Hello
everyone:
I'm the newest member of the group. My name is Susana
Leniski. I was born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico. I attended ?Universidad
Metropolitana? in Mexico
City where I majored in International Business. Following
my education, I worked for various US based firms in Mexico.
In 1990, I moved to the United
States following my husband?s career and have lived in
New York, Philadelphia, St Louis, and
Seattle. I
now live in Seattle, Washington.
I was introduced to Geneology thru my Grandmother on my mothers side.
She was the one who gave me the information to my first family tree. The
information that she gave me was invaluable. Because of my family
history, I specialize in Mexico and Spain
research from early 1900?s to the 1500?s. I have successfully traced
some family lines to the 1600s in diverse areas of Mexico including Queretaro, Zacatecas, and Mexico City. Other lines
have led to research in the Basque, Catalonia,
and Andalusia region of Spain as far back as the 1500?s
(Basque region).
I have acted as a Genealogy volunteer in the family centers in
Philadelphia and Seattle helping others with research and
translations of records in Spanish. This is where I normally do my
research. I have been a guest speaker in "Family History Expo's"
sponsored The Church of Latter Day Saints here in Seattle. I also make an annual trip to the main Library in
Utah.
I also travel to Mexico nearly every year to visit family, many times
for an extended time. During these periods I try to allocate time for
geneological research. In a few of these trips, I have researched historical
data at the ?Archivo General de la Nacion?, and ?Instituto Nacional de
Antropologia e Historia? in Mexico City.
Some of the surnames that I have reasearch in Zacatecas (Jerez, and
Tepetongo mainly) are: De la Torre (many lines), Carlos de Godoy, Salinas
(Family of Don Francisco Garcia Salinas "Tatapacho"), Escobedo, Salas, Carrillo,
Del Muro and Miranda. My family left the area around 1820, so my
reasearch in Zacatecas has been during the 1600's and 1700's. During this
period the majority of my data has been extracted from Church Dispensations
from Guadalajara (Sagrada Mitra- Arzobispado de Nueva Galicia). I will be
submitting some of these lines shortly.
I look forward to exchanging information with the group.
Regards,
Susana Leniski
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