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Testamento 2

estamento.

Zacatecas, 17 de mayo1673. María de Chirriaga, vecina, hija legítima del capitán Martín de Chirriaga, y Ana de Zavala, difuntos, vecinos fueron de esta ciudad, y ella originaria de la misma. Otorga testamento y declara por su hermana a Ana de Chirriaga legítima mujer de Juan Cenlargo, pide que se funde una capellanía y capellanes sus sobrinos Martín y Andrés de Chirriaga, hijos legítimos de su hermano Martín de Chirriaga difunto y de Francisca Rendón. Albacea el bachiller Nicolás… Continue

Added by Salvador Cabral Valdes on February 22, 2010 at 3:06pm — No Comments

Testamentos 1

1 Testamento.

Zacatecas, 1 de agosto 1659. El capitán Martín de Chirriaga, vecino y minero. Hijo legítimo de Pedro de Chirriaga y María Martínez de Sanobre, difuntos, vecinos fueron de la villa de Hernani en Guipúzcoa, de donde es originario.Otorga testamento y declara que tuvo en arrendamiento la hacienda de minas de Juan Guerrero Villaseca. Tiene una estancia de ganado mayor, llamada Buenavista. Y su hacienda de minas con 3 molinos, 100 mulas. Su cuñada Matiana de Zavala, mujer de Pedro… Continue

Added by Salvador Cabral Valdes on February 22, 2010 at 3:05pm — No Comments

Algo de los Muro de Aguascalientes, Zacatecas, y Jalisco

tenemos a Pedro del Muro y María de Chirriaga. Pedro y María tuvieron seis hijos, todos bautizados en la Parroquia de la Asunción de Aguascalientes:

Christobal del Muro, bautizado 16 Sept. 1663 en Aguascalientes. Contrajo matrimonio con Gertrudis de Avila Medina, hija legítima de Cristobal de Medina y María de Avila (Gertrudis tomó el apellido de su madre).

Francisco del Muro, bapt. 16 Ene. 1665 en Aguascalientes.

Luisa del Muro, bapt. 05 Abr. 1666 en Aguascalientes.

Pedro… Continue

Added by Salvador Cabral Valdes on February 22, 2010 at 3:04pm — No Comments

BLA DE JESUS DE PALOS Pedigree Male Family Event(s): Birth: Christening: Death: Burial: Marriages: Spouse: MA. LEONARDA HERNANDES Family Marriage: About 09 FEB…

BLA DE JESUS DE PALOS			Pedigree
	Male…

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Added by Salvador Cabral Valdes on February 22, 2010 at 2:38pm — No Comments

Descendent of George Lapp from Blankenheim Germany

Looking for descendents of George Lapp who migrated from Blankenheim Germany to USA approx 1863?.
olesparky45@gmail.com
Jim Lapp

Added by Jim Duane Lapp on February 22, 2010 at 8:36am — No Comments

Additional thoughts on the revolutionary challenge of New FamilySearch

New FamilySearch

(NFS) is

much more than a simple database of names, it is a revolutionary way of

presenting genealogical information that has far reaching and even

revolutionary consequences to the way family information is stored,

displayed and maintained. One aspect of the program (if you can call it

that) is the extensive help system.… Continue

Added by James Tanner on February 22, 2010 at 8:29am — No Comments

The revolutionary challenge of New FamilySearch

Sometimes it take a year or two (or more) for the nature of a major

change to become evident in any human activity. Genealogy has always

been a very narrow and some-what esoteric study. But now, FamilySearch's

New FamilySearch

(NFS)

database constitutes a revolutionary challenge to… Continue

Added by James Tanner on February 21, 2010 at 10:12pm — No Comments

Family Tree Connection - Update (21/Feb/2010)

Family Tree Connection has added the following genealogy items to its database:

Highland Park Presbyterian Church 1929 Year Book - Year Book and Church Directory of Highland Park Presbyterian Church, Laurel and Linden Aves., 1929. Rev. Frank Fitt, Minister.

The GEM Dance Folio for 1916 - Containing all the Year's Song…

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Added by Illya Daddezio on February 21, 2010 at 5:40pm — No Comments

Chronicling America Website, part 2

Four John Dominises-

Governor John Owen Dominis was the son of Captain John Dominis, the sea captain who brought his Boston born wife, Mary…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on February 21, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

Reccord Search adds records from Norfolk, England and Paraiba, Brazil

The newest addition to FamilySearch's Record Search are the Norfolk, Church of England Parish Registers

from 1538 to 1900 and the Brazil, Paraiba region Civil Registrations from

1870 to 2006.

