Pauline If you don’t find the record in the Church sources, I would look in the civil records. I have seen cases where there is no baptism or marri…
Sotomayor is not an unusual name. Sonia Sotomayor, as an example, is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, having been appointed in 2009. In h…
Abram To improve your proficiency in reading and understanding these documents, I would suggest the following. It is a moderate amount of work init…
Pat I think it is Mesquia (or Mesquias). When I do a search for children of this couple, several come up in Santa Maria de los Angeles, Jalisco,…
In some volumes only the fronts of the pages are numbered (“folio” numbers), and you may see indexed names with numbers like “10f” or “10v”, meaning f…
The essential facts are: 17 Apr 1825, Nochistlan (baptized) 15 Apr 1825, Etancia (birth) Maria Hermenegilda Sanchez h. l. Ramon Sanchez & Ma…
Luis Thank you for this; I’ll post the details of the other Villalpando’s I found later today. However, very briefly, in the 1751/61 volume they…
In going through the Asientos 1751/61 volume (which actually has 1757/1767), I found: 30 Mar 1761 Joseph Antonio de Villalpando, Espanol, from Asi…
Abram Congratulations on finding this record! It is tough to read. The essential part is, I believe: En nochistlan dos de Enero de setensientos …
Luis This is great news! Thank you very much!! George Fulton Pleasanton, CA
David I didn’t know this. Thank you for sharing this information! In dealing with the Asientos records it did seem that something was missing in…
