Venzor and Ochoa in Mary Lou' s Dropbox

Dear Mary Lou,

A couple of years ago I did some research on the Venzor surname(line). Today I was looking through items in your Dropbox when I came across a family group sheet and was very surprised to find Diego Venzor as a son of Juan de Llamas and Elvira Ruiz Paez.

I put away all my Venzor research so it is not available right now. I do not descend from the Venzor family but am curious to find out if they are related to my lines through a Rubio ancestry. Do you have additional information on this family?

Venzor was spelled a few different ways so the question mark with "( sp ) "was not a surprise.

Do you have all the names of all of Diego Ochoa's children that Jaime Holcombe claims he had?

Thank you very much for sharing, your Dropbox is a treasure trove.

Rick A. Ricci

Raigosa from Tepic, Nayarit

I am searching for Jose Pedro Raigosa who was born 28 Aug 1897 in Tepic his father was Pedro L Raigosa born 1860 in Tepic, Nayarit.

I believe that Jose Pedro immigrated to the US around 1912 and helped my grandmother Francisca Torres get across the border by saying she was his wife and my aunt was his daughter. I also show that he registered in San Francisco for the draft. No other known relatives. He listed the following address in one of his documents:
16 Morelos, Santiago, Tepc, Tepic Mexico. Thanks for any info

Dispensas de Matrimonio

I noticed some of the Dispensas don't have the little magnifying glass to search for names. Does that mean that those catalogs have not been integrated into the search feature and therefore won't show up as potential information. I've been going through each one year by year, page by page trying to find more information about my ancestors. Am I missing something or is this what I need to do. I couldn't find a marriage certificate for one of my ancestors so I'm hoping to find the Dispensa, it may be a long shot, but I need to try. I've exhausted just about every clue via "testigos, pardrinos, abuelos. Just want to make sure I'm not missing something. Thanks.

Ponce de Leon of Nochistlan

Hello! I am looking for more information on the origins of two families of Ponce or Ponce de Leon from Nochistlan and Mexticacan:

Sebastian Ponce de Leon who married Juana de Medina or Medinilla on 24 November 1667 in Nochistlan.

They had quite a few children:

https://familysearch.org/search/record/results?count=20&query=%2Bgivenn…~

One of them, Catarina de San Juan married Miguel Nunez de Miranda and were dispensated. There is a link to and explanation of the dispensa on nuestros ranchos:

http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/21417

The other family in the same period (but as without a document based connection as of yet) is that of Diego Ponce de Leon and Josefa Chavez Moya who lived in Nochistlan, Mexticacan, and Teocaltiche. They had children baptized in both Nochistlan and Teocaltiche.

There seems to be a connection with the Fernandez de Vaulus/Siordia family and the Jaugerui families of Nochistlan. I will post more information on the children of Sebastian and Diego soon, but does anyone know of a connection between these two or the origin of the Ponce de Leon families of Nochistlan? Any information will be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

Richard Ibarra

Nochistlan de Zacatecas by Evelia Clotilde Quirarte

Alicia,

Can you please tell me where I can get or borrow a copy of Nochistlan de Zacatecas by Evelia Clotilde Quirarte?

I have ancestors from the Mazapil/Nochistlan area. I am looking for information about the settlers of the hacienda de San Juan, later called de Ahorcados because the local Indians attacked the settlers and hung them all. I am looking for Monico or Jose Monico Barron, born in said hacienda about 1761 and his wife Justa or Rufina or Justa Rufina Candelaria possible surname Paredes, born possibly in the same place about 1764.

I am also looking for any books about Mazapil in the 1700s. The hacienda de San Juan de Ahorcados or simply Ahorcados, was destroyed about 1771+- and rebuilt about 1776+-.

TIA for any information you can assist me with.

