I finally got all my ancestor's photos uploaded into my Guadalajara, Jalisco
Martin del Campo collection. These last two photos are of my grandmother's
aunt Lola, who raised her, with Rita Robles Rivera (Lola's and Alberto's
My husband met a man recently who is from Zacatecas. My husband told him of
our plans to someday go to Jalisco to visit the areas I have been
researching. He said to be sure to visit Zacatecas during Cinco de Mayo,
I have records/data from the Archivo General de la Nacion (Valparaiso, Sombrerete, Zacatecas, etc) which I find very helpful. My records were extracted from the Archives themselves and sent to me by a friend. Unfortunately I have had little luck in trying to find out how to locate and use the Archivo General de la Nacion; their website is not user friendly and so far useless for me. I emailed the Family History Center that I use and asked how to use the Archive General de la Nacion, and I obtained the following response, which I will use in my investigations of the Archivo General:
Hello! I need the name of parents, padrinos and testigos if any for Matheo Thadeo De Leon and Maria Bibanco, marriage date 23 may 1726 in Ayotlan, Jal.
My name is Welester G. Alvarado and I hail from Los Angeles , California now living in Monterrey , Mexico . I came here almost six yrs. ago to spend one year looking for family and to continue my family search .
Hello, I am Maureen Bejar and I have two new files located in members files.
The first is the Alviso line from Nuestra Senora de La Asuncion, San Miguel El Alto and Valle de Guadalupe. This includes surnames of Alviso, Gonzales, Dias, Sanchez, Paulin, Araujo, Garcia, Alvares, Ortiz, Vasques, Gallardo and Becerra.
I find myself rushing toward errors. Many apologies for overlooking this
interview of Mimi Lozano which has been available since August. The
interview is on Infoblog by Eileen O'Shea. Please have a listen:
The Library of Congress has a lot of documents, books and manuscripts on their website. One manuscript of particular interest to this group is the title in my subject line, written by Mexican lawyer, Matias de la Mota Padilla in 1742. It is hand-written, but very legible. It contains a lot of names of people and places dating from the Conquest to 1742 in Nueva Galicia. The link to the Library of Congress is already in the links section. You can find the book by clicking on "Collections" and then browsing through the list of Selections from the National Library of Spain.
John Phillip Santos' "*Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation
" is up on
the webpage. Have a listen to the podcast. Also if you want to subscribe
Just a little Mexican musical history lesson for you...if you are interested in this music, you can refer to my two sites, www.elsondelpueblo.com or www.gruposolymar.net. John Robles
John,
Too bad I didn't know you were in this group sooner. I have heard it advertised on the radio here in San Jose and not knowing what type of musical instruments or type of music, I never gave it a thought. The next time you are going to be in the San Jose area, please do let us know so we can come to your performance and hopefully meet up with you.
El comentario de nuestro primo Jorge Luis Ramírez Gómez acerca de Juan Díaz
de León es importante, pues se tratra de un personaje prominente en
Aguascalientes, pues fué Alcalde Mayor y existe una amplia documentación
This group is close to my heart....and so I will share with you, as you have
shared with us whatever I can...including possible interview
opportunities....I have listened to the podcasts you have shared regarding the African
That is a subject that interests me, as although I have never mentioned it here before, I play arpa jarocha, the folk harp from Veracruz, Mexico, and the music from that region, the son jarocho, has a heavy African influence in the rhythm, certainly, but most pointedly in the singing style. Traditional son jarocho
I saw this announcement concerning a lecture to be held next week at the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. Is anyone familiar with the speaker, Felipe Fernandez-Armesto?
I would like to introduce myself. My name is Alejandro Gomez, I am 22 years old, from Monterrey, Mexico. I have been researching my ancestors for several years, and some of my lines came from the states of Aguascalientes, Zacatecas and Jalisco.
A few day ago I called the Help Desk in Saalt Lake City inquiring as to the
delay in the uploading of my GEDCOM submission. I was informed there is
approximately a two month delay in the uploading of submissions. The delay
Gracias por contestarme, no fue mi intencion que se molestara.
Usted me escribio que era una tesis, y generalmente de las tesis se
hacen solo algunas copias para entregar a la biblioteca de la Universidad
Yesterday while mostly listening to the TV on my local PBS, Burt Wolf had a segment on the food and people migrations from Africa and the impact they had on the Americas. I found it extremely interesting considering that some of the foods mentioned such as yams, peanuts, bananas and watermelon are still some of the main staples of both the Mexican and American diets.
Gracias por contestarme, no fue mi intencion que se molestara.
Usted me escribio que era una tesis, y generalmente de las tesis se
hacen solo algunas copias para entregar a la biblioteca de la Universidad
Muchas gracias Licenciado Mariano y Juan Pablo por sus respuestas.
Considero el libro de Jose Luis Vazquez una gran obra, pero como
todo ser humano de vez en cuando cometemos errores.