# introduction-new member of los ranchos

**URL:** <https://treesvortex.com/t/introduction-new-member-of-los-ranchos/11871>\
**Category:** Historical Archives\
**Created:** [December 17, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://treesvortex.com/t/introduction-new-member-of-los-ranchos/11871 "2005-12-17T00:51:05Z")\
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**Author:** ![Nuestros\_Ranchos](https://treesvortex.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/a4c791/32.png) [@Nuestros\_Ranchos](https://treesvortex.com/u/Nuestros_Ranchos)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2005, 12:51am UTC](https://treesvortex.com/t/introduction-new-member-of-los-ranchos/11871/1 "2005-12-17T00:51:05Z")

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Jonathan:

 

Yes that's me. You gave me one of your CD's. It's been a wonderful source of information. Are you still going to the library regulary? I'm planning to be there in May. Are you going to be there?

 

Susana Leniski

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> **From:** [mexicanfhr](mailto:mexicanfhr@... "mexicanfhr@...")
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> **To:** [ranchos@yahoogroups.com](mailto:ranchos@yahoogroups.com "ranchos@yahoogroups.com") 
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> **Sent:** Friday, December 16, 2005 4:12 PM
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> **Subject:** [ranchos] Re: introduction-new member of los ranchos
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> Susana,  
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> Where you in Salt Lake, a few months ago, asking about where one could   
> batch numbers?  
>   
> Thanks,  
> Jonathan  
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> --- In [ranchos@yahoogroups.com](mailto:ranchos@yahoogroups.com), "Susana Leniski" \<[susyfarias@c](mailto:susyfarias@c)...\> wrote:  
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> \> Hello everyone:  
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> \>   
> \>   
> \> I'm the newest member of the group. My name is Susana Leniski. I was  
> born and raised in Mexico City, Mexico. I attended "Universidad  
> Metropolitana" in Mexico City where I majored in International  
> Business. Following my education, I worked for various US based firms  
> in Mexico. In 1990, I moved to the United States following my  
> husband's career and have lived in New York, Philadelphia, St Louis,  
> and Seattle. I now live in Seattle, Washington.  
> \>   
> \>   
> \>   
> \> I was introduced to Geneology thru my Grandmother on my mothers  
> side. She was the one who gave me the information to my first family  
> tree. The information that she gave me was invaluable. Because of my  
> family history, I specialize in Mexico and Spain research from early  
> 1900's to the 1500's. I have successfully traced some family lines to  
> the 1600s in diverse areas of Mexico including Queretaro, Zacatecas,  
> and Mexico City. Other lines have led to research in the Basque,  
> Catalonia, and Andalusia region of Spain as far back as the 1500's  
> (Basque region).   
> \>   
> \>   
> \>   
> \> I have acted as a Genealogy volunteer in the family centers in  
> Philadelphia and Seattle helping others with research and translations  
> of records in Spanish. This is where I normally do my research. I  
> have been a guest speaker in "Family History Expo's" sponsored The  
> Church of Latter Day Saints here in Seattle. I also make an annual  
> trip to the main Library in Utah.   
> \>   
> \>   
> \>   
> \> I also travel to Mexico nearly every year to visit family, many  
> times for an extended time. During these periods I try to allocate  
> time for geneological research. In a few of these trips, I have  
> researched historical data at the "Archivo General de la Nacion", and  
> "Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia" in Mexico City.   
> \>   
> \>   
> \>   
> \> Some of the surnames that I have reasearch in Zacatecas (Jerez, and  
> Tepetongo mainly) are: De la Torre (many lines), Carlos de Godoy,  
> Salinas (Family of Don Francisco Garcia Salinas "Tatapacho"),  
> Escobedo, Salas, Carrillo, Del Muro and Miranda. My family left the  
> area around 1820, so my reasearch in Zacatecas has been during the  
> 1600's and 1700's. During this period the majority of my data has been  
> extracted from Church Dispensations from Guadalajara (Sagrada Mitra-  
> Arzobispado de Nueva Galicia). I will be submitting some of these  
> lines shortly.  
> \>   
> \>   
> \>   
> \> I look forward to exchanging information with the group.   
> \>   
> \>   
> \>   
> \> Regards,  
> \>   
> \>   
> \>   
> \> Susana Leniski  
> \>

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