I have
also seen this in Jalisco records. The father was listed as "desconocido."
Also Paternal grandparents were not even mentioned either.
I have
seen many similar situations for Indian & Mulata women.
Makes
you wonder who the fathers were, huh?
Did
the woman never mention the father's name to the priest or were the names
divulged in confession which would NEVER have become public record. I
think more the latter. It isn't that the priest would be protecting the
father, it's more the confidentiality of the Confession.
Something to think about...
Irma
Gomez
In
my genealogy research using records of baptism (1700-1800) from Zacatecas
and Chihuahua, I found when a child was born out of wedlock, the child would
take the mother's last name. The father's name was never mentioned or