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Tan lejos de Dios y del rey y tan cerca de las tentaciones impías
1568-1577

Thomas Hillerkuss
en colaboración con
Anais Karen Yareny Esparza Álvarez

$28

During the period of the vice royalty the handling of funds of the government and church was a sensitive matter. In the latter part of the 1600’s, Santiago de Vera, the president and governor of Audiencia, investigated the hospital of San Miguel. Click the image to see the index of names of people who appeared in that time during the investigation.

Pleito de mineros en Zacatecas
Siglo XVI

Eugenio del Hoyo Cabrera
$20

In 1949, Eugenio del Hoyo Cabrera found a document from 1592 in the supremo tribunal de justicia in the state of Zacatecas listing the names of miners and settlers who were there from 1558-1577. We find names like Juan de Tolosa, Diego de Ibarra, Cristóbal de Oñate, Baltasar, Temiño de Bañuelos, Andrés de Villanueva, and countless others whose names are listed in the index.

Ramas, Troncos, y Raíces – Familias Antiguas de México

Gregory Cosio

$36

Much valuable information is listed here that will give beginning researchers ideas on where to begin their investigations of colonial families who resided in various parts of Mexico. More often than not, people would settle in one area, then on to another making it necessary to look at various locations when searching out a family name.

Matrimonio en la Ciudad de México
1568-1577

Patricia S. Hyde Egan de Warren

$28

Diccionario Biográfico del Occidente Novohispano

Thomas Hillerkuss
A-C
ABAD, Antonio de through CUYAMEL, Pedro

$57

Diccionario Biográfico del Occidente Novohispano
Thomas Hillerkuss

J-L
J-L Anexos

JACINTO through LUZÓN, Pablo de

$59

Diccionario Biográfico del Occidente Novohispano
Thomas Hillerkuss

M-1: MACARIO, Alonso through MEJIA, Tome

M-2: MEJCANA through MYLE

Anexos:

Árboles genealógicos
Listado geográfico
Listado alfabético de los registros
Fuentes de archivos
Obras publicados, manuscritos y de internet

$142 for the set of three

Noticias genealógicas sobre familias del antiguo obispado de Michoacán I

Armando M. Escobar Obispado

$82

This book contains hundreds of previously unpublished colonial era records covering baptisms, marriages, and land grants, from 1700 to 1730, for families in Michoacán, Guanajuato, San luis Potosi, Colima, Jalisco, and surrounding areas. Click on the image to see the last names in this book.

Relacion secreta de conquistadores
1539-1542
Mariano González Leal
$29

The Relación Secreta de Conquistadores contains the names of the earliest Spanish settlers and conquistadors who were living in colonial Mexico between 1519 and 1542. Renowned Mexican genealogist Mariano González Leal transcribed and published this amazing colonial era report. And it´s now available for purchase.

Noticias genealógicas sobre familias del antiguo obispado de Michoacán I

Armando M. Escobar Obispado

$82

This book contains hundreds of previously unpublished colonial era records covering baptisms, marriages, and land grants, from 1540 to 1649, for families in Michoacán, Guanajuato, San Luis Potosi, Colima, Jalisco, and surrounding areas. Click on the image to see the last names in this book.

Retoños de España en la Nueva Galicia

Mariano Gonzalez Leal
$780

A compilation of names and histories done over a 40-year period by the author full of invaluable information about the families of Los Altos and Jalisco and their descendants in other areas of Mexico. Nueva Galicia was a kingdom of New Spain and comprised the modern day states of Jalisco, Zacatecas and Aguascalientes.