Joseph, 
You asked about Mrs. Shirmacher, I just came across her name in some 
of my notes.  She has helped us transcribed some of our documents.  
We have met her a couple of times and my sister has used her services 
a number of times.  We will probably see her this coming Easter week, 
since Rich and I plan on visiting FHL SLC the 28th, 29th and 30th of 
April.  We will be in So. Utah the previous Easter week with 
grandchildren hunting for dinosaur tracks.  
 
When we go to FHL in SLC, I feel right at home since most of the 
workers there smile at me as if they know me.  Actually they think I 
am my twin sister who goes there about 2-3 times a month.
Yesterday, my sister (who lives in Ogden, UT) just took an inventory, 
of all the films for Jalisco, Huejucar, Colotlan, and Zacatecas, 
Momax areas.  I have since highlighted them in green and sent them to 
the file database as a word.doc.  These films are permanently shelved 
in SLC.  This word.doc includes only those three cities

HI.  What I meant by not getting any cooperation is from my husband's mother, aunts, cousins, etc.  Although it was my idea to start the research for our chilren, my husband is now interested as well.  I do know that my mother-in-law was born in Jamay in 1939.  I believe she came to the US when she was around 12-14 years of age.  Her father, Catarino was born in 1905 and died in 1953 and I don't know if he ever came to the US.  Her mother's name was Margarita Lopez, born in 1904 and died in 1992 in the US.  I'm not sure when she came to the US.  I just found out yesterday the names of her grandparents.  They were Florentino & Marciala (ortega) Godinez and Felix & Tiburcia (gonzalez) Lopez. 

Can you please tell me how I can find out where to find my local family history center and how to use the list that you have informed me of.  As you can tell, my search has just started so I know I have alot to learn yet. 

Thanks for your help.

Tammy

 Joseph Puentes wrote:

Hi Tammy,

I'm

Hi Tammy,



I'm glad you're asking your questions. I'm not sure how much help I can be
but I'll try. When you say that you're not getting any cooperation what do
you mean? Is your husband supportive? If so maybe you can send him on a fact
finding mission. It could be that he can get you the info you need to get
stared. If he could just find out your mom's grandparents names and areas
they came from that would be a tremendous help. Do you know if Victoria was
born in Jamay Jalisco and when?  Did her parents or grandparents come to
the US with her?



If you can confirm that she was born in Jamay and it was before 1958 then
you might have a chance of finding her on one of these films that you can
get at your local Family History Center. Later if you need help learning
how to come up with such a list as follows we can go over that:

Title

Registros parroquiales, 1746-1958

Authors

Iglesia Católica. Nuestra Señora del Rosario (Jamay, Jalisco) (Main Author)

Notes

Microfilme de manuscritos en el

thanks all for the great response to my encouragement to introduce
yourselves. I have a suggestion. Just like Maria did below why don't we
all post again and do it only in this format

My name is: Joseph Puentes

I'm doing research on these Surnames: Joseph Puentes de Diaz, Aguallo,
Ledesma, Casas, Alvarez,
Varela, Gonsalez, Sanchez, Leaños, Marquez, Torres, Santa Maria, Lugo,
Espinosa, Romero, Banuelos,

Miranda, Muro, Nava, Castañeda y Rivas. (thanks Maria for the ñ)

I'm researching these areas--- Jalisco: Colotlan, Santa Maria de Los
Angeles, Rancho de Animas, Salto de Los Romeros, Sauz de Los Marquez,
Ojo de Agua, Sotoles, Huejucar and a few other Ranchos in the Colotlan
jurisdicion (if that is the right word for it). Zacatecas:
Sombrerete, Rancho de Los Negros in the Villanueba district, Coculiten,
Momax, Tlaltenango, Tepechitlan, and Tepetongo.

I guess I really need to clarify what I mean. I have relatives that come
from or I believe come from these areas. I've

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-----Original Message-----
From: readysetgo95814
[mailto:mcortez@...]
Sent: Thursday, March 06, 2003 10:39
AM
To: ranchos@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [ranchos]
introductions

Hi all,

My name is Maria Cortez,
I live in a suburb of Sacramento, CA.  I've
been doing research for
about 3 years now. I think I've had contact
with some of you in the
past.

