I have completed my fourth book, titled De Nobleza Inmemorial, which documents families of proven nobility from Nueva Galicia and New Spain. The work consists of eleven chapters and eight essays on the subject of hidalguía, and will feature a prologue by my friend Jorge Barba Gómez, author of several books of genealogy.

The book will first be available in Spanish on Amazon, with an English edition to follow.

Chapters:

1. Los Condes de la Maza y sus parientes en América: La rama michoacana de los Gómez Fraile.
2. El legado de un explorador: Los descendientes de Juan Ponce de León.
3. Los Orozco y Toledo: Un linaje entre la historia y la leyenda.
4. Una oligarquía invisible en el occidente novohispano.
5. Los Ruiz de Esparza: Desde Pamplona hasta el nuevo mundo.
6. Los Señores de Mirafuentes: El viaje de los Fernández de Balduz al nuevo mundo.
7. Los Itúrbide y Huarte: La familia detrás del primer imperio mexicano.
8. Una poderosa unión: los Villavicencio y los Colmenares.
9. Los Grijalba en la provincia de Colima.
10. Los Sotelo: Nobleza zamorana en el Nuevo Mundo.
11. Los Pardo de Lago: Una saga de nobleza gallega. 

Essays:

1. El rompecabezas genealógico: Descifrando la sangre del Dr. Ignacio Fernández de Córdova.
2. La controvertida ascendencia de Juan de Portugal.
3. Los González Carrillo en Michoacán.
4. Los Ponce y Somoza: Una alianza desde Monforte de Lemos.
5. Falsos nobles: El licenciado Diego Téllez.
6. Los Núñez de Soto y los Pantoja: nobleza extremeña en la conquista.
7. Los Rentería y los Mújica: El poder de los vascos en la empresa indiana.
8. El misterio de los Lomelín en Nueva España.

This is a book of which I am particularly fond of, as I have been able to present substantiated new information through properly referenced documentation.

For example, I trace the Fernández de Balduz family to its origins using a lawsuit filed by Antonio Fernández de Balduz against Miguel de Mirafuentes, which meticulously documents the family's genealogy. This work also identifies the Fernández de Balduz as a cadet branch of the House of Mirafuentes.

Furthermore, I resolve the genealogy of the Enríquez de Colmenares family, linking them, in their origin, to Báscones de Ojeda in Palencia, from which they departed to Carrión de los Condes. A nobility lawsuit from the Real Chancillería of Granada helps clarify the origins of the Grijalva family from Colima. The proceedings document their lineage as descending from the notable hidalgo Gonzalo Hernández Grijalva. He was also referred to as "Guadiloba," after the dehesa he possessed, a testament to his considerable wealth and influence.

Another highlight is the essay on the Núñez de Soto family, based on documentation I discovered in the R. Ch. of Granada. This record connects Gonzalo Núñez de Soto—husband of Bernardina de Mendoza—to his ancestral family in Jerez de los Caballeros.

For those interested, a short article I authored was released in Japan this past October. «Acceso digital a fuentes históricas ibéricas sobre Japón: PARES y DIGITARQ» Boletín Número 32, Essay No. 8

Sincerely,

Erik Andrés Reynoso y Márquez.

Following the hypothesis that Isabel de Mendoza, wife of Toribio Hernández de Arellano, was a native (chichimeca?), I would like to leave this note for the benefit of future research. 

The proposition of a native origin for Isabel de Mendoza is not new, it predates the publication of Retoños de España en la Nueva Galicia. This possibility was suggested by Mariano González-Leal during a private dinner at his house, years before Retoños was published. It is crucial to emphasize that this remains a speculative theory and no proof has been found. It is based on the following:

1. Strategic. A marital alliance between a spaniard like the mayor Toribio Hernández de Arellano and an indigenous woman, particularly one of cacique lineage, would have been a strategic asset in the region of Santa María de los Lagos. This area was situated on a volatile frontier (frontera de chichimecas), and such unions could have been a method of securing alliances with indios amigos or indios de paz, thereby stabilizing a notoriously dangerous territory.
2. Onomastic evidence. The surname "de Mendoza" was conferred upon several caciques and their family members during the viceroyalty of Don Antonio de Mendoza (1535-1550). Isabel de Mendoza's estimated birth date falls within this period, and Viceroy Mendoza was physically present in Nueva Galicia in 1542, a plausible context for her baptism and the bestowal of the surname.

