I wrote to John Schmal and he gave me permission to send this to the group.

joseph
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Dear Associates and Fellow Members:

The following notes are rules of thumb for International Genealogical
Index (IGI) searches in Mexico. (© 2000 by John P. Schmal, JohnnyPJ@...).
The IGI is a dynamic database that can be of tremendous help in locating Mexican
ancestors between 1700 and 1880. It has a filter, so that you can limit
your search to particular states.

1. Don't be confused by spelling. The IGI groups together similar
sounding surnames through soundexing. Spelling is the least reliable
indicator in Mexican genealogy. A surname that is spelled one way in
1800 may be spelled differently in 1850. Robalcaba may be spelled
several ways: Rubalcaba, Rubalcava, Robalacaba, Robalcava.

2. Always consider how close your locality is to the nearest state
boundary. People moved around. They may be in Sinaloa in one generation
and in nearby Sonora in

Hello, Gloria. To be honest with you, I was not sure where Autlan de 
la Grana was, but I assumed that it was close to Autlan de Navarro. 
Well, I did some extra google 'research' and found out where Autlan 
de la Grana actually is. Autlan de la Grana is not only close to 
Autlan de Navarro, but IT IS actually Autlan de Navarro. How old is 
your great-grandparents notebook? The town's original name was 
Autlan de la Grana, but according to a page that I read, it changed 
to Autlan de Navarro on July 27, 1939 to honor General Paulino 
Navarro. Even though the name of some communities oficially change, 
some people still use the old name. 
This has nothing to do with your question, but just as a curious 
fact, I noticed that my Apodaca ancestors have lived for at least 
two centuries in a small town in Jalisco called Santa Catarina. If 
someone knows that his/hers own ancestors are from Santa Catarina, 
but does not know where this village is, he/she will never find it 
on a current map

My name is Steve Campos and I am researching my father's line
from 
El Cargadero, Jerez, Zacatecas.

The family names that I have found so far are Acuña, Arredondo, 
Campos, Carrillo, Fernandez, Miranda, Ortiz, Ramires, and Ubillos.

I have a web site at http://home.earthlink.net/~jerez that contains 
the basics of my research.  I am over 3,200 people in my direct line 
family and over 10,000 people in my database.  I have collected 
information on all of the family names in the Jerez microfilms that 
I am researching, from the LDS church, in hopes of making a 
connection some day.  In doing this kind of research I have been 
able to go from less than 100 people to the 3,200 people just by 
finding the right connection.

It has taken several months to collect the data that I have so far.  
With the church records being handwritten it sometimes takes a 
little while to figure out what the priest was writing.  It is also 
been a challenge to determine correct spelling on some of the

not sure but check this site that Maria Cortez linked in the links area:
http://biblio2.colmex.mx/bibdig/dicc_cubas/base3.htm

look under A and Autlan for a lot of info on Autlan in Jalisco. Not sure
if it will answer your question though,

joseph

Gloria Delgado wrote:

I'm sure someone in this group has an answer to my question - where
exactly is Autlan de la Grana? Is it near Autlan de Navarro, and are
both Autlans part of the larger city? And how old is Autlan de la
Grana? The only thing I can find out from the internet is that it has
a bullring!

A notebook that belonged to my great-grandparents noted that four of
their children were born there (ZARAGOZA & CASTILLO surnames).

I'd be grateful for any help or history.

Gloria

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I'm sure someone in this group has an answer to my question - where
exactly is Autlan de la Grana? Is it near Autlan de Navarro, and are
both Autlans part of the larger city? And how old is Autlan de la
Grana? The only thing I can find out from the internet is that it has
a bullring!

A notebook that belonged to my great-grandparents noted that four of
their children were born there (ZARAGOZA & CASTILLO surnames).

I'd be grateful for any help or history.

Gloria

thanks for your thanks. sometimes I wish i could do more but there is only so much time. i would like to help you with your work but unless we find where in Mexico the Garza's came from it will be difficult.

I don't recall when your people came into the states but if they were here in 1900, 1910, 1920 and/or 1930 have you accounted for them in the census records? If you find them in the census records around the time they came into the US that might give you some indication where they crossed into the US. If you know that you might be able to find border crossing info. . .that is unless they did like some of my relatives and came in on the sly.

other sources of US records that might [slim chance but possible] give you the place in Mexico they were from:

SS application records
INS