I am looking for any info regarding my family. Maternally, I am able to go as far back as my Great-grandfather Santana Gandara, who owned a large ranch named El Refugio, municipio de Aramberri NW of Monterrey, NL Mexico. His wife was Ignacia "Nachita" Moreno. His daughter (my grandmother), Tomasa married into the Salas'(Gustavo Salas) who also owned a ranch named El Pastor. Great grandfather Antonio Salas and wife Felicitas Garcia. It seems that they were wealthy types owning so much land. These ranches are pretty much in the same area. Paternally, pretty much the same thing except they were very poor. Great grandfather, Epimenio Cardenas, his wife, Maria Torres Rincon. Other great grandparents were Cruz Ramirez and Felicitas Martinez Gaona. Please forward any info that you can. I have run into alot of deadends or non-responses lately. Are the mexicanos not interested in their rich history/genealogy or sharing this info? Gracias.

Hola Julio¡ Mi nombre es Noemí, y soy de España. Estaba bucando información, al igual que tú sobre mis ancestros y leyendo tu mensaje he de decirte que mi abuela paterna se llamaba Higinia Torres Rincón. No se si mi abuela tuvo hernamas o primas que se llamasen María como tu bisabuela. Espero que te sea de utilidad y te agradecería que me comentases lo que sepas sobre la historia de tu familia. Si sois todos de nacimiento de Mexico o si sabes de alguien que pudo emigrar a España. Gracias de antemano
Mi e-mail es noemi_ollero@hotmail.com
Un cordial saludo

I'm interested in your Maria Torres Rincon. Our family is from Dr. Arroyo, Nuevo Leon, Mx area, too. I know that my husband's g-grandfather was Ysidor Morales Rincon from Dr Arroyo. His father was Policarpio Rincon (from Dr Arroyo) and his father was Apolonio Rincon born around 1820-1830s.(unsure where he originated). Do any of these names match your family? Your help is greatly appreciated!

I too am interested in your Rincon family from Dr Arroyo. My husband's father and grandparents were from there and are Rincon. He knows his paternal grandfather was Pablo Rincon Salinas and his grandmother is Ventura Contreras Leija. Any information is appreciated. We are trying to find a tree (if one has been started). Thanks!!!!

Let's chat. You can contact me at nacolerincon@hotmail.com

Hi! I just started to work on the family tree. I could only get an about year of my great grandfather born abt 1890. They were from Carpinteria, Aramberri, NL. I feel like I am going no where. How far did you all get in discovering further origins about this region? Paternal great grandparents are Ascencion Banda & Guillerma Luna. Maternal great grandparents are Jose Lopez & Tranquilina Ventera.

I just did a quick look-up online and found the following. It is from the 1930 Census and the census image is available on line:
Ascención Banda M 40a
Guillerma Luna F 41a
Fabel Banda F 18a
Guadalupe Banda F 17a
Maria L Banda F 7a
Ascención Banda M 5a
Efrain Banda M 4a
Proceso Banda M 2a
Elvira Banda F 4m

The churchbooks for Arramberri are on-line at Familysearch.org. There is a lot of information available there and it's free.

Klaus Dieter Cook
Houston, Texas

Thank you Klaus! I got that far, but have been unlucky with anything past that. I'll look into the churchbooks though. Thanks you for your help! Have an awesome day!