive information on my
family roots in Nuevo Leon and Mier, Tamaulipas.  I'll
be loading up later today.

Hope to hear from someone,

Chris Pineda


		
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HELLO EVERYONE:

I was thinking...

As the group gets bigger and as new members join, it might be easier 
to keep track of one another if we had a central sign in area.  I 
thought if we created a database and everyone entered themselves into 
that table, it would help some.  The database section of the group is 
only available to memebers only.

Here are some instructions on how to add yourself to the database:

1.  On the left hand side menu, click on "Database".
2.  You should see a list of tables, click on "Who's Who".
Note: Here is a direct link to skip step 1 and 2 -> 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ranchos/database?method=reportRows&tbl=2

3.  Click on "Add Record"
4.  Type in your information and Select the "Save Record" button.
5.  You should now see your information in the table.

Let me know if you have any suggestions, comments, questions, etc...

Thanks,
Angie Godina

go to "link" go to "2000 Mexican Census" go to "Zacatecas" go to
"

Ed, 
Glad to know that you liked those two links that I posted.

About "my secret methods" to search on the internet, well that's what 
they are: Secret.

Just kidding, Edward!!!

No big secret really.  I regularly use Google because I get the best 
results with it.  The key lies in the search expressions that you use.

It is what I would call the "shovel approach" versus the "tweezers 
approach".  In other words, using a single search expression or a 
couple of generic expressions will get you a scoop of information but 
not necessarily what you're looking for.  

What I try to do is to combine several selected words and/or phrases 
in my search expressions, sometimes even using exclusion filters, to 
narrow down the search results.  

In these particular case the reason you didn't find the same sites 
could've been that I used the letter "ñ" instead of the "n" in Peña.

And for other group members who are also interested in this and who 
haven't yet read Google's search tips, you

go to "link" go to "2000 Mexican Census" go to "Zacatecas" go to
"Nochistlan" go to "Monte de Duranes."

so this place was in existence as of 2000

I wonder if Alicia Carrillo and Lorenzo Cuesta might be related somewhere?

joseph

Victor,

Thank you for your two emails. They are very interesting. One more question. How did you 
get this information. I "searched" all over the place and you seemed to find this without 
much difficulty. Please tell me your secret methods. Do you search via Mexico site? Search 
engine?

Ed

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Victor Villarreal"  wrote:
> 
> Ed, besides the link from my previous post, there's another one that 
> refers to a "ghost comunity" by the same name of Peña Blanca, near 
> Valparaiso.
> 
> http://www.jornada.unam.mx/2001/may01/010521/044n1con.html
> 
> Which one could it be?
> 
> Victor
> 
> --- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Edward Serros"  wrote:
> > 
> > My grandmother was born on the hacienda Pena Blanca. Does anyone 
> have
> > any information on this hacienda and whether it exists in any form 
> at
> > present? Per birth records the hacienda had to be close to 
> Valparaiso,
> > Zacatecas. My guess is that it belonged to the