Hello, as promised, here's an updated version of my family tree. Use 
size 150% or larger to navigate it. By the way, I put as the 
background picture the church of San Francisco de Asis in Zacoalco 
de Torres, Jalisco. It was in that place where many of my ancestors 
had their baptisms, marriages, and funerals.

You may have noticed that my family lines extend mainly to the 
southern pueblos of Jalisco (once called Provincia de Avalos). Many 
of you have deep roots in los Altos, however. I already knew that my 
Tapia ancestors were from los Altos, but I did not know from where. 
Now that I found a marriage record in Lagos de Moreno, I will start 
researching my Tapia line. I hope I can find some cousins in this 
group.

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How do you relate those surnames to that region? If I
may ask?  I have Castro in my mother's line, but I
have only been able to trace it back to Vicente Castro
around the mid 1800's and he lived in El Castro, Sain
Alto, Zacatecas.  

Perhaps he came from Valparaiso, that could be a
possibility.  

Dora
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> Is anyone in the group studying in the Valparaiso,
> Zacatecas area?
> 
> if so might you have these surnames in your family:
> Castro, Garcia, 
> Duenas, Martinez, and/or Arevalo?
> 
> joseph
> 
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Is anyone in the group studying in the Valparaiso, Zacatecas area?

if so might you have these surnames in your family: Castro, Garcia,
Duenas, Martinez, and/or Arevalo?

joseph

I read somewhere that the reason the race stops being documented was 
a result of the Mexican Independence. Much like the American 
Independence in which "all men are created equal", the Mexican 
Independence established similar laws.  Thus, it became illegal to 
note the person's race.  The year when the law was put into practice 
will vary from parrish to parrish, but, it would be in the early 
1820's.

Maria Cortez

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Puentes  wrote:
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> alice wissing wrote:
> 
> > Alberto,
> >  
> > There is a table in the book "Governance & Society in Colonial 
Mexico 
> > - Chihuahua in the Eighteenth Century" that contains the number 
of 
> > baptisms occurring in El Sagrario Parish broken down by race.  
In 1780 
> > there were 66 mulatos, and in 1790 there were 0.  It's as if 
they 
> > disappeared during a decade.
> 
> One thing I've noticed and seem to think it had reference to the 
> struggle for Independance from Spain. . . But at a

Hello Guillermo.

Well, I do not agree with your point that there are very few blacks 
in Mexico. Blacks did not dissapear, they just melted with indios and 
espanoles and formed today's mexican society. If you go to any town 
in Mexico and look around, you'll find lots of people that have small 
traces from these ancestors. And I'm not just talking about the color 
of the skin, but also of the facial features and body complexion. 

On my personal experience, I have seen lots of baptisms of both free 
and slave mulattos in the Zacoalco, Jalisco area. Today, you don't 
see mulatos there, but believe me, if you look closely, you'll find 
them. Heck, even myself, I look more white than black or indian, but 
I am always aware (and proud) of my recently proven black heritage. 
(Maybe that explains my slightly wide nose). Also, maybe Joseph can 
confirm this: my sister lives in Winston-Salem, NC. Most of the 
Mexican immigrants in that area are from the state of Guerrero. I 
visited NC once