Nuestros Ranchos Site

Laurie,

Myheritage does not index records. That site is useless for Mexican genealogy.

The best way to find more information on the parents of Jose Mena & Juana Valderrama is by continuing to look for the marriage records of their parents and baptisms and civil birth records of the siblings of José Mena and Juana Valderrama. The civil records have indexes a lot of times. Since Valderrama was sometimes spelled incorrectly as Balderrama you should look through the indexes for all of the Balderrama and Valderrama births and marriages.

I uploaded a spreadsheet with the page numbers of the indexes that I have found in the civil records of Lagos to https://www.dropbox.com/s/rysd5egkypoduzt/Lagos%20Civil.xlsx

The civil records of La Unión can be found at https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysea…

Armando

Laurie

There is some guidance from the Family Search wiki at http://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Mexico_Civil_Registration

George Fulton
Pleasanton, CA

I found the civil record of the marriage of José Mena and Juana Valderrama using a file I have that has the page numbers of indexes of the civil records of Lagos.

They were married 1 Feb 1923.

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1951-21238-36137-71?cc=1918187…

It states that José Mena was born in Unión de San Antonio, Jalisco on 19 Mar 1904. His parents were Jesús Mena and Juana López. Unión de San Antonio is a smaller town that is very close to Lagos and belonged to the jurisdiction of Lagos before becoming it's own town.

Juana Valderrama was born 24 June 1907. Her parents were Nabor Valderrama, deceased, and Jacinta Prado.

Armando

Hello Laurie,

You need to look for the baptisms or civil records of Guadalupe 1925 & Leopoldo 1926 since those records will have the names of the grandparents. Then you will be able to determine if you have the right José Mena.

The only other way to determine who the parents of your grandfather were is by finding the marriage record of José Mena & Juanita Valderrama.

Armando

Hola Sergio,

Te agradezco tus comentarios, haré todo lo posible por conseguir una copia desde México o espero llegar a encontrar ese libro de Memorias aquí. Sigo confiando en que mi tío revisó y verificó la obra de Don José Ignacio Dávila Garibi, sé de buena fuente que a él le gustaba corroborar con documentos originales pero darle crédito a quiénes descubrieron la información inicialmente. Además de haber sido contemporáneo de Don José Ignacio Dávila, quién debió facilitarle la identidad de las fuentes en que él se basó para el otro libro que él escribió. Aún así no está de más darle una checada con propios ojos a los documentos que cita.

Si no fuera mucha molestia te agradecería me compartieras: 1) La identidad de los padres de Doña María de Solís y Ochoa y 2) Datos sobre los hijos de Don Juan de la Cueva y Mora y Doña Rosalía Benavides Guido, en particular de Doña Juana Mauricia, Doña Margarita y Don Vicente que son de quiénes desciendo.

Por último, me gustaría saber si en el libro menciona a los Fernández de la Cueva de Autlán y si los menciona relata el parentesco que existe entre los de Tecolotlán y ellos?

Gracias nuevamente por tu tiempo invertido en pasar los datos, te dejo mi correo: agraaz94@gmail.com por si tienes tiempo de enviarme el escudo también, espero reponerte luego el favor.

Enrique Agraz

Hola Sergio,

Te agradezco tus comentarios, haré todo lo posible por conseguir una copia desde México o espero llegar a encontrar ese libro de Memorias aquí. Sigo confiando en que mi tío revisó y verificó la obra de Don José Ignacio Dávila Garibi, sé de buena fuente que a él le gustaba corroborar con documentos originales pero darle crédito a quiénes descubrieron la información inicialmente. Además de haber sido contemporáneo de Don José Ignacio Dávila, quién debió facilitarle la identidad de las fuentes en que él se basó para el otro libro que él escribió. Aún así no está de más darle una checada con propios ojos a los documentos que cita.

