Hello Everyone,
I've been going through the Diocesis de Guadalajara's Matrimonios to find any informacion matrimoniales for Jalpa, Zacatecas prior to 1864.

As you may know, most of Jalpa's records before 1864 were burned or lost. I'm keeping track of those that I find at the Diocesis using Google Documents. I'm including the names, date, place, image #, the URL to the first image of the IM, witnesses, and Tronco(s). There is a separate sheet for each year.

The link below should take you to the document for viewing:

https://spreadsheets.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AtBIJ1fILml9dGptYT…

What's interesting is that while I was searching for Jalpa, I randomly came across people from Jalpa in unexpected locations, including small outposts in Jalisco. There are also several places that appeared to be Jalpa, Zacatecas, but were in fact either "Talpa" (in Jalisco) or "Jalpa Encomienda" (maybe someone can confirm that is now Jalpa de Cánovas in Guanajuato?).

So far, I've found one possible lead to my own ancestors. Unfortunately, this lead has raised more questions that I need to answer before I can say it's paydirt or fools gold.

I'll be adding more years to this document in the upcoming weeks. If you want to work on a year, let me know and I can give you editing permissions to the document.

Saludos,
Arturo G