Elvira

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Date: Sun, 17 Apr 2016 22:37:44 -0700
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I had a question about the science site with the Mayan, Huichol and Nahua
mixtures but my question is not very clear. I know that some of my
ancestors were from the Caxcan tribe headed by the Mendoza's and I don't
know what happened to the Caxcan people, maybe they disappeared or maybe
they just mixed with the Spanish people like Chief Blas de Mendoza. but
does anyone know how that DNA is researched? are they part of the Mayan,
Huichol or NAhuas or have they just disappeared? so as an example say that
all my indigenous ancestors were Caxcan people from Teocaltiche and since
I don't see the Caxcan tribe listed as one of the tribes of the Native
Mexicans on the admixture picture, would my Caxcan DNA be reclassified
under another tribe or would it be redistributed among several different
tribes or just not be listed

Danny C. Alonso

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Date: Mon, 18 Apr 2016 11:12:41 -0500
From: Juan Aguayo
To: research@nuestrosranchos.org
Subject: Re: [Nuestros Ranchos] Mayans, Aztecs or que?
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Danny,

Check out the following posts my prima Alicia made on Nuestros Ranchos a
few years back. I've attached them here because the Tachiquin last name is
most likely a Caxcan last name that still survives today. As far as I know
there are still some Tachiquin families in el barrio de San Sebastian in
Nochistlan, not far from Teocaltiche. I'm not sure how much of European and
other DNAs have been mixed into this family over the years. My DNA has
Caxcan DNA as most if not all of the people with ancestry in this part of
Mexico does. The Caxcanes have been mixed in with European, African, Middle
Eastern, Asian DNA's present in this part of Mexico. This is the mestisaje
that makes us Mexican. I'm not aware of any pure Caxcan people living
today, but the Tachiquin elders are probably the closest we can get to pure
Caxcan DNA. Years ago Family Tree DNA listed my indigenous DNA as Mayan,
but today it's just listed as Native American most likely because they know
there are distinct and different indigenous DNA throughout Mexico. Mayans
are quite a bit farther south in Mexico so I'm pretty sure Caxcanes are not
Mayan. Based on some quick research, there are some sites stating the
Caxcan are part of the Uto-Aztecan family as are the aztecas, huicholes,
zacatecos, nahuas and matlatzincas. Since DNA research in Mexico is in its
infancy so to speak, more refined markers identifying Caxcan DNA are not
available as far as I know. Maybe that will change with the work of Dr.
Carlos Bustamante at Stanford University.

Saludos,

Juan Aguayo

See past post below:

Lisa,

As you may know, surnames were not used by the native American people.
Having
said that, the surname of Tachiquin is indigenous to the area of Nochistlan
and
is the only known indian surname that survived and was not converted to
spanish
or the castillian language.

Aside from this, I don't know anything else about this surname other than
it was
and is an original indian surname. Would your grandfather by chance be from
Tenayuca or Toyahua in the municipality of Nochistlan?

Alicia,
San Jose, Calif

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Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Help with a Surname

Can any one tell me about the Name Tachiquin. My Great Grandfather's name is
Pedro Tachiquin, we do not know anything about him except that he was
indio, and
from Nochistlan. I would like to know about the people in that area if any
one
can help me I sure would appreciate it. Many thanks.

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Tachiquin Surname's origins

Submitted by oldcar53 on Wed, 2011-03-23 03:00.

Lisa,

Good news, I knew that I'd read something somewhere about the surname
Tachiquin
and today I had time to look into it and found the following.

In the book Nochistlan de Zacatecas by Evelia Clotilde Quirarte there's a
section that tells of a few indian surnames.

The surname Tachiquin corresponds to families that originated in the Barrio
of
San Sebastian of Nochistlan. The Tachiquin surname is believed to have
originally been tlachiunqui that was then converted to tlachinqui. The
letter t
before the letter L is characteristic of the language of the cazcan nation
indigenous to the area of Nochistlan and the surrounding areas. She states
that
the etimology of the word tlachiuanite means to cast a spell. (espanol),(
hechizar, aojar, el encantador, el que hechiza)

She believed that the original Tachiquin may have been an important healer
or
medicine man or man of influence in the Caxcan community.

In 1913, a person with the name of Tachiquin was honored for giving his
life for
defending Nochistlan.

I hope this helps.

Alicia,
San Jose, Ca.

