Re: [ranchos] NMSU filming archives of Sombrerete

[Alicia Carrillo <alliecar@...>]

Gloria,

 

Is this the only municipality in Zacatecas that they will be filming? Just curious as to why only this region and not others. Maybe someone at the university is from that area?

 

Alicia

gmccrary@... wrote:

> In my latest alumni issue from New Mexico State University in Las 
> Cruces, I found the following article:
>
> NMSU is filming the archives of Sombrerete, Zacatecas.  It will 
> take 2 years and produce about 200 reels of film. "The archive 
> houses little used, but incredibly rich documentation for the period 
> of the late 17th century through the end of the 18th century."
>
> Among the materials are the church sacramental records such as 
> the marriage records from 1738-1764.
>
> I am looking forward to the completion of the filming.  Many of my 
> ancestors came from Sombrerete.  Don Diego de Vargas recruited 
> many of his NM colonizers from this area.  Many of us from NM 
> trace our roots to this region.
>
> Gloria