I haven’t been following this thread until just now but I wanted to add that my father had an Aunt Sara, whom I never met but had heard of all m…
That same sort of stuff is on the Sagrada Mitra book because it’s in the official record, so no big deal in those cases. In those days, lots of p…
Oh, yes! One of my tias was highly insulted when I revealed that my grandfather was a child whose father was not on his birth record. She very…
Oh, yes, I forgot to add that genealogy enabled me to discover where the policystic kidney disease entered our family in Scotland, Canada, and t…
I started doing genealogy when I was a child, only I didn’t know that’s what I was doing. I was gathering information from the elders in my fat…
In any of those records, is there a mention of a Clara de los Reyes or any Villavicencios? Thanks, Marge:) On Feb 22, 2009, at 1:27 AM, alvar…
ooops! 🙂 As one of Gilda Radnor’s character used to say on SNL, “Oh. Never mind.” (Was it Emily Latela?) 🙂 Marge:) On Jan 19, 2009, at 4:1…
If you’ve ever heard of Miguel Cadena, you’ll find he was mestizo– padre was espagnol and also named Miguel and madre was india (Chichimeca) and…
What a wonderful anecdote! You are so blessed to have been able to share with your grandfather. My father and all of my uncles are gone now. …
My father’s grandmother was descendant of these folks.:) Marge:) On Aug 7, 2008, at 1:38 PM, sophia wrote: Hello Bill, I have this from …
One of my direct ancestresses was Lorenza Najar, who had a relationship with Antonio Saldivar. This is in the very early 1700s in Zacatecas city. Th…
My great-grandfather’s first wife was an Eleuteria Tov/bar–daughter of Mauricio Tov/bar and Petra Sandov/bal–born in 1849. I think she was born…
Linda, “de Limosna” means “of charity” One of your Villegas married into my Saldivar line and I’ve got a whole bunch of relatives to share with y…