On Mon, Apr 18, 2016 at 12:37 AM, Danny Alonso wrote:

> I had a question about the science site with the Mayan, Huichol and Nahua
> mixtures but my question is not very clear. I know that some of my
> ancestors were from the Caxcan tribe headed by the Mendoza's and I don't
> know what happened to the Caxcan people, maybe they disappeared or maybe
> they just mixed with the Spanish people like Chief Blas de Mendoza. but
> does anyone know how that DNA is researched? are they part of the Mayan,
> Huichol or NAhuas or have they just disappeared? so as an example say that
> all my indigenous ancestors were Caxcan people from Teocaltiche and since
> I don't see the Caxcan tribe listed as one of the tribes of the Native
> Mexicans on the admixture picture, would my Caxcan DNA be reclassified
> under another tribe or would it be redistributed among several different
> tribes or just not be listed
>
> Danny C. Alonso

Nuestros Ranchos GEDCOM

I've been unable to access the GEDCOM section here in Nuestros Ranchos.

This is the message that pops up:

Fatal error: Call to undefined function session_register() in /home/lafamilia/nuestrosranchos.org/gedcom/globallib.php on line 5

Does the moderator know about this problem?

Joseph de Leon

Sierra de Pinos Baptisms 1613-1636 Selected Extractions

I have just posted in my Dropbox account several handwritten pages of selected extractions of the earliest Pinos parish baptism entries. This rough draft was meant to be a quick reference guide, so I only listed the year, child, father, mother and godparents. I have not proofread them. Later this year I hope to provide more Pinos data which will include the actual dates. In the interim this may help someone.

There are six pages, but somehow page 2 was missed. I'll let you know when it gets posted. Also, page 5 is very faint. Will try to correct it, but don't want to hold this up.

Mary Lou Montagna

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/yop1j3tqornd0xh/AABnVNtOvuDJtcuW0Gk5vgBHa?or…

Diego Joseph Reynoso son of Sancho Reynoso/Juana Garsia de Hermosillo

Diego Joseph Reynoso resided in Juchipila in 1743, originally of Jalostotitlan,
and likely the same Diego Reynoso baptised in San Juan de los Lagos in 1716,
parents listed were Sancho Reynoso and Juana Garsia de Hermosillo.

Link:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-16087-16513-26?cc=1804458

Mezquital del Oro, Nuestra Señora del Rosario,
Información matrimonial 1734-1873, image 684 of 718
Key info:
Diego Joseph Reynoso the son of Sancho Reynoso and Juana Garsia
Maria de Jesus Delgadillo the daughter of Phelipe Delgadillo and
Petronila Flores de la Torre.
Diego Joseph Reynoso was age 27(born circa 1716), born in Jalostotitlan, Jalisco.
Maria de Jesus Delgadillo was age 22(born circa 1721), born in Juchipila, Zacatecas.

Acta matrimonial Francisco Gutiérrez Rubio y Hermosillo and Juana de Lomelín - 21 Nov 1652, Guadalajara

Following up and branching off from Nuestros Ranchos thread http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/18719?page=1

I thought this merited FRONT PAGE NEWS.

In that thread, Sr. Alex Mercado said he "just stumbled upon a marriage record for a Francisco Gutierrez married to a Juana Lomelin https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18380-1165-18?cc=1874591&wc=…

He said he was finding a lot of Guadalajara marriage records in this set 1640's - mid 1650's, which indeed there are and none which are searchable on FamilySearch.org.

In fact let me just re-post these last couple entries of the above mentioned thread

Thank you very much for sharing.
__________________________

Wonderful job Luigi (aka Alex Mercado)...WOW!!!!

You indeed found the marriage of Francisco Gutiérrez Rubio y Hermosillo and Juana de Lomelín, ancestors to many of us!!! I am stunned...jaw on the floor.

I verified the date, 21 Nov 1652, and it fits. Records indicate that Francisco Gutiérrez Rubio y Hermosillo and Juana de Lomelín began having children right around 1651-1652. We will have to re-calculate the ages of their children in light of this very concrete marriage date, 21 November 1652.

Francisco Gutiérrez Rubio y Hermosillo and Juana de Lomelín - 21 Noviembre 1652, Guadalajara

"Fran.co gutiéres, doña Ju.a Lomelín ----- En veinte y vno de noviembre de Sinqu.ta y dos su señoría Yllustríssima desposó y veló, a Fran.co gutiérres Y a doña Juana Lomelí Y assistí Yo al dicho oficio, testigos don Fran.co rincón Y don manuel gallardo. . . . Fran.co Gallegos (rúbrica) Sacristán m.or "

Fuente: Mexico, Jalisco, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1979, Guadalajara, Sagrario Metropolitano, Defunciones 1641-1730 [Image 67 of 733]

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18380-1165-18?cc=1874591&wc=…

I immediately began to transcribe it, copy the source, download the image, and insert the data and image in my family tree. Unfortunately, literally no valuable data can be gleaned from the meager record. It does not mention where they were from or even the fact that Juana was the widow of Rodrigo de Carbajal. Nothing!

