Re: zulueta/zoloeta from spain
Yes a lot of basques came here since this was then the "new world". The ayala family is one of the famous basques that made a big mark in Manila. And there are many more. Da costa had another variation da cota so it gets confusing.
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Re: zulueta/zoloeta from spain
I forgot about the dates.
When I finally made a trip to the Philippines back in 2004, I insisted on going to the church where I believed the recs. of my grandfather was held. My cousins thought I wouldn't be able to get anything, especially since one of my cousins is a nun.
They were surprised that I came back less than 2 hours later with a few more generations traced plus a cousin's father's baptism record which they were told was burned, a common misconception.
Unfortunately it may be the only option that you have, unless you could find someone who could do the leg work for you.
I understand about your Chinese side though, because that is the same reason why none of us in the family sought out any other additional info. on my great-great-grandfather from China.
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Yes, I heard about that family too - Ayala
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Wow, you got lucky. Maybe I will try going to Mindoro and hope to get lucky, just like you.
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Have tried that too but I don't have any birthdates on his siblings. I have tried going back 6 years and nothing, maybe I should go back 4 more years
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I tried to write letters and asked them for copies of records and it wasn't as successful nor was that my first time writing to them. I may do it again since I have no other choice.
Or maybe that's an option, write a letter to the church. I also did that for my grandmother's town of Argao, Cebu but that was a few months before I had access to microfilm record of that church which I didn't realize that the FHC had copies of it. And when I did go to the actual church, it seemed like they weren't as receptive. hahaha
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Re: zulueta/zoloeta from spain
it's tough, I know, like pulling out a needle in a haystack, but that is how I found many of my ancestors. I started off with the same family names and I began writing down notes with the names of the people and dates and their parents & grandparents mentioned, just in case they were related. What I came out with was a large tree and very helpful and that is how I found out some of these people had multiple marriages. It is a way to do it.
Also, the baptisms, depending on the church and clergy writing it, will list the grandparents in the record. So look for the same family member names and just read through them, see if they mention your ancestors' names and their ancestors' names (1 more generation). All of these could help.
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Writing them would be a good try, I may try calling them too. Going through old records is no joke. Besides the ones manning the records are normally old people who don't have the patience and if manned by young staff they don't see the value.
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I will try and write down all the names I come across. I haven't tried doing that, thanks for the tip! Who knows what I will discover😊
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It was because I did that, that I noticed "foreigners", specifically a Mallorcan captain as well as just Español Europeo. Nothing much more was said for these records that I found on distant relatives' records but you'll never know that maybe you may see something like that, which could help piece a puzzle on your foreign ancestor.
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