Joseph,
You asked me for a list of places in Jalisco, etc where my research for Garcia-Cervantes has led me: Besides Encarnacion de Diaz and Lagos de Moreno in Jalisco, I see mention of a Santa Maria (jurisdicacion), Jalostotitlan [Jalisco] Teocaltiche [ditto], Tlaltamango [Puebla?], Canada de Agusin, [?]Jesus Maria in Aguascalientes, Rincon de Romos [Aguascalientes], Ciudad Aguascalientes, Hacienda de Santiago [Aguascalientes], Puerto del Marquez [Aguascalientes], Real de Asientos [ditto] Hacienda de Pavellon [ditto], Puesto de Maguli [ditto]. I am having a hard time, and have had when I was reading the messages on the Jerezano group on MSN, understanding why people kept talking about what Ranchos they were from. My father never talked about being from any rancho, just from the pueblos of Jerez or Tepetongo. I guess you or your parents have to be from there recently in order to understand. My father and my husband's great-grandfather left Mexico more than 100 years ago, and we grew up mostly out of the culture. Our Spanish was never what it should be. I always thought a rancho was a place out in the country where they had cattle, like a working hacienda. Here in the US we use the terms cities, towns, villages, suburbs, ranches--that's about it. In Mexico, besides ranchos, I see they use the terms colonias, ejidos, poblados, pueblos, a few others. I think Mexico has kept the old Spanish descriptions, but nowadays the places are more like villages, towns, and cities, no? When we went to Mexico City to visit my husband's aunt, she lived in an area of that city called a Colonia. To me that was like saying Beverly Hills, CA (a suburb of LA) or University District in Seattle, no? Emilie Garcia Port Orchard, WA
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