Re: Raigosa/Raygoza

["Victor Villarreal" <vela_este@...>]

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "readysetgo95814" <mcortez@s...> wrote:
> 
> Hi Victor,
> 
> I've been reading this thread and I got a little excited when I saw 
> the name Rosalía Castañeda.  I have one in my family tree.  Her
> name is Juana Rosalía Castañeda, born 26 Apr 1740 in Teul de
> González Ortega, Zacatecaz.  She was the sister of my 5th great-
> grandfather Pedro Castañeda.  
> 
> Their parents seemed to have moved around the state of Zacatecaz a 
> lot because the last three children were born in different ranchos.  
> The last child, Josseph Antonio was born in Tlaltenango.  My
> Rosalía may not be the same as yours, but they might be related.
> 
> Maria Cortez

Thanks María,

As you know, this takes quite a lot of detective work.  Sometimes we have the obvious right in front of us and we don't see it, and sometimes everything seems to fall into place naturally.

Querying the FamilySearch databases is kind of tricky because of all the spelling errors or variants, punctuation marks and name abbreviations in the data fields.  One has to exhaust all the possibilities, including available filters, before giving up on a search.

I believe there's still more in it in this particular branch.  Do you have a file in the files section with the information you posted above?  Maybe I can find the relation between our Castañedas.

Victor

p.s.  By the way, I noticed your accented vowels and the letter "ñ" in your post.  Good!