History, Culture and General Discussion

Ancestry recently changed the number of reference samples for ethnicity estimates from 3,000 to 16,0000, and as a result their estimates of a person’s ethnicity have become more refined.

I've just returned from walking the land of my grandparents with the surnames of Luna Herrera. It was breathtakingly beautiful. Of course, I was left with only tons more questions.

Hello Nuestros Ranchos Researchers,
I ran across an extremely unusual entry for 09/1859 in the Baptisms.
The September 2nd entry is not of a baptism at all, but refers to a celestial event.

I am in the process of researching baptism records on Ancestry from the Asuncion de Maria Catholic church in Aguascalientes.

Estoy buscando un libro que se llame:

UN MOMENTO EN LA HISTORIA DE MEXICO

Algien sabe donde puedo conseguir uno?

Gracias

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Hola primos,

My grandfather's grandfather Rafael De Anda who died in Oct. 30, 1867 in Encarnacion de Diaz, Jalisco was listed as an Alvitrista/Albitrista on his death record.

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The handwriting is on the

Can anyone trace the Marquez brothers (Francisco and Juan) who were with Cortes during the the conquest of Mexico in the 1520s to the families in Jalisco ?

I learned today from my aunt who attends the same church as Ronnie in
Claremont, CA, that he died on Tuesday, March 6 of cancer. He was 63.