I have been trying to find out information in Mexico without a command of the Spanish language. My grandfather came to the US from Zacatecas Mexico around 1912 as a young married man. I have discovered that RAMOS is a very popular name in Mexico. If there is anyone who understands both Spanish and English and is willing to post for me on Spanish websites I can get it translated to English if I get a reply.
Pat
Where are the Spanish speakers?
Hi, I’m Nicolas, I work at my MyHeritage as a Community Manager for the Spanish speaking countries. I am based in London but I come from Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Mine is a tough task, if you consider that the combined total of native and non-native Spanish speakers is estimated to be around 500 million people. After English and Chinese, Spanish is the third most spoken language in the world. It’s therefore not surprising, that more than a million MyHeritage members come from Spanish speaking countries. Have a look at the cool MyHeritage Member Map.
Apart from Spain, a total of twenty countries in Latin America have Spanish as their first language, and a significant number of the population of four other countries also use it, including the United States, where it is the second most spoken language. The main non Spanish-speaking country in Latin America is Brazil, where they speak Portuguese.
We can track the origin of this fact back to
..the Spanish colonization of the Americas, beginning with the arrival of Christopher Columbus in 1492. Since then, most parts of Latin America have received strong flows of immigration from all around the world. Immigrants and their descendants had an important impact on the ethnic composition of the majority of the present countries.
A good example is Argentina, which is considered a country of immigrants and a melting pot of different peoples. Most Argentines descend from colonial-era settlers and from 19th and 20th century European immigrants. Around 90% of Argentina’s population is of European descent, with the majority tracing back their ancestry to Italy and Spain.
I cannot escape this fact myself, as I can trace my family roots back to Italy. My surname is Pergola, and I know that one of my ancestors migrated to Buenos Aires in the early 20th century from Potenza, the capital of a province of the same name in the Basilicata region.
I hope someone with this surname reads this post, so we might be able to find common ancestors. I’m sure my Spanish won’t be a problem, as there’s a great chance that he or she will speak it too!
Miriam Acedo Canton
October 22, 2008
Hola! Gracias por su ayuda si le es posible o no ayudarme. Soy de Costa Rica vivendo en Estados Unidos. Estoy tratando de encontrar descendientes de mis padres pero no tengo mayor infornacion. El apellido Acedo parece ser de Navarra, Espana (1749). El Abuelo de mi padre se llamaba Valentin Acedo y su esposa puede haber sido Josefa Masis, pero de eso no estoy completamente segura. El Papa de mi Papa se llamaba Valentin Acedo y parece que su segundo appellido era Masis. Uno de estos Valentines fue el fundador de el appellido Acedo en Costa Rica. My Papa nacio en Bolivia (1918) donde vivieron por unos cinco anos y de ahi se fueron a Costa Rica donde mi padre crecio, se caso, formo su familia y murio.
El apellido Canton es el de mi madre. De este tengo aun menos informacion porque segun lo que recuerda mi madre. su padre Fernando Canton Blandon, salio una manana a trabajar y nunca volvio (1926). Hay quien dice que el era de Nicaragua, pero tambien hay quien dice que puede haber sido de descendientes Occidentales. En fin no hay nadie seguro.
Es posible buscar deecendientes de estas ramas despues de tantos anos y con tan poca informacion.
Otra vez muchisismas gracias por su trabajo en MyHeritage.
Miriam Acedo Canton