An alternative, though chronologically-challenging hypothesis must also be acknowledged. My dear friend, the Mexican diplomat Jorge A. Fuentes Méndez—to whom, along with Guillermo Tovar de Teresa and Mariano González-Leal, I owe my early training in genealogy decades ago—provided me an extensive list of documented Mendozas from the period. This list included the family of Francisco de Mendoza (son of Comendador Diego de Mendoza and Isabel Segura) and his wife Beatriz de Montoya. This family, including their children Pedro de Mendoza, Isabel de Mendoza, Leonor de Montoya, and Juana Ruiz, emigrated to New Spain in 1536 (Archivo General de Indias, CONTRATACION, 5536, L.4, F.38R(5)) PARES | Archivos Españoles. The fate of this particular Isabel de Mendoza is unknown, and she remains a candidate. However, a significant chronological issue exists, as she was likely born around 1530 or earlier.

Best regards.

Erik Andrés Reynoso y Márquez.

Greetings,

A recent forum topic (separate thread) that was sorting out the various Christoval Lozano's prompted me to revisit the parentage of Juana Lozano, who was married to Diego Reynoso y Renteria.

Christoval Reynoso y Renteria was a son of Diego Reynoso y Renteria and Juana Lozano.  Christoval Reynoso y Renteria did leave marriage information in both his marriages, the first in 1735 (to Gertrudis Flores de la Torre, and the last in 1741 (to Anna Maria Gonzalez de Rubalcava).  

In his 1741 marriage to Anna Maria Gonzalez de Rubalcava he was noted as the widow of Gertrudis Flores de la Torre. It was also noted in this record that he was the son of Diego de Reynoso and Juana Lozano. The 1741 marriage information record (Mezquital del Oro) provided the relations between earlier Rubalcava family members (Matias and Joseph Rubalcava),  which are all noted at the following record:

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-15212-19282-45?cc=1804458

Besides the 2nd marriage information listed above, it was also known that Christoval Reynoso y Renteria and Maria Gertrudis Flores de la Torre were dispensed in 1735, as shown in the index at the following record:

https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9S9-WZ1R?cc=1937239

The issue with the 1735 marriage dispensation was that it could not be found. This was "partially solved".

Christoval Reynoso's mother (Juana Lozano y Flores de la Torre) had always been a mystery until recently, when her parentage was revealed in misfiled tronco's found in a December 1734 Monclova (Coahuila) marriage dispensation record for Juan Menchaca and Maria Sapopa Flores y Valdes. 

This is still not a complete marriage dispensation, but to Juchipila area researchers, the misfiled tronco's provide the parentage of Juana Lozano y Flores de la Torre, and hopefully can fill in a few gaps to the the Juchipila based Christoval Lozano family.

The tronco's are as follows:

Tronco 1:
Cathalina Moscoso Sandoval and Maria Moscoso Sandoval were sisters.
Maria Moscoso Sandoval was the mother of Christoval Lozano, who was the father of Juana Lozano, who was the mother of Christoval Reynoso y Renteria (groom).
Cathalina Moscoso Sandoval was the mother of Josefa (Gonzalez) Rubalcava, who was the mother of Nicolas Flores de la Torre, who was the father of Maria Gertrudis de la Torre (bride)
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Tronco 2:
Nicolas Flores de la Torre and Josepha Flores de la Torre were brother/sister.
Nicolas Flores de la Torre was the father of Nicolas Flores, who was the father of Maria Gertrudis Flores de la Torre (bride)
Josepha Flores de la Torre was the mother of Juana Lozano, who was the mother of Christoval Reynoso y Renteria (groom).

The tronco's are listed at the following link:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-6X9G-77?cc=1874591

Regards,

Lee

Miguel Munoz and Mariana Gomez de Portugal married Feb 1st 1634.

They were married in Santa Maria de los Lagos, Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco and had 3 chidren.

Diego Munoz b Sept 11 1634

Antonio Munoz b Aug 28 1636

Juan Munoz b Jul 22 1638

They were all born in Santa Maria de los Lagos, Lagos de Moreno, Jalisco

I descend from Juan

Does anyone have any information about Miguel to find more of my paternal line?

Any assistance on places to check on this would be greatly appreciated.

It is interesting to note that there is extensive information on line showing that his wife Mariana Gomez de Portugal is a direct descendant of King Manual the 1^st of Portugal, although illegitimate.

Thanks 

David Munoz
 

Hello

I have seen the term "enero proxima pasado" on a birth registration. Date of registration is February in 1911, date of birth is 29 January. 

AI says the term indicates that the birth was in January of the year before (that would be in 1910). However, I am not sure AI is correct. Anyone else ever interpret this term/phrase?

