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== Record Finder Table for Mexico ==
# In column 1 find the goal you selected, then in column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
# Read the sections in the outline about those types of records.
=== Order of Records ===
# Look for those types of records in the Family History Library Catalog.
The typically most reliable sources are listed at the top of the list. However, depending on the time period of the record and location, multiple records in the list may need to be searched to achieve the objective. Alternative records are listed as well in case traditional records do not provide the desired information.
# Search the records.
# If you do not find the information you need, return to column 3 and try those records. Note: Records of previous research (Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals, but they are not listed unless they are especially helpful.<br>


== List of Topics ==
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This Record Finder table links to the Mexico topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
 
===Vital Events ===
<br>
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
 
{| class="vertical listing"
|-
| align="left" | '''1. If You Need'''
| align="left" | 2. Look First In
| align="left" | 3. Then Search
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Age
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Civil Registration
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Church Records
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Birth date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Civil Registration
*[[Mexico Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Church Records
*[[Mexico Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
|-
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Birthplace
 
| align="left" | Civil Registration
| align="left" | Church Records
|-
| align="left" | Boundaries and origins
| align="left" | Maps
| align="left" | Gazetteers, History
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| align="left" | Customs
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | History, Minorities
*[[Mexico Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Social Life and Customs
*[[Mexico Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| align="left" | Country of foreign birth
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Civil Registration
*[[Mexico Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
*[[Mexico Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Death information
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Civil Registration
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Church Records
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| align="left" | Divorce
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Court Records
*[[Mexico Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Civil Registration
*[[Mexico Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| align="left" | Emigration information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
*[[Mexico Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" |  
*[[Mexico Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Ethnic background
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Church Records
*[[Mexico Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
*[[Mexico Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico Directories|Directories]]
|-
|}
 
=== Immigration and Country of Origin ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Historical background
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | History, Encyclopedia and Dictionaries
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Gazetteers, Periodicals
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date  
| align="left" | Immigration date
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
*[[Mexico Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" | Naturalization and Citizenship
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico Societies|Societies]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| align="left" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Directories
*[[Mexico Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
| align="left" |  
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
 
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Civil Registration
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Church Records
|-
|-
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Marriage information
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Civil Registration
*[[Mexico Census|Census]]
| align="left" | Church Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Naming customs
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | History
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
| align="left" | Social Life and Customs
|-
|-
| align="left" | Nobility
| align="left" | Naturalization
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Court Records
*[[Mexico Nobility|Nobility]]
| align="left" |  
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupation
| align="left" | Occupations
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Civil Records
*[[Mexico Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Censuses
*[[Mexico Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Religion
| align="left" | Parents
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Civil Records
*[[Mexico Church Records|Church Records]]
| align="left" | Church Records
*[[Mexico Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Social activities
| align="left" | Physical description
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Military Records
*[[Mexico Social Life and Customs|Social Life & Customs]]
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
*[[Mexico Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico History|History]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| align="left" | Place-finding aids
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Gazetteers
*[[Mexico Military Records|Military Records]]
| align="left" | Maps
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
|}
===Reading Spanish Records===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| align="left" | Places of residence
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Civil Registration
*[[Spanish Genealogical Word List]]
| align="left" | Church Records, Biography, Census
*[[Spanish Records Extraction Manual| Spanish Records Extraction Manual]]
|-
|-
| align="left" |Handwriting
| align="left" | Previous research
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Genealogy, Biography
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/reading-spanish-handwriting Reading Spanish Handwriting]
| align="left" | Periodicals
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20180131201930/https://script.byu.edu/spanish-handwriting/introduction BYU Spanish Documents Script Tutorial]
*[https://www.iifilologicas.unam.mx/dicabenovo/ Diccionario de Abreviaturas Novohispanas]
|-
|-
| align="left" |Naming patterns
| align="left" | Religion
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Church Records
*[[Mexico Names, Personal|Naming patterns]]
| align="left" | Censuses
|-
|-
| align="left" |Writing for records
| align="left" | Social activities
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Social Life and Customs
*[[Spanish Letter Writing Guide]]
| align="left" | History
|}
|}


