Nuestros Ranchos Test Site - DO NOT USE TO REGISTER

Backups:
Drupal Mid June 2025 backups of files were successful. Of note is that the database backups
over the last 2 months were not being populated with data, meaning the backup's were occurring,
but upon inspection, with no data. Essentially no database backups were occurring. The site was
not in any danger of losing data, because I also have image backups of the VPS occurring daily,
so if we had needed to revert to a previous database date, we could have.  The issue was with a
CRON job (automated task) that was failing to clean database logs, which caused the database
backups to fail.  The problem has been corrected, and the database backups are now working
correctly.

Production Version Updates:
The following website software versions were updated: Drupal updated from version 11.1.7 to
11.1.8. The Linux kernel remains at version 6.8.0-60. PHP was updated from version 8.3.20 to
8.3.22, and MariaDB was updated from version 11.2.6 to 11.4.7. The Ubuntu operating system
remains at version 24.04.2.

Estimados compañeros,

¿Alguno de ustedes tiene información que lleve a la localizaión del origen de Rodrigo de Pinedo, residente en Jerez y marido de Catalina Cid Caldera?

Agradeceré enormemente cualquier información al frespecto.

Un cordial saludo,

hfaizcorbe

Backups:

Drupal end of May 2025 backups of files and database were successful.

Production Version Updates:

The following website software versions were updated: Drupal updated from version 11.1.6 to 11.1.7.   The Linux
kernel was updated to version 6.8.0-60 (a short reboot of server was required). PHP remains at version 8.3.20, and
MariaDB remains at version 11.2.6. The Ubuntu operating system remains at version 24.04.2.

Testing - Drupal 11:

The test site is operating without any major issues at tstsite1.top.   

Alpha/Beta Testing - Drupal 11.2: 

Drupal rolled out version 11.2 alpha1 the week of 7 May 2025 and then 11.2 Beta.  11.2 Beta is loaded on our test site and is functioning properly: https://testsite2-do-notuse-or-register-here.nuestrosranchos.org/

Albums Update:

Does anyone have any information on Maria Velasco married to Geronimo Orosco in Aguascalientes in early 1600? Thanks for your help.

Downloads of latest NuestrosRanchos files:
I would encourage all in the tech group to occasionally (at least annually) download a copy of the latest nuestrosranchos files and
databases.   The backups are stored offsite 4 times a month.  This offsite backup site is called nuestrosranchos.net.  I have a guest
account setup to allow downloads.   To Login go to the following link:  main.nuestrosranchos.net:10000 

The login is:
Username: nrguest
Password: nrguest2025#    (Note: this was just changed for year 2025)

There are several ways to get to the nrbkups folder, where the NR files are stored. 
 

The easiest way, after logging into the site mentioned above is:
On left side of screen (in brown colored area), click on "Tools", and then in the same area click on "File Manager".
 

Then on the right side area (in white colored area), there are some brown colored icons. Click on the icon next
to the text called "Home".  

All,

Backups:
Drupal mid May 2025 backups of files and database were successful.

Production Version Updates:
The following website software versions were updated: Drupal was updated from version 11.1.6 to
version 11.1.7. The Linux kernel was updated to version 6.8.0-60 (short reboot of server was
required). PHP remains at version 8.3.20, and MariaDB remains at version 11.2.6. The Ubuntu
operating system remains at version 24.04.2. 
 

Testing - Drupal 11:
The test site is operating without any major issues at tstsite1.top.   
 

Alpha/Beta Testing - Drupal 11.2: 

Drupal rolled out version 11.2 alpha1 earlier this week.  I currently have it loaded at test site2:

Test Site 2 Link

The site appears to be working well, although I have not tested it completely. Once the alpha

version software bugs are worked out, the remaining schedule for releases is as follows:

Hi,

Somewhere I read that El Carrizal was located near Ayo but maybe there were other ranches with the same name in other areas of Jalisco (that is what I find nowadays in modern maps).  Does any body know whether it still exists or whether it/they became a town/towns?

It is just curiosity to know in which areas my relatives lived, it is not a matter of going to look for information.

Thank you for your help.

