By MADERA_32 |

I am trying to find location of old panteons of Monte Escobedo, Mezquitic or Minillas.

During the 1600's - 1720's my ancesters were in Minillas, baptized in Mezquitic.

I found the Government website of Monte Escobedo, Zacatecas, Mexico and did a "find" for "antiguo panteon" through the website and came across this:

http://www.asezac.gob.mx/pages/infoase/informes2008/monte_escobedo2008…

http://oi62.tinypic.com/29x6ott.jpg

Does say where the antiguo panteon is located.

My 7th generation great grandmother "Maria De La Candelaria Angon (1655 - 1735) her defunto recorded is recorded in Monte Escobedo, Zacatecas, Mexico:

http://oi60.tinypic.com/bj5w5g.jpg

What would help if the website give coordinates (lat/long).

Here is another:

http://oi59.tinypic.com/fvlobn.jpg

http://www.asezac.gob.mx/pages/infoase/informes2010/monte_escobedo_2010…

So old panteons are patrimonio cultural for the architecture and use of Cantera stone:

http://oi58.tinypic.com/5o8ewj.jpg

http://labestad.reduaz.mx/web/turismo/patrimonew/pdfdo4mun2.php?mun=031

On this website it talks about how the traditional ways the people were buried and by social classes. But then they had to change that routine since too many difuntos were buried within the Church and was causing a smell so they created a "camposanto"

http://www.testimonio13.com.mx/index.php?option=com_content&view=articl…

I was reading almost all the documents and Capellanias of Monte Escobedo and these are my conclusions:

From 1657 to about 1705 the people was buried in the Hacienda de San Andres del Astillero or Hacienda de Huejuquilla.

ab 1705 to ab 1880 was buried in the old church of Monte Escobedo but the priest carried all the bodies to the New cementery because there were a lot of people.

Use google maps to enter these coordinates of panteons of Mezquitic and Monte Escobedo to get a satellite view.

This is coordinates of panteon of Mezquitic:

22.390870, -103.721928

The coordinates of panteon of Monte Escobedo, Zacatecas, Mexico:

22.304558, -103.556573

And these are the coordinates of the old panteon of Monte Escobedo which is located on a highway just outside of "Laguna Grande" of Monte Escobedo, Zacatecas, Mexico:

22.445740, -103.490197

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