Si no fuera mucha molestia te agradecería me compartieras: 1) La identidad de los padres de Doña María de Solís y Ochoa y 2) Datos sobre los hijos de Don Juan de la Cueva y Mora y Doña Rosalía Benavides Guido, en particular de Doña Juana Mauricia, Doña Margarita y Don Vicente que son de quiénes desciendo.

Por último, me gustaría saber si en el libro menciona a los Fernández de la Cueva de Autlán y si los menciona relata el parentesco que existe entre los de Tecolotlán y ellos?

Gracias nuevamente por tu tiempo invertido en pasar los datos, te dejo mi correo: agraaz94@gmail.com por si tienes tiempo de enviarme el escudo también, espero reponerte luego el favor.

Enrique Agraz

Estimado colega,

Me encuentro muy contento de haber checado este sitio después de varias semanas y encontrarme con esta excelente noticia. Ya había dicho yo que seguramente mi tío había llegado a publicar muchos datos valiosos en la obra que mencionas. No dudo ni un poco que mi tío al publicar estos datos estuvo basado en fuentes primarias y confiables, todos los que llegaron a conocerle saben que era un hombre que siempre buscaba la verdad y nada más que la verdad como lo comprueban algunas de sus obras más famosas entre la que puedo citar "Los Corregidores Don Miguel Domínguez y Doña Josefa Ortiz y El Inicio de la Independencia" donde sacó a luz muchos documentos que probaron el verdadero linaje de los héroes de la independencia y el que dio más polémica fue el de Doña Josefa Ortiz, quién se creyó era criolla, resultaba que su abuela era mulata y además de un detalle muy curioso con respecto a la apariencia física que tenemos de la corregidora. En fin, creo que no hay duda en estos datos aportados por él ya que repito mi tío era una persona con mucha dedicación, capacidad e inteligencia, cualidades que distinguen a nuestra familia.

Sergio te agradezco mucho que hayas compartido esto con todos nosotros, espero puedas proporcionarme una copia del libro y yo te la pago o por lo menos me indiques como hacer la solicitud de préstamo. Como te decía, la Medicina me pide que le dedique mucho tiempo pero espero ahora sí estas próximas vacaciones visitar a los hijos de mi tío con quienes he estado en comunicación desde hace tiempo y de manera especial por ser sobrino y conocer mi trabajo que he compartido con ellos, me han dicho que su archivo por el momento no está disposición del público pero que cuando yo vaya podré acceder a él, entonces podré dar a conocer muchos datos valiosos para tí y los compañeros del foro ya que además hay mucha información que él tenía y que no fue publicado o estaba en vías de serlo.

Me despido recordando a mi querido tío, quien no deja de darnos sorpresas, QEPD "El Buscador Infatigable".

Enrique Agraz

Sergio,

Gracias por aportar estos datos importantísimos en nuestra genealogía. También desciendo de la misma familia Fernández de la Cueva en la provincia de Avalos, sólo que la mía termina ca. 1730 con Nicolás Fernández de la Cueva vecino del pueblo de Teocuitatlán de Corona. Su nieta Desideria y su esposo Guadalupe Méndez de Torres son mis quarto bisabuelos.

Ahora, tengo confianza en el trabajo de D. Gabriel Agraz García de Alba es muy respetado, más también solo porque una persona lo dice, no es facto. Lo que me preocupa son los fuentes. Dónde sacó los datos el Lic. Agraz? Siempre tenemos que comprobar por nosotros mismos los documentos. Sabes si D. Gabriel mencionó sus fuentes o fondo documentales donde los sacó en los libros?

Siempre encuentro errores (no todas las veces) que los genealogistas reconocidos hicieron. No les culpo, por falta de tecnología no eran tan avanzados como somos hoy en nuestra época. Esto dice que debemos avanzar mucho más en nuestros estudios genealógicos. Tenemos acceso más fácil a bibliotecas, fondos documentales como la casa de Morelos y la Sagrada Mitra de Guadalajara, especialmente los rollos en el site familysearch.

