Finding Gabriel Chavez

Hi Everyone, I'm new to the site and wish to introduce myself and my quest for information on my husband's family in Aguascalientes.

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Gabriel Chavez had 4 esposas! First Maria Vicenta Peralta on 5 Aug 1880, then Eustacia Peralta on 4 Jul 1888, then Gerbacia Medina on 13 Feb 1893 and last Refugio Araiza on 29 Jul 1895. Each spouse died before the next marriage. Thank you for asking! Carol Adams-Ramos

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Carol:

Welcome to the group! Some questions for you... where did you get the information on your husband's great-grandfather's wives? You seem to have the exact dates, but did not mention the locations of the weddings. If you know where the weddings took place, the first marriage record should list Gabriel Chavez's parents, place of birth and age. That would give you some very valuable clues on where to find his baptism record or one of his sibling's baptism records which would then provide their grandparents' names and you would be back another two generations.

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Carol:

Gabriel Chavez's last marriage to Refugio Araiza appears on familysearch.org in the IGI in Asientos, Aguascalientes (batch number M019875). It shows his parents' names were Pedro Chavez and Maria Medina. The other marriages appear in the familysearch.org pilot and show his mother's name variously as Maria or Aniceta Medina.

There is a baptism record for Jose Gabriel Chavez on 25 Mar 1860 in the familysearch.org pilot born to Pedro Chavez and Maria Medina in Asientos, Aguascalientes (batch number I066681). I am pretty sure this is your man. You should be able to pull up the image of the baptism record on the familysearch.org pilot site (since it is in Aguascalientes) and find the grandparents' names.

Gabriel had at least two siblings:
- Jose Chavez Medina baptized 25 Mar 1862 in Asientos
- Jose Macedonio Chavez baptized 14 Sep 1864 in Asientos, married to Fernanda Nino 12 Nov 1884 in Asientos

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Carol Adams-Ramos
Thank you for your reply! I have found the following sources for Gabriel Chavez' wives.
Source:Film 1156082, Batch 106668-1, Baptisms of Mexico 1700-1900, LDS records.
Source:Film 1156094, Batch M64620-9 , Marriages of Mexico 1700-1900, LDS records, to Vicenta Peralta
Source:Film 1156094, Batch M64620-9, Marriages of Mexico 1700-1900, LDS records, to Eustacia Peralta
Source:Film 1156094, Batch M64620-9, Marriages of Mexico 1700-1900, LDS records, to Gerbacia Medina
Source: Film 1156095, Bach M019870-5, Marriages of Mexico 1700-1900, LDS records, to Refugio Araiza

how to find source document on records from, public access to new Family search

I found an entry for my elusive great grandmother on the new Family Search. this record shows two additional parents in addition to the ones I had as her parents.(three sets of parents).

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Unless the submitters email address is given then you won't be able to
find out who this is. As for source documents if you are fortunate
enough to have the location be online as in some of the Jalisco records
then just go to the online records and advance quickly to find the dates
given for your great grandmother. If not you have to do a place search
and find the films available for this area. then you would find the film
that corresponds to the dates for your great grandmother and order that
film.

Verification as always is the key to all information found online.

joseph

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aamorales42@yahoo.com wrote:
> I found an entry for my elusive great grandmother on the new Family
> Search. this record shows two additional parents in addition to the
> ones I had as her parents.(three sets of parents). I know this is my
> great grandmother because it shows her husband and two of her children
> which have been confirmed by source documents. Also shows a variation
> of her name and a different date of birth. I have checked these new
> names and have not found anything more. family pedigree with details
> tab shows person identifier: LHJL-SHJ. What does this mean. Any
> suggestions as to how to check this out further and find either the
> submitter of this additional information and/or source
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Tecolotlan

Hola, para todos los que tengan ancestros en Tecolotlan, Jalisco miren lo
que encontré, lo pueden bajar gratis

http://es.scribd.com/doc/39986340/Esbozos-Historicos-de-Tecolotlan

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Gracias Patty, se agradece mucho la aportación.

Blanca Isabel Santana.

> Date: Thu, 12 May 2011 17:28:37 +0000
> From: pattyharo@gmail.com
> To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Tecolotlan
>
> Hola, para todos los que tengan ancestros en Tecolotlan, Jalisco miren lo
> que encontré, lo pueden bajar gratis
>
> http://es.scribd.com/doc/39986340/Esbozos-Historicos-de-Tecolotlan

NGGS Conference in SoCal

Dear NGGS:
Wishing you a wonderful conference. I hope all attendees will enjoy it. Wish I was there.
I look forward to reading reports from the attendees and organizers.

Natalie C. Coleman

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Thank you, Arturo! I am so sorry that I was unable to attend the conference, owing to another commitment. Where & when will it be held next year? How many attended the conference in Rancho Cucamonga?
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Paul:

I have posted the materials that I presented in the Files section of Nuestros Ranchos:

http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/19504

Rosalinda Ruiz has further materials that she may be able to share with you.

Jalisco records at Familysearch.org

Good morning all,

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That is wonderful news. Thanks for sharing that with us Rose.

I am hoping someone can help me locate dispensations for the year 1742. That is obviously a year that does not appear to be in any particular film but could be in a number of films that appear to be amalgams of various periods...

The dispensation I am looking for is:

En ocho días del mes de enero de mil setecientos y cuarenta y dos en esta parroquia e iglesia casé y velé a Manuel de Santa María Covarrubias, hijo legítimo de Mathias Covarrubias y de Petra Saldaña, españoles vecinos de esta jurisdicción en el rincón de Totatiche con Petra de la Cruz Grano, hija legítima de Joseph Grano y de Efigenia Covarrubias españoles vecinos de dicho rincón a quienes el Señor ??? Vicario General de este obispado les concedió el beneficio de dispenza de parentesco de consangüinidad en tercer grado. Fueron padrinos Juan Antonio Ríos y Theresa Covarrubias.