Belinda

I have been doing major research online from home and my local Family History Center in an effort to ensure a more accurate ancestor tree on Family Search for the Ruiz de Esparza family that originated in the Pamplona, Spain area. I’m aware that back in 2016 there were discussions here about this family, but am sharing my experience in case there may be something new and also, in the hope someone here may be able to assist me with questions I’ve encountered. 

The most challenging issue, my main priority, was correcting the extra generation that resulted from the creation of a record for Lope Ruiz Esparza b. 1500 as the son of Lope Ruiz Esparaza Espinosa b. 1510 and Maria Caparroso b. 1533. This record presented Lope Ruiz Esparza b. 1500 as the husband of Anna Maria Díez de Eguino b. 1522 with their child Lope Ruiz de Esparza Diaz b. 1569 (who is the progenitor of the Ruiz de Esparza line in Aguascalientes, Mexico.) Obviously, the son could not have been born before the father and mother!

Hello I'm a new member. My family is from Zacatecas Mexico. I'm am looking for information on my paternal line. Juan Estrada was in 1831 to Luisa Ramíres. His father is unknown and he died in Zacatecas Mexico on May 8th, 1863. I was just wondering were the Estrada last name came from because I thought at that time children took the mother's last name. So I am just a little confused about where the Estrada last name came from. 

Hello everyone, 

I'm hoping someone can help me translate what this document says. It's about Francisco de Covarrubias married to Isabel de Rodas. I can figure out a couple of things but was hoping someone with more experience could help me figure out what some of the words say. I attached the document. thank you!

I posted a comment on the previous topic "Lope Ruiz de Esparza 'el menor' is the 3rd cousin to St. Francisco Javier de Jasso," but since it was from 2016, I'm creating a new topic. I recently joined Nuestros Ranchos with hopes of finding more about the Esparza family that originated in Pamplona, Spain, among other challenges. I ran into Nuestros Ranchos while searching for documentation that verifies what is posted on Family Search. Does someone know whether the book mentioned by Rick A. Ricci in the previous topic has been published. If nothing else, the posts here have given me new resources to investigate. I'm happy to share anything new that I might discover, but there's so much here, I don't know whether I'll find more than what's already been shared.  

i would like to ask about a family dietary  custom 

My fathers Tia Abuela.. always got very nervous if someone ate 

Pork with any Dairy product.  Saying " it would make bumps on the Face ' and admonishing anyone who even considered it.. 

Could this be a handed down Jewish dietary custom. ?

eating a Pork Taco  with cheese is not something i've ever seen in Mexico, and i never have been so inclined.. it doesn''t see to go together. 

Has anyone ever heard of this ?

Hello! My name is Dana and I’m looking forward to learning more, and helping others to learn more about their ancestors. Back in the 1980s I learned how to create a genealogy chart when I took a Cultural Anthropology course in college. That started me on my genealogy research journey. The first step was adding extended family. There was no Internet, or simple way to gather the information, so I started the old- fashioned way by writing for copies of vital records, like birth, death and marriage and contacting family members. I especially focused on the older generations who I knew may not be with us for long. They shared treasured stories and photos.

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Does anybody have any information about who are the parents for the siblings Catalina Lopez and Diego Gomez Blanco from Teocaltiche from the early 1600s. I am more interested in the Catalina Lopez line than the Diego Gomez Blanco.

I think that Catalina Lopez might be related to either Catalina Lopez de Nava (Jeronimo Macias) or to Catalina Lopez de Portugal (daughter of Diego Gomez).

I am thinking more related somehow to Catalina Lopez de Nava (Jeronimo Macias) since,

1. Descendants have Lopez de Nava
2. Padrones from Santa Maria de los Lagos in 1669 possibly have her granddaughters (Maria Garcia and Gertrudis Lopez) and in 1676 (Gertrudis Macias).
3. A granddaughter of hers is named Maria Gonzalez (daughter of Francisco Prieto y Luisa Lopez). Possibly in reference to the Maria Gonzalez married to Francisco Munoz de Nava

I am thinking less likely related to Catalina Lopez de Portugal, and only thinking it as possibility since parent is named Diego Gomez.