==States of Mexico==
{|
|[[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png]]
|The topic articles listed above give general background, record contents details, and research methods. '''More specific help is available in topic articles for each state of Mexico, including links to actual records.'''
|}
{|
<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
    <li>[[Aguascalientes, Mexico Genealogy|Aguascalientes]]</li>
    <li>[[Baja California, Mexico Genealogy|Baja California]]</li>
    <li>[[Baja California Sur, Mexico Genealogy|Baja California Sur]]</li>
    <li>[[Campeche, Mexico Genealogy|Campeche]]</li>
    <li>[[Chiapas, Mexico Genealogy|Chiapas]]</li>
    <li>[[Chihuahua, Mexico Genealogy|Chihuahua]]</li>
    <li>[[Coahuila, Mexico Genealogy|Coahuila]]</li>
    <li>[[Colima, Mexico Genealogy|Colima]]</li>
    <li>[[Distrito Federal, Mexico Genealogy|Distrito Federal]]</li>
    <li>[[Durango, Mexico Genealogy|Durango]]</li>
    <li>[[Guanajuato, Mexico Genealogy|Guanajuato]]</li>
    <li>[[Guerrero, Mexico Genealogy|Guerrero]]</li>
    <li>[[Hidalgo, Mexico Genealogy|Hidalgo]]</li>
    <li>[[Jalisco, Mexico Genealogy|Jalisco]]</li>
    <li>[[State of Mexico, Mexico Genealogy|State of Mexico]]</li>
    <li>[[Michoacán]]</li>
    <li>[[Morelos, Mexico Genealogy|Morelos]]</li>
    <li>[[Nayarit, Mexico Genealogy|Nayarit]]</li>
    <li>[[Nuevo León, Mexico Genealogy|Nuevo León]]</li>
    <li>[[Oaxaca, Mexico Genealogy|Oaxaca]]</li>
    <li>[[Puebla, Mexico Genealogy|Puebla]]</li>
    <li>[[Querétaro, Mexico Genealogy|Querétaro]]</li>
    <li>[[Quintana Roo, Mexico Genealogy|Quintana Roo]]</li>
    <li>[[San Luis Potosí, Mexico Genealogy|San Luis Potosí]]</li>
    <li>[[Sinaloa, Mexico Genealogy|Sinaloa]]</li>
    <li>[[Sonora, Mexico Genealogy|Sonora]]</li>
    <li>[[Tabasco, Mexico Genealogy|Tabasco]]</li>
    <li>[[Tamaulipas, Mexico Genealogy|Tamaulipas]]</li>
    <li>[[Tlaxcala, Mexico Genealogy|Tlaxcala]]</li>
    <li>[[Veracruz, Mexico Genealogy|Veracruz]]</li>
    <li>[[Yucatán, Mexico Genealogy|Yucatán]]</li>
    <li>[[Zacatecas, Mexico Genealogy|Zacatecas]]</li>
|}
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[[Category:Mexico Research Guidance]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]
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Revision as of 22:03, 21 January 2008

This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for research from 1800 to the present.

  1. In column 1 find the goal you selected, then in column 2 find the types of records most likely to have the information you need.
  2. Read the sections in the outline about those types of records.
  3. Look for those types of records in the Family History Library Catalog.
  4. Search the records.
  5. If you do not find the information you need, return to column 3 and try those records. Note: Records of previous research (Genealogy, Biography, History, Periodicals, and Societies) are useful for most goals, but they are not listed unless they are especially helpful.



1. If You Need 2. Look First In 3. Then Search
Age Civil Registration Church Records
Birth date Civil Registration Church Records
Birthplace Civil Registration Church Records
Boundaries and origins Maps Gazetteers, History
Customs History, Minorities Social Life and Customs
Country of foreign birth Civil Registration Emigration and Immigration
Death information Civil Registration Church Records
Divorce Court Records Civil Registration
Emigration information Emigration and Immigration
Ethnic background Church Records Emigration and Immigration
Historical background History, Encyclopedia and Dictionaries Gazetteers, Periodicals
Immigration date Emigration and Immigration Naturalization and Citizenship
Living relatives Directories
Maiden name Civil Registration Church Records
Marriage information Civil Registration Church Records
Naming customs History Social Life and Customs
Naturalization Court Records
Occupations Civil Records Censuses
Parents Civil Records Church Records
Physical description Military Records Emigration and Immigration
Place-finding aids Gazetteers Maps
Places of residence Civil Registration Church Records, Biography, Census
Previous research Genealogy, Biography Periodicals
Religion Church Records Censuses
Social activities Social Life and Customs History
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