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great news!!!!, I have severall dispensations so I guess I´ll try

Thank you!

El 11/05/2011 07:56, rosehardy@hotmail.com escribió:
> Good morning all,

> Yesterday Familysearch has finally made the Jalisco records available
> online. Last night I reviewed the Guadalajara Diocese records for
> marriage dispensations.......... and I hit pay dirt!

> It took some going through. I randomly entered image numbers to find the
> year I was looking for. They are not in good order.....but once I found
> the couple, it took me back 3 more generations on one family line.

> So if you've got marriage dispensations and it's within the Guadalajara
> Diocese...this is a must read.

> WOW!!!!

> Rose Gonzales-Hardy

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Hi Rose,

I think you have dealt with Dispensas more than I have. I have a dispensa
dated in a marriage record "Dispensados el 2 de abril de 1772" The marriage
took place in Calvillo Aguascalientes and it only mentions that they shared
two lines of consanguinity third degree and the other third with fourth degree.

I noticed many online "films" have the year 1772, are there certain films
in the Diocesis that are strictly dispensas or are they all mixed with other
records.

Daniel Méndez Camino

Public access to new FamilySearch

FYI, Just got this email:

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As a FHC volunteer I was invited to use the New Family Search website a
few months ago and so far I have advanced my genealogy by 3 sets of
distant grand parents. I've found two new cousins and am really excited
about the site. I would suggest that you take advantage of this offer it
is a great improvement (speaking only of my quick results).

thanks Bert for the announcement and for the work you recently did on
adding films for the Ojuelos area.

joseph

======================

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http://h2opodcast.com/vsse.html (Vegan Environmental Solutions Podcast)
http://h2opodcast.com (Environmental Podcast)
http://h2opodcast.blogspot.com (Blog for above)
http://PleaseListenToYourMom.com (Women's Peace Podcast)
http://NuestraFamiliaUnida.com (Latin American History Podcast)
http://nuestrosranchos.org (Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Aguascalientes
Genealogy)

bert@paredes.net wrote:
> FYI, Just got this email:
> We invite you to be one of the first members of the public to come in
> and use the new FamilySearch website (new.familysearch.org).
> FamilySearch is rolling out this website to the public gradually, in
> this initial phase space is limited. If you are interested, please act
> quickly. Just click the link below to register.
>
> http://www.familysearch.org/invite/public2

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Joseph,
You're right I found a long lost greatgrandmother; however, what did you use for documentation?  I didn't see any film number to cite.  Thank you,
Alice Blake

--- On Tue, 5/10/11, Joseph Puentes wrote:

From: Joseph Puentes
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Public access to new FamilySearch
To: general@nuestrosranchos.org, bert@paredes.net
Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 10:25 AM

As a FHC volunteer I was invited to use the New Family Search website a few months ago and so far I have advanced my genealogy by 3 sets of distant grand parents. I've found two new cousins and am really excited about the site. I would suggest that you take advantage of this offer it is a great improvement (speaking only of my quick results).

thanks Bert for the announcement and for the work you recently did on adding films for the Ojuelos area.

joseph

======================

Joseph Puentes
NoMeat@h2opodcast.com
http://h2opodcast.com/vsse.html (Vegan Environmental Solutions Podcast)
http://h2opodcast.com (Environmental Podcast)
http://h2opodcast.blogspot.com (Blog for above)
http://PleaseListenToYourMom.com (Women's Peace Podcast)
http://NuestraFamiliaUnida.com (Latin American History Podcast)
http://nuestrosranchos.org (Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Aguascalientes Genealogy)

bert@paredes.net wrote:
> FYI, Just got this email:
> We invite you to be one of the first members of the public to come in and use the new FamilySearch website (new.familysearch.org). FamilySearch is rolling out this website to the public gradually, in this initial phase space is limited. If you are interested, please act quickly. Just click the link below to register.
>
> http://www.familysearch.org/invite/public2

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I would take the date (if given) and do a film search to find out what
film corresponds to that date and then either order the film or look to
see if the film is possibly online already.

confirmation of the info is still essential.

joseph

======================

Joseph Puentes
NoMeat@h2opodcast.com
http://h2opodcast.com/vsse.html (Vegan Environmental Solutions Podcast)
http://h2opodcast.com (Environmental Podcast)
http://h2opodcast.blogspot.com (Blog for above)
http://PleaseListenToYourMom.com (Women's Peace Podcast)
http://NuestraFamiliaUnida.com (Latin American History Podcast)
http://nuestrosranchos.org (Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Aguascalientes
Genealogy)

Alice Blake wrote:
> Joseph,
> You're right I found a long lost greatgrandmother; however, what did you use for documentation? I didn't see any film number to cite. Thank you,
> Alice Blake
>
> --- On Tue, 5/10/11, Joseph Puentes wrote:
>
>
> From: Joseph Puentes
> Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Public access to new FamilySearch
> To: general@nuestrosranchos.org, bert@paredes.net
> Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 10:25 AM
>
>
> As a FHC volunteer I was invited to use the New Family Search website a few months ago and so far I have advanced my genealogy by 3 sets of distant grand parents. I've found two new cousins and am really excited about the site. I would suggest that you take advantage of this offer it is a great improvement (speaking only of my quick results).
>
> thanks Bert for the announcement and for the work you recently did on adding films for the Ojuelos area.
>
> joseph
>
> ======================
>
> Joseph Puentes
> NoMeat@h2opodcast.com
> http://h2opodcast.com/vsse.html (Vegan Environmental Solutions Podcast)
> http://h2opodcast.com (Environmental Podcast)
> http://h2opodcast.blogspot.com (Blog for above)
> http://PleaseListenToYourMom.com (Women's Peace Podcast)
> http://NuestraFamiliaUnida.com (Latin American History Podcast)
> http://nuestrosranchos.org (Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Aguascalientes Genealogy)
>
>
>
> bert@paredes.net wrote:
>
>> FYI, Just got this email:
>> We invite you to be one of the first members of the public to come in and use the new FamilySearch website (new.familysearch.org). FamilySearch is rolling out this website to the public gradually, in this initial phase space is limited. If you are interested, please act quickly. Just click the link below to register.
>>
>> http://www.familysearch.org/invite/public2

