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don Juan Cristobal de Luna y Tapía: Indio and Cacique

I'm descended from don Juan Cristobal de Luna y Tapía through a few of his children. He's the purchaser (1690s) of a piece of land in Lagos de Moreno, known as Cañada de los Indios Ricos (modern Cañada de Ricos).

 Any information on the following family would be helpful: 

1st generation: don Juan Cristobal de Luna y Tapía born about 1635 cc Beatris Inés. (Probable brother or 1st cousin of don Francisco de Luna born about 1637 and died abt. 1686, married doña Ana Catarina de la Cruz). 

2nd generation:

- Miguel Jacinto de Luna y Tapía born bef. 1652 in Encinillas, Ojuelos, Jalisco. 

- Pasquala Magdalena de Luna y Tapía born before 1657 probably in Encinillas, Ojuelos, Jalisco. 

- don Patricio de Luna y Tapía born before 1666 probably in Encinillas, Ojuelos, Jalisco cc doña María de la Encarnación de Alarcon (AKA María de la Cruz). 

- Andrea de la Cruz (AKA Andrea de Luna) born before 1667 in Encinillas, Ojuelos, Jalisco. 

- Cristobal de Luna y Tapía born about 1667 in Encinillas, Ojuelos

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I’m sure you probably know that some IMs for Cienega de Mata during the late 1600s can be found in the Asuncion de Maria parish in Aguascalientes? If not, I see several Luna’s - all of them Indios, including an IM for Don Cristobal HL de Don Cristobal cc Beatriz Ynes. George Fulton indexed those IMs years ago, and uploaded them to the reference files here at NR. The filmrolls have since been rearranged, but the roll numbers remain the same, you’ll just have to go by the dates. You can download the PDFs here: https://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/18014

Also, Encinillas was historically in the parish of San Matias, Pinos, Zacatecas. While there are records for Indian baptisms dating back to the late 1600s, they are well-indexed and easily found. But the IMs go back to 1650, so try digging around in that film roll. Perhaps there’s a marriage in there, and sometimes you can find ancestors appears as testigos.

I had also indexed sacramental records done in San Matias, 1613-1647, but I just

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Hello Manny,

Incredible advice. Thank you so much. I'm indebted. 

I knew some of Ciénega de Mata records were indexed through Aguascalientes but didn't know the rest. I'll follow up on everything you suggest. 

We are descended from the de Luna y Tapía family 3 (and maybe 4) different ways. So this line is important to us. 

I'll add that there is a brief write-up on don Cristobal Luna y Tapía and La Cañada de Ricos in "Lagos Indios," by Mario Gómez de Mata. I found this book online and ordered a copy. 

I was also told Gomez de Mata wrote more about this same family in another book.  If anyone has knowledge of this second book please let me know. 

Thank you again. 

Best,

Travis

Pérez de Ornelas

Decided to start a new thread on this: 

in an earlier post, Daniel Méndez Camino said: 

"Sebastián Pérez de Ornelas, my tenth great-grandfather, married Leonor González de Ruvalcaba, daughter of Juan González de Ruvalcaba and Leonor Franco de Paredes. I don't know if this Ornelas is related to the same family that settled in Los Altos, but I've only seen a few people with the surname Pérez de Ornelas; I don't know its origin."

My ancestor, Juan Pérez, AKA Juan de Santoyo, born about (or before) 1624 (probably in Lagos), had a probable relative named Gerónima de Ornelas. 

Listed in Juan's household in the 1669 Padron de Santa María de los Lagos is Gerónima de Ornelas, Viuda, living with Juan's widow, Antonia de Villegas, AKA Antonia de Mendoza, and their children (all of Juan and Antonia's known and suspected children assumed surnames of Santoyo, Pérez, Villegas and/or Mendoza).

I have no idea how Gerónima de Ornelas is related to Juan Pérez (AKA Juan de Santoyo). Sister? Mother? Daughter

Francisco de Santiago and Barbara Rubio - Guachinango/Mascota (Jalisco)

Many years ago I was extremely happy to locate a Guadalajara Marriage Dispensa for my direct ancestors Pedro de Santiago Rubio and his marriage with Marcelina Navarrete year 1715 in Guachinango. The record answered many questions however I have not advanced past the Dispensa. I have looked everywhere, and have followed the guidance of many over the years but still nothing new to advance me past the year 1715 record.  

