Compean Archives

Yngenio Rascon, San Luis Potosí, Mexico: Birthplace of Great-Aunt Lupe Robledo

September 8, 2017

I had looked for several years for a birth record for my Mexican-immigrant great grandparents’ oldest child Guadalupe. But I was looking in the wrong place. She had been born 155 miles southeast of the family home, in a place identified on her birth record as Yngenio Rascon.

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Hispanic Genealogy My Family History Repositories & Sourcesbirth records, Colleen's family, HathiTrust, Mexican genealogy, Mexico, San Luis Potosi

On the hacienda in Mexico, SMU Libraries Digital Collections

Were My Mexican Ancestors Part of the Elite Landed Hacienda Lifestyle?

July 21, 2015

Taking a closer look at the lifestyle of the pre-revolution Mexican landed class to which my ancestors allegedly belonged before having to flee and start a new life in the United States.

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Hispanic Genealogy My Family HistoryColleen's family, family stories, haciendas, Mexican genealogy, Mexico, obituaries, social history

A Look at Villa Hidalgo, SLP, Mexico, Where My 2nd Great-Grandparents Married in 1883

July 19, 2015

Photos and videos of Villa Hidalgo and San José parish, in the state of San Luis Potosí, Mexico. This is where my 2nd great-grandparents, Refugio Nieto and Aurelia Compean, married n 1883.

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Hispanic Genealogy My Family HistoryColleen's family, locality research, Mexican genealogy, Mexico

Nieto Refugio - Compean Aurelia - Marriage - 1883 - FamilySearch

An English Translation for the Mexico Marriage Record of 2nd Great-Grandfather Refugio Nieto

July 18, 2015

An English translation written by my Spanish-fluent father helps me better interpret the genealogical information contained in the 1883 Mexico Catholic church pre-marriage investigation record for my 2nd great grandparents, Refugio Nieto and Aurelia Compean.

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Hispanic Genealogy My Family History Repositories & SourcesColleen's family, marriage records, Mexican genealogy, Mexico