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Joseph, many people don't know how to get to the scan files where they
can actually search for the records on their own:

A. Go to Familysearch.org
B. Go to “Browse by Location”
C. Press the “USA, Canada, and Mexico” link

On the "Historical Records Collections," go down the page to:

Mexico, Catholic Church Records
Mexico, Chiapas, Catholic Church Records, 1558-1978
Mexico, Civil Registration, 1860-1950
Mexico, Guanajuato, Catholic Church Records, 1576-1984
Mexico, Jalisco, Catholic Church Records
Mexico, Morelos, Catholic Church Records, 1598-1969
Mexico, Nayarit, Catholic Church Records, 1596-1967
Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1970
Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Catholic Church Records, 1586-1970
Mexico, State of Mexico, Catholic Church Records

To the right of each category, you will find "Browse Images."

As an example, go to “Mexico, Catholic Church Records,” then:

A. To the right of that link, press “Browse Images”
B. You will see a list of the Mexican states
C. Press “Aguascalientes”
D. For Calvillo records, press on the “Calvillo” link
E. You will then pick the appropriate parish and choose the group of
years and type of event that you want (bautismos, defunciones,
matrimonios, etc.)
F. Scan through the record page by page or choosing the page number
that you find appropriate to your search.

The scan files are not complete collections yet, but some states are
near completion, such as Aguascalientes, Sonora, Chihuahua and Sinaloa.
Jalisco and Zacatecas have a way to go yet.

Good luck.

John P. Schmal

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John,

Jalisco is complete. Miguel Beltran had already given us the direct link.

https://www.familysearch.org/search/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.family…

Armando

On Tue, May 10, 2011 at 9:27 PM, wrote:

> Joseph, many people don't know how to get to the scan files where they can
> actually search for the records on their own:
>
> A. Go to Familysearch.org
> B. Go to “Browse by Location”
> C. Press the “USA, Canada, and Mexico” link
>
> On the "Historical Records Collections," go down the page to:
>
> Mexico, Catholic Church Records
> Mexico, Chiapas, Catholic Church Records, 1558-1978
> Mexico, Civil Registration, 1860-1950
> Mexico, Guanajuato, Catholic Church Records, 1576-1984
> Mexico, Jalisco, Catholic Church Records
> Mexico, Morelos, Catholic Church Records, 1598-1969
> Mexico, Nayarit, Catholic Church Records, 1596-1967
> Mexico, Puebla, Catholic Church Records, 1545-1970
> Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Catholic Church Records, 1586-1970
> Mexico, State of Mexico, Catholic Church Records
>
> To the right of each category, you will find "Browse Images."
>
> As an example, go to “Mexico, Catholic Church Records,” then:
>
> A. To the right of that link, press “Browse Images”
> B. You will see a list of the Mexican states
> C. Press “Aguascalientes”
> D. For Calvillo records, press on the “Calvillo” link
> E. You will then pick the appropriate parish and choose the group of years
> and type of event that you want (bautismos, defunciones, matrimonios, etc.)
> F. Scan through the record page by page or choosing the page number that
> you find appropriate to your search.
>
> The scan files are not complete collections yet, but some states are near
> completion, such as Aguascalientes, Sonora, Chihuahua and Sinaloa. Jalisco
> and Zacatecas have a way to go yet.
>
> Good luck.
>
> John P. Schmal
>
>

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Thanks, will do.  I just thought I had missed it on the new website.  Alice

--- On Wed, 5/11/11, Joseph Puentes wrote:

From: Joseph Puentes
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Public access to new FamilySearch
To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 1:44 AM

I would take the date (if given) and do a film search to find out what
film corresponds to that date and then either order the film or look to
see if the film is possibly online already.

confirmation of the info is still essential.

joseph

======================

Joseph Puentes
NoMeat@h2opodcast.com
http://h2opodcast.com/vsse.html (Vegan Environmental Solutions Podcast)
http://h2opodcast.com (Environmental Podcast)
http://h2opodcast.blogspot.com (Blog for above)
http://PleaseListenToYourMom.com (Women's Peace Podcast)
http://NuestraFamiliaUnida.com (Latin American History Podcast)
http://nuestrosranchos.org (Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Aguascalientes
Genealogy)

Alice Blake wrote:
> Joseph,
> You're right I found a long lost greatgrandmother; however, what did you use for documentation?  I didn't see any film number to cite.  Thank you,
> Alice Blake
>
> --- On Tue, 5/10/11, Joseph Puentes  wrote:
>
>
> From: Joseph Puentes
> Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Public access to new FamilySearch
> To: general@nuestrosranchos.org, bert@paredes.net
> Date: Tuesday, May 10, 2011, 10:25 AM
>
>
> As a FHC volunteer I was invited to use the New Family Search website a few months ago and so far I have advanced my genealogy by 3 sets of distant grand parents. I've found two new cousins and am really excited about the site. I would suggest that you take advantage of this offer it is a great improvement (speaking only of my quick results).
>
> thanks Bert for the announcement and for the work you recently did on adding films for the Ojuelos area.
>
> joseph
>
> ======================
>
> Joseph Puentes
> NoMeat@h2opodcast.com
> http://h2opodcast.com/vsse.html (Vegan Environmental Solutions Podcast)
> http://h2opodcast.com (Environmental Podcast)
> http://h2opodcast.blogspot.com (Blog for above)
> http://PleaseListenToYourMom.com (Women's Peace Podcast)
> http://NuestraFamiliaUnida.com (Latin American History Podcast)
> http://nuestrosranchos.org (Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Aguascalientes Genealogy)
>
>
>
> bert@paredes.net wrote:
>   
>> FYI, Just got this email:
>> We invite you to be one of the first members of the public to come in and use the new FamilySearch website (new.familysearch.org). FamilySearch is rolling out this website to the public gradually, in this initial phase space is limited. If you are interested, please act quickly. Just click the link below to register.
>>
>> http://www.familysearch.org/invite/public2

