At this time period, the Indios or Yndios did not have last names,, quite often they had two given first names, such as Maria Micaela or Jose Jacinto. For some of the indios, their second given name eventually became their last name and for others, it wasn't until they married into criollo or espanol families that they acquired a last name.

Some of the indios took on the surname of their owners. If they had been enslaved or were working for their patrones who were the hacendados, they took on their patrones' last names.

Alicia

San Jose, Ca

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From: Emilie Garcia
To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Wednesday, October 19, 2011 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] wedding certificate help

These people are Indians (Yndios) and don't have last names.  They have two first names
and the second names are abbreviated such as Pasql for Pasqual, Magda (for Magdalena?), Migl. for Miguel, etc.

Emilie
Port Orchard, WA

> To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
> From: buga1138@bears.unco.edu
> Date: Wed, 19 Oct 2011 09:01:35 -070,
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] wedding certificate help
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> while looking at a wedding certificate I could not decipher the mathernal last names for both mothers of the bride/groom and of the mathernal dad, i was hoping that someone could help me this is the link
>
> https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-15261-31250-22?cc=1410092&wc…
>
> thanks for the help!