I'm searching for information for Francisco de Santiago and his wife Barbara Rubio.  I have absolutely no information for them other than they were the parents of Pedro de Santiago Rubio as indicated on the dispensa.  I believe Barbara Rubio was living in Mascota before living in Guachinango.  I don't know when and where she married Francisco de Santiago. I estimate that Barbara Rubio was born approximately year 1665. And my best estimates are that Francisco de Santiago may be originally from Guachinango/Amatlan/Tepuzhuacan and born approximately year 1665.

Thank you

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Joseph,

Sounds like a pretty cool site.   Another one that is not as sophisticated, but works for me is: Transkribus

I have some very old Latin documents from England that are pretty much unreadable to me (from the 1550's).  With Transkribus, you drop your document onto their online folder, and it begins scanning (multiple passes).  When the scans have been completed, it offers you the choice of copying the transcribed document to a .PDF, .DOC, or Clipboard (as plain text).  The document scans are fairly quick, usually within a few minutes.

The thing is, once transcribed, you need to go to another free app, like "Google Translate", and convert the Latin transcription to a language you may need, in my case just plain ole English.  It is hit and miss on accuracy, but for me "something" is better then nothing (in most cases).

I only use the free version (apparently 50 free scans per month), but apparently the paid version can clean these documents up even further.

Hopefully this technology (AI

Gomez Martinez

Hello everyone! I’m very excited to be part of this group and am hoping for assistance in researching my family history.

I am searching for information about my grandfather, who lived and passed away in Los Angeles, California, in 1994. He lived under a different name in the United States, but I have some details about his family of origin in Mexico. His parents were Demetria Gomez and Celestino Martinez from Villa Obregón, Cañadas de Obregón, Mexico. I believe his birth name may have been Ventura Gomez Martinez, although this has not been officially confirmed. He also had a brother named Maximino Martinez. I knew Maximino and his family, but they are not aware of the earlier family history.

I have come across several family surnames in my research, including Martin, Martinez, Barajas, Gomez, and Reynosa. While I have found information on other members of the family, I have located only one record connected to Ventura Martinez.

I am hoping to connect with long-lost relatives or anyone who

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Hello Christy,

 You may also look for your dad’s records with the name Buenaventura Gomez.

The surname Martinez of your family was originally Martin del Campo.   Over the generations it was shortened to Martin.  It only recently was changed to Martinez.  Celestino was baptized Celestino Martin Barajas.   And his father’s surname is Martin.   His father is only given the Martinez surname in the death record of Celestino.
 

There are two Demetria with fathers of the same name but the mothers have different names.   The fathers are not the same person as they have different ancestries.
Your Demetria’s mother is named as Maria Genaro Gutierrez. This is your ancestral line   Cañadas is very close to Valle de Guadalupe  

A Ventura Gomez shows up as a three year old in a census in Valle de Guadalupe     His parents are not named in the census which could  indicate that he was either  a visitor during the census, or being raised by friends or family in Valle de Guadalupe, Jalisco.

Some of the records

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Hello Rick!!!

Thank you for all this information. It’s definitely been a process navigating through so much, and the learning curve has been frustrating at times. There’s a lot to sort through, but I’m committed to understanding it fully.  You just helped fill in some missing pieces of my puzzle that I can now research further. If this is the person I'm looking for, he would be my beloved grandfather!!! He lived in the USA under a different identity. Different times I understand! 

 

Diego Romo de Vivar

Good day.

I would like to share a summary of the findings Jorge Barba Gómez and I addressed recently regarding Captain Diego Romo de Vivar (see Facebook).

In 2024, we discovered that the parentage attributed to Captain Diego Romo de Vivar for decades was incorrect. A baptismal record from Rielves, dated March 12, 1589, had been erroneously linked to him due to a paleographic error. That record actually identifies a Diego, son of Diego Alonso (written as "Diego Aº") and Catalina Pérez, not Diego Romo. This distinction is further confirmed by the file INQUISICION,1222,Exp.12.

Our latest research confirms that the Captain, while a resident of San Felipe, Guanajuato, the home of his wife’s family, the Rangel Peguero, had a brother named Alonso de la Fuente in 1630 (see Siglo XVIII Asuntos Varios: Morelia. Registros varios 1630). We have verified that he was indeed his brother, not his brother-in-law.