Jerez, Zacatca 1836 Baptism records

Hello Everyone,

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Barbara keep in mind people moved around a lot to work and they were not always
there so the witnesses had to answer questions.  If they were not from the
original town they would not know who the grandparents were.
Linda in Boulder City

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From: "andrewsbarbara@charter.net"
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Mon, May 9, 2011 8:25:07 PM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Jerez, Zacatca 1836 Baptism records

Hello Everyone,
I am researching my family currently from the Jerez Baptism records for 1836.  I
have noticed a large amount of record with no grandparents listed.  Instead, it
says "abuelos no dio rason". I've only seen this so far in the Jerez records but
don't know what it means since it's on so many records.

Hope someone can tell me what that means??

Thanks,

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Barbara Andrews

Thanks for your comments,,,,that makes sense. I had previously been going through the baptism records for Tepetongo, which is close by and occasionally found a padre desconosido or something like that. However, in these records for Jerez, it's very disproportionate and always refers to both set of grandparents.

Thanks,
Barbara

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I have seen this mentioned all over the place different areas and time periods.
Usually it meant for one reason or another the grandparents were and are not
to be mentioned. Possibly denotes an iligitimate child, or no recognized father,
ethe possibilities are endless. I have also seen one child in a family where the
a grandparents are not mentioned whereas other children in the same family
do mention the grandparents.

Daniel Méndez Camino

Indexacion: Aguascalientes

Si todavia hay interes en el proyecto de indexacion ya pueden bajar
batches de Aguascalientes.

If there still is interest in the indexing project you can download
batches on Aguascalientes

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The Aguascalientes indexing project is birth records (nacimientos) for the period 1860 to 1921.

George Fulton
Pleasanton, CA

jauregui

estoll tratando de encontrar los abuelos paternos i maternos de maria de la trinidad xaure yanes asi esta escrito xaure o jauregui nacio 1 febrero 1801 batch no C06233 del 1800 al 1804 source call; no

batch numbers help

I'm sure this may seem to be a silly question, but...Can someone please explain why an individual is listed three times on family search with the same film number on all three entries, but two differ

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Alice,

One of the reasons why some individuals have have more than one batch number or reference number is because. Some of the microfilms in the Family History Library, have been extracted more than once. And then some areas have been filmed more than once also.

As for how you can have 2 different batch numbers, for the same film number. that depends on when it was extracted. Because in the early extraction, the information was sent to the IGI. And the program was trying to use the same record template for all types of record collections. So for the Mexico and Latin America collections, they were trying to apply, an US record template to the records. Such as, on a christening record, the extractors were told to only extract the name of the child, christening date, and the names of the parents. They were told to disregard all other information in the record (such as birth date, birth place, names of grandparents, etc.). Then came along other record collections, such as the Vital Records Index, and they began to at times, to reextract the information, from the films. And at times, they used the same batch number, but at times they created a second batch number. Also, during this time of record extraction, there began to emerge batch numbers beginning with the letter "I". The "I" stood for Index, and usually with the "I" there was not a reference number given. And trying to figure out which film it corresponded to, was like pulling teeth. But it was possible.

Now, we have the indexing program, and instead of a film number, they are referencing the digital images collections now. So the film numbers are being left out.

This is assuming that we are looking at a extracted record. Also, there are entries in the IGI, that have come from non extracted entries (such as Members of the LDS church). And those entries, have been givien their own batch numbers. So a person may have several batch numbers for the same event.

I hope that this has helped. If not I would suggest going to the following links for more information: http://mexicoigibatchnumbers.wetpaint.com/ and https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/IGI_Batch_Number_Descriptions

thanks,
Jonathan Walker

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Jonathan,
Thank you!  The reason for the different batch numbers makes sense now.   Although they both started with a C, only one worked in a batch search.  I was hoping that the reference number referred to an additional resource beyond the film itself.  Thanks again for your help.
Alice

--- On Mon, 5/9/11, jonathan@mexicanfhr.com wrote:

From: jonathan@mexicanfhr.com
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Batch Numbers Help
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Monday, May 9, 2011, 9:10 AM

Alice,

One of the reasons why some individuals have have more than one batch number or reference number is because.  Some of the microfilms in the Family History Library, have been extracted more than once.  And then some areas have been filmed more than once also. 
As for how you can have 2 different batch numbers, for the same film number.  that depends on when it was extracted.  Because in the early extraction, the information was sent to the IGI.  And the program was trying to use the same record template for all types of record collections.  So for the Mexico and Latin America collections, they were trying to apply, an US record template to the records. Such as, on a christening record, the extractors were told to only extract the name of the child, christening date, and the names of the parents.  They were told to disregard all other information in the record (such as birth date, birth place, names of grandparents, etc.).  Then came along other record collections, such as the Vital Records Index, and they began to at times, to reextract the information, from the films.  And at times, they used the same batch number, but at times they created a second batch number.  Also, during this time of record
extraction, there began to emerge batch numbers beginning with the letter "I".  The "I" stood for Index, and usually with the "I" there was not a reference number given.  And trying to figure out which film it corresponded to, was like pulling teeth. But it was possible.