Un abrazo amigo,
Daniel Méndez de Torres Camino

Edgar Olguin Diaz
buenos dias

un cordial saludo

queria haber si me podrian ayudar con una de mis lineas
que se apellidan beltran de la cueva
que son la siguiente:

maria antonia veltran de la cueba casada con juan jph muñoz de la barba
matrimonio 25 abril 1740 aguascalientes

juan beltran de la cueba casado con theresa macias valadez
matrimonio 03 septiembre 1709 aguascalientes

pedro de la cueba casado con elena beltran
ellos nacieron aproximadamente entre 1650 a 1660

la pregunta : este ultimo pedro de la cueba sera del mismo linaje de los beltran de la cueba que presentas en tu publicacion?

tendras alguna pista de esta pareja?

te lo agradeceria mucho
que tengas excelente dia
gracias por tu atencion
bye

Carlos Peredo

Les comparto un link de un archivo en que se detallan muchas generaciones descendientes de Don Pedro Cueva y Doña Carmona, ahí se relata una boda de María Fernández de la Cueva Mexía en Úbeda con el francés Hugo Beltrán alférez mayor de la cruzada en la batalla del Salado; estoy suponiendo que de allí surge el nombre esporádico de Beltrán entre los de la Cueva.

Aquí va el link
http://www.vbeda.com/gines/tomo2/b0094.pdf

Carlos Peredo

Respecto a Francisco de la Cueva Mendoza que llegó de España en compañía de su hermano Juan, encontré que compró unas tierras en Tlazazalca, Mich en 1579 y que el 19-feb-1583 recibió una merced de tierras en Purépero, Mich (jurisdicción de Tlazazalca) de manos del Virrey Lorenzo Suárez y Mendoza Conde de la Coruña. En Tlazazalca he visto mucho el apellido de la Cueva, así que son posibles descendientes de este Francisco.

Muchas Gracias por su valiosa ayuda en este sitio , podría ser tan amable de decirme si tiene algún Dato sobre Geronima de la Cueva hija de Leonardo Fregoso Tía de Tomasina de Velasco y Zúñiga el por que? no se llamo Geronima Fregoso Farfan como le correspondía por sus Padres.

David Serna
http://www.telepaisa.com/pueblos.php?action=poblacion_ver&poblacion_id=…

This is a link to a .Pueblo now called Carrillos(San Nicolas) It shows a map and places it on Hwy. 205 just NW of Apulco, Zac. Between Nochistlan and Teocaltiche.

When looking for pueblos and ranchos, .. Use Google Type
the name + the nearby town + (either of these sites) telepaisa or pueblos America.

Telepaisa offers a map either satellite or road.
Pueblos America only satellite.

There is a third.. I have forgotten the name.. but I posted the subject on NR just two weeks ago. David

My sister in law was a B2. Her mother was an Acosta. Her brother, my husband is T1, and I am C.

Emilie
Port Orchard, WA

> To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
> From: mayangrl@sonic.net
> Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 20:15:43 -0700
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] MtDNA Haplogroup B4'5
>
> Hi all,
>
> I was wondering if anyone else came up with this MtDNA haplogroup. I've read a little, but apparently, this is fairly common from SW Native American groups and northern Mexico down through Jalisco where it's even more common.
>
> Laura Gonzalez

Hello Laura,
I've also tested B4'5/B2.  Have you taken the familyfinder?
Alice Blake

________________________________
From: "mayangrl@sonic.net"
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Saturday, May 3, 2014 10:15 PM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] MtDNA Haplogroup B4'5

Hi all,
I was wondering if anyone else came up with this MtDNA haplogroup.  I've read a little, but apparently, this is fairly common from SW Native American groups and northern Mexico down through Jalisco where it's even more common.

Laura Gonzalez

Hi,

Maria Antonia Macias, espanola originaria de la Cruz de el Obato, hija legitima de D. Patricio Macia y Maria Nicolasa Dias.

