Salvador, In the website for the city of Nochistlan, the only “persona Ilustre” with the surname Quirarte is a lady who is/was a “historiado…
Ronnie, One of my father’s lines from Zacatecas, the Soriano, had families where the children ran the gamut from mulato to Espanol, and Mestizo a…
I would think that Antonio was also Leano de la Torre but wasn’t written that way in his record. It could be an old name like my Llanos de Valdes, wh…
I too have been receiving duplicate and triplicate messages, not just from Nuestros Ranchos, but from Ancestry.com Emilie Port Orchard, WA …
I had one experience where a father died and his widow sent her children to live with others not related as far as I can tell. I tracked them through…
Raquel, I found it I think in “defunciones” for Juarez, Chihuahua, and the villages in the lower El Paso Valley (Socorro, San Elizario, Ysleta) be…
I have found several of my ancestors died during Indian attacks on the caravans going north or south on the “Royal Road”. They were so far away from…
Salvador, Thank you for your very well written explanation of how modern Mexico evolved, especially since I don’t think English is your first lang…
Where is it beng shown tonight, Sunday, May 15? Here in the Seattle area it looks like it won’t be shown on our local PBS station until May 30 from 1…
The marriage date was 1739, December 16, in Jerez, time which Alicia told me was Advent (before Christmas) where they would not have had a “velado” bu…
S = soltero/a (single) D = Divorciadoa (divorced) Emilie Port Orchard, WA > To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org > From: zacate…
Armando, Thank yoou so much for clarifying this business of all those “Lagos”. My mother was an American Native and my father was from Zacatecas …
Armando, The person that is referred to as “laguense” in some articles I found online is Matheo de Arteaga, a then well-known Doctor of Theology…
I just found the baptism record for the person described as a “laguense”. He was born in Santa Maria de Los Lagos, so I guess there were several comm…
Thank you so much Alicia. My husband just told me that back in those days, the Church was the State and had laws that covered all activities. The Re…
