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Thank you for the information Rose. Do you have any idea who Juan de
Escobedo's parents were? I am trying to figure out if he is the same Juan de
Escobedo who married a certain Melchora Cabrera. I am descended from the

Thank you so much for that information. I think that is definitely the
correct Teresa Ruiz de Esparza... the records in Tlaltenango are simply
missing the Ulloa but the dates and names otherwise match. So you think that

Hi "Dreamers"

I would like to make a couple of suggestions for your dream trip. I will not be making the trip since I was there last year.

Flying to Guadalajara and making it your starting point for the trip is an excellent idea. From Guadalajara there are several

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> Hola Alfonso,

Yo tengo unos Villalobos de San Juan de los Lagos, Jalisco que tal vez esten
emparentados con los tuyos. Mi 5to tatarabuelo José Segundo Villalobos
casado con María Ynes Medina fueron padres de: mi 4ta tatarabuela Agapita

The Indigenous custom of using flowers sounds very beautiful. The lazo
which is a rather large rosary used for marriage ceremony is also very
meaningful in having Our Lady's blessing of the union.

The Hispanic Conference in Salt Lake City will be held Friday, October 13th
and Saturday, October 14, 2006. There is no charge for any of the
seminars and you do not have to pre-register. All the presentations will be

Is anybody researching the Ruiz de Esparza family? I believe they are centered in Aguascalientes. I am specifically looking for the ancestry of a certain Teresa Ruiz de Esparza born circa 1600-1650

Josie, I'm not sure this is what you're interested in, but I was at the UTSA FHC this evening, and the librarian said he could make photos of microfilm entries for me there. I thanked him, but I had nothing to photograph, yet. If this is what you need, perhaps your FHC could communicate with this one. Alice Blake

The http://NuestraFamiliaUnida.com podcast project needs your help.
Please contact those around you that are knowledgeable about Latin
American History and ask if they would be willing to create an Audio

Hola,

Es mi primer día que entro a este Portal y apenas lo estoy conociendo. Me gusta investigar de genealogía, he investigado del área de Saltillo, Coah., pero también estoy investigando de mis otras líneas que son de los ALTOS DE JALISCO (Teocaltiche, Jalostotitlán, San Miguel el Alto, San Juan de los Lagos, Encarnación, Lagos de Moreno).

Where is this conference at and how does one register?

Hello everyone:

Gaspar Macias Valadez married Mariana Torres in 1612 and they had:Nicolas Macias Valadez 1613, Blas Macias Valadez 1615, Polonia Macias Valadez 1617, Maria Macias Tavera or Vasquez de Retamosa 1620. Do anyone has a marriage for any of Gaspar and Mariana´s childen?

I don't see why not. George Farias gets some of his books from Mexico. Just send him an email.
--
Esther A. Herold

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I need help finding an old posting regarding using a mini tripod to take a
digital photo of contents on a microfilm while doing research......does
anyone remember who posted this info? All I can remember is that it sounded

is it possible to transfer a gedcom file situated in www.rootsweb.com to www.nuestrosranchos.org? if it is could some of the moderators do it for me?
database: marionicia, individual I1418 (read this

This is one of the attachments I could not send previously. Please let me
know if anyone has any questions. Thanks! Josie in SA

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Novena Conferencia Anual de Historia Familiar Hispaña

Attached is the latest information on the upcoming Hispanic Conference in
Salt Lake City. I went to the www.lds.org website but did NOT find anything
relating
to "Tesoros de Las Americas" as stated in the message. I will check on

This is the schedule for FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2006. This seminar will be by Mr. George R. Ryskamp, Professor of History and Director of Family History and Genealogy at Brigham Young University, and is centering on advanced methodology in genealogical investigations in Spain and Latin America. It will be presented in two parts, from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon and from 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm in the Classroom B-1 at the FHC Library. The course is FREE.

I totally forgot that I could not send an attachment!~!!! Must be old age
creeping into my life!!! :-) Here is the schedule for Saturday, October
14, 2006 ..........Sorry for the inconvenience.....Josie

Hola Eddy:

En Verdad no se cual sea la relacion y yo tambien quisiera saber
si existe alguna relacion entre ese Diego y cualquiera de los 3 Juanes
pero no lo se, ojala y alguna otra persona nos pueda ayudar.

Hola Eddy:

Si estas en lo cierto, Catalina Hurtado de Mendoza Olivares es hermana
de
Francisca, Catalina se caso con Manuel Gomez aprox. en 1619 en Jalos y de
esta pareja nacio el apellido compuesto de los GOMEZ HURTADO DE MENDOZA

I found an ancestor on the IGI with a reference to Santa Maria Mecatabasco, Villa Del Refugio, Zacatecas, Mexico. In checking the "films," on ranchos I found the Batch Number and Film listed in the Villanueva, Zacatecas section, with the following....

Mr. Alderete,

I came across your fascinating genealogy website while doing some research on your ancestor, Trinidad Rodriguez. I am very interested in sources for additional information about him and especially for any photographs which might exist, for use in a museum exhibit.

Just a reminder that when conducting genealogy research once the resource Familysearch.org has been exhausted it's time to order films in the area where one believes the families are from.

Rose Hardy

I am desperately searching a RANCHO en JALISCO on a map that would actually show on the map. But I have unsuccessfully looking for on the internet. The rancho is called "EL PAPELOTE" I heard it is just north of San Julian. Does anyone have any suggestions on where I can obtain this information. This would be very much appreciated.