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Yngenio Rascon, San Luis Potosí, Mexico: Birthplace of Great-Aunt Lupe Robledo

September 8, 2017 by Colleen Greene 5 Comments

Yngenio Rascon, San Luis Potosí, Mexico: Birthplace of Great-Aunt Lupe Robledo

I had looked for several years for a birth record for my Mexican-immigrant great grandparents’ oldest child Guadalupe. But I was looking in the wrong place. She had been born 155 miles southeast of the family home, in a place identified on her birth record as Yngenio Rascon.

People Referenced: Nieto Compean, Maria Hermalinda (1887-1974), Robledo Nieto, Maria Guadalupe (1910-1975), Robledo Sanches, Jose Pablo (1879-1937)
Applicable Surnames: Nieto, Robledo
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: births, employment, Mexico

Confirming the 1877 Marriage Date of 2nd Great Grandparents Silverio and Maria Jesus Sanchez

April 25, 2016 by Colleen Greene 1 Comment

Confirming the 1877 Marriage Date of 2nd Great Grandparents Silverio and Maria Jesus Sanchez

A couple days ago, I blogged about finding the Información Matrimonio (Premarital Investigation) record for my 2nd great grandparents Silverio Robledo Nieto and Maria Jesus Sanchez Carbajal. I mentioned in that post that an actual marriage date is not referenced in that record. This is typical for Información Matrimoniales; the marriage event is documented in a separate marriage record, the matrimonio. On Sunday, I found that matrimonio record!

People Referenced: Robledo, Silverio (b. abt. 1854), Sanchez, Maria Jesus (b. abt. 1853)
Applicable Surnames: Carbajal, Nieto, Robledo, Sanches
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: marriages, Mexico

Finding the Mexican Premarital Investigation Record for 2nd Great Grandparents Silverio Robledo and Maria Jesus Sanchez

April 23, 2016 by Colleen Greene 44 Comments

Finding the Mexican Premarital Investigation Record for 2nd Great Grandparents Silverio Robledo and Maria Jesus Sanchez

Locating the premarital investigation record for my 2nd great grand parents Silverio Robledo and Maria Jesus Sanches, married in the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. This record is rich in genealogical information.

People Referenced: Robledo Sanches, Jose Pablo (1879-1937), Robledo, Silverio (b. abt. 1854), Sanchez, Maria Jesus (b. abt. 1853)
Applicable Surnames: Carbajal, Nieto, Robledo, Sanches
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: identity, marriages, Mexico

Confirming the Names of Great Grandfather José Robledo’s Parents

April 16, 2016 by Colleen Greene 3 Comments

Confirming the Names of Great Grandfather José Robledo’s Parents

A series of four records breaks down a 16 year research brick wall, allowing me to verify the names of my great-grandfather’s parents through evidence analysis.

People Referenced: Robledo Sanches, Jose Pablo (1879-1937), Robledo, Silverio (b. abt. 1854), Sanchez, Maria Jesus (b. abt. 1853)
Applicable Surnames: Robledo, Sanches
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: brickwalls, California, identity, Mexico

A Hiatus, While Neck-Deep in Mexican Research

April 13, 2016 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

A Hiatus, While Neck-Deep in Mexican Research

Just when a massive new record collection comes out for Mexican genealogy, life gets in the way. I have made more discoveries in the last 5-1/2 months , than in all the previous 16+ years that I have been trying to research my father’s paternal Mexican line



Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: Mexico

Celedonia Robledo, the Mexico-Born Sister My First-Generation Grandfather Never Knew

November 10, 2015 by Colleen Greene Leave a Comment

Celedonia Robledo, the Mexico-Born Sister My First-Generation Grandfather Never Knew

A Mexico civil death registration record confirms that great-aunt Celedenia Robledo died at just 18 months of age, one year prior to the family immigrated to the U.S. She is the older sister that my grandfather never knew.

People Referenced: Nieto Compean, Maria Hermalinda (1887-1974), Robledo Sanches, Jose Pablo (1879-1937), Robledo, Celedonia (1913-1914)
Applicable Surnames: Compean, Nieto, Robledo, Sanches
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: deaths, Mexico

#52Ancestors: Celedonia Robledo, Discovering Another Mexico-Born Sister for My Grandfather

October 21, 2015 by Colleen Greene 4 Comments

#52Ancestors: Celedonia Robledo, Discovering Another Mexico-Born Sister for My Grandfather

A few weeks ago, while strategically perusing through Mexico Civil Birth Registrations for as-yet-unfound birth records for the two children born to my great-grandparents when the family still lived in Mexico, I made an unexpected discovery. I came across the birth registration for a third child born in Mexico–a daughter named Celedenia Robledo.

People Referenced: Nieto Compean, Maria Hermalinda (1887-1974), Robledo Nieto, Maria Guadalupe (1910-1975), Robledo Sanches, Jose Pablo (1879-1937), Robledo, Celedonia (1913-1914), Robledo, Refugio Raphael (b. 1915)
Applicable Surnames: Compean, Nieto, Robledo, Sanches
Filed Under: Colleen's Ancestors Topics: #52Ancestors (2015), births, Hispanic, Mexico

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