Then I searched this marriage document in FamilySearch.org and nothing. So the marriages located amongst these burials are not on the FamilySearch database. We're going to have to go fishing.

Muchas muchas gracias
Tu primo Paco
Steven Francisco Hernández Gamiño y López de los Reyes

Moyahua/Juchipila parish Christobal de Reynoso - proven as son of Diego Reynoso

Juchipila/Moyahua Reynoso families,

Christobal de Reynoso has been proven to be the son of Diego Reynoso and Juana Lozano.

A 16 May 1741 marriage information document from Mezquital del Oro provided the
following:

Christobal de Reynoso, 20 years of age (born circa 1721), originally of Juchipila,
widow of Gertrudis Flores de la Torre, was the son of Don Diego de Reynoso y de
Juana Lozano.

Anna Maria Rubalcaba, 15 years of age (born circa 1726), originally of Teocaltiche,
was the daughter of Antonio Gonsales de Rubalcaba and Maria Ximenes (both deceased).

Link to this document;
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-15212-19282-45?cc=1804458
Mezquital del Oro, Nuestra Señora del Rosario, Información matrimonial,
1741-1746, 1760-1766, 1780-1782, images 508-511 of 635

Note: Family branches of Christobal Reynoso/Juana Lozano used the Renteria
portion of the surname in whole or part; leaving no doubt that Christobal
Reynoso is the son of Diego Reynoso who married Margarita Renteria.

escribano y justicia del publo de haciela de la nueva españa en 1649

Alguien me podria decir si existe algun pueblo de la nueva españa donde mi tatatarabuelo realizo su testamento antes de morir por 1649 y no entiendo el porque lo realizo en ese lugar si el en esa epoca vivia en Tepechitlan.

El pueblo de "haciela" es lo que busco.

Gracias

Moyahua Reynoso branch linked back to Diego Reynoso Padilla-Davila & Margarita Renteria

A 1817 Moyahua marriage dispensation of Manuela Reynoso and Calixtro Ocampo has lineage that proves at least one Reynoso branch back back to Diego Reynoso Padilla-Davila (born 1634)and Margartia Renteria. This is lengthy, and links included.

1st-
Proof of Diego Reynoso y Reynoso and Margarita Renteria as the parents Joseph "Jose"
Reynoso y Renteria: (via 1714 marriage dispensation from Cuquio Parish)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18403-13038-56?cc=1874591
Mexico, Jalisco, Catholic Church Records, Guadalajara Diócesis de Guadalajara
Matrimonios 1653-1829, (1714), Images 391-400 of 625.
Marriage of Joseph Reynoso y Renteria to Maria Juana Sanches de Porras
Grooms parents Diego Reynoso y Padilla and Margarita Renteria

2nd-
Proof of Joseph Reynoso y Renteria / Maria Juana Sanches de Porras as the
parents of Joseph Antonio Reynoso y Renteria
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18414-33319-89?cc=1874591
Mexico, Jalisco, Catholic Church Records, Jalostotitlán Nuestra Señora de la Asunción
Matrimonios 1707-1748; image 443 of 557. (Actual Marriage Record)
Marriage of Juan Joseph Reynoso y Renteria to Maria Theresa Gonsales de Hermosillo
1741 - marriage record proved that Juan Joseph Reynoso was the son of Joseph Reynoso and Maria Juana Sanches-Porras.

3rd-
Jalostotitlan Marriage of Juan Joseph Reynoso to Theresa Gonsales de Hermosillo
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18447-313-91?cc=1874591
Mexico, Jalisco, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1979 Jalostotitlán Nuestra Señora de la Asunción Matrimonios 1707-1748; image 443 of 557.
Links Juan Joseph Reynoso y Renteria to parents Joseph Reynoso y Renteria and Juana
Sanches de Porrras.