Furthermore, researcher Manny Diez shared a finding indicating that an Alonso de la Fuente

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Diego Romo de Vivar is identified as first cousin to Diego Romo de Arellano and that their uncle is Francisco Rincon Romo.  Through other documents we have identified Francisco del Rincon Romo as the son of Juan Luis del Rincon and Maria Romo.  I have the documents verifying this information.   

”En su testamento, Diego Romo de Arellano afirmó que "cuando vino de los Reinos de Castilla, entró sirviendo a Francisco Rincón, su tío", a quien sirvió “por quince o dieciséis años” y “que pasó y socorrió a su primo Diego Romo de Vivar”, a quien “le prestó un negro que Diego Romo de Vivar vendió a Hernando de Bustillos" (el Capitán Hernando de Bustillos era, en 1634, el dueño de la Hacienda de Canutillo, en la jurisdicción del Real del Parral). El testamento de Diego Romo de Arellano fue otorgado en Tlaltenango el 26 de octubre de 1667, habiendo sido testigos de su otorgamiento los Padres Predicadores Fray Diego Illanes y Fray Pedro Gómez, Vicario. En una actuación realizada el 30 de octubre de

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Pedro Rincon y Ortega is identified as a first cousin to Capitan Diego Romo de Vivar.  Francisco Rincon de Vivar is identified as uncle of Diego Romo de Arellano and Capitán Diego Romo de Vivar.  The son of the Capitan, also named  Diego Romo de Vivar, is the one that  identifies Pedro Rincon Ortega as his  “tio”.   Capitan Diego Romo de Vivar and a first cousin, Diego Romo de Arellano, are sons of siblings of their tio Francisco Ricon y Romo de Vivar.

"cuando vino de los Reinos de Castilla, entró sirviendo a Francisco Rincón, su tío", a quien sirvió “por quince o dieciséis años” y “que pasó y socorrió a su primo Diego Romo de Vivar”

1A )- Juan Martin Rico and Marina Gomez2A)- Juan Romo is the father of Maria Romo
1B)- Pedro Rico + Maria Romo [daughter of 2B)2B)-  Maria Romo  m. Pedro Rico [son of (1A).]
1C)- Juan de Fuentes [aka Juan Rico y Romo] married Ynes del Rincon. Daughter of  Ysabel Fernandez and Pedro Hernandez del Rincon. The reason that Juan took “de Fuentes” as a surname was
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2H)- same as (1F) Capitan Diego Romo de Vivar

1A )- Juan Martin Rico and Marina Gomez2A)- Juan Romo is the father of Maria Romo
1B)- Pedro Rico + Maria Romo [daughter of 2B)2B)-  Maria Romo  m. Pedro Rico [son of (1A).]
1C)- Juan de Fuentes [aka Juan Rico y Romo] married twice. His second marriage Ynes del Rincon daughter of Ysabel Fernandez and Pedro Hernandez del Rincon. The reason that Juan took “de Fuentes” as a surname was because he was “natural de La Villa de Fuentes”.2C)- Diego Perez who married Inés Gómez. [Diego Perez took the surname Perez because his father’s name is Pedro.  This naming practice,  or taking a surname from where you were from, were still common practices in the early 1500’s). Diego Perez is a brother of (1C) Juan Fuentes  (Erik Reynoso provided the information that he and Juan Fuentes are brothers)
1D)- Juan “Luis” Rincon + Maria Romo de Vivar            [Juan Luis Rincon y Maria Romo de Vivar tienen por lo menos tres hijos :                                    
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1)- Juan Martín Rico and Marina GómezNotes: [Marina is sister of the escudero Juan Gómez]
2)- Pedro Rico and María RomoNotes: (Maria Romo is the daughter of Juan Romo)  [Pedro's sister, Catalina Alonso, was married to Pablo Romo who is brother to Juan Romo]
3)-  Diego Pérez and Inés GómezNotes: [ Diego is a brother of Juan de Fuentes] Juan de Fuentes marries as his second wife Ynes del Rincon, the daughter of Isabel Fernandez, and her husband Pedro Hernandez del Rincon]
4)-  Catalina Pérez and Diego Alonso (Fernández) 
5)- Diego Alonso PérezNotes: [Diego Alonso Perez is a second cousin to (1a) Juan Luis Rincon who marries Maria Romo de Vivar. ]

 
Notes: (1)Juan Luis Rincon and Maria Romo de Vivar are the parents of (2b)  Francisco Rincon de Vivar.

