By Jorge Elias |

Hi every body

My name is Jorge Elias and I am searching about the last names Elias, Ruiz de Esparza, Diaz, Flores and Jayme in Guadalupe, Zacatecas. My question is: Are there on line baptism books of Guadalupe, Zacatecas before 1859?

In famlysearch.org I could find just from that year, but nothing before. In the section of Guadalupe there is one book dated 1853-1877, but it is from Trancoso and not from Guadalupe. Somebody knows if I can find books before that date somewhere else in familysearch or other web page? Thank you for your help and patience.

Hola a todos los miembros de Nuestros Ranchos.

Mi nombre es Jorge Elías y estoy investigando sobre los Apellidos Elías,Ruiz de Esparza, Díaz, Flores y Jayme en Guadalupe, Zacatecas. Y mi pregunta es si alguien sabe si se encuentran on line los libros de bautizo de Guadalupe, Zac. antes de 1860. El primer libro que veo en familisearch.org comienza ese año y no sé si existan otros anteriores a él. En la sección de Guadalupe hay otro libro anterior fechado en 1853-1877, pero es de la iglesia de Trancoso.

Muchas gracias por su ayuda y paciencia.

Jorge

I looked at a map of the Zacatecas/Guadalupe/Trancoso area. Guadalupe is very close to the city of Zacatecas. There are records of several parishes in the city of Zacatecas, in the FHL the Sagrario parish has the oldest records, and the records for the town you are interested in may be with these, especially if the church in Guadalupe was a chapel associated with the main church in the city.

The records for Sagrario are online at Family Search in the city of Zacatecas.

The records for the chapels, if there are any, are sometimes in separate volumes, sometimes in the books for the main church; they could be interspersed with the other records, or may be grouped at the end of each month.

All you can do is look, and hope for the best.

George Fulton
Pleasanton, CA

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