I need some folks to look over this and and help out with the English of
this message. After I get that part resolved I'll be looking to get help
from those in the group that have offered to help with Spanish translations:
Thoughtful, Informative and Serious Messages
Genealogy is about the Life Events of our Ancestors. So when you send in
an email to the group please ask specific questions and give specific
information about the Life Events of your Ancestors so we might be able
to help you.
Note: DO NOT send in messages, examples given below, which can typically
be found on Rootsweb:
"Hi, I'm researching Jimenez, Sanchez and Gomez. Any help is
appreciated. Thanks in advance."
Or
"My Abuelito's name was Estevan Perez. Does this name ring a bell?
Please help."
These above messages give very very little information and should never,
ever ever be the kind of messages posted to a SERIOUS genealogical
research group.
Rather you should carefully consider the life events of your ancestors
and draw an outline of the information you have. Write down the
information you've assembled from talking to other relatives and then
from that information intelligently approximate some of the other life
events.
For example:
If your grandfather was born in 1876 and your father as the first born
was born in 1903 in Colotlan, Jalisco. They you could give an educated
guess that your grandparents might have been married sometime around
1902 or so and you can also guess that they might have been married in
the Colotlan area. If he was the 4th born then you can guess that they
might have had children every other year or so and that your
grandparents were married about 1894 or so.
So go through and assemble the facts and approximate the other life
events: births, marriages, deaths and by doing so your messages might be
transformed to these possible messages:
"Hi, I'm researching Jimenez, Sanchez and Gomez. These surnames come
from a rancho close to Santa Maria de Los Angeles, Jalisco called Las
Animas. Specifically I'm mainly interested in my Grandparents Gilberto
Jimenez born in about 1899 and Maria de la Luz Sanchez who was born a
few years before since family history would joke that Grandmother was a
little bit older than my Grandfather. Since my mother was 2nd born in
1924 I'm approximating that my grandparents were married about 1920-1921
and in the birth place of my mother: Santa Maria de Los Angeles."
Since my mother was raised in Los Angeles, CA I'm speculating that my
Grandparents might have came to this country in the between 1926-1929
and possibly crossing in Juarez/El Paso since there are stories about
them living there for a short time in the 1920's
Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance."
So please don't send in a message that is so general that it is nearly
impossible for anyone to help. Rather give lots of details and strive
toward the goal of being a serious researcher and getting help from
other serious researchers.
If you need help with determining if your messages are appropriate then
send an email to:
moderator@nuestrosranchos.org and we'll try to help.
Sincerely,
The moderators at nuestrosranchos.org