 
Notes: (2b) Francisco Rincon de Vivar   + Maria de Ortega.   [Francisco Rincon de Vivar is identified as the uncle of Capitan Diego Romo de Vivar.]

 
Notes: 3c) Pedro Rincon y Ortega is identified as a first cousin to Capitan Diego Romo de Vivar.
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Hello Erik and Manny,

I went back and reread your statement that:

                   “Diego Pérez (husband of Inés Gómez) was the brother of Juan de Fuentes, who married Inés del Rincón.”. 

 I did not have that information. Another tangle in this family web.  

Thanks again Erik for your excellent work,

and thank you Manny for finding the information that Alonso de Fuentes is a brother of Capitan Diego Romo de Vivar.   It drove me to do more research which added many puzzle pieces.


Rick A. Ricci

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Romo lineage from Juan Romo to Pedro Rincon Ortega, uncle of Diego Romo de Vivar:

1A )- Juan Romo2A)- Juan Martin Rico and Marina Gomez
1B)- Maria Romo + Pedro Rico [son of (1a)Juan Martin Rico and Marina Gomez].2B)-  Pedro Rico + (1B)- Maria Romo [daughter of (1a) Juan Romo].
1C)- ) Juan de Fuentes.  The reason that Juan took “de Fuentes” as a surname was because he was “natural de La Villa de Fuentes”. Juan Fuentes marries Ynes del Ricon, daughter of Isabel Hernandez + Pedro Hernandez del Rincon2C)- Diego Pérez and Inés Gómez.       (Diego Perez took the surname Perez because his father’s name is Pedro.  This naming practice, or taking a surname from where you were from, were still common practices in the early 1500’s)
1D)- Juan “Luis” Rincon + Maria Romo de Vivar2D)- Catalina Pérez and Diego Alonso (Fernández)  
1E)- Francisco Rincon de Vivar   + Maria de Ortega  [Francisco Rincon de Vivar is identified as  “Tio de los hermanos Diego Romo de Vivar y Alfonso Fuentes]2E)- Diego Alonso
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Saludos Eric,

After researching the subject, I discovered that you were correct in your original statement that Diego Romo de Vivar and Alonso Fuentes are brothers.  After reading documents that identify Juan Luis Ricon’s brother’s genealogical tree I am convinced, and I no longer doubt that they are brothers. 

Juan Fuentes had a first marriage prior to his marriage to Ynes del Rincon

Thanks again for all your work Erik,

Rick A. Ricci

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Saludos Erik,

Here is a legal battle between two family members that are in that document that you provided Erik.  
https://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/find?nm=&texto=Diego+romo+de+palacios+


Pleito entre Diego Alonso Fernández, vecino de Madrid (Madrid), contra Diego Romo de Palacios, vecino de Fuensalida (Toledo), sobre la tenuta y posesión de los memorías y obras pías que fundó Luis Gómez.

I believe that Luis Gomez is ancestor to Maria Gomez.

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https://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/show/134529?nm

Here is a record of a Diego Romo crossing the Atlantic Ocean as a criado of his brother Luis Romo Diaz (Daza).   Diego and Luis are the sons of Juan Romo y Ana Díaz de Agüero.

What is interesting about the next line is tha JUan Romo’s father is not surnamed Romo, his mother is the Romo:

On more than one occasion I have found someone surnamed Diaz to later find them with the longer surname Diaz de Vivar.


Alonso Diaz and Maria Romo are the parents of

Juan Romo who married Maria Diaz (daughter of Juan Alonso El Viejo and Ana Diaz).

They are the parents of Pedro Romo who traveled to new Spain in 1594

the area where Pedro Romo is from is part of Rielves , Toledo
 https://www.familysearch.org/en/tree/person/memories/2MS7-VRX

Pedro is most likely a cousin of Diego Romo and Luis Romo.

