Hello everyone:
I've been a member for about two weeks. In going through some old pictures, I decided to get serious about charting out my family history, and through good ole Google, came across this Web site. In going through old pictures my late parents left me, I also found a typed family history of the paternal side of my family, which is from Ejutla, Jalisco.
A bit of background on me: While my name is Roberto Garcia Michel, that's really my father's surnames. He was a Garcia on his fathers side, and Michel on his mothers. When he immigrated to the US in the early 1950s, they put down his last name as Michel, and his middle as Garcia. I'm proud of my father's accomplishments and his reputation in Illinois where I grew up, so I've kept the Michel name, though my mother's father's name was Flamenco, so in Mexico, I'd be Roberto Garcia Flamenco. (I do like the sound of that name.) For the past four years, I've lived in Wisconsin, right outside of Madison.
So I see from this Web site that people are serious about their research, and I want to start looking up some of film references mentioned, to really document the typed family history my mother handed down to me. I've retyped that family history, and posted via my Create Content function. The Microsoft Word document is called: Genealogías de la familia García Michel.
I believe other members can access this document. I details the family history on both sides of my father (Moises Garcia Michel) back to the 1700s. Names mentioned include Garcia, Michel, Medina, Gonzalez, Covarrubias, Tejeda, and several others. There are many references to dates and a few mentions of "Libros" in which records can be found. I'm going to try to find some of those records. Anyway, this simple text history might be interest to others, so I've posted it.
One initial question I have is whether Ejutla and San Miguel are one in the same. It appears that at one time, Ejutla was called San Miguel, but the name was changed in the late 1800s. I found a Jalisco state government Web site that indicates as much:
http://www.jalisco.gob.mx/srias/sgg/ceem/Monografias/Ejutla.html
For now, I'm glad to be a part of this group, and will seek to really document some more of my family history as time goes on. I haven't been to Ejutla since 1988, but hope to go back some day, so I'll see what I can find out from online sources.
Roberto Garcia Michel
Garcia Michel Genealogy
Some more information from IGI and VRI. These appear to be siblings of Jose Rafael Michel Vasquez baptized in Tuxcacuesco, Jalisco.
Rita Josefa del Carmel
Christening: 24 Jul 1781 Place: Tuxcacuesco, Jalisco, Mexico
Father: Felis MICHEL
Mother: Augustina BASQUES
Batch Number: C602612 Film Number 634895
Jossef Ygnacio
Christening: 07 Feb 1779 Place: Tuxcacuesco, Jalisco, Mexico
Father: Felis MICHEL
Mother: Augustina BASQUES
Batch Number: C602612 Film Number: 634895
Garcia Michel Genealogy
Roberto:
It is great to have you in the group and thank you for taking the time to present yourself and to provide such a rich and detailed family history.
I think you will find that there are many knowledgeable members in the group who are ready and willing to help you out with your documentation project and help you get your genealogy growing back in time and laterally.
Just to begin, San Miguel appears to be the name of the parrish in Ejutla so it is very likely that the town has historically been known by both names. Certainly some of the marriages listed in your document as occuring in San Miguel are listed in Ejutla parrish records.
This is from IGI and may be a good pair of films to start with as they will list the bride and groom's parents and have lots of other useful information.
MARCIALA URIBE
Marriages:
Spouse: RAFAEL GRA. Family
Marriage: 19 FEB 1828 San Miguel, Ejutla, Jalisco, Mexico
Batch No.: M602638 Film Number 1155448
JOSE RAFAEL MICHEL Pedigree
Marriages:
Spouse: MA. ANTA. COBARRUVS. Family
Marriage: 21 JAN 1799 San Miguel, Ejutla, Jalisco, Mexico
Batch No.: M602637 Film Number 1155447
You can find a family history center near you on familysearch.org and order the films and then get a copy or scan of the actual documents.
If you go into the films database, you will notice that there is a substantial number of films from Ejutla that have been indexed in IGI and are therefore searchable. Just click on one of the IGI buttons and then you can browse through the names on the film or refine the search by last name or date or whatever other criteria...
Good luck.