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This is the August 26, 1756 death record of my 8th great grandmother Maria Josepha Leal, She died in what is now days Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. This document indicates that she was the widow of Captain Joseph Treviño.
Through other sources we know that her parents were Antonio Leal de Leon and Juana Josefa…
This is the 1668 death record of my 9th great grandfather Gregorio Fernandez de Tijerina in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. He died July 5, 1668 and his wife was Breatriz Gonzalez Hidalgo the daughter of Blas de la Garza and Beatriz Gonzalez Hidalgo. As for Gregorio I still have not been able to find whom his parents might have had…
This is the death record of my 9th great grandfather Francisco de la Garza in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico back in October 21, 1719. As the document indicates he was married to Leonor de Renteria. Through other records we have found that his parents were Blas de la Garza and Beatriz Gonzalez Hidalgo. If you are related to him let…
I am currently reading the book by Karen Gerhardt and Rod Santa Ana III titled “Images of America, Hidalgo County Texas”. I want to thank my friend Juan Lino Garza for lending it to me. If your family has deep or recent rots to Hidalgo County I highly recomend this little 128 page book. It contains information form the early…
The following is the transcription to the 1734 marriage of my wife’s sixth great grandparents Joseph Gonzalez Hidalgo and Maria Rita Guerra. They married in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. They were the parents of my wife’s 5th great grandmother Maria Ynes Gonzalez. The great thing about this document is that it lists both of their parents. The parents of Joseph…
On a previous post I wrote about the Starr County records available at the University of Texas Pan American. On this post I will let you know what records are available on microfilm concerning Hidalgo County, Texas.
The Following is what I found on their Catalog:
Publication Info. Austin : Texas State Library, 1990.
Description 43 reels
Contents…
Eight Generations of Vales and Sanchez and Consanguine Zamorano Curbelo and Trevino Families, is a very interesting family Genealogy Book. The author starts by describing how she arrived to Rio Grande City and then to La Grulla, Texas. Her story begins with her decision to get a teaching position in La Grulla, Texas back in the 1920’s.
I have yet…
