By lunalatina1955 , 10 August, 2007

Arturo,
I can't be absolutely sure of course, but it looks like this may be a strong
connection to my family line. The "acta" that I have definitely states that
Pedro was from the Rancho de las Ranas, but I also have bumped into the fact

By chula801 , 21 July, 2007

Could anyone please explain to me the purpose of the
film info on the site? I'm not really sure what we
are supposed to do with it, but I assume it is
beneficial for looking up info? I'm sorry if this is

By mexicanfhr , 28 July, 2007

Recently, someone from the Ranchos group, emailed asking about the group that I have for all of Mexico. I just wanted to let everyone know. that the group is Mexicanfhr and can be found at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/mexicanfhr/ . So feel free to drop in and see there is anything that the group can offer, if you are researching outside of Jalisco, Zacatecas, or Aguascalientes.

By scooterpie1968 , 26 July, 2007

Hey Arturo!
I know you got help already on this, but i thought you might want to see the record, as well.

Let me know if you can view it (I hope)! I posted it here because I was thinking other people, like me, like to

By Mazatlan , 26 July, 2007

Thank you! As I have completed some 40 years and some 1700 ancestors and
descendents of my own line, i am attempting to asssist her in her line. Ysidro was
married three times, Apolonia was 3rd wife, they had three children, Antonio,

By lunalatina1955 , 20 July, 2007

Dear Maureen,

Have you ever been there? It is soo beautiful. It is also one of the few
places where Native Americans abound...El Valle is about 15 minutes from
Tangancicuaro...and the border between El Valle and Etucuaro is virtually

By makas_nc , 22 July, 2007

Films are being digitally recorded by the LDS library, but at this time
very few if any are available for the areas we research in Jalisco,
Zacatecas, and/or Aguascalientes.

At this time you can't access the actual films online but have to order

By Bill Figueroa , 21 July, 2007

Daniel,

I belive the compounded surname "Diaz de Tiscareño" began in 1659, when
Baltazar Diaz married Beatriz de Tiscareño. I don't know who Baltazar's
parents were, but Beatriz's parents were Luis Tiscareño de Molina and

By mendezdetorres , 21 July, 2007

Is anyone going to Salt Lake anytime soon? I will be starting school so wont have as much time to do research as I do in summer or vacations. I would appreaciate if someone is going that they could look up somethings. I need someone to look at Bautismos de hijos legítimos 1724-1747 - FHL INTL Film [ 640150 ]

By mendezdetorres , 21 July, 2007

Does anyone know if all the baptims are required to include the pat. and mat. grandparent's names? Or did it just depend on the preist. Ive only seen 1800's baptisms and always include parents, pat. and mat.

By kitty_cortez , 19 July, 2007

I have a request for a film look-up. We are looking for the baptism record of Magdalena LOPEZ Rodrigues born 22 Jul 1901. Mascota, Jalisco. Her SSDI shows 1901, but the vital records for Calif death records shows the birthdate as 22 Jul 1898. So if someone has Bapt. film # 1156173 for Mascota, Jal, I would appreciate a look-up. We don't know the parents names and just found out her mother's maiden name is Rodrigues. I noticed the Ranchos film database has 3 films from Mascota and I am hoping maybe our listing is not up to date.

By lunalatina1955 , 19 July, 2007

I have just returned from a trip to Guadalajara, and a small ranch known as
Nopalitos (near Arandas), as well as Zamora and surrounding villages.

I got some great pictures of refurbished hacienda (pictures will follow) for

By longsjourney , 17 July, 2007

I just posted my updated files on Rootsweb and need to warn anyone using them to know they are compromised. I merged FTM from my two different computers after I got a virus last year. It not only eliminated some records it merged families and gave spouses to the wrong people in the wrong states in Mexico. The only way I have of finding and making corrections if is someone contacts me about finding an error in a record, then I can correct it. I have over 40,000 names so it's impossible for me to find them all even though I am trying very hard to fix the problem without just starting over.