I am not related to Rich Cortez. Cortez is my married name, and I

haven't done any research on that surname. Some of the surnames I'm

researching are:  Sánchez, Díaz, Soto (Sotomayor), Mora (de la Mora),

Delgadillo, Abundis(Agundis/Agundes), Castañeda, Ruíz, and more.  The

towns and ranchos I'm interested in are:  Ixtlahuacán del Río, San

Nicolás de los Abundis, Cuquío, Yahualica, and a few others.

I'm
also a cousin of Steven Hernandez and I've contact with

Hi all,

My name is Maria Cortez, I live in a suburb of Sacramento, CA.  I've 
been doing research for about 3 years now. I think I've had contact 
with some of you in the past.

I am not related to Rich Cortez. Cortez is my married name, and I 
haven't done any research on that surname. Some of the surnames I'm 
researching are:  Sánchez, Díaz, Soto (Sotomayor), Mora (de la Mora), 
Delgadillo, Abundis(Agundis/Agundes), Castañeda, Ruíz, and more.  The 
towns and ranchos I'm interested in are:  Ixtlahuacán del Río, San 
Nicolás de los Abundis, Cuquío, Yahualica, and a few others.

I'm also a cousin of Steven Hernandez and I've contact with him in 
the past.  He is a wealth of information in the Los Altos region.

Regards,

Maria

Diane, 
  Hi.  I just read your post and I see that your husbands name is 
Godinez.  I too, am researching my husband's family tree.  My mother-
in-law's maiden name is Godinez and she is from Jamay, Jalisco.  Her 
names is Victoria and her parents were Catarino & Margarita(Lopez) 
Godinez.  Unfortunately. I am not getting any cooperation with any 
living relatives so I have begun the search on my own.  Not having 
much luck due to the fact I don't have much information to start off 
with.   
Any help you may be able to give, would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you....Tammy Miramontes
-- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "canprin " 
 wrote:
> Dear Joseph and Other Members,
>      I appreciate the opportunity to join with you in sharing 
> information.  I work at an elementary school, am active in church, 
> serve as a board member of Somos Primos, and Family History is my 
> passion.  I have researched my husband's Mexican family for 
numerous 
> years and have

Hello group my name is Carol Muro-Turner.  I live in Kansas City and 
have been doing research for about 3-4 yrs.  My father (David Muro) 
and I have gone on this wonderful adventure researching our roots and 
have made pretty good progress.  Hopefully soon we can upload our 
files, we are in the process of grouping our family together.  The 
names we are researching are Muro, Carrillo, Sanchez, Haro, Saldana, 
Marquez, Rodgriguez, De Casas.  I have seen many Muro marriages with 
Puentes, Cortez, Romero, Diaz, etc. The films we have viewed are from 
Colotlan and Santa Maria De Los Angeles, we have started to view some 
films from Villanueva, Zacteucs.  My Muro family is from Sauz de Los 
Marquez near SM and Colotlan.  Our Carrillo's are from Hujecar as well 
as the Sandovals.  

Joseph..you are doing a job keeping us all informed and I appreciate 
your efforts in getting this group together and hopefully we can all 
help each other.

Carol

Dear Joseph and Other Members,
     I appreciate the opportunity to join with you in sharing 
information.  I work at an elementary school, am active in church, 
serve as a board member of Somos Primos, and Family History is my 
passion.  I have researched my husband's Mexican family for numerous 
years and have just really gotten in to my own Canadian roots in the 
last couple of years.
     My husband was born in the rancho of Santa Rita, in Ayo el Chico 
area, in 1950.  His family still has land there and our most recent 
visit was last March 2002.  It was then that I had the opportunity to 
meet Hugo Moises in Capilla de Guadalupe.  Previously, we had met on 
the Internet.  He is distantly related to my husband.  I also know 
Steven Hernandez, from meetings with our SHHAR (Society of Hispanic, 
Historical,and Ancestral Research) group.  He too is distantly 
related to my husband Ramon Godinez.
     I have many names in my files but I am best with research in the 
Atotonilco el Alto