History, Culture and General Discussion

Thank-you, Eduardo, for letting us know about the availability of the
Chihuahua Catholic Church Records. Maybe now I can once again take up the
search to find a baptism record for my great-grandmother, Maria de Jesus

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Subject: Somos Primos April 2009, 112th Issue Online 3
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 01:30:26 EDT
From: MIMILOZANO@aol.com
To: MIMILOZANO@aol.com

Click here: Somos Primos

The Chihuahua, Catholic Church records from 1622 - 1958 are now available online. I am sure that they are not all inclusive since many records from all the states of México where missed when originally microfilmed.

Monday, March 30, 2009

Dear Tomas--

I have been studying your family lines. I have three children for Don Jose Rafael VILLARRUEL and Dona Maria Antonia GALLAGA, the first of the three born about 1785. I do not have the other two wives for Jose Antonio Rafael VILLARROEL Castellanos, whose birth I was guessing was about 1755. I did not have his parents. Do you have parents for Don Maria Antonia GALLAGA?

Sunday, March 29, 2009

With the help of Eduardo giving me the dates and Microfilm numbers, I was able to find the following:

12 Feb 1748 (The date was not 11)

Jph Maria, Yndio de los Adobes, son of Jph. Antonio ARANDA y Mariana RAMIRES Godparents were Calletano ARIATA (Could not tell what was the surname--ARIATA is my best guess) and Micaela OAKZ (Could not tell what was the surname--)

Tengo magníficas noticias: Arturo ha determinado que el sitio de NR
necesita reconstruirse y ha emprendido el tremendo proyecto de llevarlo
a cabo. Para lo cual, NR estará fuera de servicio el viernes 3 de abril

I have great news: Arturo is taking the NR site down on FRIDAY, APRIL
3rd for at least 24 hours with the possibility of it being a bit longer.
He has determined that the site is in bad need of being rebuilt and he

Yo desciendo de algunas familias de Atotonilco el Alto, Jalisco a los que ya no les he podido continuar la linea mas atrás. Por ejemplo:

1.- Tomás de España y Luisa María García, padres de Francisco de España, genearca de la familia España en Tepatitlán, Jalisco. Debieron casar aprox. en 1720.

Tengo algunos ancestros en Cuquío que me gustaría compartir para saber si ustedes tienen información sobre ellos. Yo desciendo del matrimonio de:

1.- Felipe Ortiz con Juana de la Barrera; padres de Francisca Ortiz de la Barrera casada con Juan Velásquez Sánchez en Cuquío el 07 de enero de 1721.

Wednesday, Mar 25, 2009

Dear Eduardo-

I certainly agree with you about the sharing. I think that sometimes, people don't want to share because they are in the process of writing a book which eventually they will sell. I look forward to opportunities to share by giving talks, instructing others, volunteering at the local LDS Family History Center, etc. I always end up getting so much back in return and learning new ways to research.