Locations
Mining towns in western Zacatecas and adjacent regions where documented Sephardic family networks overlap.
This page documents specific mining towns, mining districts, and research nodes currently under active study. States listed here function as geographic containers rather than broad identity claims.
Durango
The following locations are under examination due to documented family presence, archival records, and network overlap connected to Zacatecas mining communities:
- Nombre de Dios (Former Territory of Zacatecas)
- Súchil (Former Territory of Zacatecas)
- San Pedro Alcantara (Former Territory of Zacatecas)
- San Juan del Río
- Inde
Research in Zacatecas focuses on historically interconnected mining towns where endogamous Sephardic family networks are documented across multiple generations:
- Zacatecas (city)
- Pánuco
- Jerez
- Monte Escobedo
- Valparaíso
- Sombrerete
- Chalchihuites
- Jalpa
Aguascalientes
Included due to historical administration under Zacatecas and continuity of documented endogamous family networks.
- Calvillo (Former Territory Of Zacatecas)
Michoacan
Included due to overlap with Sephardic Zacatecas mining families and endogamous networks. Particularly, the Figueroa/Velasco lines.
- Pátzcuaro
- Morelia
Nuevo Leon
Included due to overlap with Sephardic Zacatecas mining families and endogamous networks. Particularly, the Treviño/Salazar/Garza lines.
- Monterrey
New Mexico
Included due to overlap with Sephardic Zacatecas mining families and endogamous networks. Particularly, the Salazar/Oñate lines.
- Santa Fe
Jalisco
Jalisco is not included as part of this list due to the historically high presence of the Inquisition in the region. Rather than sustaining endogamous Sephardic networks, families connected to Zacatecas mining lines tend to appear in Jalisco records as early integrations into Spanish Catholic and Indigenous populations.