I looked up Asientos here: http://biblio2.colmex.mx/bibdig/dicc_cubas/base3.htm and I see a rancho called Cruz de Lobato, which is what I believe matches the record.

I hope this helps.

Rosalinda

Looks like this is the parish's YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/user/parroquiasantaclara

Here's a satellite map and some pertinent info about the town of Santa Clara de Valladares in the municipio (county) of Tacumbo in Michoacan:
http://mexico.pueblosamerica.com/i/santa-clara-de-valladares/

So, Santa Clara de Valladares, Michoacan is about an hour or so SE of Quitupan, Jalisco. They're near the border between those states, so over time the parish and its records may have changed between states, keep that in mind when you're looking.

What you posted looks like the parish address, including postal code (cp), so you should be able to write them, too. "Known Addresses" are valid in Mexico.

How's your Spanish? Because the Wikipedia on Tocumbo is great in Spanish, woefully inadequate in English. http://es.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tocumbo_(municipio)
I noticed someone named Andrade was one of the town elders in 1800. Maybe a relative of yours?

Added: Address and phone number for Sagrado Corazon parish from the Zamora, Michoacan diocese. I'm not sure how current this info is.
59961 - INGENIO SANTA CLARA. Parroquia del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús.
Notaría Parroquial Tel. 01 (354) 54 2 14 84
-Sr. Cura Luis Manuel Oseguera Fernández

Added: More maps and pertinent info, photos.
http://www.en.nuestro-mexico.com/Michoacan-de-Ocampo/Tocumbo/Santa-Clar…

I'm on a road trip and not driving, so I'll keep looking and adding. I like a good detective hunt '-)

Sandra Velez

David Serna Quitupan, Jalisco church records

https://familysearch.org/search/image/index#uri=https%3A%2F%2Ffamilysea…
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baptism record of Francisco Villanueva Andrade, 16 Octubre 1926 born in the Puesto de San Diego, in the Parroquia of Quitupan, Jalisco. Hijo legitimo de Faustino Villanueva and Antonia Andrade
Abuelos Paternos Juan Villanueva and Juana (Orozco)?
Abuelos Maternos Nicanor Andrade and Genoveva Medina

page number page 143. Number of the Act 356.

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This is image no 334 of 648. The index for this year is image 250 of 648.
here is the link
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18735-67949-36?cc=1874591&wc…
===============================================
San Diego may be the place now called Lazero Cardenas just S.E. Of Quitupan.
You can google it.. add the words either Telepaisa or Pueblos America.

difficult.....
de A...,y de Getrudis or Gervacia de Acosta y Maria f.... Ulloa .......Lorenso de Ulloa y de Ana de Escovedo vecinos

Thank you Joseph,

Our website is being rebuilt so it's not current, otherwise we'd put the
notice on our website about the conference.

Anyone who wants more and detailed information about the conference can
send me an email to allieavelar@gmail.com.

Thanks,
Alicia Carrillo

On Sun, May 4, 2014 at 6:47 AM, Joseph Puentes wrote:

> With regards to the previous message I sent a few days ago if anyone has
> trouble opening the link I can try sending it to you in an email. Let me
> know. Here is that previous email:
>
>
>
> Subject: Conference, Nueva Galicia Genealogical Society, August 2014
>
>
>
>
>
> Nuestros Ranchos, our 5th annual NGGS Conference
>
>
>
>
>
> Here is a link that gives much information about the Nueva Galicia
> Genealogical Society 5th Annual Conference. Please be patient as it will
> take a little while to download onto your computer:
>
>
>
>
>
> http://h2opodcast.com/misc/NuevaGaliciaGenealogicalSocietyAug2014.rtf
>
>
>

Starting about 1862, all municipios were required by law to keep civil records of all births, deaths and marriages. And they mostly have indices in them, at least the ones I have read have all had an index in them.

