Lunas in Tlaltenango

Saludos R.A.
 
I have Tapia ancestors from Los Altos. In fact, my surname using Mexico's standards is actually Apodaca Tapia. I found some interesting information about the "Luna y Tapia" surname in Los Altos, particularly in the area of Lagos de Moreno. I looked for the info on the Lagos website where I previously found it, but was unable to locate it. I posted a message a long time ago in this group and I'll paste it here. I'm sure you'll be interested. This is my message back in 2005:

Hello.

I want to share what I recently found and check if anybody is
related to these ancestors. A couple days ago, I finally checked the
marriage record of my ancestors from Los Altos.

My 2nd greatgrandfather Juan Tapia married my 2nd greatgrandmother
Bibiana Martinez in Lagos de Moreno on February 5, 1879. Juan's
parents were Atanacio Tapia and Secundina Olivares. Bibiana's
parents were Juan Martinez and Matiana Lopez. Before reading this
document I just knew that my Tapia ancestros were from "somewhere in
Los Altos", according to my grandmother. She did not remember where
were they from. Now, I know that they were from a rancho near Lagos
called Cañada de Ricos. Is anybody familiar with this name? I
checked the Jalisco census on the files area and found out that the
population in that place is currently less than 100. Well, while
surfing the web, using google, I found something very interesting
about this rancho. On the Lagos de Moreno official website, I
discovered these two entries:

17 de (Abril) 1686 El cacique indígena al parecer otomí Joseph
Cristobal de Luna y Tapia compra un sitio de ganado menor ( 780
has.) y dos caballerías de tierra (85.6 has.) para establecer el
poblado de "Cañada de los Indios Ricos" que evolucionaría a la
actual colonia Cañada de Ricos.

14 de (Mayo) 1935 Se autoriza la fundación del ejido Cañada de Ricos
su ejecución es el 29 de Junio del mismo año. En esta zona se ubicó
un importante asentamiento indígena a partir de 1686 cuando compra
estos predios el cacique al parecer otomí Joseph Cristobal de Luna y
Tapia quien efectúa la operación de compra-venta de estos terrenos
en San Luis del Río, Querétaro en el citado año.

I wonder if it is all a coincidence that my TAPIA ancestors are from
Cañada de Ricos, a village founded by an otomi cacique named
Cristobal de Luna y TAPIA in 1686. Could this individual be my
gggggggreatgrandfather? Well, I still need to research 200 years of
Tapia history in order to find a possible connection, but it is
quite exciting just to imagine that I possibly found the name and
native tribe of one of my family lines.

Saludos.

Steve

--- On Sun, 2/15/09, R.A.Ricci wrote:

From: R.A.Ricci
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Luna y Tapia
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Date: Sunday, February 15, 2009, 12:26 AM

just last month I found Luna Y tapia in my family tree in Jalostotitlan/ Lagos.
I have onlly that she was married to Jose Geronimo Ramirez. I have the dateof
the marriage but have not had time to continue this investigation yet. can you
give some info on the luna y tapia family.

R.A.Ricci