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Hi Joseph:
Re: González.
The very first González in my line was,
Alonso González de Hermosillo, who was born about 1467 in
Heromosilla, Burgos, Spain. The González spelling was kept all the way
down to the 9th generation, where it shows up spelled:
"Gonzáles" At the same time the "de Hermosillo" part was
dropped. The "González" spelling shows up again in the next
(10th) generation and it remained that way in the family to the present
day.
I remember reading that in Spain, the names
were spelled with the "ez", and in Portugal with the "es". I believe that
most errors were made by the person writing the church records and interpreting
the names.
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Subject: [ranchos] Names 's' and
'z'/HOHOHO
This reminds me of a question I've been meaning to ask but
kind of forget every time I get to the key board. I guess its time (been time)
for me to start writing myself notes so i'll remember later [here's a
confession---I've been writing myself notes but half the time I forget to look
at the notes].
anyway what is the take on Gonzalez and Gonsalez
and Gonzales and Gonsales?
Since I've started studying genealogy I've
always been told not to get hung up on spelling, but that seemed to be coming
from the Anglo point of view. I tend to believe that we as well shouldn't get
hung up on spelling from the Mexican point of view. Do you all agree?
Reason I'm asking is that I seem to have read something when I first
started genealogy that either the the ending with the Z or the ending with the
S meant something like Jewish roots for folks of Hispanic hertiage: Peres v.
Perez
I don't know and don't really know how they can prove something
like that with a bunch of folks that "SEEM" to be spelling the same persons
name in all different possible ways. . .what does that mean that to one scribe
he was Jewish and to the next one he wasn't. Or is it as it seems to be that
certain ones weren't very literate and spelled the names
phonetically?
And since the Jewish subject came up does anyone know of
good resources for Askenazi (sp) Jews in Mexico. I seem to be of the tribe of
Levi (a priest) if my DNA indications are to be
believed?
joseph
ps: I hope you all have a Feliz Navidad.
I wish we lived close by because we could have a great party couldn't we.
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