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On my mother's side I am the fourth generation to use the maternal suname.

Because my great grandfather was the product of rape.

Since 1858 our family has been proud to bear the name of the 14 year-old victim of that rape, Maria de las Nieves Porras.

Dear Alice:
EL ARCHIVO HISTÓRICO DE AGUASCALIENTES concentra documentación e información
desde el año de 1592 hasta 1930, y está dividido en fondos, series y
secciones. Aproximadamente un 70% se encuentra clasificado, todo está

Corrine,

Here is the link to Geneanet:

http://www.geneanet.org/?lang=en

Emilie Garcia
Port Orchard, WA ---

Hola a todos en el Sub-grupo Centro:

Hola Eddy, vi lo que mandaste de tu genealogia, y
yo tengo algo que discrepa con tu investigacion, y no
se si alguien pueda ayudarnos a discernir sobre que

Thanks so much for the information, Arturo. This affirms the need to search maternal names just as carefully. I believ I've read that it wasn't unheard of for a husband to take his wife's maiden surname, if she was the sole heir to land or fortune. Alice Blake

Hello Rose, Very interesting. I was wondering if these were working haciendas/ranchos in 1839, or pueblitos named for the former haciendas; and if the founders or owners were named. Thanks, Alice Blake

I have just upload a list of Haciendas and Ranchos from the 1839 Church Census of Asientos, Aguascalientes. There are some names that were hard to make out so I put question marks after the name.

http://www.nuestrosranchos.com/node/15101

Miembros de la familia Oñate vivieron en Aguascalientes. Doña María de Oñate
viuda de Andrés López de la Cerda, vendió en en el año de 1743 a Diego de
Medina y Lomas, una mulata esclava llamada Nicolasa de la O. El texto

Hello Arturo, I've researched the 1930 census for Villa Garcia and Vetagrande, Zacatecas. That was not church related, right? Or is this the same data. If it isn't, how do I acquire it? Thanks so much, Alice Blake

Everybody and anybody who is headed to Salt Lake next week, can you
please email me privately and let me know where you will be staying
and how we can get in touch? It would be nice to organize a Nuestros