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Can’t Find Your Ancestors in Mier after 1925? Find out Why.

In 1925 a second Civil Registration was opened for the municipality of Mier. The southern half of the municipality now had their births, marriages and deaths recorded in Arcabuz, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Arcabuz, belonged to Mier all the way up to 1953. Now days it is located in the present day Municipality of Miguel Aleman and has belonged to it since…

1694 Church Death Record of Bernabe Villarreal in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

This is the 1694 death record of my wife’s 8th great grandfather of in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. This document indicates that he was a captain and that he was married to Ysabel Garza. She is descendant of his through their son Joseph Villarreal. From other records and sources we know that the parents of Bernabe Villarreal are Diego Villarreal…

1783 Baptism of Maria Barbara Rios in Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

This is the baptism January 20, 1783 baptism of my of 4th great grandmother Maria Barbara Rios in Montemorelos, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. This baptism record indicates that she was one month and one day old when she was baptized. Using the birthday calculator of my genealogy software I determined that she was born on Friday December 20, 1782. Maria Barbara…

1721 Church Death Record of Leonor Renteria in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

This is the 1721 death record of my 9th great grandmother in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. She died in January 26, 1721. She was the widow of Sargento Mayor Francisco de la Garza whom died in 1719. This document does not mention it but her parents were Jacinto Garcia de Sepulveda and Clara Fernandez de Renteria. I am a descendant…

1713 Baptism of Maria Ana Josefa de la Garza in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

This is the January 29, 1713 baptism of my 7th great grandmother Maria Ana Josefa de la Garza in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. The entry does not have a date but it states “En este mes y ano” meaning on this date and year and referencing the previous entry witch is dated January 29, 1713. Her parents are listed as…

The Leal and De Leon Project

The Leal and De Leon project is an ongoing work by Juan Jesus de Leon. Juan has been combing through the church records of Cadereyta, Montemorelos and extracting all the Leal and De Leon mentioned in those records. He has been compiling them into eBooks that are available free of charge to everyone. I decided, with his permission, to make…

1711 Baptism of Josefa Antonia Cantu in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

This is the baptism of my wife’s 6th great grandmother Josefa Antonia Cantu in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. She is the daughter of Joseph Cantu and Gertrudis de la Garza. She goes on to marry Joseph Manuel de Ayala on 5-2-1732 also in Monterrey Nuevo Leon. My wife is a descendant of her through her son Joseph Isidro de Ayala.…

How to Print 9 Generations of Your Family Tree on a Fan Chart

In this post you will learn where and how to print 9 generations of your family tree on a fan chart. It is free and very easy to do. Last Saturday I made a blog post at my DNA blog website dnatestingforgenealogyhq.com titled “Getting Started With X-DNA Genealogy Research“. On that post I shared a partial image of my family…

1712 Church Death Record of Joseph Ygnasio Martinez in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

This is the April 16, 1712 church death record of my of my 8th great grandfather Joseph Ygnacio Martinez in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. This record indicates that he was married to Ynes de la Garza. Through other sources we know that the names of his parents are Ignacio Martinez Guajardo and Maria Juana FLores Valdez. Cut out of Original…

1740 Baptism of Maria Guadalupe Garcia in Monterrey Nuevo Leon, Mexico

This is the April 22, 1740 baptism of my 6th Great Grandmother Maria Guadalupe Garcia in Mier, Tamaulipas, Mexico. Yup I finally found it, if you can recall from one of my previous posts “I just Deleted Two Ancestors“. I had problems locating her baptism since the information that I had, had her sisters baptism date instead. That is why…

1704 Marriage of Juan Flores Valdez and Francisca Javiera Abrego in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

This is the marriage of my 7th great grandparents Juan Flores Valdez and Francisca Javiera Abrego whom got married in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico back in February 3, 1704. The parents of Juan are listed as Miguel Valdes and Margarita de Cepeda. The parents of Francisca Javiera are listed as captain Juan de Abrego and Thoedora Guaxardo. It is also interesting…

1704 Marriage of Nicolas Rodrigues and Antonia Farias in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico

This is the image for the church marriage of my 7th great grandparents Nicolas Rodrigues and Antonia Farias whom got married in Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico back in December 31, 1704. They married at the Sagrario Metropolitano Church. I am a descendant of their through their son Miguel Rodriguez. Here you will also find a list of all their children and…

Defunciones De Cadereyta Jimenez N.L 1754-1763 y 1829-1840

Juan Jesus de Leon has once again released another eBook focusing on the Leal and De Leon last names from Cadereyta Jimenez covering the years of 1754 – 1763 and 1853 – 1889. His eBook focuses only on the death records where a Leal or De leon is mentioned. So if you happen to be researching either of those two…

Ana Torres Found The 1713 Baptism of Maria Petronila Cantu Flores

I could not locate the 1713 baptism of my 6th great grandmother Maria Petronila Cantu Flores. Eventhough FamilySearch had indexed her record I could not locate it. Last week I made a blog post about it titled “The Search for 1713 Baptism of Maria Petronila Cantu in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico“. I had the date of June 28 1713 but…