_http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/Diaspora.html_
(http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/History/Diaspora.html) This link gives
a very brief overview of the Jewish Diaspora during the first century.

My gg-grandfather Ismael Martin del Campo and his siblings were born in
Lagos de Moreno. I found a website that was in Spanish about Lagos, but the
English translation made it read pretty funny. From what I could make out,

Corrine,

Many of my family members have done dna testing. The Mexican is a mixed lot. Many of my Villarreal cousins have tested and the testing indicates and traditions suggest a jewish heritage. Then there is my mother's maternal grandfther who's gene's were tested cpurtesy of my mother's maternal cousin revealed that my great grandfather's line was celtic. Then there are my Arriola cousin's tests that reaveal them to be Trevino Velasco and that is my maternal grandfather's line that show's them to be semitic but I not sure if they were jews. Then there is my father's line the Arredondos, care of my brother. His test also revealed a semetic heritage which I believe might be Greek. My brother also did a mitochrondial test to reveal an indian heritage.

Dear Ranchos members,

Sorry it's taken so long to write and share my experiences with all of you regarding the 3er Conferencia Bi-Niacional Genealogica de Coahuila.

It was an amazing event, much more than I expected. First of all Maria Cortez and I met up with 3 members of Nuestros Ranchos, Mickey Garcia, Josie Treviño and Wellester Alvarado. That was number one on my list, not only because they are Ranchos members and I felt as if I'd already known them but because they were so kind and gracious, taking us under their wing, introducing us to almost everyone as they knew almost everyone.

I had planned to include the link that gives a brief overview of the conference. I hope this link works. I accessed it on google by typing in conferencia bi-nacional.

Alicia Carrillo,
de San Jose, Calif

I came across 2 Zacatecan families last night when searching civil birth records in Panuco de Coronado, Durango, while doing some research on my paternal grandmother's line. I noted them just in case they are of value to anyone in the group.

hola juan jose

referente al archivo historico en jalos, desconozco si exista, pero en la sagrada mitra de gdl. existe bastante informacion de jalos, matrimonios, nacimientos, defunciones y censos parroquiales de varios años, ademas en gdl. existe otro archivo, donde estan titulos de propiedad, y probablemente testamentos, ese no se el lugarb exacto, ni el domicilio pero lo puedo indagar.....atte. lupita gonzalez>> 1. Re: Archivo Histórico de Jalostotiltán, Jalisco.> (Juan Jose Ramirez Ibarra SJL Jal)> > > ----------------------------------------------------------------------> Hola amigos, qu?en me puede decir si en el municipio de Jalostotitl?n, Jalisco existe alg?n archivo hist?rico en el que pueda hacer consultas de investigaci?n. Me gustar?a obtener algunos testamentos o en su caso juicios de intestamentarios.> > Si me pueden decir horarios del archivo mejor.> >

HI,

Do any of your results match my Romero's J2b1b (old J2e2)? My
Romero's are from Tepatitlan de Morelos, Jalisco. I have traced them
back to Serapio Romero, born about 1820. My grandmother's DNA is

Just wanted to let anyone who is researching in Jerez Zacatecas Mexico that I am working on Baptisms 1836 to 1840 #0439851. If anyone needs a look up please let me know. I'd be happy to check for you. I'm finding it to be a very important film for his area of research since the years from 1841 to 1866 are missing. I would also be glad to share whatever film information I have for this area. I can send an atttachment of whatever films I have copied. You can contact me directly at longsjourney@hotmail.com.

If someone has this film I'd appreciate a look up:

MARIA DESIDERIA RAMIRES RESA Pedigree
10 NOV 1775 Jerez, Jerez De Garcia Salinas, Zacatecas, Mexico
Father: JOSEF RAMIRES Family

We appear to agree....the point, I think, is the "era" of acceptance...and
increasing change of the demographics of Mexico throughout the centuries.

Thank you for the article...interesting read.

