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'''NATIONAL ARCHIVES <br>'''In 1823, the National Congress of Mexico adopted legislation creating the Archivo General de la Nación, giving it to the mandate to preserve the historical records of that great nation and make them accessible to the people of the United States of Mexico. At the time of its creation, the bulk of its records came from the archives of the Spanish Viceroy, housed in the General Archives of New Spain created in 1790.<br>During the 180 years since the creation of the Archivo General de la Nación, extensive records of the Mexican national government, from every administration beginning with that of Emperor Iturbide, have been transferred here, along with extensive private collections of materials relating to Mexican life and government. In 1977, a new facility for the archive was created by the conversion of an old prison with six spokes of cells and one of administration radiating from a central area which, as part of the conversion into the archive, was turned into a dramatic domed exposition area. <br>One entire wing of the Archivo General de la Nación houses a unique collection of microfilms, including not only government records but microfilmed copies of all pre-1900 Mexican parish records, obtained as part of the cooperative effort between the Genealogical Society of Mexico and the Genealogical Society of Utah (LDS Church). A beginning point for the consulting records in the Archivo General de la Nación is the catalog ARGENA found at www.agn.gob.mx/inicio.php. The key to successfully locating records dealing with a specific locality in this collection is to make requests or searches under the name of the locality as well as specific surnames with or without given names. The archival personnel are excellent at responding to requests and, where the requests are specific enough, providing photocopies of requested records for a fee. <br>Since 2002, the national military service archive, under the direction of the Mexican Department of Defense, has been open to researchers. This extensive collection of materials relating to military units in Mexico during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries have yet to be explored in depth. | '''NATIONAL ARCHIVES <br>'''In 1823, the National Congress of Mexico adopted legislation creating the Archivo General de la Nación, giving it to the mandate to preserve the historical records of that great nation and make them accessible to the people of the United States of Mexico. At the time of its creation, the bulk of its records came from the archives of the Spanish Viceroy, housed in the General Archives of New Spain created in 1790.<br>During the 180 years since the creation of the Archivo General de la Nación, extensive records of the Mexican national government, from every administration beginning with that of Emperor Iturbide, have been transferred here, along with extensive private collections of materials relating to Mexican life and government. In 1977, a new facility for the archive was created by the conversion of an old prison with six spokes of cells and one of administration radiating from a central area which, as part of the conversion into the archive, was turned into a dramatic domed exposition area. <br>One entire wing of the Archivo General de la Nación houses a unique collection of microfilms, including not only government records but microfilmed copies of all pre-1900 Mexican parish records, obtained as part of the cooperative effort between the Genealogical Society of Mexico and the Genealogical Society of Utah (LDS Church). A beginning point for the consulting records in the Archivo General de la Nación is the catalog ARGENA found at www.agn.gob.mx/inicio.php. The key to successfully locating records dealing with a specific locality in this collection is to make requests or searches under the name of the locality as well as specific surnames with or without given names. The archival personnel are excellent at responding to requests and, where the requests are specific enough, providing photocopies of requested records for a fee. <br>Since 2002, the national military service archive, under the direction of the Mexican Department of Defense, has been open to researchers. This extensive collection of materials relating to military units in Mexico during the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries have yet to be explored in depth. | ||
Catholic Church Archives<br>An extensive and rich collection of Catholic Church records in Mexico exists beyond those of the parish. While parish records are recorded by individual parish priests, the role of bishops and archbishops is to oversee the work done at a parish level, including the maintaining of parish records. In addition their acrivities created records which are maintained at a diocesan level. <br>General records refer to documents that bishops or archbishops created by the bishop’s courts and asministrative agencies within that diocese and preserved in diocesan or archdiocesan archives. Each archive begins with the date of the creation of the diocese and contains records of genealogical significance such as marriage dispensations, censuses, and communion lists. Although many of these records have been filmed, only a limited work—primarily limited to marriage dispensations—has been done to index or even inventory them. One notable exception is the Archivo Historico del Aquidioceses de Durango, which has been microfilmed and indexed by the Rio Grande Hustorical Society located at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. This index can be purchased at their website