Another Call for Your Genealogy/Other Thougts

[Joseph Puentes <makas@...>]

I count 10 folks in the "files" section that have sent in their genealogies.
Also Deena Ortiz has hers listed in the Links section of the site. A few
in the early days of the group send in some of their work in emails and those
people need to resend it to me directly so I can put it in the files section.
After all that that leaves a big pile of  you that haven't sent in your work.

I am no longer subscribing people without them committing in writing that
they are doing their own research and that they are willing to send in their
work. Some that have agreed to this recently have sent me nothing. 

I realize that some of you have soooo much work done that you probably don't
know what to send in. Here's my suggestion to get you started:

Just send me in your Straight Line Direct Line genealogy as far back as you
go. Just give me all the Great Grandparents names and their particular information.
. .remember "Location is Everything."  Later when you have time you can add
the very important fill-in info and auxiliary branches. That way we'll have
an idea of where you are working and who you are looking for. 

. . .I realize I'm kind of being a little pushy about this and in order to
hone the group into the RESEARCH monster that was my original intention I'll
continue to be pushy and eventually extreme. I'm determined that some of
us are going to find our way back to Espana (yeah and I'm really hoping I'm
in that group). 

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Other Thoughts:

I've noticed that those of us that have sent in our genealogies are kind
of stuck in the same place around the early 1700's or late 1600's. We are
finding that the information gets scarce and the wild and fun ride we were
on up to that point get slowed waaaay down. Now here is where some of us
are going to "give up" and be satisfied with what we've found and just let
it go at that. 

Others of us are going to put their heads together with other like-minded
individuals and try to figure out how we can get past those things that are
stopping us. I know for a fact that we (or at least I) need to start doing
some serious study on just the  history of those areas of Mexico. I'm talking
about reading books in Spanish and possibly finding ways of getting info
from some of Archives in Spain. Some of those padrones (census) are available
but only in the archives in Spain. One of those archives being the Archivo General de Indias (Seville).
Are you all using WorldCat to find whats available where?

Now maybe I'm just being optimistic since I'm such a new researcher (less
than a year at this point) but I just can't get past the thought that we
as a group can do a lot more than each of us as individuals. I just want
to find my way to Azatlan and to Espana and I want to do it with my Primos
(Ustedes). 

I'm sure there are others that have thoughts on how we're going to get past
our "temporary" walls. Another thing is that I'm sure that the Marriage Dispensas
are probably the answer for some of us making our way back to Spain. but
that info is soooo buried in a multitude of films (700+) in Guadalajara and
possibly other Diocese for some of us. One Idea I had that will take years
to accomplish is to slowly go through those difficult to read films and just
keep an eye out for our own people and for those of us in the group. If we
all do this maybe we can help one another. Yes I know I'm suggesting something
that is a lot of work and also something that is selfless. Maybe I'm being
idealistic and childish in my thoughts.  . .imagine us working as a team.
Imagine us working for the betterment of each other as group rather than
just only for ourselves. . .imagine. . .well I'm rambling and I'm tired and
I've got a cold and I'm going to bed now. 

I've said what I'm thinking and I'll continue saying what I'm thinking.

La gente Mejicana no se asuste de trabajo fuerte. 

Send me your work.

joseph