4th-connection to Juchipila from Cuquio/Jalostotitlan.
Proof of Juan Joseph Reynoso is through his brother Juan Antonio Eugenio, as follows:
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18414-33319-89?cc=1874591
1759-1760 Mexico, Jalisco, Catholic Church Records, Guadalajara Diócesis de Guadalajara
Matrimonios 1754-1760, images 448-564
(This ia a lengthy dispensation record, starting 26 March 1759 and ending 29 August 1760)
1759 - Record pertinent to this person:
Image 449 - Juan Joseph Reynoso listed as father of Juan Antonio Reynoso.
Image 449 - Maria Theresa Gonsales (Gonsales abbreviated Gonr) listed as mother of Juan Antonio Reynoso.
Image 449 - Juan Antonio Reynoso listed as of Contitlan (Zacatecas, Mexico), parish Jurisdiction Juchipila.
Image 455 - Joseph Antonio Reynoso is brother in law of Maria Magdalena Campos.
Image 455 - Joseph Antonio Reynoso was married to Rita de Campos
Image 455 - Mother of both Rita de Campos and Magdalena de Campos was Generee de Borayo.
Image 455 - Pedro Gerardo Placencia - of Contitan (Juchipila)

5th-connection of Campos and Reynoso families in Moyahua, with Joseph Antonio Reynoso y Renteria identified as well as Rita Campos.
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1971-31174-2740-99?cc=1937239
Dispensas matrimoniales 1817, images 3486-3504 of 5729
(Family Trees on images 3490, 3491, 3492 and 3493)
24 August 1817 Moyahua Marriage dispensation of Manuela Reynoso & Calixto Ocampo
Note: This marriage dispensation resolves many Reynoso family lineages.
Key info:
Calixto Ocampo stated he was the son of Ygnacio Ocampo and Maria Figenia
Carrillo, his age 21 (birth year circa 1797), originally of Ranchos de Contitlan,
Juchipila Parish (Moyahua parish after 1807), Zacatecas, Mexico.
Manuela Reynoso stated that she was the daughter of Francisco Reynoso and Maria
Dionisia de Luna, her age 16 (birth year circa 1801), originally of Ranchos de Contitlan,
Juchipila Parish (Moyahua parish after 1807), Zacatecas, Mexico.
The bride/groom were distantly related in common by the Carrillo, Ocampo, and Luna
families as follows:
Carrillo family:
Pedro Carrillo was the father of Mariana Carrillo(married to Jose Manuel de Luna), who
was the mother of Jose de Luna(married to Juana Arambulo), who was the father of
Dionisia de Luna(Married to Francisco Reynoso), who was the mother of Manuela
Reynoso (bride).
Pedro Carrillo was also the father of Diego Carrillo(married to Gerarda de Luna), who
was the father of Eugenia Carrillo(married to Ygnacio Ocampo), who was the mother
of Calixtro Ocampo (groom).
Ocampo family:
Alejandro Ocampo was the father Maria Rita Ocampo(married to Jose Antonio Reynoso),
who was the mother of Alejandro Reynoso(married to Xabiera Plasencia), who was the
father of Francisco Reynoso(married to Dionisia de Luna), who was the father of Maria
Manuela Reynoso (bride).
Alejandro Ocampo was also the father of Magdalena Ocampo, who was the mother of
Ygnacio de Ocampo(married to Eugenia Carrillo), who was the father of Calixtro
Ocampo (groom).
Luna family:
Jose de Luna was the father Jose Manuel de Luna(married to Mariana Carrillo), who was
the father of Jose de Luna(married to Juana Arambulo), who was the father of Dionicia
de Luna(married to Francisco Reynoso), who was the mother of Manuela Reynoso (bride).
Jose de Luna was also the father of Gerarda de Luna(married to Diego Carrillo), who was
the mother of Eugenia Carillo(married to Ygnacio Ocampo), who was the mother of
Calistro Ocampo (groom).

Maria de escoto

Hello Nuestros Ranchos Forum,

Does anyone know who the parents of Maria de Escoto are who's married to
Miguel Gonzales de Rubalcaba? she's probably born aroun 1700 or a
little earlier maybe

Danny C. Alonso

I'm new

Hello my name is Rosario Tiscareño. I am very happy to be part of this group. My paternal family is from Aguascalientes. My great grandfather was Encarnación Tiscareño married to Ma Natividad Tirado. My grandfather was Julio Tiscareño though I have come across his name spelled Julian . He was married to Natalia Rodriguez. My father was José Ines Tiscareño. I hope to be able contribute to this site and learn more as I go. Thank you .

