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This table can help you decide which records to search. It is most helpful for research from 1800 to the present.
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# 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.
== Record Finder Table for Mexico ==
# Read the sections in the outline about those types of records.
The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.  
# Look for those types of records in the Family History Library Catalog.
=== Order of Records ===
# Search the records.
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.
# 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 />


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== List of Topics ==
 
This Record Finder table links to the Mexico topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.
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===Vital Events ===
 
{| 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
|-
|-
| align="left" | Age
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Civil Registration
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Church Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Birth date
| align="left" | Birth date and place
| align="left" | Civil Registration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Church Records
*[[Mexico Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Mexico Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
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| align="left" | Birthplace
| align="left" | Marriage place and date
| align="left" | Civil Registration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Church Records
*[[Mexico Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Mexico Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Boundaries and origins
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| align="left" | Maps
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Gazetteers, History
*[[Mexico Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[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"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Customs
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | History, Minorities
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Social Life and Customs
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Country of foreign birth
| align="left" | Maiden name
| align="left" | Civil Registration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
*[[Mexico Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Mexico Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death information
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| align="left" | Civil Registration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Church Records
*[[Mexico Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Mexico Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Divorce
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Court Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Civil Registration
*[[Mexico Compiled Genealogies|Genealogies]]
*[[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"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Emigration information
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" |
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Ethnic background
| align="left" | Immigration date
| align="left" | Church Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
*[[Mexico Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico Societies|Societies]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Historical background
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| align="left" | History, Encyclopedia and Dictionaries
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Gazetteers, Periodicals
*[[Mexico Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
 
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Naturalization and Citizenship
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Directories
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" |
*[[Mexico Census|Census]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico Notarial Records|Notarial Records]]
|}
 
=== Personal Details and Affiliations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Civil Registration
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Church Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Marriage information
| align="left" | Nobility
| align="left" | Civil Registration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Church Records
*[[Mexico Nobility|Nobility]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico Periodicals|Periodicals]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Naming customs
| align="left" | Occupation
| align="left" | History
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Social Life and Customs
*[[Mexico Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Mexico Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Naturalization
| align="left" | Religion
| align="left" | Court Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" |
*[[Mexico Church Records|Church Records]]
*[[Mexico Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupations
| align="left" | Social activities
| align="left" | Civil Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Censuses
*[[Mexico Social Life and Customs|Social Life & Customs]]
*[[Mexico Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico History|History]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Parents
| align="left" | Physical description
| align="left" | Civil Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Church Records
*[[Mexico Military Records|Military Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
|}
===Reading Spanish Records===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| align="left" | Military Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
*[[Spanish Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Spanish Records Extraction Manual| Spanish Records Extraction Manual]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Place-finding aids
| align="left" |Handwriting
| align="left" | Gazetteers
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Maps
*[https://www.familysearch.org/help/helpcenter/lessons/reading-spanish-handwriting Reading Spanish Handwriting]
*[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" | Places of residence
| align="left" |Naming patterns
| align="left" | Civil Registration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Church Records, Biography, Census
*[[Mexico Names, Personal|Naming patterns]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Previous research
| align="left" |Writing for records
| align="left" | Genealogy, Biography
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Periodicals
*[[Spanish Letter Writing Guide]]
|-
|}
| align="left" | Religion
 
| align="left" | Church Records
==States of Mexico==
| align="left" | Censuses
{|
|-
|[[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png]]
| align="left" | Social activities
|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.'''
| align="left" | Social Life and Customs
|}
| align="left" | History
{|  
<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>
|}
|}
{{Place|Mexico}}
[[es:Tabla de selección de registros de México]]
[[Category:Mexico Research Guidance]] [[Category:Record_Finder]]

Latest revision as of 17:03, 29 February 2024


Mexico Wiki Topics
Flag of Mexico
Mexico Beginning Research
Record Types
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Mexico Genealogical Word Lists
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Local Research Resources

Record Finder Table for Mexico

The following Record Finder table assists researchers in determining record types that may list the information they are looking for.

Order of Records

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.

List of Topics

This Record Finder table links to the Mexico topic Wiki pages, containing databases and other information about accessing the records.

Vital Events

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Birth date and place
Marriage place and date
Death date, place, and burial

Maiden Names and Family Members

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Maiden name
Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
Living relatives

Immigration and Country of Origin

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Immigration date
Country and town of origin


Residences and Locations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Residence

Personal Details and Affiliations

Searching for: Best Records to Search: Alternative Records:
Nobility
Occupation
Religion
Social activities
Physical description

Reading Spanish Records

Vocabulary
Handwriting
Naming patterns
Writing for records

States of Mexico

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.
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