Hola Bill...
Te voy contestar in Ingles....proque no puedo comunicarme muy bien en
Espanol sobre tu opinion que no creas que los negros y mulatos ocupaban una casta
superior a los indigenas.

I will try again. Please someone tell me I got through. If I did I can then send my info. Thank you. Esther

HOLA MI BISABUELA ERA DE EL AGUILA JALOSTOTITLAN SE LLAMABA TEODORA MARTIN PADILLA NACIDA EN 1875 HIJA DE FELICIANO MARTIN Y JOSEFA PADILLA, ABUELOS PATERNOS FRANSISCO MARTIN Y ROSALIA GOMEZ, ABUELOS

UN SALUDO A TODOS MI ABUELA MATERNA ERA DE SAN JUAN DE LOS LAGOS SE LLAMABA RAFAELA HERMOSILLO DIAZ COMO EN 1900 HIJA DE JUAN HERMOSILLO GARCIA Y FRANSISCA DIAZ MARTINEZ, ABUELOS PATERNOS ELUSTIAQUIO

HOLA A TODOS PUES YO TENGO ALGO DE INVESTIGACION DE MI FAMILIA POR PARTE DE MI MAMA QUE SON DE JALOS E LLEGADO HASTA EL ABUELO DE MI BISABUELO QUE SE LLAMABA JOSE TELESFORO GUTIERREZ GONZALEZ NACIO APROXIMADAMENTE EN 1831, ERA HIJO DE CRISANTO GUTIERREZ Y MARIANA GONZALEZ POR SI ALGUIEN TIENE INFORMASION DE LOS ANCESTROS DE MI TATARAABUELO ME GUSTARIA QUE NOS PUSIERAMOS EN CONTACTO PARA PODER HACER LLENAR UN POCO MAS MI ARBOL GENEALOGICO

Anyone in the group studying either Ramirez or Resa's in Colotlan or
possibly in Jerez? or Villanueva?

joseph

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Joseph Puentes
http://h2opodcast.com (Environment Podcast)

On the "lighter" side:
Thanks to my primos here at NuestrosRanchos who helped me confirm my DE LEON family tree I was able to find a couple of "fun-facts".

1. Even though my parents were double-related as cousins., I was able to connect them (triple-cousins) to Martin de Enriqyes ( b. abt. 1675). My father Elias de Leon (1904-1999) is his direct 8th descendant (12 generations) and my mother Maria Carlos (1909-1992) is his 9th direct descendant (13 generations). Double Whammy! Am I my mother's equal cousin ????

I haven't fully checked out this site but if you type in "Mexico" in the
search engine you'll come up with several pages of art and who knows
what other things might be found:

http://www.britishmuseum.org/explore/online_tours/americas.aspx

Hello ,
Does anyone know how to contact Luz Montejano Genealogist from Mexico? She and I share some ancestry and I wanted to let her know that the family line she has been looking for is in my tree. Thanks if anyone knows a current email/contact for Luz,

Hola a todos!

Aqui de nuevo "atorada" con mi investigación. La familia Gonzalez en Juchipila, Zacatecas termina con Bruno Gonzalez y Maria Prudencia Castaneda que son mis terceros bisabuelos y no se mas de ahi.

Disculpen le error anterior cuando dije que La Vaqueria existia en el
municipio de Jalostotitlan. Sabia que habia oido de este rancho alguna
vez. En los 1920 a 1950, segun mi Papa, su cunada (mi tia politica) era

Que no existe un rancho llamado La Vaqueria en el municipio de Jalostotitlan?
Irma Gomez Gtz de Lucero
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Today's Topics:

1. La Vaqueria (jjramirezi)
2. Re: La Vaqueria (Juan Ramón Alvarez)

Does anyone know if there is an email adress for archives in Mazapil or Ciudad Zacatecas ?

Thanks,

Esther
--
Esther A. Herold

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I just posted a scan of a a 1760 map of the "Fronteras de Colotlan" that I obtained from Archivo General de Indias.

http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/16552