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Hello Erik,

Here are some more documents that may provide more puzzle pieces:


Informaciones genealógicas de Juan García Rosado, natural de San Juan del Puerto (Huelva), pretendiente a familiar del Tribunal de la Inquisición de México, y de su mujer María Romo, natural de Rielves (Toledo)

S supplied title:

Informaciones genealógicas de Juan García Rosado y de María Romo, su mujer

reference number:

INQUISICIÓN,1277,Exp.38

date of formation:

1628

level of description:

Unidad Documental Compuesta_en

reference code:

ES.28079.AHN//INQUISICIÓN,1277,Exp.38

https://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/description/1551676?nm

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Pedro Perez 1569

Expediente de concesión de licencia para pasar a Nueva España a favor de Pedro Pérez, vecino de Rielves, que va a México, donde están sus primos Luis del Rincón y Alonso Romo  Mateo Romo

https://pares.mcu.es/ParesBusquedas20/catalogo/description/438983

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Proceso criminal de Alonso Romo, familiar del santo oficio, natural y vecino de Portillo de Toledo, a instacia

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Saludos Erik,

Hello Erik,

I applaud your focus on the De Vivar (de Bibar) family as most other searches have focused primarily on the Romo surname.  And most searches have focused on the name Diego Romo, as the name Diego is repeated often in each family in Spain, and the name Diego Romo de Vivar is repeated in Nueva Galicia. But the name Pedro is also repeatedly found in Spain and Nueva Galicia, which leads me to the following question:

Can you add any information on Pedro de Bibar (de Vivar) and his wife Catalina Romo (daughter of Pedro de Vivar is from Fuensalida that are mentioned in the document you provided?  Is this Pedro de Vivar and Catalina Romo  the same couple that you mentioned earlier. 

Pedro Rincon de Ortega is named as Diego Romo de Vivar’s uncle.   It is most likely that Pedro is a “tio abuelo” as Pedro’s parents are Francisco Rincon de Vivar y Romo and Maria de La Vega. Pedro Rincon’s paternal grandparents are Luis Rincon and Maria Romo. I believe that this Maria Romo the

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In many cases where someone is illegitimate someone in the family tries to hide that fact and makes up a different family connection. Many years ago I shared the following information based on a primary source, a will, that clearly identifies  Pero (Pedro) Gonzalez de Alcocer is his father. Fernando Diaz de Alcocer is the grandfather to Jurado “Diego Diaz de Alcocer”.

 No hay dos Jurado Diego de Alcocers, pero si hay dos Diego de Alcocer. Fernando de Alcocer si tuvo un hijo Diego de Alcocer que murio joven. El padre de Jurado Diego de Alcocer es el Doctor Pero (Pedro) Gonzalez de Alcocer.

I find Diego de Alcocer listed as a son to Fernan Diaz de Alcocer as passing away at a young age, way too young to have left descendants.


Later on when the family all of Fernan’s children are recorded in a document you don’t find Diego’s name there because he had already passed away.    The other Diego Alcocer is from an illegitimate relationship that his son the priest had.

The source where I had picked

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I uploaded the dossier here: Diego Pérez de Vivar | Nuestros Ranchos Site

Images 8 and 9 contain a list of relatives. 

8, at the bottom says: "Tía hermana de su padre de Diego Pérez que murió en Indias es Catalina Pérez, casó con Diego Alonso Fernández, familiar en Rielves..."

9, continues: "...hijo de los dichos de Diego Alonso y Catalina Pérez, Diego Alonso Fernández, familiar en Rielves y de Madrid donde está casado". 

Consequently, the existence of Diego Romo de Vivar Pérez is disproven by these records also. The individual in question is actually Diego Alonso Pérez (Fernández), who served as a Familiar del Santo Oficio like his father and was established and married in Madrid.

Best regards,

Erik

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Thanks again Erik as your last post proves without a doubt that the two Diego’s aren’t the same person.  I did not have that information regarding the Diego being part of the inquisition and that he continued to live in Madrid so I mistakenly thought that maybe it was still possibly our Diego Romo de Vivar.  This hammers the nails into the coffin to that idea.

Rick A. Ricci

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Dear Rick and Austin,

It is a pleasure to reconnect. I am pleased that this has sparked further research, and I hope it leads to new findings.

Regarding the ancestry of Diego Romo de Vivar: we can no longer identify him as the son of Diego Romo and Catalina Pérez. The 1587 baptismal record previously attributed to him actually belongs to Diego Alonso Pérez, son of Diego Alonso (Fernández) and Catalina Pérez (daughter of Diego Pérez and Inés Gómez). Previous researchers mistook Aº (Alonso) for Rº (Romo).