Hey, My name is Abel Sandoval 

My dad was born in San Blas, Nayarit and his parents were Maria Martinez Llamas born in Union de Tula in est1928, Jalisco and Alberto Sandoval Ramirez I think born in Zacatecas in est1938.

I found my dads baptism paper with his grandparents and parents names:

Los papas de Alberto Sandoval Ramirez fueron Maximiliano Sandoval(creo Sandoval Tovar) y Socorro Ramirez(creo Maria de Socorro Ramirez Ramirez)creo que los dos fueron de Zacatecas. Im not sure how many kids they had but i found a record of a Julia Sandoval that was died shorlty after she was born in Feb 17 1943

Los papas de Maria Martinez Llamas fueron Zeferino Martinez(Martinez Ruiz) y Antonia Llamas(Llamas Arias) los doz fueron de Union de Tula, Jalisco.  They had 11 kids all are deceased. 

Hi folks,
It has been almost a year since I've updated the NuestrosRanchos mtDNA databse located here: http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/19799 (

Hola! My name is Jenn Ames and my paternal grandfather, Manuel Amezcua, was born in 1906 in Guadalajara, Mexico. I grew up quite close to my grandparents, however I never knew much about his side of the family or why he left Mexico when he did in 1926 and came to NY. I have been digging into the history of Mexico, primarily Jalisco, and researching every family member and associate I come across. Here is a little piece of what I've collected:

Grandfather - Manuel Amezcua (changed to Ames after coming to the US but not until the 1940s) born 29 Oct 1906

Great-grandmother - Maria Concepcion Amezcua born 6 Feb 1879 in Tala, Jalisco to Ambrosio Amezcua and Maria Eligia Ocampo. She married Porfirio Orozco (born 16 Sept 1868 in Zapopan, Jalisco) in June 1896, and they had 4 children together. Only 2 survived to adulthood and I have family pictures of "Tio Pablo" and "Tia Ana". Porfirio died in Feb 1905 in Guadalajara and their youngest daughter died the following month in Zapopan. I'm not sure when Concepcion moved to Guadalajara after that.

Oh si seme abia olvidado que ya abia encontrado el matrimonio de ellos. Bueno, el matrimonio dice que Nicolas Navarro era viudo de Ines de Robalcaba . Pero no lista los padres de Josepha.

Hello, I am looking for information about Juana Hurtado. I know her parents were Nicolas Navarro and Josepha Hurtado de Mendoza and that she was baptized on July 8, 1697 in Ocotlan.

According to the informacion matrimonial of my ancestor Emeterio Ramirez who got married in Michoacan in 1858 he was 38 during that time and was from Teocaltiche Jalisco. It also says his parents were Santiago Ramirez and Rafaela Ponce but after reading other documents I think his father was actually called Santos Ramirez. 

Most of the files from that era and place including surrounding areas in Jalisco are indexed but I actually checked them anyway and found nothing. Apparently the family moved to Michoacan at some point but the only one who returned or remained there was his sister Josefa Ramirez who married Juan Gomez in 1847 in Atotonilco el Alto, Jalisco. 

I don't know if I'm doing something wrong in my research, I dont have experience with this region so I would like to read other opinions on this brickwall. 

Alguien sabe como se veia el Capitan Pedro de Anda? Una pintura tal vez? Como fue su vida? De donde venia? Que barco? Sus padres? Beatriz Gonzalez de Castañeda? Sus padres?

Hello forum.

Hola a todos,

Perhaps some of you already know of this, in which case it’s old news, but for some time, FamilySearch has made available access to the padrones of Jalostotitlán, beginning in 1650 (of which those of the 17th century are handily transcribed and published in a series of books by Sergio Gutiérrez, which I highly recommend):

1650-1837 Jalostotitlán padrones: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9K7-WSZH?i=0&cat=2302…

And I just noticed the other day that they have finally uploaded the padrones of 1649 and 1689:

1649 Jalostotitlán: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHJ-27CL-ZCFL?view=explore…

1689 Jalostotitlán: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QHN-57C2-XSQP-H?view=explo…