Regarding pdf & rtf:  Yes, either pdf or rtf will work for you.  The 
point I was trying to make is that your genealogy software may not 
have the capability of generating one or the other format.  It sounds 
like your software FTM 10 can export to either format.  Everyone 
should be able to open an rtf file since it's just a text file.  With 
pdf you have to have the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed on your 
machine in order to view pdf files.  That shouldn't be a problem 
since the reader is free.  I cannot generate pdf files since I use 
PAF 5 and it doesn't export to pdf, only to rtf.

The only thing I can think of why our rtf files are different is the 
software used to generate them.  I don't it's anything that you did, 
but rather the software that you use to generate them.

Well, the strength of working as a group, is that we are all learning 
from one another.  The technical stuff is just my cup of tea, as I am 
a computer programmer.  


Maria

take a look at the groups home page: 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ranchos 

for the New Description of the group. I've also opened the message
archives to the public. I want to keep our personal genealogies in the
files section and not in the email archive section. . .so please send
them to me so I can make a file for you and input them in the "files"
area. Only the message archive is open to the public and not the files
area. Also the public won't be able to post to or receive messages. .
.other than reading them once they arrive in the archives. 

joseph

Yes, I am also extremely thankful for the maps.  I have been searching for
maps that would include the ranches that my family descends from, and many
were listed on these maps.  El Aguila, Corral de Piedra, Santa Ana (which of
course is no longer a ranch, but a small town), San Isidro, La Labor, just
to name a few.  
Fortunately my folks remember many of them, but the maps are very helpful to
me.  My maternal grandfather (the geneologist who inspired me) was a
surveyor, and would often mention these ranches to my mother as he left in
the morning to measure land and create maps for many individuals in the
Jalostotitlan-San Juan de los Lagos area. I sure wish I could get my hands
on some copies of these maps.  Knowing which ranches family members lived on
really aids when looking at Baptismal microfilms.
Thanks again!  Irma

-----Original Message-----
From: canprin [mailto:canprin@...]
Sent: Monday, April 07, 2003 5:18 PM
To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ranchos] My Contribution

Atotonilco el Bajo, Jalisco---Bautismos

C601951   1802 - 1833   0233979
C601952   1833 - 1848   0233980

C601955 1847 - 1848 0233980

C601953 1849 - 1875 0233981

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

Atotonilco el Alto, Jalisco---Bautismos

C603001 1699 - 1749 0222109
C603002 1749 - 1769 0222110
C603003 1769 - 1777 0222111
C603004 1777 - 1785 0222112
C603005 1785 - 1793 0222113
C603006 1793 - 1799 0222114
C603007 1799 - 1808 0222115
C603008 1806 - 1811 0222116
C603009 1811 - 1817 0222117
C603011 1817 - 1821 0222118

C603012   1821 - 1824   0222119

C739165   1826-1828

C603013 1824 - 1828 0222120
C603014 1828 - 1832 0222121
C603015 1832 - 1835 0222122
C603016 1835 - 1839 0222123

C603017   1839 - 1844   0222124

C603018 1844 - 1846 0222125
C603019 1846 - 1852 0222126

J603021   1852 - 1856   0222127
C603022   1856 - 1861   0222128
J603023   1861 - 1864   0222129
J603024   1864 - 1868   0222130
C603025   1868 - 1872

canprin wrote:

Most recently, I was in contact with Steven Hernandez about a
death in the 1780's in the Atotonilco el Alto area. Now I will be
looking for second marriage data in Atotonilco

I guess I'm grasping at straws here, but I really don't know my moms
moms name, my maternal grandmother. All I have is a whisper of info on
her and 3 aliases (Adela Torres, Maria Garcia, Antonia Lopez), one of
which, the last one, looks like it really might be her name. . . .then
again I have an argument or two on why the middle name is the right one
and a tombstone with the first one that I'm pretty sure isn't her right
name but might have been a previous somebodys name.

