I just uploaded the 1679 Padrón de Jalos to my Hotmail Skydrive. See link below:

Acabo de subir el Padrón de Jalostotitlan de 1679. Ver link de abajo. Con el tiempo subire mas padrones de Jalos.

Padrón de Jalos de 1679

Sergio Gutierrez

I have actual pictures of the Jalos 1679 Padrón that I took while I was visiting the Guadalajara Arzobispado a few weeks ago. If you're interested please email me.

I also have other Padrones from 1650, 1670, 1672, 1679....al the way to 1846. Someday I will eventually upload them for all of nuestros ranchos to see. The files will be pdf but they are fairly large. I will need special permission to upload from the moderators.

Sergio Gutierrez

Thanks Claudia, now if there was a census for 1920's Jalisco, I would be exuberant! Can't trace my genealogy line further than that!

But thank you again.

Ruben

Hello Claudia,
Thanks for the census entry.  I'm sure many will find it useful, at the very least an interesting window into the past.
You're right about that's the way it was.  Still, I can't help but cringe when I realize how prevelant it was.   Recently I came across a defuncto entry where the priest entered "dominga, mi esclava".   I had no idea priests had slaves.  I saw many criada/o entries, so don't know why he didn't choose that route.   Thanks again,  Alice

--- On Thu, 8/26/10, claudiacasillas@gmail.com wrote:

From: claudiacasillas@gmail.com
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Just posted: 1679 - Padron del Partido de Jalostotitlan, mas Siete Pueblos de Naturales
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Thursday, August 26, 2010, 6:28 AM

Hi all -

I have adding the census taken in 1679 in Jalostotitlan & San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco. It also contains records for families living in seven other pueblos in the surrounding area, most notable for their indigenous population.

LINK: http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/18950

I extracted the pages from the book titled "Historia de Nuestra Senora de San Juan de Los Lagos," which was published in Mexico in 1903 and is available at books.google.com. I though it would be convenient to post only the pages that contain the census.

It is hard to find ancestors unless you already have a substantial database of family groups with names from that period. I found it useful in confirming marriages and mother-father relationships that I had suspicions about, but had no concrete proof.

Please note that the letters "esc." after a name designates "slave/esclavo(a)" - kind of hard to take, but that's the way things were in those days. The census was finalized on May 6 of 1679.

Happy hunting.