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Lisa,

Have you looked or researched Nochistlan's records. They have extensive birth, baptism, marriage, death and census records for Rancho Lo de Carrera and Tenayuca Zacatecas.

You might want to order film # 1092601 for Nochistlan's civil birth records for the years 1909-1910. Remember that sometimes your relatives think they were born a certain year and they may have been born in or around that year. I always give it ± 10 years from the verbal date they give. You may want to check out Oficialia Toyahua which is near Tenayuca too, that would be film # 2245148 and it includes Births from 1871-1924, some years are missing but 1909 is included. It also includes Marriages 1875-1905 and some Death records from 1871-1920.
There are also 3 films for Baptisms for Nochistlan for those years, they are film #'s 0226696, 1907-1908,
0226697, Baptisms 1908-1909 and Baptisms 1909-1911, film # 0226698.

There are also Baptisms of hijos naturales de Nochistlan, 1902-1930, Film # 0226717.
If you need help let me know, we live very close to each other.

I think that about 30% of the records I view are from Tenayuca and Toyahua.

Alicia,
San Jose, Calif

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From: Lisa Gonzalez

Hello,
My name is Lisa Gonzalez, I live in Antioch California. I am researching my mother's side of the family; the Lopez and the Martinez families from Rancho Lo de Carrera, Tenayuca, Zacatecas. Most legal filings were made in Apulco, the nearest "big town."
My grandmother, Maria Guadalupe Lopez was born at Rancho Lo de Carrera in 1909. Her parents, Biviano Lopez and Crispina Martinez left Mexico soon after 1909 (family tradition says 1910) and settled in Morenci, AR. By the 1940s, most of the family had relocated to Los Angeles, or Oakland CA. I know the names of Biviano and Crispina's parents, but that's it.
I will mostly be using library, LDS resources, and the Internet.
I am extremely impressed and fascinated by the action on Nuestros Ranchos. I've been involved with genealogy for about five years and when I came across this site I knew I had finally arrived. I would appreciate any feedback.
I wiish you all a wonderful and fruitful New Year.