I have developed an extensive family tree that incorporates the ejecutorias de hidalguía of the Vivar family, who were Mozárabes from Toledo, tracing back to the progenitors Rodrigo de Vivar and Juana Gómez de Alarcón. We must proceed carefully; the Romo family relations are exceptionally complex and frequently intersect with the aforementioned lineages. For instance, Diego Pérez (husband of Inés Gómez) was the brother of Juan de Fuentes, who married Inés del Rincón. As you noted Rick, and

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Thank you very much Erik for your research into the Romo family.  It is with great pleasure that I read your notes on your research as it coincides with my research into the Romo family. No contradictions from my research at all.   The only question that was not in my notes at all was the possible family connection Alonso de La Fuente and Diego Romo.

  I would like to point out that a Diego Alonso was a neighbor in conflict with Diego el Romo so maybe researching the conflict between them may possibly disclose a family connection between them.  Or at least identify exactly where they lived. You can find the document in PARES.

And don’t forget to keep an eye out for Pedro el Romo Velasco as he came over in 1585 and I have a feeling that he is also part of the family tree.  


Thanks again for your research into my Romo family.  

Rick A Ricci
 

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Erik, muchas gracias por compartir estas nuevas gran informaciones. !Estoy muy agradecido por el trabajo de Jorge Barba, Manny Diez y de Usted!

Un cordial saludo,

Austin Pérez

 

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Saludos Erik,

When you brought up the issue of saying that you have confirmed brother and not brother in law I immediately thought of a book that I am writing on a famous person whose ancestry has been up for debate for centuries.  

While looking for my ancestors I came across the true ancestry and began researching and writing about his family over 20 years ago.  I had over 200 pages written when someone else wrote a book with a different twist than my ancestry for him.   I was dumbfounded and wondered how all of my research showed a certain ancestry while this other book showed a different ancestry for his mother.  I did even more research and my research confirmed my findings while this other author put out another book where he doubled down on his findings.  And his findings hung on the word “brother”.  It wasn’t until Steven Francisco Hernandez Lopez, a genealogist that I greatly admire, made a mistake in putting a family tree together because a brother in law had been called

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Thanks for sharing Erik the clarification regarding that baptismal record of Diego.


Diego Romo and Juan Romo are brothers.


Juan Romo is the father of Maria Romo that married Pedro Rico.  (Pedro Rico is the son of Juan Martin Rico and Marina Gomez).

Pedro Rico and Maria Romo are the parents of Juan De Fuentes who married Ynes Fernandez daughter of Isabel Fernandez (Hernandez) and  Pedro Hernandez del Rincon

Juan de Fuentes and Ines del Rincon are the parents of Rafael Rincon 

Going back to Juan Romo’s brother Diego Romo we know that this Diego Romo was also referred to as Diego Romo el Viejo as there was a long string of “Diego Romo”s in the family.  

Diego Romo el Viejo’s son Diego Romo was also known as el moço


Diego Alonso Romo had more children.  In this post I am only identifying two of his sons, Diego Romo el Viejo and Juan Romo. Another son  of Diego Alonso Romo’s also has descent in what is now Los Altos de Jalisco. The reason for only identifying two lines right now is to confirm what

Who is Teresa Salazar (cc Antonio Beloso de Sotomayor)?

At this point, our family is descended from almost every child of Simon Báez (c1630-1659) and Maria de la Cerda (c1633-aft1690).

Our most recently discovered Báez ancestor is Ignacio Báez de la Cerna:

1st generation - Ignacio Báez de la Cerna (c1658-????) cc Juana Gutiérrez de Mendoza (c1661-????)

2nd generation - and then Ignacio and Juana's son, Francisco Báez (c1680-1702) cc  24 Aug 1701 to Catalina/Catharina de Salazer alias Beloso/Veloso, daughter of Antonio Beloso de Sotomayor and Teresa de Salazar, all Espanoles.

But who is Teresa de Salazar?

Sebastian Lopez Ramirez and Luis Lopez Ramirez were not brothers

Many genealogists have Luis Lopez Ramirez and Sebastian Lopez Ramirez as brothers because Jaime Holcombe incorrectly  stated in his cartas that they were brothers.  They have even put this false information on wikitree and stated that it was a fact.  These two men are related through marriage, but they aren't brothers. I won’t go into how they are related by marriage here in order to not confuse the issue as my intent here is to show that they aren't brothers.

