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Mexico Research Outine |
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Table of Contents
Helps For Using This Research Outline
References To The Family History Library Catalog
References To Other Family History Library Publications
Internet
Finding Resources On The Internet
Map Of Mexico
Archives And Libraries
Archives In Spain
Mexican Archives
National Government Archives And Libraries
State Archives
Local Civil Offices/municipio Records Offices
Catholic Church Archives
Inventories, Registers, Catalogs
Biographies
Mexican Biographies
Cemeteries
Census
Searching Census Records
Church Directories
Church History
Roman Catholic
Chronological Table Of The History Of The Catholic Church In Mexico
Church Records
General Historical Background
Information Recorded In Church Registers
Locating Church Records
Protestantism In Mexico
Church Record Inventories
Church Records At The Family History Library
Records Not At The Family History Library
Search Strategies
Civil Registration
General Historical Background
Information Recorded In Civil Registers
Locating Civil Registration Records
Locating Records Not At The Family History Library
Search Strategies
Directories
Emigration And Immigration
Records Of The Colonial Period (1492–1810)
Finding An Emigrant’s Town Of Origin
Emigration From Mexico
Immigration Into Mexico
Gazetteers
Finding Place-names In The Family History Library Catalog
Historical Place-names
Genealogy
Major Collections And Databases
Family Histories
Genealogical Collections
Historical Geography
History
Local Histories
Calendar Changes
Land And Property
Language And Languages
Language Aids
Maps
Using Maps
Finding The Specific Town On The Map
Finding Maps And Atlases
Military Records
Military History
Military Records Of Genealogical Value
Spanish Military Records
Locating Other Military Records
Minorities
Mennonities
The Latter-day Saints (mormons)
Jews
Chinese
Middle Easterners
Europeans
Names, Personal
Surnames
Given Names
Native Races
Nobility
Notarial Records
Periodicals
Probate Records
Public Records
Social Life And Customs
Societies
Genealogical Societies
Historical Societies
Other Records
For Further Reading
Appendix A
State Archives Addresses
Appendix B
State Civil Registration Offices Addresses
Appendix C
Mexican Dioceses Archives As Of 1994
Appendix D
Civil Records In The Federal District, Guerrero, And Oaxaca
Guererro
Oaxaca
Mixe District (created In 1938)
Sola De Vega District (created In 1918)
Zaachila District (created In 1939)
Present-day Districts And Their Municipios:
Appendix E
1930 Census Of Mexico
Comments And Suggestions
BIOGRAPHIES A biography is a history of a person’s life. A biography may include the individual’s birth, marriage, death information, and the names of his or her parents, children, and other family members. Biographies often include photographs, family traditions and stories, clues about an ancestor’s place of origin, residences, military service, and community activities. Use the information carefully, because it may contain inaccuracies.
Some biographies of Mexican citizens exist, but usually only on the most notable citizens. Few ancestors of the common people were the subjects of biographies.
Some brief biographies of individuals have been gathered and published in collected biographies, sometimes called biographical encyclopedias or dictionaries. Others feature biographies of specific groups of people such as military personnel or priests.
Extensive and significant biographical encyclopedias and dictionaries that cover all of Latin America, Spain, and Portugal are:
Herrero Mediavilla, Víctor, and Lolita Rosa Aguayo Nayle. Índice Biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamérica (Biographical Index of Spain, Portugal and Latin America). New York: K.G. Saur, ca. 1990. (FHL book Ref 920 In2; microfiches 6002170–6002172; computer number 0581217.)
Herrero Mediavilla, Víctor. Archivo Biográfico de España, Portugal e Iberoamerica Nueva Serie (Biographical Archive of Spain, Portugal and Latin America New Series). München: K.G. Saur, 1993. (FHL microfiches 6131531–6131558; computer number 0767691.)
These sets of indexes include hundreds of thousands of biographical entries taken from hundreds of biographical reference works published between the 17th and the 20th centuries.
There are several major collections of Mexican biographies, including:
León-Portilla, Miguel. Diccionario Porrúa de Historia, Biografía y Geografía de México (Porrúa Dictionary of History, Biography and Geography of Mexico). México, D. F.: Editorial Porrua, ca. 1995. 4 vols. (FHL book 972 E5d 1995; computer number 0398845.)
Miguel I. Verges, José María, 1904–1964. Diccionario de Insurgentes (Dictionary of Insurgents). México: Editorial Porrua, 1969. (FHL book 972 D3m; computer number 0307361.) Contains 4,000 entries.
Icaza, Francisco A. De. Diccionario Autobiográfico de Conquistadores y Pobladores de Nueva España/Sacado de los Textos Origniales (Autobiographical Dictionary of the Conquerers and Settlers of New Spain/Taken from Original Texts). Guadalajara, México: Edmundo Aviña Levy, 1969. (FHL book 972 D3id; computer number 0019779 or FHL film 0873574 items 2–3; computer number 0132227.) Contains 1,385 entries.
Fernández de Recas García, Guillermo Sergio. Aspirantes Americanos a Cargos del Santo Oficio: Sus Genealogías Ascendentes (Aspiring Americans in Charge of the Holy Office: Their Genealogical Ascendancy). México, D.F.: Libreria de Manuel Porrua, 1956. (FHL book 972 D3fr; FHL film 0283553; computer number 0472630.)
Some states and municipios have published their own biographies such as:
Cordero y Torres, Enrique. Diccionario Biográfico de Puebla (Biographical Dictionary of Puebla). México: E. Cordero y Torres, 1972. 2 vols. (FHL book 972.48 D36c; computer number 0486199.)
There are also bibliographies of biographies. The following is an example that lists 1,314 publications:
Iguíniz, Juan B. Bibliografía Biográfica Mexicana (Bibliography of Mexican Biographies). México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1969. (FHL book 972 A3ig; computer number 0123701.)
Collected biographies at the Family History Library are generally listed in the “Locality” section of the Family History Library Catalog under:
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