First, the whining.

First, the whining. I was taken on a few tangents last night that ate up about 3 hours of my time (been there?), till I figured out that there were TWO Jose (Josef) Antonio Castaneda’s in Atolinga around the same time, and BOTH had sons named Julio. I was able to ascertain that Julio had not been married to two different women, they were just two different Julios. Grrr…….

Second whine. I found some people on ancestry.com with whom I share not so distant ancestors. None of them have answered my queries. Well, one did, and wasn’t that friendly. :-/

Third whine and question. Finding baptisms and marriages are much easier on familysearch.org than deaths. Are they not indexed? Is there any other way besides seeing someone died on the marriage certificate and simply working your way back? It’s like searching for a needle in a haystack.

Also, Texas death certificates. I found someone who might be my grandmother’s paternal aunt, and a death date, but I filed a request for a cert and El Paso couldn’t find anything. I found it on ancestry.com: Lacrament Acevedo. (Her name was Sacramento. I’m thinking this might be a mistake on their part.) Death: 15 Oct 1918 – El Paso. Why can’t they find anything, if it’s listed?

Thoughts? Advice?

Gracias,
Laura