Re: [ranchos] Coyote

[alice wissing <alice_wissing@...>]

Folks,

 

I can't remember where I read this, but in some parts of Mexico the term Coyote simply meant a Mestizo, with the person not necessarily being part black.  It's probably safe to say that if a person is looking though records and seeing the terms coyote and mestizo used during the same time period, the coyote was probably someone who appeared to be part black and Indian.  In researching ancestors from Durango, I found that people who were born mulato or coyote often got a classification upgrade when marrying an Espanol.         

 

Alice

Joseph Puentes <makas@...> wrote:

http://www.familysearch.org/Eng/Search/rg/frameset_rg.asp?Dest=G1&Aid=&Gid=&Lid=&Sid=&Did=&Juris1=&Event=&Year=&Gloss=&Sub=&Tab=&Entry=&Guide=WLSpanis.ASP

[this is a might long link. if it doesn't work you might have to rebuild it in the URL window]

go to "Racial Ternminology"

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or:

go to www.familysearch.org and

go to "Library"

go to "Education"

go to  "Family History Library Publications"  [another time go to "Research Guidance" and do a search under "Mexico" For a wealth of info]

go to "Word Lists"

go to "Spanish Genealogical Word list"

go to "Racial Terminology"

and you'll see that "Coyote" means:

Coyote

Spanish (�), Indian (3/8), and Negro (1/8)

I was trying to find other references but wasn't able to find any. If anyone has a cross reference to the meaning of Coyote that would be great. I guess what I'm trying to say is that this is only one source of information and it would be safe to consider it but much safer to consider it in the light of another reference or two. Just like our genealogy when we see it once we have confidence but if we see the same couples over and over with other children we "know" we have it right. Never hurts and always helps to have multiple sources.
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keep the questions coming,

joseph


latina1955@... wrote:

In a message dated 3/12/2004 11:55:28 AM Central Standard Time, gmccrary@... writes:

The baptism
records for my family line have the children in one family labelled
as Indios, Mestizos and coyotes! 

What are coyotes?

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