Hi, my name is Omar Diaz de Leon and I live in Sugar Land Texas. Ican give you a liitle of information on our last name.
The Diaz de Leon family established itself in Mexico in the early 1600's coming from Spain to settle in the new conquered lands. They came through Cuba and entered Mexico through Veracruz and finally establishing in a small town of Zacatecas called "La Monteza". It is here in this town where the family split into two major flows. One family going to San Luis Potosi and the other family going to Zacatecas. I'm from the family that went to Zacatecas into a place called "Boquillas". There is an old man in the town of La Monteza, his name is Jose Diaz de Leon nickname "Chepito". He is probably the most literate person that knows about the history of the family. Actually, I know the history myself because I've met him last year. He has the family tree since the first Diaz de Leon's that came into Mexico in the 1600's. I represent the 8th generation from that tree. I was impressed with the level of accuracy this man created the family tree. I found my grandfather's name in there. his name was Elias Diaz de Leon Soto and wife Josefina Montanez.
I have pictures of the family tree where you can zoom in and find your grandparents and back. Send me a msg with your email address and I'll send you the picture.

Best Regards,
Omar Diaz de Leon
o-diaz@ti.com
odiaz@netscape.com

Will you please contact me. I am interested to look at some pictures.

Thanks.

Attached are the images of the Diaz de Leon family tree since the first family came into Mexico thru Veracruz from Cuba.

Saludos!

Wow! How cool is this...nunca pense que se podria lograr. Que bonito poder ensenarselos a tus hijos!
Que viva Diaz de Leon... : )

Omar,

I'm speehless at the moment and very excited about learning how the family name came to be. My father knows very little about his family;his father passed away when he was seven years old. Please send me a copy of the family tree as mentioned in your website. This means a lot to us.

Thank you so much,
Karen Diaz de Leon

Hi Karen
I'm sending you the images of the family tree. You need to zoom in and look for your family branch. Unfortunately the quality of the images is not very good but you can still read the names. I am going back to the Monteza and get better shots this year.
Where does your dad's family come from? Zacatecas, San Luis Potosi or Aguascalientes? These are the 3 routes the families took in the past. My family is from the Zacatecas branch.

Where are you located? I'm in Sugar Land, TX.

Cheers!
Omar Diaz de Leon
o-diaz@ti.com

Primo!

My dad told me about the pictures you took when you went to La monteza.

Good to know more about our lastname...Also, to let you know...I really don't remember where I readed, but a Diaz De Leon was the one who brought the first printing machine to Mexico and also another Diaz De Leon (Enrique) was the first UDG (Universidad de Guadalajara)Dean, there is also an important street in Guadalajara named after him.

Saludos!

ups! I didn't say my name...I'm Mario Arturo, son of your uncle Mario. Saludos

MI NOMBRE ES GABRIEL DIAZ DE LEON CHIQUITO, MIS PADRES SON DE LA MONTEZA,ZACATECAZ YO NACI EN AGUASCALIENTES, MI MADRE MARIA GUADALUPE CHUIQUITO GONZALES, MI PADRE JUAN JOSE DIAZ DE LEON DIAZ DE LEON,ESTOY RADICANDO EN UTAH CON MI HERMANO, ME DA GUSTO SABER QUE HAY MAS PERSONAS DEL MISMO APEIDO RADICANDO AQUI EN LOS E.U Y QUE MENCIONEN LA MONTEZA

Yo acabo de llegar a Denver hace el Domingo. A mi me intereso saber tambien mas de donde venia el apellido "Diaz de Leon". Mi tio nos llevo a un rancho que se llama "El Chepinque", mi abuelito (Luis Diaz de Leon Guardado" nacio ayi. Estuve en la casa donde nacio. Mi tio Beto Diaz de Leon, el primo de mi mama todavia vive ayi. Despues nos invitaron a "La Monteza", fuimos y nos sentimos muy orgullosos de haber podido tener la oportunidad de pizar la misma tierra que nuestros antecedentes! Saludos a todos!:)