Re: [ranchos] garcia-ortega family

[Alicia Carrillo <alliecar@...>]

OK, I think your name is Joanna and if it's not I'm sure you will let us know. You start the way we all have started, asking many questions. You have to ask not only your mother but any aunts and uncles about a little family history. Where your ancestors have lived, names of relatives but especially grandparents and great grandparents if possible. Many times birth certificates list the grandparents so if you have any birth certificates for parents or grandparents you can begin there to get names, surnames and localities.

 

Once you have some names, dates and places you log onto www.familysearch.org. When this comes up click on the search tab located at the top of the page. Next you will see a form that asks for first name and last name. Fill in the names you know. In the slot below look in the drop down menu that says country and search for Mexico and click on it. You can enter as much or as little information of your choosing and if the database finds a name that's similar to your entry it will bring up a series of similar names with the applicable dates, events, and localities. Find the date, the event such as birth, marriage, death etc and locality.

 

Play with the site and try different name combinations, dates and locations just to become familiar with the website. Eventually it should take you to the IGI database for your specific area of research.  Good Luck

 

Alicia Carrillo

San Jose, Ca

 

joanna <annie517@...> wrote:

> ok, i have never done this and at the age that i'm at i would like 
> to find out more about my roots.my moms' name is maria concepcion 
> ortega,my dad whom i never knew,his name was jesus garcia who died in
> a 
> cave in guadalajara,mexico.I was born in ensenada,b.c.norte.
> my grandparents name were from my dads side -pascual garcia &
> adelaida 
> torres,from tepatitlan,jalisco from my moms' side refugio ortega & 
> hermenegilda quesada and i don't know where they are from because
> when 
> I was born in 1960 they were already dead.can you help me find out
> more 
> information?