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I agree and have my own story to share. I recently found a link to 
Anna Arellano (Jose Munos' wife).  Anna and I both descend from the 
same set of 7th great-grandparents (Manuel Castañeda and Maria 
Antonia de la Torre). We all live in Northern California and I had 
the pleasure of meeting them recently.  My feelings are just as 
Alberto said, blood relatives are forever.

Maria Cortez


--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Alberto Duarte  
wrote:
> Congratulations.  Blood relatives are forever, no
> matter how many generations have past.
> 
> Alberto Duarte
> Santa Maria, California
> 
> --- Joseph Puentes  wrote:
> 
> > Donde va hacer la fiesta?. . .piñata, tamales,
> > mariachis, tragitos y 
> > bailando.
> > 
> > what a happy day it is! For more than a 100 years or
> > maybe more than 200 
> > years your families lost each other. People that
> > loved and cared for 
> > each other but through circumstances got lost and
> > forgotten. Now they 
> > are

I would suggest offering some financial remuneration and if he says no, then at least you've offered.

Marge:)

On Jul 13, 2005, at 5:44 PM, Alberto Duarte wrote:

Did you think he would charge me if I asked only a

couple of questions?  The Duartes that I have talk to

about their past had almost no information, but they

were extremely nice people.



Alberto Duarte

Santa Maria, California



--- Erlinda Castanon-Long

wrote:



> 

> John, if you do get to Jerez may I recommend

> contacting Leonardo de la

> Torre Berumen at leon_torre@... for help in

> locating ranchos

> and villas.  He doesn't speak English but is very

> willing to help.  he

> is a professional genealogist and has more

> information than most.  I'm

> told he charges if his help is extensive but he

> never charged me for

> anwering questions.  He lives in Jerez

>

> Linda

>

>

>





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Did you think he would charge me if I asked only a
couple of questions?  The Duartes that I have talk to
about their past had almost no information, but they
were extremely nice people.

Alberto Duarte
Santa Maria, California

--- Erlinda Castanon-Long 
wrote:

>  
> John, if you do get to Jerez may I recommend
> contacting Leonardo de la 
> Torre Berumen at leon_torre@... for help in
> locating ranchos 
> and villas.  He doesn't speak English but is very
> willing to help.  he 
> is a professional genealogist and has more
> information than most.  I'm 
> told he charges if his help is extensive but he
> never charged me for 
> anwering questions.  He lives in Jerez
> 
> Linda
> 
> 
> 


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John, if you do get to Jerez may I recommend contacting Leonardo de la 
Torre Berumen at leon_torre@... for help in locating ranchos 
and villas.  He doesn't speak English but is very willing to help.  he 
is a professional genealogist and has more information than most.  I'm 
told he charges if his help is extensive but he never charged me for 
anwering questions.  He lives in Jerez

Linda

Viewing old church records:
I learned something about reviewing old church records
whenever trying to read them:  You have to read them
real slow and look for key letters that make up your
ancestors first and last names.  The overall
penmanship of the priests was very good, but the
copied documents are usually in poor condition because
of time. 

A couple of years ago I was looking at the 1700s Jerez
church marriage records, and I noticed my
greatggggggmothers last name of Sanchez.  The letters
S,a,c, h and z, stood out, and then I looked closer
and found my greatggggggfathers last name (Duarte)
which was spelled like Quarti.  Upon further review of
the record I found other names that were barely
identifiable (Salazar and Sanchez)which were the last
names of my greatgggggggparents.  They got married in
1797 in Jerez, and after years of research I was also
able to identify the other names listed on the record
as my aunt and uncle (Gamboa family).

After many years of researching, I have

I'm looking into it. . .

joseph

Steve G. Apodaca wrote:

Hey Joseph. I was looking for the pdf census file on the ranchos2 area
and I could not find it. Is it possible that you can email me a copy of
the file or replace it on the website?

Thank you.

Steve A





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 Hey Joseph. I was looking for the pdf census file on the ranchos2 area 
and I could not find it. Is it possible that you can email me a copy of 
the file or replace it on the website?

Thank you.

Steve A

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "John Gonzalez" 1gnzlz@v...> wrote:
> I will be researching the "Cerros" name in Jerez , Zacatecas.  As soon as I finish with  the 
other names in Jalostotitlan.
> 
> John Gonzalez
> Wildomar, CA.
> 1gnzlz@v...


John,

My name is Edward Serros and you can review my c.v., http://members.tripod.com/
eserros/new_page_7.htm, at your leisure. I have done an "extensive" review of my 
Zacatecas roots, Cerros and Felguerez, which you can review as attachments in a separate 
email I have sent to you; these materials are also available on this site. My grandmother, 
Maria Felguerez, was the illegitimate daughter of Santiago Felguerez, who was also the 
illegitimate son of one the Felguerez family, hacendados  in Valparaiso and Colotlan---a 
complicated story. My grandfather, Jose Cruz Cerros, and my grandmother came to the US 
in 1919 or so. I have much data on the Felguerez but the Cerros genealogy has been 
difficult, to say the least, since I can not find

As an added note...for anyone starting out.  I recommend you read all 
the articles from the last link regarding handwriting and common 
mispellings.  The record abstracts become easier to read if you are 
aware of the handwriting 'issues' described.  Also searching for your 
ancestors with the common mispelling thrown in allow you to find 
baptizism and marriage records that you won't find otherwise.

Angie

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "aajay1073"  wrote:
> Under Genealogy.com Research guidelines, Deciphering Documents and 
> Handwriting there are a few articles:
> 
> 1) Reading Handwriting
> http://www.genealogy.com/00000010.html
> 
> Towards the top of this document it says:
> "Watch out for double S's. The first S in a pair was often written 
to 
> look like a lower case F."
> 
> 2) Guidelines for Reading Old Documents
> http://www.genealogy.com/68_sperry.html
> 
> The material at Genealogy.com is a good read if you have a chance 
to 
> browse over there:
> http

That's how it was done in those dayf, Jofef (Josef).:) And to top it off, they weren't consistent. My Chavez ancestors surnames is spelled alternately Llabes, llaves, Chavis, Chaves, de Chavis. Ortiz looks like Breton sometimes. Penmanship left a lot to be desired in those days. Read Finding Your Hispanic Roots by George Ryskamp. Marge:)



On Jul 12, 2005, at 4:47 PM, Joseph Puentes wrote:

I was watching a documentary about American Slave Narratives. In one of the stories it was talking about slaves being sold at auction and they showed a bill of sale. the time period was about 1850. In the bill of sale at the bottom it spell "witness" like this:



"witnefs"



now this reminds me of the times I've seen Castañeda spelled Caftañeda



does anyone know about the use of the "F" for "S's" in early handwritting?



thanks,



joseph



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Under Genealogy.com Research guidelines, Deciphering Documents and 
Handwriting there are a few articles:

1) Reading Handwriting
http://www.genealogy.com/00000010.html

Towards the top of this document it says:
"Watch out for double S's. The first S in a pair was often written to 
look like a lower case F."

2) Guidelines for Reading Old Documents
http://www.genealogy.com/68_sperry.html

The material at Genealogy.com is a good read if you have a chance to 
browse over there:
http://www.genealogy.com/developing_research_skills.html

Good luck,
Angie

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Puentes  wrote:
> 
> I was watching a documentary about American Slave Narratives. In one 
of 
> the stories it was talking about slaves being sold at auction and 
they 
> showed a bill of sale. the time period was about 1850. In the bill of 
> sale at the bottom it spell "witness" like this:
> 
> "witnefs"
> 
> now this reminds me of the times I've seen Castañeda spelled Caftañeda
> 
>