1817 Will of Juan Jose Dias Sonora Mexico
1817 Will of Juan Jose Dias from Sonora Mexico including information on his parents Clemente Dias and Maria Luisa Urrea and his wife Maria Ygnacia Escalante.
1817 Will of Juan Jose Dias from Sonora Mexico including information on his parents Clemente Dias and Maria Luisa Urrea and his wife Maria Ygnacia Escalante.
Minus Nuevas, Santa Cruz and Santa Barbara List of residents, with their weapons, from the ranches of Minas Nuevas and Santa Bárbara (Chihuahua, Mexico), for defense against hostile Indians, by order of Governor Mateo Antonio de Mendoza (Fondo Colonial AHMPFCC10002048).… Read More »1755 List of Residents Nuevas Minas & Santa Barbara
March 20, 1724 Record of the 50 Soldiers at the Real Presidio de San Phelipe y Santiago de Janos, Chihuahua, Mexico. (Transcribed from the Fondo Colonial Collection, AHMPFCC01002041.) Person #1 is Juan Bautista de Anza Sr., father of Juan Bautista… Read More »1724 List of Fifty Soldiers at Janos
Juan de Arbiso (Arvizu) a Basque Family in Sonora Sonora and Sinaloa were originally a part of the Spanish province of Nueva Vizcaya, established in 1562. Vizcaya or Bizkaia / Biscay is a province northern Spain, part of Basque country.… Read More »The Arvizu Basque Family in Early Sonora
1671 – 1674 Lists of soldiers in Durango are included in this Fondo Collection record (AHMPFCC01001006). In the city of Durango March 3, 1671 15 Soldiers Present: The list continues with soldiers as offered by Captain Don Juan Carlos de… Read More »1671-1674 Lists of Soldiers Durango Mexico
1711 Lists of Presidio Soldiers at the Real de San Jose del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico (Fondo Collection, AHMPFCC01001011). This area had significant silver mines during the colonial period. Captain Mathias de Leon y Herrera List of Soldiers in the company… Read More »1711 Lists of Soldiers at Real de San Jose del Parral
July 1714 Presidio de San Francisco de Conchos, Chihuahua, Nueva Vizcaya Testimony regarding the inspection procedures, troop assignments, and accounting of payments to the soldiers of the San Francisco de Conchos Presidio (Translated from the Fondo Collection, AHMPFCC01001013). List of… Read More »1714 Presidio de San Francisco de Conchos
1723 Record of the list of Soldiers at the Real Presidio de Santiago de Mapimi, Mexico during the inspection by Captain Gregorio Alvarez Tuñon y Quiroz. Transcribed from the Fondo Collection, AHMPFCC01002020. The Royal Presidio de Santiago de Mapimi was… Read More »1723 List of Soldiers at Real Presidio de Santiago de Mapimi
1723 Record of the list of Soldiers at the Real Presidio de San Phelipe y Santiago de Janos, Chihuahua, Mexico during the inspection by Captain Gregorio Alvarez Tuñon y Quiroz. (Transcribed from the Fondo Colonial Collection, AHMPFCC01002021.) The Royal Presidio… Read More »1723 List of Soldiers at Real Presidio de San Felipe y Santiago de Janos
Many people received DNA kits for Christmas and are now anxiously awaiting the results to learn more about themselves, their ancestors, and ethnicity. Others are seeking family members or to learn where they came from. Genetic genealogy is at the… Read More »Genetic Genealogy – How Does It Work?