New Member Introduction: Brian Sandoval (Jalpa, Zacatecas, Mexico)

Hello - My name is Brian Alejandro Sandoval, and I've always been interested in learning more about my family's history, but only recently got serious after having my DNA analyzed through 23andMe.com and learning about the various geographical influences on my DNA.

I would love to hear from you if you have done research for the Jalpa, Zacatecas area, and especially if the last names
Sandoval, Ortega, Minjares, Gonzalez, Muñoz, Quezada
Aguayo, Salazar
Chavez, Aldana, Huerta, Valenzuela
Lopez, Perez

have been a part of your research!

In the time I've begun researching my family's history, I've made most progress on detailing my dad's side of of the family. Though, both my mom and dad are from the same area: Jalpa, Zacatecas, which will hopefully make my research easier.

I begin my research in the small rancho - La Pitahaya (sometimes spelled Pitaya) near Jalpa, Zacatecas, Mexico where both my parents grew up.

My paternal grandfather, Juan Sandoval Ortega, died in La Pitahaya in 2004, he was born in the nearby Rancho el Huayavo to Graciano Sandoval and Maria Guadalupe Ortega. In turn, Graciano is the son of Procopio Sandoval and Emelenciana Minjares. Maria Guadalupe Ortega was the son of Macario Ortega and Cayetana Gonzalez. I gathered that information from Juan's birth notice in the Jalpa register for 1920.

I did a quick search of my great great grandparents, and find a baptismal record and then birth notice of Macario Ortega and Cayetana Gonzalez baptizing a child in nearby Apozol, Zacatecas: Jesus Ortega, born Sept 12, 1894, and baptized Sept 16. These documents said his paternal grandparents were Prudencio Ortega and Secundina Muñoz. Cayetana's parents were Juan Gonzalez and Ramona Quezada.

My paternal grandmother Maria de la Luz Aguayo (1926-2001) was born to David Aguayo Quezada (1899-1983) and Maria Salazar Valenzuela (deceased). I found David Aguayo's death certificate, which listed his parents as Santos Aguayo and Ramona Quezada.

My maternal line is much less researched - my grandparents, Fernando Chavez Aldana and Maria Lopez Perez, also died in La Pitahaya, Jalpa, Zacatecas. My mom's oral history is better for Fernando's lineage - he was the son of Margarito Chavez Salazar (~1901-1992) and Maria Aldana Huerta (1905-1979). Margarito was the son of Fernando Chavez and Clara Salazar.

Maria Lopez Perez was born in el Zapote, near Jalpa, Zacatecas, and was the daughter of Casimiro Lopez and Santos Perez.

My research has been somewhat hampered by the lack of records in Jalpa Zacatecas. My dad recalls there was a fire at the Jalpa archives, which explains the lack of documentation. Though in the same story, he explains how his uncle was unable to get his birth certificate in Jalpa because of the fire, but was able to obtain some documentation in the capital, Zacatecas.

I look forward to working with you and contributing to this group, and was glad to find a like-minded community online.

Thanks!

Spanish Fammily HIstory video fund me

I am trying to publish a video with resources for Family History for all Spanish Surnames. The Video will focus on Zambrano but it will give the charters and Family history of most Surnames or give you great resources.

Spanish surnames in this work are:

Mendoza, Haro, Lopes, Ximenes, Vela, etc.

http://www.spanishfamilyhistory.myevent.com/

The guy that will make the video will charge me 500 USD the web page ask for 600 because the web page charges fees. This is no scam anyone who pre-orders video will be listed in the charter within the book as part of the credits as listed on the web page. Thanks

MEDINA'S OF JUCHIPILA, ZACATECAS

I Hope all of you are doing well. I need members assistance with my MEDINA line.

I have reached a dead-end on any further back that JUAN JOSE MEDINA and YSIDRA LUNA. Both born around 1800 and the last family was known to be in Juchipila, Zac.

Their son was MARCELINO MEDINA married to FRANCISCA GARCIA. Anyone who share that line or have run across them please let me know by posting what ever info you have.

It would be deeply appreciated

Yvonne Medina