So if you do a location search in familysearch, look in the civil records vice the parish records.

Sandra Velez

Hola Every one , how did the Nueva Galicia conference go ?
Ronnie

Have a wonderful conference. Sorry I can't attend this year.
Looking forward to summary and photos.

See you in Sacramento.

Greetings from New York State
Bertha and Guenter Boehm

En Busca de mis Antepasados
http://www.boehm-chronik.com/mexico/antepasados.htm

See you there!

Jose Carlos de Leon

well if you don't have the default password, your risk of getting hacked is lower

Brenndan Torres. We have something similar in our family. The DAR recognition was for ancestors in Santa Fe, NM who raised money and gave it to the American Colonists for the War against the British.

A great book on this topic:

Chávez, Thomas E. (2002). Spain and the Independence of the United States:
An Intrinsic Gift. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press. ISBN
0-8263-2794-X.

I have moved this thread over to the general@nuestrosranchos.org email
distribution list

Joseph

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Joseph Puentes
Clean@h2opodcast.com
http://h2opodcast.com/vsse.html

> -----Original Message-----
> From: research-bounces@lists.nuestrosranchos.org [mailto:research-
> bounces@lists.nuestrosranchos.org] On Behalf Of mercado@riverfast.net
> Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2014 12:13 AM
> To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Spanish in The American Revolution
>
> My sister qualified for DAR (Daughters of the American Revolution )
> through several lines. Last summer I discovered she qualified through
> her Spanish line.
>
> Every American learns that the French saved Washington's army in the
> north. But Spain was also in the war against the British, and Spanish
> Louisiana struck from the south.
>
> In about 1777 Spain recruited yeoman settler/militiamen and their
> families to settle some of the thinnest colonies. In my case these
> were from the Canaries and were called Los Islenos. Shiploads were
> dispatched to Louisiana, Puerto Rico, Texas, Argentina, and some other
> colonies. Recruits were given land, tools, guns, and a stipend. If
> you were over 5' 2" you got the premium package.
>
> Galvez combined his home force, The Louisiana Regiment of Infantry,
> with Isleno militia, other colonial forces, regular troops from Cuba,
> and an impressive collection of shipping. He drove north from New
> Orleans pushing the British out of Baton Rouge and St. Louis. Moving
> east he defeated forces at Mobil then lay siege to the 9,000 man
> redcoat force at Pensacola, defeating them.
>
> Further, Spanish ports were open to service American privateers, and
> the Spanish fleet forced the British navy to dilute their efforts in
> the Revolution.
>
> So if one can prove up an ancestor who served with Galvez, DAR status
> might follow. This could also mean that a Mexican colonial soldier,
> speaking only Spanish, gets listed as an American patriot!

Hello DNA cousin Randy,
 
I remember my mother telling me about these ruins.  She was told by the adults to stay away because of evil spirits.  They probably didn't want the kids to disturb the ruins.  I believe they are just outside of the small town of Teocaltitan de Guadalupe which I have visited.  This town is also the site where Santo Pedro Esqueda was martyred during the Cristiada.  He was also the priest who performed the marriage of my maternal grandparents in San Juan de los Lagos.  Unfortunately I have not visited the ruins , but do recall reading that this area was originally an Indian village.
 
Thanks for sharing this,
Irma Gomez Gtz
N. California

----- Original Message -----

From: rmcneal103@msn.com
To: general@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 7:04:02 AM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Archaeologists explore ancient ceremonial center        San Juan de los Lagos Mexican

Nineteen kilometers from San Juan de los Lagos, where the second most frequented sanctuary in Mexico is located, archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), unravel a piece of pre Hispanic past which is today known as Los Altos de Jalisco, by the excavation of an ancient ceremonial center known as Teocaltitan.

At least 23 architectonic structures that were built 1500 years ago, between 450 and 900 AD, are distributed in the 20 acres that make up the highest part of the Teocaltitan hill.

