Looking for friends with similar research interest in Mexico

My father was from Jalisco, Mx. and my mother from Zacatecas, Mx. My family ancestors go back 18 generations from that part of Mexico and to Granada, Spain.

The names I'm researching are: DE LEON, CARLOS, FLORES, BANUELOS, VILLANEDA, DE ESCOBEDO, COVARUBIAS, and others.

I belong to NuestrosRanchos, a genealogy group for serious researchers in the tri-state area of Jalisco, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes, MEXICO

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Permalink Reply by Tina Sabin on July 22, 2009 at 5:34pm

My mother was born in Arandas, Jalisco. I have been doing research on her family, Fonseca, and my father's family, Penilla. I would like to be able to find any info about their families. Because of lack of records it has been a difficult process. I have met some Penillas who have turned out to be my family!

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Permalink Reply by Jose Carlos de Leon on July 23, 2009 at 2:32am

I found this info:MARIA GUADALUPE FLORES PENILLA Pedigree
Female

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Event(s):
Birth: 1883 Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico

Christening:
Death: 1883

Burial:

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Parents:
Father: SEBASTIAN FLORES Family
Mother: TIMOTEA PENILLA

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Messages:
Form submitted by a member of the LDS Church. The form lists the submitter's name and address and may include source information. The address may be outdated. Details vary. To find the form, you must know the batch and sheet number.

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Source Information:
Batch Number: 0760151
Sheet: 06
Source Call No.: 1553855

and also this info:
Maria Guadalupe Penilla Pedigree
Female

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Event(s):
Birth:
Christening: 17 SEP 1879 Santa Maria De Guadalupe, Arandas, Jalisco, Mexico

Death:
Burial:

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Parents:
Father: Guadalupe Penilla Family
Mother: Merced Alvares

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Source Information:
Batch No.: Dates: Source Call No.: Type: Printout Call No.: Type:

I036584 Film

Sheet:
and also this:
Celso PENILLA
Birth Date: 28 Jul 1905
Death Date: Jul 1986
Social Security Number: 557-03-0439
State or Territory Where Number Was Issued: California

Death Residence Localities
ZIP Code: 91203
Localities: Glendale, Los Angeles, California

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Permalink Reply by Tina Sabin on July 23, 2009 at 9:06am

Celso Penilla is my father. His mother was Maria Penilla Amezola. His father Simon was killed during one of the "revolutions" I'm told that that is a special plaque honoring my grandfather Simon in a church in Mexico.

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Permalink Reply by Jose Carlos de Leon on July 23, 2009 at 12:54pm

My own paternal grandfather, Francisco de Leon (b. 24 Oct 1883 in Huejucar, Jalisco) was also beaten up during the Revolution.
Francisco was a relative of the mayor of some town and he was beaten up by Pancho Villa's thugs because he was the only one in town who may have had the keys to the city's treasury. He died later of this beating. I have his photo here on GenealogyWise.. He was a music composer and he's holding a musical horn.
I know he died before 1921 because when my grandmother crossed the border in 1921, she listed herself as a widow.