The Etzatlan, Jalisco portion of the 1930 Mexican Census was lost. I'll try to
come up with a more inclusive list of places that were 'lost.'

Lynn

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Hello everybody,

Although I am 56 years old, I am the "Benjamin member" of Nuestros Ranchos
..com

I am searching the ancestry of my grandfather, Jose Michel Vazquez
(1897-1990), married to Luz Lopez Pelayo (1898-1984). I believe both were

Aida,

I too am descended from some Acevedos that used the parish church in Tepetongo that served the communities of Salitrillo, Tinaja, Estancia, Buenavista, Salitral, Vivoras, Sauces, and a few others. I had the film # 0445156 that I transcribed for the time period you stated, and there is a gap in the records from 1780 to 1787. I looked at the index of the batch number for that film, and I didn't find any De La Vega or Vega, Bega or any Toribio or Bernardo Acevedo, Asevedo, Asebedo. Perhaps the records for your ancestors are lost, as they are for many of my ancestors.

Yes, Aida,

The reason for suggesting looking at the brothers' original wedding
documents is that, failing to first find the birth records of someone,
marriage documents often include the names of the parents of the bride and

Aida,

May I suggest for possible connection/leads the marriage records of the
following ...

Jose Maria Asevedo with Maria Guadalupe Escovedo, 1799, Pinos, Zacatecas
(Family History Library Batch No. M606319)

Felipe...Arturo lives here!

..I couldn't resist a bit of humor and at the same time acknowledging your
commitment.

Esperanza
Chicagoland area

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Has anyone had any luck getting copies of Mexican Military records from 1920's or 1930's? Where would I write to? My wife's grandmother was married to a Mexican Military officer in the 20s.Thank you Brady

Our Oral Historian Frank Moreno Sifuentes has another group of Oral
History stories for us. Please have a listen and send your feedback to
Frank at: conzafos@msn.com

http://nuestrafamiliaunida.com/podcast/oral_history.html#kiko

Daniel,

Padrinos could be anyone who was Catholic and who was deemed to be in good standing with the church, thus they could be siblings. Often times the padrinos were not married to each other but usually were in some way related to the parents of the child who was baptised.

I have a Sebastian de Luna married around 1680 to Josefa Lozano, from Aguascalientes. The only Sebastian de Luna I've found around that time and region is the son of Luis de Luna and Josefa de Haro, or Esquivelm christened in Tlaltenango on 10 February, 1659. Could anyone confirm if he is the one married to Josefa Lozano?

This has been a question to me for a while. Although we are Mormon we still carry the tradition of Padrinoship. for instance mine are my grandfather and his 2nd wife. I have a question. can Padrinos be a brother and sister? Im trying to connect my Angela de Oropesa.

is there a map that identifies all the ranchos in the Jalisco area here on file

Hello there Anna ,

My name is Welester G. Alvarado my Great great Grandfather (Candelario ) was born in Villa de Saltillo in the state of Coahuila his parents were Juan de Alvarado and Maria Pascuala de Luna , Jose Antonio Candelario Alvarado was thier son baptized the 10th of Feb. 1792 . My question is do you think that the Lunas from Tlatenango came up to Coahuila ?

FYI

For anyone interested I have in recent days updated my family history
file containing surnames: Miramontes, Sandoval, Samaniego,Llamas,
Bugarin, Luna,Bobadilla, Abila, Escovedo, Chias etc.

I looking for anyone with ties to Rancho Los Aros (Haros). My grandmother, Antonia De Haro, was from there and her family - De Haro - have been there since the 1700's. I have some informaiton abt the families from their but would like to find someone else researchin that area.

In a message dated 8/15/2007 10:32:37 A.M. Central Daylight Time,
arturo.ramos2@gmail.com writes:

There is a Prudencio Herrera, soltero who appears in the census under Rancho
de Michaela Ponce, but just squeezed in at the end and the next rancho is

Wow, thanks for this information. Pedro Prudencio Marin de Herrera
originated in this little rancho and was married several times during the mid
1700's....one of his wives was a Bugarin and one was an Estrada. Who knows, we might

Arturo,

I wonder how close the two ranchos (de las Ranas and Loera)? It appears
that the two families had a connection....now to unravel the mystery....

Thanks for keeping me in mind Arturo.

Yep...this is where Helyn's Herrera's line and mine separate....Pedro was
married at least four times...and Bugarin was one of the wives....I am so happy
for you Helyn....Arturo helped you break the cycle....

In a message dated 8/14/2007 1:18:24 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
arturo.ramos2@gmail.com writes:

I had a few of his children in my database but I was not aware that he was
so prolific until I saw this census record

I was recently surfing on Family Search and found the place where Lope Ruiz de Esparza originated from has several films from the 1500's. Ciudad Esparza, Pamplona, Navarre, Espana. Has anyone ever ordered this film. Its possible that Lope Sr. or his grandfather Martin Ruis de Esparza, or grt gf Simon Ruis de Esparza might be in this film

These are films for Ciudad Esparza, where the Ruiz de Esparzas were seated in acient times at the Palacios de Esparza. Hope thisis useful to other members! -Daniel Mendez del Camino

Title
Registros parroquiales, 1535-1981

Daniel,

Here are the film numbers and information I promised:

Indefinite Films:

Aguascalientes, Aguas.
#0299421 - Baptisms 1616-1660
#0299422 - Baptisms 1663-1684
#0299423 - Baptisms 1684-1691