Re: Introduction of new member

["Arturo Ramos" <arturo.ramos2@...>]

I think this is your Victor and it looks like someone else is doing 
research on this family:

Victor Gonzales  
  Male     
Event(s): 
 Birth:  06 MAR 1855   Fresnillo De Gonzalez Echeverria, Zacatecas, 
Mexico 
 Christening:  
 Death:  30 JUL 1934    
 Burial:  
Parents: 
  Father:  Abraham Gonzales  Family 
  Mother:  Benancia Medina  


--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "ftworthtexgonzales" 
<TexGonzales@m...> wrote:
> Hi Ranchos Group Members,
> 
> I am Michael Gonzales and have a strong interest in the Gonzales, 
> Ayala, Calleros and Lucero lines in Zacatecas, Mexico on my
> father's side and the Ayala, Zamora, Ortiz and Moreno lines in 
> Michoacan, Mexico on my mother's side.  I was born in California
> and 
> am a transplant to Texas.  Most of my family is still in 
California, 
> up and down the coast.
> 
> I mainly use the LDS Family History Centers and the INS non-
> statistical records for Mexican border crossings in the 1912-20 
> timeframes.  I also us the US Census records for family 
> identifications in the 1920-30 period.
> 
> I am trying to find my paternal grandfather's birth or baptismal 
> records (Ramon Gonzales-31 August 1891).  I have birth 
registrations 
> for two of his brothers (Francisco and Julian) who were born in 
> Rancho San Justo, Zacatecas, Mex, but nothing yet on my Paternal 
> grandfather, Ramon.  I have not yet tried to look up records on my 
> great grandfather Victor Gonzales or my great grandmother Luisa.  
> I'm hoping to find any reference to where they were born and
> their ages at the time of birth of Ramon or his brothers and sister 
> so I don't get lost in a great chase.  The only thing I see in
> Julian
> and Francisco's birth registration is the names of the parents
> (Victor and Luisa) and grandparents (Abraham and Bonifacia).  They 
> don't contain info on where they (parents or grandparents) were 
> born.  It does make reference to La Vicaria de la Hacienda de 
> Obrega.  Anyone have info on that Hacienda?
> 
> I found a great resource in a book I ordered through my local LDS 
> Family History Center.  It's entitled "Diccionario
> Biográfico y 
> Geográfico", film numbers 1102587 and 1102588.  It was
> published in 
> about 1891 and contains loads of information about towns and names 
> that were of that time period.  It has some info on ranchos, but 
> only general names.  For example, I could not find Rancho San Justo 
> alphabetically, but I didn't look for others to see if by chance 
> others might be listed.  I have it on permanent loan and have found 
> it to be quite valuable as I go back into the 1800s .
> 
> Anyway, searching for my ancestors has been an exciting journey.  
> Maybe I can get some help from this group.  Please see my 
> website "AyalaGonzalesFamiilia" (run words together)under
> Yahoo 
> Groups.  I have several stories there about the lines I have been 
> researching.
> 
> Michael Gonzales