Luis Lopez Ramirez is the son of Luis Lopez and Isabel Sanchez.  This Luis Lopez Ramirez is married to Catalina Rubio, daughter of Pedro Hernandez and Maria Rubio.

Sebastian Lopez Ramirez, aka Sebastian Ramirez, is the son of Andres Lopez and Isabel Ramirez, and Sebastian’s wife, Ana de la Cueva aka Ana de la Cueva y Sandoval, is the daughter of Pedro Garcia de la Cueva and Maria Teresa Sandoval (Pedro is the son of Alonso Hernandez de Rebollar and Maria Hernandez de la Cueva).

Andres is the son of Alvaro Lopez and Catalina Lopez.

Al

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I and others have researched primary sources from which we share our findings in WikiTree and in this forum. I understand that errors or incorrect assumptions are made and to that end I welcome and appreciate suggestions for improvements and corrections to information that I provide. I would also like to add that I am indebted to past researchers like Jaime Holcombe who provided the foundation from which we can add to. In regards to the information that you have provided in your post, I would greatly appreciate it if you could provide sources (aside from Jorge Barba's book) that confirm the following:

  • Luis López Ramírez is the son of Luis López and Isabel Sánchez.
  • Sebastián Ramírez is the son of Andrés López and Isabel Ramírez.
  • Ana de la Cueva is the daughter of Pedro García de la Cueva and María Teresa de Sandoval.
  • Andrés López, married to Isabel Ramírez, is the son of Álvaro López and Catalina López.
  • Catalina López, wife of Álvaro López, is the daughter of Juan López and Inés López.

Un

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Hello Austin,

I haven’t ignored your requests.  I have been working hard, and having success on other projects,  that I am squeezed for time. I will be gathering the information you request and provide it to you by the end of this coming week. 
 

Later I will look for the list I have of four other errors that I have seen on wikitree. I don’t recall right now where I put that list. I made that list when someone else asked me about errors that I had seen on wikitree. 

I do recall that one of the mistakes that is on wikitree is the Sotelo lineage.   You have the wrong Antonio Sotelo.  You have listed the Conquistador Antonio Sotelo. 
The right one is his second cousin that is also named Antonio Sotelo.  Capitan Antonio Sotelo, not the conquistador. Their paternal grandfathers are brothers. You can thank Erik Andres Reynoso Marquez for this find. You can read about the correct lineage in our discussion at http://nuestrosranchos.org/node/24926.   

Part of the ancestry of the Antonio Sotelo

Indios

Hello everyone!

Can anyone direct me to resources available in print or online, that specifically addresses the Tlaxcalan and Otomi families of Las Lagunas, Buenavista and the Pueblo de Moya?

I purchased and read Mario Gómez Mata's book, INDIOS, but it reads more as an historical narrative of the pueblos - which it is - but not as a genealogical work. 

The majority of our Indio ancestors are Tlaxcala and Otomi and from very specific families: Rhea, Hernández del Aguila, San Joseph, de Luna y Tapia, etc. 

Has anyone compiled the genealogies of the founding and early families of the Pueblos in Lagos de Moreno? 

I'm trying to document our ancestors from Moya and Buenavista, but it's like pulling teeth to trace them prior to 1660 or so, with all the surname changes. 

In one document, someone may be named Pedro de la Cruz and another, he's Pedro Hernándes, and then in a third document, he'll be called, Pedro del Aguila. It's a very tedious process, and I don't want to reinvent the wheel here if

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Hello, 

I hate that you took offense from a sincere request for advice when tracing the Indigenous Mexican ancestry of my family.

The title of my post was referencing Carlos Gómez Mata's book "Lagos Indios." I neglected to include the "Lagos" part in my haste.

I also used the term "Indios" when referencing my family's ancestors, because the parish records concerning them, specifically note them as such - without any national affiliation. That was the entire point of my post: determining national identity of colonial-era Indigenous ancestors beyond the casta designation: Indios. (Not referencing any modern population as such.)

On that subject, you mention that "settler colonial records refer only to Indigenous peoples as 'Indios.' " Not entirely, I've found many references to national affiliation in early settler records. In several, our ancestors are referred to as "Otomites" (Otomi). In others I've seen Indigenous people cited and identified as "Chichimeca."

I also read over my post and

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Hola Travis!