http://archives.nmsu.edu/rghc/contents/contents/html. | Catholic Church Archives<br>An extensive and rich collection of Catholic Church records in Mexico exists beyond those of the parish. While parish records are recorded by individual parish priests, the role of bishops and archbishops is to oversee the work done at a parish level, including the maintaining of parish records. In addition their acrivities created records which are maintained at a diocesan level. <br>General records refer to documents that bishops or archbishops created by the bishop’s courts and asministrative agencies within that diocese and preserved in diocesan or archdiocesan archives. Each archive begins with the date of the creation of the diocese and contains records of genealogical significance such as marriage dispensations, censuses, and communion lists. Although many of these records have been filmed, only a limited work—primarily limited to marriage dispensations—has been done to index or even inventory them. One notable exception is the Archivo Historico del Aquidioceses de Durango, which has been microfilmed and indexed by the Rio Grande Hustorical Society located at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico. This index can be purchased at their website http://archives.nmsu.edu/rghc/contents/contents/html. | ||
Archival Printed Materials<br>Most archive—local, state, or national—will have some type of published material explaining what they contain. It’s helpful to think of these materials in the following way:<br>-Guides—If you were to walk into an archive that was new to you with somebody who was familiar with it by your side, they would probably begin by giving you an overview of what the archive held, saying things like, “The shelves in this section are where we keep inventories, this group of shelves deals with the Mexican Revolution,” and so on. An archival guide serves the same function, giving an overview of what the archive contains. <br>-Inventory—Suppose this same person now takes you to a particular shoelf or collection, going from book to book and pointing out the dates that they cover. If this same information were written down it would be called an inventory. For example, when a state archive catalogs the names of all the notaries within a certain municipio and the dates their records cover, this is an inventory. <br>-Index—Now suppose this person takes a specific document from the shelf and goes through it with you, pointing out the names in it. This is the level of an index, which takes the documents in a section and at least gives the principal parties, such as the names of a child being baptized and his parents, or the people whose will and contracts appear in a notarial book. | Archival Printed Materials<br>Most archive—local, state, or national—will have some type of published material explaining what they contain. It’s helpful to think of these materials in the following way:<br>-Guides—If you were to walk into an archive that was new to you with somebody who was familiar with it by your side, they would probably begin by giving you an overview of what the archive held, saying things like, “The shelves in this section are where we keep inventories, this group of shelves deals with the Mexican Revolution,” and so on. An archival guide serves the same function, giving an overview of what the archive contains. <br>-Inventory—Suppose this same person now takes you to a particular shoelf or collection, going from book to book and pointing out the dates that they cover. If this same information were written down it would be called an inventory. For example, when a state archive catalogs the names of all the notaries within a certain municipio and the dates their records cover, this is an inventory. <br>-Index—Now suppose this person takes a specific document from the shelf and goes through it with you, pointing out the names in it. This is the level of an index, which takes the documents in a section and at least gives the principal parties, such as the names of a child being baptized and his parents, or the people whose will and contracts appear in a notarial book. | ||
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It was not until the late 19th century before other sects such as the Mennonites and other Protestant denominations began to establish themselves in Mexico. Their records are not easy to access. For more information about the various churches in Mexico, see the articles on "'''[[Mexico Church History|Church History]]'''" and "'''[[Mexico History|History]]'''." | It was not until the late 19th century before other sects such as the Mennonites and other Protestant denominations began to establish themselves in Mexico. Their records are not easy to access. For more information about the various churches in Mexico, see the articles on "'''[[Mexico Church History|Church History]]'''" and "'''[[Mexico History|History]]'''." | ||
[[Mexico, Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br> | [[Mexico, Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br> | ||
[[Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | [[Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||
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[[Mexico, Nayarit Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | [[Mexico, Nayarit Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]] | ||
[https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Mexico,_Tabasco_State_Catholic_Church_Records_%28FamilySearch_Historical_Records%29 Mexico, Tabasco State Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)] | |||
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