By lorenzocarrillo94 , 4 April, 2011

Hello all, my name is Lorenzo Carrillo, I'm from San Diego, ca and am one of the newest members of this site. I'd like to take this opportunity to introduce myself.

By toadstool4u , 6 June, 2011

Hi there,

my dad got tested an i have the results,but we dont really know what it means, i think he was told that it was western european and we had a n irish hit, which was a surprise.

By Paul Gomez , 17 November, 2009

I am seeking information regarding my maternal 4th great grandparents, Francisco Pena and Maria Alvina de Villalpando. They were married on 19 Feb 1785 in Teocaltiche, Jalisco. They had 7 children.

By bbbunny , 4 June, 2011

I've found the phrase, "de la finada" recently in some marriage records and I'm not familiar with the phrase.

By alicebb , 30 May, 2011

Dear Group,
I've come across something new to me.  I can't find my 7grgrandfather's, Miguel Anaya Villagran aka Villagran Anaya, baptismal/birth information, but on his 1719 informacion

By Gloria Casillas , 2 June, 2011

Hola a todos, tengo problemas a la hora de buscar matrimonios en Teuchitlan hay varios ancestros, que probablemente se casaron ahi, pero no encuentro ningun Batch de matrimonios de ahi,los libros con

By Mercedes Chavez , 11 March, 2007

Hello, my name is Mercedes Chavez Romero and I am attempting to work on my
family tree. I always wanted to do this and I think the time has come to get
serious about it. My family is originally from Jalpa, Zacatecas. I have the

By Paul Gomez , 30 May, 2011

I discovered a bautismo for a child, identified as "Espanol", with the designation "hijo de la iglesia". What exactly does "hijo de la iglesia" signify?

By arturoramos , 6 September, 2007

Searching the Internet for translations of some pretty archane words I have run across in older Spanish colonial documents, I came across a great resource... Compilation of Colonial Spanish Terms and Document Related Phrases Compiled and edited by Ophelia Marquez and Lillian Ramos Navarro Wold and published by SHAAR. It is posted on their website at: