Hello Steve,

I jumped three feet in the air when I read that you wrote :

” I want to step in and present what I
> have collected on certain Alteño branches and additional lines NOT in

Hello Steve,

I jumped three feet in the air when I read that you wrote :

” I want to step in and present what I
> have collected on certain Alteño branches and additional lines NOT in
> Retoños such as Aldana, Barajas, Gutiérrez de Híjar, Hernández Gamiño,
> Marentes de Otadui y Avendaño, Nuño Rasura de Laín Calvo, Ornelas,
> Sánchez de Mendoza, Vital-Ibarra de Anguiano, and few others. “

I have worked on some of these families myself. I was disappointed when I did not find these lines in Mariano Gonzalez leal’s books. My mother in laws great grandmother is Aldana, and she has Vital-Ibarra and Hernandez gamino also from arandas and Ayo el Chico. I also have done some work on the Marentes lines in Jalos and Tepa.
Have you done any work on Suazo and Carmona lines?

Good luck on your research.
Rick A Ricci