To archaeologist Marisol Montejano Esquivias, director of the project, what makes this job in Teocaltitan the most gratifying is that it represents a preserved space in an archaeological context.”

“The interesting thing about Teocaltitan, apart from having Teotihuacan influence, is that it has elements that are very characteristic of the region such as the square architecture, sunken gardens in U-shape, pyramids with closed gardens, ball game courts, etc.”

The first drills and excavations that will be made in 2014 in Platform A of Teocaltitan, are focused on proving that these structures were made solely by men, and that underneath this they can find other archaeological substructures.

After two seasons there have been interventions on the west and north side of the ball court. It is from this area where most materials recovered from the project were found, such as: figurines, stone and turquoise beads that provided for the rituals that happened in this space.

Also, the finding of some copper and shell earrings in the northern part of the ball court indicated that this ceremonial center was used again during the Post Classic period (900 – 1200 AD). The earrings where found in the cranium of a presumably decapitated person.

Also, they have intervened in the sunken garden and the central pyramid that closes the site. In 2012, the center of the garden was excavated in an altar where they found secondary burials, bones that are not in an anatomic position meaning they where extracted from their original resting place and re-buried. This context also corresponds to the reoccupation of Teocaltitan in the Post Classic era.

With the restoration of the perimeter wall of the sunken garden and the ball court, the following year they will start opening the archaeological zone to the visitors.

http://artdaily.com/news/67098/Mexican-archaeologists-explore-ancient-c…

Hello DNA cousin Randy,
 
I remember my mother telling me about these ruins.  She was told by the adults to stay away because of evil spirits.  They probably didn't want the kids to disturb the ruins.  I believe they are just outside of the small town of Teocaltitan de Guadalupe which I have visited.  This town is also the site where Santo Pedro Esqueda was martyred during the Cristiada.  He was also the priest who performed the marriage of my maternal grandparents in San Juan de los Lagos.  Unfortunately I have not visited the ruins , but do recall reading that this area was originally an Indian village.
 
Thanks for sharing this,
Irma Gomez Gtz
N. California

----- Original Message -----

From: rmcneal103@msn.com
To: general@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Wednesday, April 30, 2014 7:04:02 AM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Archaeologists explore ancient ceremonial center        San Juan de los Lagos Mexican

Nineteen kilometers from San Juan de los Lagos, where the second most frequented sanctuary in Mexico is located, archaeologists from the National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), unravel a piece of pre Hispanic past which is today known as Los Altos de Jalisco, by the excavation of an ancient ceremonial center known as Teocaltitan.

At least 23 architectonic structures that were built 1500 years ago, between 450 and 900 AD, are distributed in the 20 acres that make up the highest part of the Teocaltitan hill.

To archaeologist Marisol Montejano Esquivias, director of the project, what makes this job in Teocaltitan the most gratifying is that it represents a preserved space in an archaeological context.”

“The interesting thing about Teocaltitan, apart from having Teotihuacan influence, is that it has elements that are very characteristic of the region such as the square architecture, sunken gardens in U-shape, pyramids with closed gardens, ball game courts, etc.”

The first drills and excavations that will be made in 2014 in Platform A of Teocaltitan, are focused on proving that these structures were made solely by men, and that underneath this they can find other archaeological substructures.

After two seasons there have been interventions on the west and north side of the ball court. It is from this area where most materials recovered from the project were found, such as: figurines, stone and turquoise beads that provided for the rituals that happened in this space.

Also, the finding of some copper and shell earrings in the northern part of the ball court indicated that this ceremonial center was used again during the Post Classic period (900 – 1200 AD). The earrings where found in the cranium of a presumably decapitated person.

Also, they have intervened in the sunken garden and the central pyramid that closes the site. In 2012, the center of the garden was excavated in an altar where they found secondary burials, bones that are not in an anatomic position meaning they where extracted from their original resting place and re-buried. This context also corresponds to the reoccupation of Teocaltitan in the Post Classic era.

