History, Culture and General Discussion

I'm reading a book titled Rivers of Gold by Hugh Thomas about the Rise and Fall of the Spanish Empire, from Columbus to Magellan.

Chapter 4 begins with the Genoese or Italian explorers and the influence on the Spanish crown. During the early 15th Century the Genoese merchants were dominant in Mediterranean commerce. The Italians were very influential to the Spanish crown as there also happened to be a sitting Genoese Pope, Pope Innocent VIII. whose ancestry was purported to be Genoese on both sides of his family.

I just wanted to ask the group, why are we doing genealogy? I have been asked ti give a talk about why we do genealogy? It has made me think, about why I started my genealogy about 30 years ago. And I just wanted to get, some more ideas or thoughts from the group members.

Estimados amigos quiero saber si se esta planeando una reonión de Historia y Genealogía en Los Altos como la hubo en Valle de Guadalupe en el 2008, me gustaría poder cooperar de cualquier forma y proponer sea en San Miguel el Alto y con una mayor duración y actividad académica.

Lately there has been a lot of activity on the list and when that
happens some start thinking of ways to minimize the amount of emails
received into their inbox. Well there are two options to consider -

My grandmother's name was Paula/Pabla Ramos Mascorro.
She had 12 sisters. I only have the name of one sister, Longina/Lonjina Ramos Mascorro, christened on March 23 1863 in Ledesma, Ojuelos, Jalisco, Mexico.

Just curious as to where, geographically speaking, your Zacatecas research is located/focused. Did your families move around frequently - i.e., were they in one place for more or less than 5 or 10 years, or for generations? My father was born (1912) at Hacienda del Astillero, SW of Valparaiso, off the Valparaiso-Huejucar Highway (Mex Hwy 44). His father was born at Hacienda de Santa Monica, Sain Alto (1879), his mother at Rancho San Mateo (1887; N of Valparaiso). There is a Santa Monica north of Sain Alto, but it looks pretty desolate on the Google map of the area.

Salvador Cabral Valdes sent me the following information for those that
were asking about the Llanos de Valdes:

Registro modificado de -Pedro de Llanos de Valdes-1382

Primera generación

A person outside the group would like any comments on this picture:
http://www.nuestrosranchos.com/node/17482 If anyone has any a comment to
share I'll send her your message.

Una persona afuera del grupo necesita informacion de este foto:

Hola amigos, desde hace tiempo quiero conseguir algunos testamentos para mi investigación genealógica y no se como conseguirlos, no se si ustedes me pueden proporcionar ayuda en este sentido.

Quiero conseguir el testamento de Francisco Gil, que murió en 1720 y que testó ante Don Baltazar de Aguilera. También quisiera saber donde y como conseguir memorias extrajudiciales, no se si existen todavía o no.

Solo para saludarlos y estar en contacto caballeros.

Steve, te respondi el ultimo mensaje, lo recibiste? Oye, pudiste ver la informacion que tengo de la familia Apodaca en la pagina de Nuestros Ranchos? Nunca supe si lo viste o no, lo agregué ya hace tiempo y creo que te informe mediante un mail. Avisame si lo viste o no, va?