Help finding records for the correct San Sebastian, Jalisco

Candy · 2007-06-04T16:39:10Z

Hello, I am new to this site so please excuse my ignorance in researching Mexican records. I am familiar with the record system in southern Italy but I have no clue about searching records in Jalisco. I would appreciate any help in learning how the births, deaths, and marriages were reported in Jalisco during the late 1800s. I think that there were prebably two records of each event; one civil and one church. I wonder if the records were kept in each village or were they sent to a bigger, centralized location? Hello, I am new to this site so please excuse my ignorance in researching Mexican records. I am familiar with the record system in southern Italy but I have no clue about searching records in Jalisco. I would appreciate any help in learning how the births, deaths, and marriages were reported in Jalisco during the late 1800s. I think that there were prebably two records of each event; one civil and one church. I wonder if the records were kept in each village or were they sent to a bigger, centralized location? Although I am the one doing the searching, I am doing it for my friend, Edward Bedoya Plazola. He was born in 1934 in Azusa, California a few months after his father died. Although he was the youngest of 14 children, the family didn't talk that much about his father becuase his mother soon remarried. From bits of family lore and facts that I have dug up, this is what we know. Domingo Gonzales Plazola was born in 1889 in San Sebastian, Jalisco, Mexico. He was the son of unknown Plazola and Jacinta Gassia? Gonzalez born about 1860. We know that Domingo had a sister, Guadalupe who married a Vasquez, and brother Luis (b 18892). I am sure that there were more siblings. Luis settled in Corcoran, California. It's unknown if Guadalupe lived in the US but many of her children also lived near Corcoran. Jacinta Gonzalez arrived in the US about 1919. She also lived in Corcoran. Domingo, Ed's father, was involved in the Revolution. About 1916, he felt threatened and decided to go to Arizona. He bagan using the the name, Domingo Gonzalez. He worked in the mines in Ray, Arizona. About 1920 he and his family moved to California. I would like to find the birth, marriage, and deth records in Jalsico. Ed was told that he father was from San Sebastian near Guadalajara. I found two San Sebastians just south of the city but I can not figure out if both these villages were in existence during the 1880s and where the records might be. There are at leat two other San Sebastians in Jalisco. I have sent for some Family History films for two of the four. If anyone can direct me to source for learning about the divisons of the Mexican states and record keeping, I would be grateful. As I said, I am new to this site and Mexican research so I am open to any help. If I am asking inappropriate questions, please forgive me. Thanks, Candis Carbone

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Sylvia,

I don’t have many names. I am helping my friend, Ed Plazola connect to his roots in San Sebastian, Jalisco. His father, Domingo Plazola died in December 1932 in California three months before Ed was born. Ed’s mother told him that Domingo was born in San Sebastian near Guadalajara. There are several San Sebastians; I am trying to figure out which municipality the records would be in. I’ve ordered a couple of Family History Library films with the hope that I get lucky!

This is what I’ve discovered so far:

unknown Plazola and Jacinta Gonzales (b abt 1860; d 1949 in California) had the following children:

Guadalupe Plazola b bef 1889 in SS; married a Vasquez. The oldest child, Arnulfo Vasquez, was born abt 1903. Jacinta brought 4 other Vasquez child to California in 1921.
Domingo Plazola b 1889 in SS; married Leonor Bedoya in Arizona abt 1915. He supposedly was involved in the Revolution and came to the US under the name Gonzales
Luis Plazola b 1893 in SS; died in California

Jacinta’s parents may have been Tuburcio Gonzales and Gusta? Gassia?. Those were the names on her death cetrtificate.

Is it possible to send a request to Guadalajara for a birth in an undesignated San Sebastian in Jalisco?

Just this weekend I’ve identified some of the grandchildren of Guadalupe Plazola Vasquez living in California. At this point none of them can help me get back to the Mexican information.

Thanks for any ideas, information, and direction!
Candy
—– Original Message —–
From: Sylvia Corona/Rcac
To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Sunday, June 10, 2007 6:32 PM
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] San Sebastian Records

Candy:
I have in our family tree a Perez-Plazola family from Jalisco (sur de
Jalisco)
Provide your names that you are looking for to see if I can find a
relationship with my data.

Sylvia H Corona

scorona@rcac.org

Posted : 11/06/2007 2:30 am