With the restoration of the perimeter wall of the sunken garden and the ball court, the following year they will start opening the archaeological zone to the visitors.

http://artdaily.com/news/67098/Mexican-archaeologists-explore-ancient-c…

Thank you for this article. I'll have to see if anything else has been
published about Teocaltitan.

Alicia,
San Jose, Ca

On Wed, Apr 30, 2014 at 7:04 AM, wrote:

> Nineteen kilometers from San Juan de los Lagos, where the second most
> frequented sanctuary in Mexico is located, archaeologists from the National
> Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH), unravel a piece of pre
> Hispanic past which is today known as Los Altos de Jalisco, by the
> excavation of an ancient ceremonial center known as Teocaltitan.
> At least 23 architectonic structures that were built 1500 years ago,
> between 450 and 900 AD, are distributed in the 20 acres that make up the
> highest part of the Teocaltitan hill.
> To archaeologist Marisol Montejano Esquivias, director of the project,
> what makes this job in Teocaltitan the most gratifying is that it
> represents a preserved space in an archaeological context.”
> “The interesting thing about Teocaltitan, apart from having Teotihuacan
> influence, is that it has elements that are very characteristic of the
> region such as the square architecture, sunken gardens in U-shape, pyramids
> with closed gardens, ball game courts, etc.”
> The first drills and excavations that will be made in 2014 in Platform A
> of Teocaltitan, are focused on proving that these structures were made
> solely by men, and that underneath this they can find other archaeological
> substructures.
> After two seasons there have been interventions on the west and north side
> of the ball court. It is from this area where most materials recovered from
> the project were found, such as: figurines, stone and turquoise beads that
> provided for the rituals that happened in this space.
> Also, the finding of some copper and shell earrings in the northern part
> of the ball court indicated that this ceremonial center was used again
> during the Post Classic period (900 – 1200 AD). The earrings where found in
> the cranium of a presumably decapitated person.
> Also, they have intervened in the sunken garden and the central pyramid
> that closes the site. In 2012, the center of the garden was excavated in an
> altar where they found secondary burials, bones that are not in an anatomic
> position meaning they where extracted from their original resting place and
> re-buried. This context also corresponds to the reoccupation of Teocaltitan
> in the Post Classic era.
> With the restoration of the perimeter wall of the sunken garden and the
> ball court, the following year they will start opening the archaeological
> zone to the visitors.
>
> http://artdaily.com/news/67098/Mexican-archaeologists-
> explore-ancient-ceremonial-center-in-the-State-of-Jalisco#.U2D-l2wU-ic --

In Mexico City, it felt quite hard, no damages report

On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 8:20 AM, Joseph Puentes wrote:

>
> Just wanted to pass this along in case you have relatives in Guerrero:
>
>
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> Sent: Friday, April 18, 2014 11:07 AM
> To: makas@nc.rr.com
> Subject: 2014-04-18 14:27:29 UPDATED: (M7.5) GUERRERO, MEXICO 17.6 -100.7
> (107d)
>
> == PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
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> Region: GUERRERO, MEXICO
> Geographic coordinates: 17.585N, 100.741W
> Magnitude: 7.5
> Depth: 48 km
> Universal Time (UTC): 18 Apr 2014 14:27:29
> Time near the Epicenter: 18 Apr 2014 07:27:29
> Local standard time in your area: 18 Apr 2014 14:27:29
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> Location with respect to nearby cities:
> 37 km (22 mi) N of Tecpan de Galeana, Mexico
> 53 km (32 mi) NW of Atoyac de Alvarez, Mexico
> 56 km (34 mi) E of Petatlan, Mexico
> 81 km (50 mi) S of Ciudad Altamirano, Mexico
> 265 km (164 mi) SW of Mexico City, Mexico
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> ADDITIONAL EARTHQUAKE PARAMETERS
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> event ID : us b000pq41
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