Now, we have the indexing program, and instead of a film number, they are referencing the digital images collections now.  So the film numbers are being left out. 
This is assuming that we are looking at a extracted record.  Also, there are entries in the IGI, that have come from non extracted entries (such as Members of the LDS church).  And those entries, have been givien their own batch numbers.  So a person may have several batch numbers for the same event.

I hope that this has helped.  If not I would suggest going to the following links for more information: http://mexicoigibatchnumbers.wetpaint.com/ and https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/IGI_Batch_Number_Descriptions
thanks,
Jonathan Walker

historical maps

i just found a great site davidrumsey.com. it has a lot of great historical maps to look at or buy.

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Hola, deseo que me borren de lalista de distribucion, ya no deseo recibir tantos correos porque me satura mi cuenta.

Hello, i desire to unsucribe to the research list, please advise de manager at NR

Thank you.

LIC. ALESSANDRO VITELA

Ser de Luz!!!

> To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
> From: irbaca@gmail.com
> Date: Fri, 6 May 2011 23:25:04 -0700
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] historical maps
>
> i just found a great site davidrumsey.com. it has a lot of great historical maps to look at or buy. i am researching velasco in aguascalientes and one of the maps at this site shows a town of velasco in aguascalientes in 1800's. has anyone heard of this town?

new member introduction

Hello.
My name is Angelina and as a new member I want to take this
opportunity to introduce myself. My interest in genealogy started when
my father passed away and I became painfully aware that I knew very

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Welcome to the Group! It seems you have some very surnames that involve in all of our research those of the Spaniard families of Padilla, Moreno, Muñoz. I can bet my money (as long as these are from Los Altos) Which they are! That they are the "de Padilla y Dávila", Moreno de Ortega, and either Muñoz de Hermosillo or Muñoz de la Barba families! These and all our other spanish families teneded to drop part of their name over time, when it was commonly known that everyone was obviously related after 400 years of inbreeding. I would totally go after these families since they might be the ones that we have info for sure, and are commonly researched a lot. I will help you on these families as best as I can. -Daniel Méndez del Camino

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Hi and saludos to the entire membership. My name is Jose Antonio Michel Osorio. I am researching my paternal surname Michel
in southern and central Jalisco. My grand father Antonio Michel Flores born in 1900 at La Cienega, Jal. Married Maria Inez Bautista.
His father, my GGfather was Leandro Michel Santana born 1868 at San Juan Amula, Jal. He married Maria Flores. She was born 1874. His father was Francisco Michel Santana, born 1832 at Tuxcacuesco, Jal. He married Evarista Santana born 1836 at San Miguel Ejutla, Jal.
Ive concentrated on my paternal line only, but now I am researching my maternal name Osorio, Santana and San Martin. Thank you

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Hi there, primo !!
My gparents were born in Autlán de Navarro Jalisco (The name of my grandfather was José Michel Vázquez). I was born in Jalisco also: Guadalajara. In the following days I will hit the road and return to my place of residence, in Mexico City. Once there, I will get back to you with further data on my ancestors. Hope I can be of some help.
Meanwhile, saludos a la familia !!

Felipe Michel Olmo

> From: michelja2k@hotmail.com
> To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
> Date: Sat, 21 Aug 2010 20:57:33 +0000
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] New member introduction
>
>
> Hi and saludos to the entire membership. My name is Jose Antonio Michel Osorio. I am researching my paternal surname Michel
> in southern and central Jalisco. My grand father Antonio Michel Flores born in 1900 at La Cienega, Jal. Married Maria Inez Bautista.
> His father, my GGfather was Leandro Michel Santana born 1868 at San Juan Amula, Jal. He married Maria Flores. She was born 1874. His father was Francisco Michel Santana, born 1832 at Tuxcacuesco, Jal. He married Evarista Santana born 1836 at San Miguel Ejutla, Jal.
> Ive concentrated on my paternal line only, but now I am researching my maternal name Osorio, Santana and San Martin. Thank you

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Hello, my name is Jenny Tomasello (Olmos) and I'm just beginning my research into my family tree. Unfortunately I do not have much information to go on as my family lost touch with my father when I was about 2 yrs old(adopted); so if anyone has any tips to guide me in the right direction I would be very greatful =)

My father (Steven Andrew Olmos - first born) was born (3 Aug 1950) to Gil Olmos and Juanita Almeyda when Gil was 60 yrs old.

My grandfather, Gil Olmos, was born 1 Sep 1891 in Teocaltiche, Jalisco to parents Juan Olmos and Andrea Aguilera. This information I was able to find on FamilySearch.

Again, I would be extremely greatful if anyone could give me ideas on beginning my search

Thank you!
Jenny

Jaliscan olives?

I hope my colleagues here at Nuestros Ranchos will overlook the fact that
this email is potentially about Jaliscan food rather than genealogy. I am
visiting my parents in So.

Entierros (Burials) Huejuquilla El Alto, Jalisco, Mexico Year 1719 - 1761

I was browsing through the microfilm of entierros de Huejuquilla, Jalisco, Mexico for the years 1719 - 1761. I found something interesting if any of you can help me decipher it.

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informacion matrimonial 1778-1790 Colotlan

Can anyone tell me where to find the informacion matrimonial 1778-1790 in Colotlan of the Espanoles. I checked out the LDS film #0443712 and it was all about the Indios.

Rita Navarro

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I ordered and viewed Film # 443782 and it covers ALL the marriages from 1752-1790 nicely!

Jose Carlos de Leon

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Rita

My experience, for the few areas I've researched, is that the matrimonial investigations are all together (at least in Aguascalientes). There tends to be more for indians than for the Spanish, but the relative numbers would depend on the community, most likely because there were more indians. They are very often not in chronological order. You may need to look at the volume or two before or after the period you are interested in. I've also seen significant gaps, but this is more common for the older documents.