But a tidbit of info that is the reason I'm writing about is that my Tio
(her son) says that he overheard that she was born in Jalisco. My Tia
(her daughter) said in one conversation something about Atotonilco, then
in a different conversation something about "El Alto or El Bajo." The
above memories are

Dear Researchers--
     I love to see your emails.  I loved looking at the most recent 
maps (might have been more...I'm not sure.)
     I am a serious researcher.  I have found that sometimes people 
take information and don't give back.  So far, I have not seen any 
links between your branches and the ones I do for my husband Ramon.  
I do make contact with others whose lines are the same but they may 
not come across on the website.  
     Most recently, I was in contact with Steven Hernandez about a 
death in the 1780's in the Atotonilco el Alto area.  Now I will be 
looking for second marriage data in Atotonilco or perhaps Ayo el 
Chico (now known as Ayotlan) or Tepatitlan.  
     Perhaps there are others in my same situation.  I am just 
waiting for you to move down a little more to the south and west in 
Jalisco in your research of ranchos.  I even have some lines that are 
in northern Michoacan.
     Keep looking and I will too.  
                          Sincerely,

readysetgo95814 wrote:

Joseph,

Thanks for putting those maps out there. Those are some great maps
with a lot of detail.

glad you liked them. Did you find the small ranchos that your people
came from??

I agree with you about changing the focus of the group. It helps the
whole group when everyone contributes. I think a good case in point
is how you and Angie found a link between you. This was made
possible by both of you posting your genealogies. I have a lot more
data that isn't in the reports I posted out here. The reason the
data isn't there is because I created ancestry reports which only
generate my direct line ancestors. I have data on non-direct line
ancestors that I would be willing to share if I knew they were of
interest to someone. I'll never know who might be interested in them
unless everyone posts their genealogy reports.

I'll continue to encourage those in the group to send their work in. I
know that Rich and Kitty Cortez have already sent

Joseph,

Thanks for putting those maps out there.  Those are some great maps 
with a lot of detail.
I agree with you about changing the focus of the group.  It helps the 
whole group when everyone contributes.  I think a good case in point 
is how you and Angie found a link between you.  This was made 
possible by both of you posting your genealogies.  I have a lot more 
data that isn't in the reports I posted out here.  The reason the 
data isn't there is because I created ancestry reports which only 
generate my direct line ancestors.  I have data on non-direct line 
ancestors that I would be willing to share if I knew they were of 
interest to someone.  I'll never know who might be interested in them 
unless everyone posts their genealogy reports.

Maria

Hello Everyone,

This is what I've been thinking and was wondering what you all thought.

My original intention for the group is a place where "serious"
researchers (or those desiring to be) could exchange ideas and
genealogies in the hopes of extending their work.

Present company excluded, I know there are a lot of folks that like to
extend their work by finding others that have done a lot of hard work
and using their efforts for their own genealogy. Now I have nothing
against finding others and reaping the benefits of their work as long as
the receiving party is also doing their own research and trying to take
that info and carry it further or even branch out with it. So with that
thought in mind I was thinking of changing the group description to
this. Please let me know what you think:

This group is for those actively searching for their Mexican Genealogy
Roots. Para hallar el Arbole Genealogia. The intent but never the
requirement is to stay focused on the Ranchos

Dear Joseph

I tried to enter rancho@yahoogroups.com this morning and there was no
reply,  I just couldn't get in, what happened?   Also I
didn't get any emails from rancho in a day or two.

Thank you

Mary

Joseph Puentes wrote:

 

thank you so much for this encouragement. I can't tell you why but
early on in my use of the FamilySearch website I've gotten used to using
the IGI "only" and I can see now that I really need to be doing my searches
using the "all resources" search feature.

thanks again. . .I'm converted.

joseph

 

aajay1073 wrote:

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Puentes  wrote:

go to:  http://www.familysearch.org

Anyway after looking around click on the Search tab.

then on the left side click on the IGI link

I wouldn't search in just the IGI tab (link).  Search in the All 
Resources tab.  It would automatically search in the International 
Genealogical Index (IGI) tab, the Vital Records Index (VRI) tab, and 
the Ancestral File tab.  One search for