Alicia
I would spend your time at SLC in making copies of those records you
found on the IGI.  If you ONLY go after the extracted documents that
you know are on the films, you should have no problem getting thru
the 47 rolls of film you have.  Then any extra time can be used by
going thru a couple of films slowly.  If your list of documents to
find is listed

Author 	Tuck, Jim.

Title The holy war in Los Altos : a regional analysis of Mexico's
Cristero rebellion / Jim Tuck.

Publication info. 	Tucson, Arizona : University of Arizona Press, c1982.
Location 	Call No. 	Status
  UTPA Stacks (2nd West) 	 F1234 .T9 1982     	  AVAILABLE
  UTPA Stacks (2nd West) 	 F1234 .T9 1982  c.2  	  AVAILABLE
Description 	xiii, 230 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography 	Bibliography: p. 209-219.
Note 	Includes index.
Local note 	TPNA 15.95
	TPNA 15.95 c.2
Subject 	Cristero Rebellion, 1926-1929.
	Jalisco (Mexico) -- History.
ISBN 	0816507791
===========================
Author 	Robe, Stanley Linn, 1915- comp.

Title Mexican tales and legends from Los Altos / Introd.,
classification, and notes by Stanley L. Robe.

Publication info. 	Berkeley : University of California Press, 1970.
Location 	Call No. 	Status
  UTPA Stacks (2nd West) 	 GR115 .R58     	  AVAILABLE
  UTPA Stacks (2nd West) 	 GR115 .R58  c.2  	  AVAILABLE
Description 	578 p. : ill., ports. ; 27 cm

Interesting observation, Alberto.

I agree that in the last couple of centuries migration has been 
predominantly northward.  And the trend still continues!

In my previous post, I was refering to that time when the Spaniards 
were still exploring the unknown territories of New Spain.  That 
usually meant that the first to find valuable lands, mines, etc. 
would have a claim to the same.  This was the greatest incentive for 
the explorers.  At that time they just took a lucky chance in 
deciding what direction to go and hope for the best.

Victor


--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Alberto Duarte  
wrote:
> The progression and movement of the Mexican people  to
> the north and other parts:
> 
> Have you all noticed the progression and movement of
> the Mexican people, which includes all of us, in the
> last couple of hundred years?
> 
> My records show that my people were in Zacatecas for
> 350+ years until my grandfather moved from Zacatecas
> to Mapimi, Durango, about

The progression and movement of the Mexican people  to
the north and other parts:

Have you all noticed the progression and movement of
the Mexican people, which includes all of us, in the
last couple of hundred years?

My records show that my people were in Zacatecas for
350+ years until my grandfather moved from Zacatecas
to Mapimi, Durango, about 1910. He probably moved
because of the wars, famine, and the need to make a
decent living for a large family of ten children.

>From Mapimi, my widow grandmother in 1924 went to El
Paso, Texas, taking all 5 children by herself. The
other five all died.

My dad left El Paso for Los Angeles in 1942 because of
the lack of opportunities for himself and his
children. Teas was a hard place to make a living for
anyone Mexican blood at that time.

I left Los Angeles in 1987 for Santa Maria,
California, because we could not take the high crime
rate and deterioration of our community.

My third oldest daughter left for New York city to
break in to

Esperanza,

Well, it is not so much that this conversation would be boring to other members as it is that it could easily drift away from the main area of interest of the Ranchos group.  Anyway, just to reply to your previous post, here are a couple of comments.

I still don't have a full picture of all the historical events related to the first Villarreales in "the New Spain".  I know the first Villarreales that settled in Northeast Mexico were involved in mining for precious metals along with other historical characters as Bernabé de las Casas and Martin de Zavala.  I believe the first mining sites in Mexico were located in the center of the country and there was a gradual movement in search of new sites in practically every direction.  Many of the settlers of Nuevo Leon had already passed thru Guanajuato, San Luis Potosi, Zacatecas, etc. on their way up north.  I believe such is the case for Diego de Villarreal.

As you know, there are some Villarreales among the passenger list of

Your family story is not boring. Please continue on.

Alberto.

--- latina1955@... wrote:

> Hi Victor,
> 
> I didn't realize the Villarreales were connected to
> Zacatecas, although  I
> have read some history on Zacatecas and came across
> the Villarreal name  quite
> often, particularly during the time of civil war - I
> thought the  original one
> settled in Oaxaca.  I have not been able to make a
> connection  with Danny,
> although the area that he mentions in Nuevo Leon
> (the place settled  by the
> original settlers