From the FHL catalog there is no indication that the investigations were separated for the different groups. Of course, this does not mean that they weren't.

George Fulton
Pleasanton, CA

Bartholome Rendon=Maria Macias Valades

I am seeking infomration about this couple. They are my maternal 6th great grandparents. They were married 11 Feb 1710 in Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes.

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Paul:

Per the informacion matrimonial that I have dated 8 Feb 1710 in Aguascalientes
Bartolome (Gomez) Rendon was the son of the Treasurer of Zacatecas Capt.
Francisco Gomez Rendon and Maria de Luna. He married Maria Macias Valadez
who was baptized 9 May 1683 in Aguascalientes she was the daughter of
Marcos Macias Valadez and Maria Ruiz de Esparza.

I have a 4th child for Bartolome and Maria, Ana Macias Valadez (used her maternal name)
she died 9 Dec 1775 in Aguascalientes married to Cristobal de los Santos Bustos
they had numerous children.

Maria de Luna was the daughter of Marcos Alvarez Tostado and Maria de Luna there
last two were the founders of the Alvarez de Luna line which lasted for some generations
or so.

Daniel Méndez Camino

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Daniel,

I searched the digitized FH records in Sagrario for 1710 in the IM; but
found nothing. Any ideas?

Paul

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Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Bartholome Rendon=Maria Macias Valades

Paul:

Per the informacion matrimonial that I have dated 8 Feb 1710 in
Aguascalientes Bartolome (Gomez) Rendon was the son of the Treasurer of
Zacatecas Capt.
Francisco Gomez Rendon and Maria de Luna. He married Maria Macias Valadez
who was baptized 9 May 1683 in Aguascalientes she was the daughter of Marcos
Macias Valadez and Maria Ruiz de Esparza.

I have a 4th child for Bartolome and Maria, Ana Macias Valadez (used her
maternal name) she died 9 Dec 1775 in Aguascalientes married to Cristobal de
los Santos Bustos they had numerous children.

Maria de Luna was the daughter of Marcos Alvarez Tostado and Maria de Luna
there last two were the founders of the Alvarez de Luna line which lasted
for some generations or so.

Daniel Méndez Camino

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Thanks for the "tip", George. I will take a look.
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Paul

See the Aguascalientes matrimonial investigations for volume 1710, starting at image 36.

George Fulton
Pleasanton, CA

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Hi Paul,

Im glad you found it useful. As for Francisco Gomez Rendon he was captain
and royal treasurer of the city of Zacatecas. You'll have to look at the notaries
of Zacatecas and PARES if you want specific documents.

I do know he had a brother named Capt. Sebastian Gomez Rendon also
vecino of Zacatecas. Im not sure if they were born in Zacatecas or
Teocaltiche. More than likely they were born in Zacatecas but sadly
we will never have its records at our disposle.

I have a reference that their mother was a Catarina Arreola but never
proved it not sure who this woman was or where she came from.

Eventually Francisco Gomez Rendon married Maria de Luna a
native of Teocaltiche she was espanola and belonged to the Alvarez
Tostado family.

Marcos Alvarez Tostado married Maria de Luna (they're daughter
was Maria de Luna) these were vecinos of Teocaltiche. Together
they started the Alvarez de Luna which lasted couple of generations.

Marcos Alvarez Tostado was the son of Juan Alvarez Viera and Beatriz
Ruiz Tostado. These last ones were children of Capt. Lorenzo Alvarez
and Agustina de Viera; Lorenzo Ruiz Tostado and Elena Martinez.
All these were residents of Zacatecas. If we had the records of Zacatecas
we would have known so much more but for now we only have
the notaries and other records pertaining to the Real Audencia.

Juan Alvarez Viera died 13 Aug 1672 in Teocaltiche. Maria de Luna
(mother) was the daughter of Antonio de Luna and Antonia de Tejeda.

This is all I have on this family. Hope it helps.

Daniel Méndez Camino

> To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
> From: paul.gomez@verizon.net
> Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 13:28:45 -0700
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Rendon-Macias Valades
>
> Do you have any information about their parents? Birthplace? Dates?
>
> Are there printed resources for Treasurer Frrancisco Gomez Rendon?
>
> Thank you.

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Thank you, Daniel, for sharing your research. I really appreciate it. Yes,
like so much history, lots is lost; however, I am not precluded from piecing
information like you have provided into reasonable assumptions. Again, thank
you.

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Sent: Tuesday, May 03, 2011 5:29 PM
To: Nuestros Ranchos
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Rendon-Macias Valades

Hi Paul,

Im glad you found it useful. As for Francisco Gomez Rendon he was captain
and royal treasurer of the city of Zacatecas. You'll have to look at the
notaries of Zacatecas and PARES if you want specific documents.

I do know he had a brother named Capt. Sebastian Gomez Rendon also vecino of
Zacatecas. Im not sure if they were born in Zacatecas or Teocaltiche. More
than likely they were born in Zacatecas but sadly we will never have its
records at our disposle.

I have a reference that their mother was a Catarina Arreola but never proved
it not sure who this woman was or where she came from.

Eventually Francisco Gomez Rendon married Maria de Luna a native of
Teocaltiche she was espanola and belonged to the Alvarez Tostado family.

Marcos Alvarez Tostado married Maria de Luna (they're daughter was Maria de
Luna) these were vecinos of Teocaltiche. Together they started the Alvarez
de Luna which lasted couple of generations.

Marcos Alvarez Tostado was the son of Juan Alvarez Viera and Beatriz Ruiz
Tostado. These last ones were children of Capt. Lorenzo Alvarez and Agustina
de Viera; Lorenzo Ruiz Tostado and Elena Martinez.
All these were residents of Zacatecas. If we had the records of Zacatecas we
would have known so much more but for now we only have the notaries and
other records pertaining to the Real Audencia.