I know that the settler colonial records refer only to Indigenous peoples as "Indios" but this is a very offensive term for many Indigenous peoples or personas Indigenas o de pueblos originarios. Also, Indigenous law experts use the capital I for Indigenous. As we know better, we can do better. May I please ask that you refrain from using the term, "Indio" unless you are citing the language listed in a colonial record. As a person of Indigenous descent on my mother's side (Mexico) and my father's said (Cherokee), I would appreciate it if this space doesn't use offensive terminology when speaking about us. Thank you!  

Origin of Francisco Magdaleno/Madaleno cc Elvira de Mendoza?

Happy New Year To All!,

Did we ever get to the bottom of the origin of Francisco Magdaleno/Madaleno cc Elvira de Mendoza? If not, I may have found another clue in the recently released treasure trove of the Morelia archives:

Petricion de Gonzalo Fernandez de Abrego para recibir herencia de su madre - Beatriz de Talavera. (Morelia - 1602)

In this petition we find out that Gonzalo is the son of Andres Fernandez de Abrego cc Beatriz de Talavera. Furthermore, we have testimony from a couple of interesting witnesses: Francisco Magdaleno, who declares that he's the uncle of Gonzalo. This given that Gonzalo is the son of his sister Beatriz de Talavera!. Furthermore, we have another testimony from Geronimo Magdaleno de Mendoza who testifies that he's a "primo hermano" to Gonzalo. This would be the same Geronimo who was the son of Francisco cc Elvira de Mendoza. 

I think this is a very interesting clue into the origins of the Magdalenos/Madalenos of Michoacan and Jalisco. In looking for more clues

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After doing some more searching, I found the Header and Footer of the last will and testament of Franciso Madaleno!

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSKV-DSM1-9?view=fullText&keywords=Madaleno&lang=en&groupId=M9Z2-XDQ

The crazy thing is that it contains the parents of Francisco! I read their names as Gonzalo Fernandez Madaleno and Maria (I think "Gutierrez or Fernandez" in abbreviated form?), "difuntos vecinos que fueron de la Ciudad de Mexico..." As a bonus it also contains confirmation that Diego Madaleno was his brother. With this we now know Francisco's parents as well as two siblings, Diego Madaleno and Beatriz de Talavera!

 

Daniel

 

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Enhorabuena, estimado Daniel!

Qué gratas noticias iniciando el año. Gracias a tu hallazgo, se puede determinar que María es María Hernández, nacida hacia 1508 porque tiene 30 años cuando testifica en el juicio de Beatriz González en 1538: "María Hernández, mujer de Gonzalo Hernández Madaleno, de 30 años"

Esto viene en la tesis doctoral de Da. Nora Olanni Ricalde Alarcón, Mujeres Fundadoras de la Nueva España... (Universidad de Granada. 2023).

Un saludo y nuevamente gracias por tu importante hallazgo.

Erik

 

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Estimado Erik:

Te agradezco sinceramente tus amables palabras y la valiosa información que compartes. Es muy satisfactorio confirmar que el hallazgo coincide con fuentes académicas.

Para mí es un verdadero placer poder compartir este descubrimiento, y confío en que contribuya, aunque sea modestamente, a seguir avanzando en el estudio y esclarecimiento de la historia de esta familia.

Recibe un cordial saludo y mi agradecimiento por tu atención y generosidad al compartir estas referencias.

Daniel

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Daniel, yo también te agradezco por el gran hallazgo. Gracias también a Erik por compartir nuevas informaciones sobre los genearcas de muchos nosotros, Gonzalo Fernández/Hernández Magdaleno y María Hernández.

Les comparto informaciones genealogicas de las cláusulas testamentarias de Francisco Magdaleno incluidos en los autos que nos comparto Daniel.

Un cordial saludo,

Austin Pérez

Valladolid, 2 de agosto de 1612: En el nombre de Dios, amén. Sepan cuantos esta carta vieren como yo Francisco Madaleno [Magdaleno], vecino de esta ciudad de Valladolid, provincia de Mechoacan [Michoacán] de la Nueva España, mayordomo que soy de la fábrica y hospital de esta dicha ciudad, hijo legítimo de Gonzalo Fernández Madaleno y de María [¿Hernández?], mis padres difuntos, vecinos que fueron de la ciudad de México, estando enfermo del cuerpo y sano de la voluntad y en mi juicio...

...dejo y nombro por mis albaceas ejecutores de este mi testamento a la dicha doña Elvira de Mendoza, mi mujer, y a Jerónimo