The birth registration itself is from Guanajuato which is off-topic, but the issue is one that could show up in records from Jalisco and Zacatecas - which share a border with Guanajuato - and Aguascalientes. (One branch of the family in question - Araiza - may have come originally from Jalisco.) 

Best regards

Denise Fastrup

Hello to everyone,

I have been researching Antonio Cornejo Riojano with the purpose to discover more information and get a better picture of this person, who several of us here descend from. I have received a lot of assistance in the past from Rick and Dibleet, who found his birth registration from 1658, (year listed as his birth but had not been able to find before) to an Alonso Cornejo and Francisca de Acosta. 

Ozumba. Religious Legitimation Records 1650–1664 | San Pedro Atzompa. Religious Marriage Records April 1662–February 1666

I will use this post to add any information I come across about Antonio, please feel free to add anything, so that we can uncover more information about him together.

I came across this record below of Antonio Cornejo today, which I think is very fascinating. Aside from the historical information it contains about landowners near the Jalos region in Jalisco, Antonio is mentioned several times throughout this source. The land record with "Antonio Cornejo Roxano" images starting from 393 - 396 are what really drew my attention. On Page 396, at the bottom portion of the page, it has his actual signature on the document, and he signs it "Antonio Cornejo Rojano." This is the first time I had seen this spelling, which is the way my surname is spelled, usually it was spelled Riojano or Roxano in other documents and having him sign it that way is so cool.

Guadalajara. Land Records 1770

Thank you all,

Edward

Hola prim@s,

Aquí las informaciones genealógicas del familiar y alguacil mayor del Santo Oficio, Domingo de Onís y Vela, y de su esposa, María Mancina, fechada el 11 oct 1684 en Llerena, minas de Sombrerete: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSD2-WSM4-J?cat=31792&…

María Mancina era de Tlaltenango y bisnieta de Miguel Rivera y Leonor Ortiz, de Guadalajara, esta última hija de Francisco López de la Cruz y Alfonsina de la Paz, naturales de Santa Olalla y vecinos de Guadalajara. Por eso se incluye la probanza de la familia López de la Cruz Haedo (o Ahedo), hecha en Toledo y en Vizcaya en 1616, y en nombre de los hermanos Diego, Alonso, Lorenzo, y Cristóbal López de la Cruz Haedo, y en nombre de Cristóbal López de la Cruz Haedo su sobrino, hijo de su hermano Francisco, ya difunto. Los cinco hermanos eran hijos de Juan de la Cruz, vecino de Santa Olalla: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSD2-W91B-D?cat=31792&…

Se describe cómo su abuelo, Diego López de la Cruz Haedo, hijo de Pedro de la Cruz, señor y dueño de la casa y solar de Haedo, “que está sita en el consejo de Salla, de este valle de Salcedo en las Encartaciones de Vizcaya”, salió del dicho valle en 1522 en compañía de don Lope de Salcedo (señor de la casa de Salcedo y Aranguren) y otros hijosdalgo, para servir al emperador don Carlos V durante la Guerra de las Comunidades, y que dicho Diego López de la Cruz, durante ese tiempo, conoció y se casó con una mujer de Santa Olalla en el obispado de Toledo, donde permaneció, y fueron ellos los padres de Juan de la Cruz.

Aunque no lo dice explícitamente, se puede suponer que el susodicho Francisco López de la Cruz Ahedo, ya difunto en 1616, es el mismo que se casó con Alfonsina de la Paz y que llegó a la Nueva España en 1561. ¿Qué opinan ustedes, mis primos?

Saludos!
Manny Díez Hermosillo

FRANCISCO DE MONROY
Expediente de información y licencia de pasajero a indias de Francisco de Monroy, natural y vecino de México, hijo de Luis Moreno de Monrroy y de Catalina de la Cruz, a México, con las siguientes personas: - Juana Telo y de la Cruz y Aldo, mujer, natural y vecina de México, - Fernando López de la Cruz Haedo, cuñado, natural y vecino de Toledo, hijo de Lorenzo López de la Cruz y María de Toledo (Lorenzo López fue hijo de Juan de la Cruz y presenta testigos, incluso su hermano Diego López de la Cruz Haedo. Juana Tello y Aedo de la Cruz fue su hija - se casó ella con Francisco de Monroy - hijo de su prima hermana).
https://pares.mcu.es:443/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/description/147507

Good day. 

I hope everyone is well. I am interested in buying a set of Retoños de España en la Nueva Galicia. 