Juan Alvarez Viera died 13 Aug 1672 in Teocaltiche. Maria de Luna
(mother) was the daughter of Antonio de Luna and Antonia de Tejeda.

This is all I have on this family. Hope it helps.

Daniel Méndez Camino

> To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
> From: paul.gomez@verizon.net
> Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 13:28:45 -0700
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Rendon-Macias Valades
>
> Do you have any information about their parents? Birthplace? Dates?
>
> Are there printed resources for Treasurer Frrancisco Gomez Rendon?
>
> Thank you.

Comment

Hi Paul,

Im glad you found it useful. As for Francisco Gomez Rendon he was captain
and royal treasurer of the city of Zacatecas. You'll have to look at the notaries
of Zacatecas and PARES if you want specific documents.

I do know he had a brother named Capt. Sebastian Gomez Rendon also
vecino of Zacatecas. Im not sure if they were born in Zacatecas or
Teocaltiche. More than likely they were born in Zacatecas but sadly
we will never have its records at our disposle.

I have a reference that their mother was a Catarina Arreola but never
proved it not sure who this woman was or where she came from.

Eventually Francisco Gomez Rendon married Maria de Luna a
native of Teocaltiche she was espanola and belonged to the Alvarez
Tostado family.

Marcos Alvarez Tostado married Maria de Luna (they're daughter
was Maria de Luna) these were vecinos of Teocaltiche. Together
they started the Alvarez de Luna which lasted couple of generations.

Marcos Alvarez Tostado was the son of Juan Alvarez Viera and Beatriz
Ruiz Tostado. These last ones were children of Capt. Lorenzo Alvarez
and Agustina de Viera; Lorenzo Ruiz Tostado and Elena Martinez.
All these were residents of Zacatecas. If we had the records of Zacatecas
we would have known so much more but for now we only have
the notaries and other records pertaining to the Real Audencia.

Juan Alvarez Viera died 13 Aug 1672 in Teocaltiche. Maria de Luna
(mother) was the daughter of Antonio de Luna and Antonia de Tejeda.

This is all I have on this family. Hope it helps.

Daniel Méndez Camino

> To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
> From: paul.gomez@verizon.net
> Date: Tue, 3 May 2011 13:28:45 -0700
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Rendon-Macias Valades
>
> Do you have any information about their parents? Birthplace? Dates?
>
> Are there printed resources for Treasurer Frrancisco Gomez Rendon?
>
> Thank you.

Amigos de la historia de Altos de Jalisco

Has anyone ever heard of a group called "Amigos de la historia de Altos
de Jalisco"

joseph

======================

Joseph Puentes
NoMeat@h2opodcast.com
http://h2opodcast.com/vsse.html (V

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Yes, they are a group from Mexico DF/Jalostotitlan that have funded many books relating to Los Altos de Jalisco. I believe the group is made of Gutierrez brothers from the Media Hanega Ranch in the Municipio of Jalos.

Joseph why the question?

Sergio Gutierrez

Conference

Wonderful time at the conference! Good information shared and great to meet others as interested in genealogy as I am.

Thank you,

Maria

Perez v. Peres: "z" v. "s"

a non member of the group sent this message in and I would like to send
him any comments the group might offer:

Joseph,
I'm noticing that as I dig into the 1800s that names like perez, cruz,
g

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My experience is that a different spelling of a name, by itself, has no significance in identifying a family or individual.

Over twenty years doing genealogy research has made it clear to me that until the early twentieth century, there was almost no "standard" spelling. I have encountered many spelling variations for even simple names, sometimes within the same record for the same person. Lack of education, "phonetic" spelling, miscopying poor or nearly illegible handwriting, and just plain errors all contribute to the diversity of spelling.

In Jalisco records, I've found my surname not only as PAREDES but also as PAREDEZ, PREDES, PADERES, and PADEREZ, plus other variations I may have forgotten. The name got mangled as much or more in Texas records: my GGF's 1899 marriage record lists him as Juan PADUEZ. PAREDES was even misspelled on my high school diploma. Even today, misteaks happpen.

~ Bert Paredes

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I admire a man who can spell a word more than one way.
- Mark Twain

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Hi Joseph,

Like my cousin Linda, I believe the priest made the choices. I would think priest would
have gone through grammer school but again with all the changes to Castilian over
the centuries. The Portuguese form is Pires a bit different. MOst people did not
see the church records only those who would try to "get into something"; court,
job, college or notary records. There are many documents that when we are lucky
we can see their signature.

Daniel Méndez Camino

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I think the scribe made the choice, I have cousins who are siblings, one who's
parents went by the census Rebeles and the rest of the family is Reveles. I
would appear most of our ancestors never saw the records and many could not read
or write so had no idea of the changes from C to Z and S to Z and visa versa
through the years.  I also see the changes in the name Morillo/Murillo, many of
these records especially as witness say they cannot sign because they cannot
read or write.

just my opinion,
Linda in Boulder City

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From: Joseph Puentes
To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Sun, May 1, 2011 4:38:10 AM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Perez v. Peres: "z" v. "s"

a non member of the group sent this message in and I would like to send him any
comments the group might offer:

Joseph,
I'm noticing that as I dig into the 1800s that names like perez, cruz, gonzalez
are appearing as peres, crus, gonzales.
I'm actually per the Mexican 1930s Census a Peres, not a Perez.  Have you
encountered this? Any light to shed? Is there a sephardic or portuguese
connection?
Thanks!
Joel

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joseph

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NoMeat@h2opodcast.com
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http://h2opodcast.com (Environmental Podcast)
http://h2opodcast.blogspot.com (Blog for above)
http://PleaseListenToYourMom.com (Women's Peace Podcast)
http://NuestraFamiliaUnida.com (Latin American History Podcast)
http://nuestrosranchos.org (Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Aguascalientes Genealogy)

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One of the axioms of genealogy is: Spelling doesn't count!

