General Digest, Vol 104, Issue 5

since I dont have relatives in those states I dont really care.

On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 5:11 PM,
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> 1. Opening up the group to Colima and Nayarit descendants
> (Juan Carrillo)
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> Date: Thu, 4 Sep 2014 22:27:19 -0700
> From: Juan Carrillo
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> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Opening up the group to Colima and Nayarit
> descendants
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> I have been a group member for a couple of years and have enjoyed the
> discussion on a number of topics. While I consider myself to be an active
> genealogist, I have been limited (with some exceptions) to exploring the
> areas of Tamazula de Gordiano and Ciudad Guzman, Jalisco. These Jalisco
> connections are my father's side. The other long strand of family comes
> from Sinaloa. That work is much like the work of Jalisco--mostly church
> records of baptisms and marriages.
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> My sense is that opening up to the other two states, Colima and Nayarit,
> will not produce great numbers of people because most 20th century
> immigration to the U.S. has come from the areas of Jalisco, Zacatecas,
> Michoacan, Guanajuato, Sonora and other northern states. The coastal
> communities of Sinaloa, Colima and Nayarit do not have as many descendants
> as the other areas.
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> The organizers of the site should have the greatest say in this as they do
> the bulk of the work. They are the ones who will feel any new work load.
> For me, I read the subject matters and decide whether I will follow the
> thread of the message or topic. It may be I do not use the site the way it
> was intended and I am unaware of the gold that lies beneath the surface.
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> Hay 'sta mis dos centavos!
> Juan Manuel Carrillo
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