Does anyone know where one can be found. 

Best regards,

Sandra

Good day. 

I hope all are well. I am searching for a birth record for Francisco Antonio Gallaga Mandarte Villaseñor. Here is the link to his marriage record

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-KMS6-D6?i=347&wc=3J8D-4WG%3A173142401%2C171933302%2C176026201&cc=1874591

Your help would be very much appreciated. 

Kind regards,

Sandra

Estimados colegas,

Hoy de casualidad busqué en PARES información sobre Compostela de Indias, hoy Nayarit y ¡vaya si tuve suerte! Este documento nos ayuda a trazar varios hilos de la historia de Compostela de Indias, incluyendo a varios de los alcaldes del sigo XVII, que tan difícil ha sido de desentrañar. 

Encontré la confirmación de oficio de D. Sebastián de Bracamonte y Ovalle como escribano público de la ciudad de Compostela en 1696-1697. El primer testigo fue el Cap. D. Diego Dávalos y Ulibarri, hermano del primer Conde de Miravalle (imagen 129); nos da la edad del testigo de 36 años y por lo tanto nacido alrededor de 1661. 

Empezando en la imagen 125, https://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/show/344451 se establece la ascendencia de D. Sebastián de Bracamonte, explicada en la imagen 128, donde se nota que es hijo de D. Nicolás de Bracamonte y a Luisa de Ovalle y Jácome. Dichos padres fueron originarios de Guadalajara, Nueva Galicia (hoy Jalisco). Tambien se afirma en la imagen 135 que don Nicolás de Bracamonte descendió de un Encomendero en Nueva Galicia. El segundo testigo Sgto. Diego de Tovar y Avena, casó con prima segunda.

Abuelos paternos: D. Fernando de Bracamente y Alvarado; y Catalina de Grijalva y Zepeda, también ambos naturales de Guadalajara (Nueva Galicia, hoy Jalisco). 

Abuelos maternos: D. Jacome Antonio, originario del señorío de Génova, aunque la ciudad parece que dice Utre, no la he podido localizar.  Abuela materna: Maria de Ovalle, originaria de Compostela. 

En la imagen 131, hay muchas filiaciones, algunas de personas que me son familiares y otras que no conozco.  Pero aquí las enumero:

• Nicolás de Bracamente (padre) – Alcalde Ordinario de Compostela (dos veces)
• Antonio Jácome (tío materno) – Alférez Real y Alcalde Ordinario de Compostela
• Joseph del Valle (primo hermano materno)– Alcalde Ordinario
• Bernabé Jácome Indux [sic.?] (primo hermano) – Alcalde Ordinario de Compostela
• Cap. Francisco del Valle – Alférez Real de Compostela
• Pedro Rodríguez Gutiérrez – Cura Beneficiado del Valle de Banderas
• Pedro Dávalos y Bracamonte (padre del testigo y del Conde de Miravalle)– Alcalde Ordinario de Compostela
• Alonso Dávalos y Bracamonte – 1er Conde de Miravalle
• Dr. D. Pedro Dávalos y de la Cueva – Cura de la parroquia de Sta. Catarina Mártir en la ciudad de México, y anteriormente Cura de San Juan del Río, actualmente Magistral y Lector de la Iglesia (Catedral?) Metropolitana de México. 

Preguntas que me surgen:

1. El apellido Alvarado de D. Fernando, abuelo paterno de D. Sebastián, estará ligado al Adelantado?
2. El apellido Jácome será apellido (cosa que parece probable) por portarlo la madre Luisa de Ovalle y Jácome o el primer nombre del abuelo materno? Dónde será la ciudad de Utre en Génova (Italia?).
3. Un primo en segundo grado creo que quiere decir, que los bisabuelos son hermanos, correcto? En la imagen 134, se dice que Nicolás de Bracamonte (padre de D. Sebastián) fue primo hermano de D. Pedro Dávalos y Bracamonte. Por lo tanto, el padre de D. Nicolás y la madre de D. Pedro eran hermanos.  Por lo tanto, Fernando de Bracamonte y Alvarado  y Da. Leonor de Bracamonte serían hermanos, hijos de Álvaro de Bracamonte (ca. 1550)  Pero el segundo apellido de Alvarado puede significar que las madres eran distintas, pues de la madre de Leonor fue Francisca Arias. Claro que hay debate sobre si hubo una o dos Leonor de Bracamonte (algo a lo que no quiero meterme ahorita aquí). 

Es todo por ahora.  Un saludo cordial!

Sergio Salés