I would not take today's rules and norms of spelling and apply them to documents of 200 years ago.

As books became more widely available, as well as dictionaries, spelling became more standardized. The first English dictionary is Robert Cawdrey's work of 1604. This was most likely not widely available, and certainly not used by the common people. There are many words in this dictionary that we would consider misspelled today. Usage varied significantly from what we do today. For example, U was not used at the beginnings of words, instead V.

The first Spanish dictionary was published in 1611 by Sebastian de Covarrubias. Other authoritative publications came from the Real Academia Espanola (founded in the early 1700) in the 1740s and later.

Getting back to names, I have seen the same name spelled two different ways in the same document, and obviously written by the same person.

George Fulton
Pleasanton, CA

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Hello Joseph and George,

Since this is dealing more with orthography than definitions, for which a
dictionary would be used, the first book of Spanish orthography was written
by Antonio de Nebrija in 1517. He also wrote *Gramatica Castellana* in 1492
which includes a chapter on the letters and pronunciations in Spanish and
another on the general rules of orthography of Spanish. The full text
of *Gramatica
Castellana* can be found at http://www.antoniodenebrija.org/indice.html

Even so Spanish wasn't widely standardized until fairly recently and
mispellings continue to this day, especially for surnames. We still use
Valadez while the correct spelling is Valadés and Rubalcava when the
accepted spelling in Spain is Robalcaba. Also many of the surnames that
should end in -ez, not just Pérez, were spelled ambiguously with -es in the
past. This also happened in Spain as I learned when researching my ancestors
there. The z/s aren't the only letters that were used ambiguously. The
letters b/v and y/i are others. Such as lavor for labor and yndio for indio.

I agree with what everyone else is saying that the spelling is meaningless
for the reasons cited as well as a few others. One is that Pérez is also
cited as being of Spanish origin, apart from the widely mentioned Sephardic
origin, meaning son of Pero or Pedro. Most surnames that end with -ez mean
"son of" such as Alvarez = son of Alvaro, González = son of Gonzalo, Sánchez
= son of Sancho, etc. More info on Spanish patronimic surnames can be found
at http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patron%C3%ADmico Another is that a surname,
regardless of spelling, doesn't necessarily indicate ancestry.

Saludos,
Armando

On Sun, May 1, 2011 at 12:08 PM, wrote:

> One of the axioms of genealogy is: Spelling doesn't count!
>
> I would not take today's rules and norms of spelling and apply them to
> documents of 200 years ago.
>
> As books became more widely available, as well as dictionaries, spelling
> became more standardized. The first English dictionary is Robert Cawdrey's
> work of 1604. This was most likely not widely available, and certainly not
> used by the common people. There are many words in this dictionary that we
> would consider misspelled today. Usage varied significantly from what we do
> today. For example, U was not used at the beginnings of words, instead V.
>
> The first Spanish dictionary was published in 1611 by Sebastian de
> Covarrubias. Other authoritative publications came from the Real Academia
> Espanola (founded in the early 1700) in the 1740s and later.
>
> Getting back to names, I have seen the same name spelled two different ways
> in the same document, and obviously written by the same person.
>
> George Fulton
> Pleasanton, CA

In reply to by Armando

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Hi Armando,

This is an interesting dicussion. The history of the language is a very complex one
until the XVIII century what I consider the beginning of the modern language though
it would not be till the XIX century when things became standardized.

Also about the Sephardic connection with Perez, I don't think any can say this name is
Sephardic. Sephardic is about the ancestry not just the surname.

Daniel Méndez Camino

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In genealogy, Perez has long been considered a jewish surname.
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From: Daniel Méndez Camino
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Reply-To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Spelling

Hi Armando,

This is an interesting dicussion. The history of the language is a very complex one
until the XVIII century what I consider the beginning of the modern language though
it would not be till the XIX century when things became standardized.

Also about the Sephardic connection with Perez, I don't think any can say this name is
Sephardic. Sephardic is about the ancestry not just the surname.

Daniel Méndez Camino

In reply to by Armando

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Armando

Thanks for this link. Your information significantly pre-dates what I found.

The point I was trying to make (and didn't do it too well), is that the availability of printed materials did much to standardize language, both from the standpoints of grammar and spelling.

One of the other points made by some of the sources I looked at is that in some areas different letters or combinations of letters may represent the same sound. Hence, the letters are used interchangeably.

Evolution of a language is a fascinating study.

George Fulton
Pleasanton, CA

Juan Antonio Marquez

Juan Antonio Marquez son of Miguel Marquez y Matiana de Gamboa

if you happen to have this Marquez line from the approximate 1732 time
period in Sauz de Los Marquez here is the IM:

https://

NGGS Conference in SoCal

Dear NGGS:
Wishing you a wonderful conference. I hope all attendees will enjoy it. Wish I was there.
I look forward to reading reports from the attendees and organizers.

Natalie C. Coleman

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Comment

Thanks Natalie,

We've arrived here, had dinner with about 12 other members and look forward to
tomorrow. Wish you and others could be here.

Alicia

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Sent: Fri, April 29, 2011 3:25:28 PM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] NGGS Conference in SoCal

Dear NGGS:
Wishing you a wonderful conference. I hope all attendees will enjoy it. Wish I
was there.
I look forward to reading reports from the attendees and organizers.

Natalie C. Coleman

PS - I consider Cucamonga my stomping grounds, as I lived there with an aunt,
when I was in H.S. (Chaffey) and Jr. College, in a house my grandfather had
purchased in the 1930's. My grandfather and father had at one time worked for
the Italian Vineyard Co, in Guasti, CA. The Ontario International Airport now
sits on the land that once were grape vineyards.