This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Roque, Balcazar, Ledesma, Cabrera, Luzardo, Sosa, Gil Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/kRC.2ACE/5407.1.1 Message Board Post: A couple of weeks ago, I received the baptismal certificate for Maria de la Concepcion Roque Balcazar, born 12/08/1854 in Guines, which is a small town south (and slightly east) of Havana. She was the sister of Jose, my father's great grandfather. Their parents were Marcelo Roque Luzardo and Josefa Balcazar Gil. The baptismal certificate of Marcelo indicates that his father, Jose, was born in Guines, but Maria de la Concepcion's certificate says that he was born in San Jose de las Lajas, a town slightly north of Guines. The certificates state that Josefa was born in Santa Maria del Rosario, a town in the province of Havana. Oral history, not yet proven, is that the Roque family came to Cuba from Canarias. I have other certificates for the line of Maria de la Concepcion's brother. BTW, the grandparents of Maria de la Concepcion were as follows: paternal: Jose Roque and Dominga Luzardo. maternal: Miguel Balcazar and Maria de los Angeles Gil. The baptismal certificates do not include their places of birth. I have been working with someone who is helping in the Canary Islands with other related lines. Jose Roque Balcazar married Encarnacion Cabrera Sosa, who was from Guara (also near Guines). Encarnacion's parents, Antonio Cabrera Arencibia (born about 1807) and Casimira Sosa Molina (born about 1821), were from Gran Canaria. I have an expediente de matrimonio for them which contains a great deal of information. The person in Canarias has told me that she has found a couple of certificates for these lines. Hope that the Concepcion Roque in your ex-husband's side of the family tree and my Maria de la Concepcion Roque are one and the same. Please let me know. I am eager to hear from you. Naturally, I am more than willing to share the information I have. Carmen