Dear Armando,  
  This is just the kind of help I needed to proceed my search into Spain!  Thanks to yourself and other knowledgable members of the group, I now feel that I've got many resources to utilize.   I'd like to ask you what I should make of the fact that the marriage of Juan Fermin Sante Elizes (another spelling variation I'd never seen before!) to Maria Luiza Sepulbeda was recorded in two different churches in two different cities (Guanajuato and Queretero), on the same day 27, Feb 1793?  Does this happen often, and which do I take as the real deal?   Thanks again, 
Alice   

--- On Thu, 3/18/10, Armando wrote:

From: Armando
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Santelices
To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 6:13 PM

Alice,
Pertaining to research in Spain and to expand on Eduardo's PARES info.
Santander is now part of Cantabria which is why you see Cantabria in
parentheses for the PARES results. Also, there are films for Santander  -
http://www.familysearch.org/eng/library/fhlcatalog/supermainframeset.as…
You might also see if Antonio Castejón. maruri2004@euskalnet.net can find
some info for you. He has a website for Spanish, Basque, and Asturian
genealogies. http://www.euskalnet.net/laviana/
There is also a Yahoo group for Cantabria -
http://es.groups.yahoo.com/group/gencantabria/ You can post and search there
for Santelices.
If you find out some of your Santelices ancestors were in País Vasco there
are Registros Sacramentales at http://snae.org/sacramentales.es.php
My line moved from Vizcaya to Santander (Cantabria) for one generation.
I also found this site for genealogical studies for Cantabrians -
http://www.apellidosdecantabria.com/index.php
Another website with some info - http://www.linajes.net/
If you want to know the distribution of the surname in Spain use this site -
http://www.ine.es/fapel/FAPEL.INICIO

I hope it helps,

Armando

On Wed, Mar 17, 2010 at 11:52 PM, Alice Blake wrote:

> Dear David,
> Thank you so much!  It's interesting that I have the info from Juan Fermin
> Santelices' matrimonial entry film #0247978 as marrying Maria Luiza
> Sepulbeda on 02/27/1793 in Santiago, Queretaro, Queretaro, not
> Guanajuato!  It further states that Juan Fermin is from Santander,
> Castilla, and named his parents Tomas de Santelices and Antonia Ybanes.
> Opening up another unknown--how to reseach Spain!!!  Any guidance would be
> appreciated.  Again, thank you and I'll order Maria Luiza's entry and get
> her parents.  YEA!    Alice
>
> -- On Thu, 3/18/10, David P. Delgado wrote:
>
>
> From: David P. Delgado
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Santelices
> To: "research@nuestrosranchos.org"
> Date: Thursday, March 18, 2010, 3:24 AM
>
>
> Dear Alice,
>
> I tried and located the following information.  I hope it helps you.
>
> Maria Luisa Sepulbeda married Juan Fermin Sante Elises 27 Feb 1793 Nuestra
> Señora De Los Dolores, Dolores Hidalgo, Guanajuato, Mexico  film #0710685,
> M607828 (1787-1825.
>
> David in Albany, CA
>
> David P. Delgado