By RaquelRuiz |

I am hoping someone can enlighten me about the location of "Villa de Leon,
Obispado de Michoacan". It is the place of origen of Madgalena Ortiz, "hija
legitimas de Philipe Ortiz, ya difunto, y de Juana Barrera.", noted in the
22 June 1722 dispensation (Cuquio, Jal). on page 27 of *Sagrada Mitra de
Guadalajara...* by Maria de la Luz Monejano Hilton. Philipe Ortiz and Juana
Barrera are my 8ggpts. I get the impression that the Obispado de Michoacan
in that period covered a huge area, larger than the present state of
Michoacan. Could it be referring to Leon, Gto? Thank you for your
assistance.

Raquel Ruiz
Massachusetts

I am pretty sure Guanajuato was part of the Obispado of Michoacán in
those days, which would probably mean that Leon, Guanajuato is the
place you are looking at. Their records go back to 1636. Maybe someone
else can confirm my theory.

John Schmal.

-----Original Message-----
From: Raquel Ruiz
To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Thu, Mar 3, 2011 6:09 pm
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Where is Villa de Leon, Obispado de
Michoacan?

I am hoping someone can enlighten me about the location of "Villa de
Leon,
Obispado de Michoacan". It is the place of origen of Madgalena Ortiz,
"hija
legitimas de Philipe Ortiz, ya difunto, y de Juana Barrera.", noted in
the
22 June 1722 dispensation (Cuquio, Jal). on page 27 of *Sagrada Mitra de
Guadalajara...* by Maria de la Luz Monejano Hilton. Philipe Ortiz and
Juana
Barrera are my 8ggpts. I get the impression that the Obispado de
Michoacan
in that period covered a huge area, larger than the present state of
Michoacan. Could it be referring to Leon, Gto? Thank you for your
assistance.

Raquel Ruiz
Massachusetts

Raquel:

I have done research in the Obispado de Michoacán, the families intermarried greatly with those of the Nueva Galicia and Los Altos de Jalisco. During colonial times Obispado de Michoacán included all of northern half of Michoacán, eastern and southern Jalisco, places we know today as Ayotlán, Ocotlán, Tamazula, Zapotlán, etc. It also included partes of San Luis Potosí, Querétaro and Guanajuato.

Anytime a record refers to León en el Obispado de Michoacán you are correct, it is present-day León, Guanajuato. I also have several lines going back to León, Salamanca, Irapuato, Silao, Santa Fe de Guanajuato, Ciudad Manuel Doblado, etc. There’s a common “joke” that the Obispado de Michoacán produced greater men than Nueva Galicia which you could say historically true.

I might be able to help with your Guanajuato lines, give me an email.

Daniel Méndez Camino
mendezdelcamino@live.com

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