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Added by James Tanner on February 20, 2010 at 3:42pm — No Comments

52 Weeks to Better Genealogy – Google Maps

This week’s challenge from Amy at WeTree is to play with Google Maps, a

“a helpful tool for determining the locations of addresses in your

family history.” My genealogy software uses Google Maps to map all the

locations for each individual within the database, so I’ve never gone

straight to Google Maps and used it [...]… Continue

Added by Tonia Kendrick on February 19, 2010 at 5:24pm — No Comments

Thomas Young Hemphill McEntire

I found an interesting biographical sketch on my 4x great-grandfather.

(Google search is truly an amazing thing). I knew that he had

immigrated from Ireland, but the additional information is where the

gold lies. He was the second sheriff in Burke County, North Carolina

and was a member of the North Carolina legislature in 1802.

For [...]… Continue

Added by Tonia Kendrick on February 18, 2010 at 5:05pm — No Comments

Add to Surnames

How to I add the list of our Surname, Swartwout, Swarthout, Swartout, Swartwood, Swarthwood, Swathwood, etc to the Surname list

Kathy Hastings Hoeldke

Added by Kathy Hastings Hoeldke on February 18, 2010 at 2:52pm — No Comments

Weekly Updates for 2010-02-17

RT @LisaCooke: Had a blast talking with Lisa Kudrow about WDYTYA!

Listen to the exclusive interview on Valentine’s Day. Podcast episode

81. #

The death certificates I ordered in November FINALLY came yesterday. #

Updated old blog post – SNGF – Most Recent Unknown Ancestor – with newly found information. http://ow.ly/176hj #

Very nice! RT @InnerCompass: It feels good [...]… Continue

Added by Tonia Kendrick on February 17, 2010 at 4:44pm — No Comments

Does your family tree have "Gaps of Unusual Size"?

Most of us have them. If we could explain them or even get rid of them, we would have greater success in our family tree research.

Unexplained gaps can be the reason for your family tree's brick wall. There are many kinds of gaps to look for. Some gaps can be explained, others cannot. If left unpursued, we may never uncover the "full truth" about the family. Below are some examples.…

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Added by Geoff Rasmussen on February 17, 2010 at 11:24am — No Comments

More comments on Back to Basics on Genealogical Research

I know it isn't his original quote, but Val D. Greenwood says, "A good cookbook does not make a good cook." (Greenwood, Val D. The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy.

Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Pub. Co, 2000). Neither does good

genealogical instruction… Continue

Added by James Tanner on February 16, 2010 at 6:18pm — No Comments

Kendrick Census Record Break-Through

I finally found some Kendrick census records. The lack of documentation
has been really frustrating, because I knew these people had lived in
Murray County, but I simply couldn’t find them. Bad spelling and fancy
handwriting were the sources of my problems. . .

Read more here.

Added by Tonia Kendrick on February 16, 2010 at 5:09pm — No Comments

Chronicling America Website and Hawaiian Newspapers

According to fellow genealogy blogger, Randy Seaver, “Genealogy Research is like a box of chocolates- you never know what you’re going to find….” Well, Randy, not only do I like your quote, but I like the Library of Congress “Chronicling America” website you wrote about last month.…

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Added by Heather Wilkinson Rojo on February 16, 2010 at 9:30am — No Comments

Winter 2010 Geneablogger Games – Recap Days 1 & 2

It’s been a busy weekend here at Tonia’s Roots. The Winter 2010
Geneablogger Games are in full swing and the competition is heavy.
Here are my standings:
1. Go Back and Cite Your Sources – 17 on Saturday and 33 on Sunday. Platinum Medal!
2. Back Up Your Data – have not competed in this event.
3. Organize Your [...]

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Added by Tonia Kendrick on February 15, 2010 at 3:30pm — No Comments

FamilySearch Record Search Update February 14, 2010

FamilySearch's Record Search

has just added 16 counties to the Arkansas County Marriages. It has

also published the Mexico Catholic Church Records consolidating all of

the previously separately published Catholic Church records from

different areas in Mexico. Records from… Continue

Added by James Tanner on February 14, 2010 at 2:03pm — No Comments