Introduction / Research Interests

Hello Everyone!

I've just joined the group; having found it through a couple of search engines.

I am researching my wife's family. Her maternal grandmother, Maria Eutiquia Escobar (b. 1883), is from Aguascalientes. Her ancestors have roots in Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes), Zacatecas (Trancoso, Pinos), and Jalisco (Lagos de Moreno). My wife's father's family (Lara) is from Guanajuato, as is her materal grandfather (Eutiquia's second husband, Juan Navarro).

Names in the family are Escobar, de la Torre, Macias, Perez, Gonzales, Pedrosa, Castro, Arias, Gallegos, Salas, Garcia, Martinez, Ponze, Salazar, Montoya, Cordova, Escoto, Quesda, Dias, Alons, Sandoval, Lopes de Nava, and Flores. Some families have been traced to the early 1700's, others to early 1800s/late 1700s.

Families from Guanajuato are Lara, Arevalos, Pulido, Saldana, Navarro from San Francisco del Rincon; and Navarro (again), Serrano from Romita/Silao. These families go back to the early 1800s.

I have not yet posted a gedcom, but plan to do so soon.

Note: I know only enough Spanish to pick out essential info from baptismal and marriage records, and know when to ask my wife to translate (she's fluent)!

George (gpf13)
Pleasanton, CA