Hola Ranchos members:

Check out this link:  http://www.adabi.org.mx/adabi.htm

This is a group in Mexico City that was formed to preserve the 
Historical Archives and Libraries of Mexico.  Organizations are sent an 
invitation to petition for project funding.  They are required to 
complete the project or return the funds to Adabi.  The projects range 
from $5,000 pesos to 12,500 pesos (that's roughtly $500-$1,200 US) per 
project.  One project in Durango was to scan, catalog and create a 
database.  ADABI donated the scanner, the computer and a desk.  The 
recipient committed to completing the project within 10 months.  They 
show other projects where old maps have been restored, etc.

Maria

Jose Alfredo,
According to the Plan General de la Obra in Tomo I, Torres, de la Torre-
Ledesma, and Romo de Vivar will be covered  in Tomo IV.  That book has 
not been published. 
Maria 

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, jjetmech01@a... wrote:
>
> Maria 
> I am interesteed in two families the first is Romo de Vivar and the 
other is 
> the De La Torre families.
> I am also interested in getting information on how I could acquire 
the books 
> of the Retonios de Espania en la Nueva Galicia
> Thanks 
> Jose Alfredo De La Torre Romo
>

You're welcome. And for those of you out there who have ancestry from
Los Altos, you can also claim a parentesco with Sor Juana Ines de la
Cruz. Her great-grandfather, Diego Ramirez de Santillana-Arellano, is
also the ancestor of many, many alteños. Another son of his named
Gonzalo settled in Jalostotitlan and got intertwined with the Mendoza
lineage establishing the Ramirez de Mendoza lineage.

Please open the attached file. You may want to first print it if you
actually plan on being able to read it.

I also have the alteño lineage of Tomas de Alva (aka Alva Edison) from
either Lagos de Moreno or Encarnacion de Diaz, Jalisco. According to
the legend, his parents travelled up to the United States and was
adopted by the Edison family. There might be something to the legend,
because in Lagos and Encarnacion there a lot of members of the family
de ALBA\ALVA. If you check out the 1850, 1860, and 1870 United States
Censuses on Ancestry.com, you will see that he as not

Steven Hernanadez:
Thank you for the information on Sor Juana - she was who first came to 
mind when I read Joseph's question. 

Everyone:
Now - for those familiar with timeline history for Aguas., Jalisco, and 
Zacatecas: What was going on in those localities during Sor Juana's 
lifetime (1648-169* - can't remember the exact year)?

Everyone: Happy New Year, and may you have many research sucesses in 
2006.

Natalie Castro Coleman in VA,
researching CASTRO, GARCIA, DUEÑAS from Hacienda Astillero and (Rancho?)
San Miguel(Valparaiso District), and Sombrerete, Zacatecas.

Here is a partial family tree for Thomas Alva Edison:
http://www.genealogy.com/famousfolks/thomas-edison/

Here is a bio page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Alva_Edison

Hope this helps,
Angie

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "John Gonzalez" 1gnzlz@v...> wrote:
>
> Hi Joseph:
> 
> I ran into a bit of information that I find hard to believe.
> I have a book titled: Teocaltiche Tierra de Arrieros y Hacendados 
con 
> Familias Ilustres.  The author is Nicolas de Anda Sanches.
> 
> On page 47. I quote:  " Tambien de este linaje desciende Dn. Juan 
de 
> Alva que era arriero o carretero en el siglo pasado y que segun Dn. 
> Victoriano Salado Alvarez, iba hasta los estados de Nuevo Mexico y 
> Texas, a él se le atribuye ser el padre del "scientifico 
patentador" de 
> miles de inventos, Dn. Tomas Alva Edison, nos lo comenta en el 
capitulo 
> II de sus Memorias, correspondiendole a Encarnación de Diaz, ser la 
> abuela de dicho personaje." 
> 
> I always thought that Thomas Edison's

my shallowness provoked me to ask the question. I was hoping for an
example or two and you all provided them. thanks.

joseph

Bingo!  The only one paying attention.

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Alberto Duarte  wrote:
>
> Not only of Latin America, but of all the Americas.
> 
> Alberto Duarte Prieto
> Santa Maria, California
> 
> --- "v.h.villarreal" 
> wrote:
> 
> > Joseph,
> > 
> > The foundation of the Universidad de Mexico dates
> > back to 1551 and it is the oldest University in
> > Latin America.  Read the quote below:
> > 

Not only of Latin America, but of all the Americas.

Alberto Duarte Prieto
Santa Maria, California

--- "v.h.villarreal" 
wrote:

> Joseph,
> 
> The foundation of the Universidad de Mexico dates
> back to 1551 and it is the oldest University in
> Latin America.  Read the quote below:
> 
> En la "CEDULA REAL SOBRE LA FUNDACION DE LA
> UNIVERSIDAD DE MEXICO" se menciona  "Dada en la
> ciudad de Toro en 21 del mes de septiembre de 1551".
> Fue dictada por  el Rey y Emperador Carlos V.
> Menciona el Emperador en la Cedula: "he sido 
> suplicado fuesemos servidos de tener por bien que en
> la dicha ciudad de Mexico  se fundase un estudio e
> UNIVERSIDAD DE TODAS LAS CIENCIAS DONDE LOS
> NATURALES Y  LOS HIJOS DE ESPAÑOLES fuesen
> industriados en las cosas de nuestra Santa Fe 
> Catolica en las demas facultades Y LES CONCEDIESEMOS
> LOS PRIVILEGIOS Y  FRANQUEZAS Y LIBERTADES QUE ASI
> TIENE EL ESTUDIO E UNIVERSIDAD DE LA CIUDAD DE 
> SALAMANCA..." "Desde los primeros