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Some states have taken censuses and were kept in state archives. Many of them are listed in the aforementioned volume 13. But a good number of them are not yet cataloged or identified. At one time the Genealogical Society of Utah microfilmed censuses and registers in the parishes but later stopped. | Some states have taken censuses and were kept in state archives. Many of them are listed in the aforementioned volume 13. But a good number of them are not yet cataloged or identified. At one time the Genealogical Society of Utah microfilmed censuses and registers in the parishes but later stopped. | ||
The municipalities also took censuses from time to time. The | The municipalities also took censuses from time to time. The municipality of the City of Mexico, for example, is stored in Chile 8 Doncelas Corner in downtown Mexico City. The volumes and years are 3393-3394 1775-1869. The volumes 3406-3431 contains censuses of 1842, 1848, 1850, 1863, 1873, 1874, 1877, 1879, 1882, 1886, 1910, and 1920. An 1891 municipal census is in volumes 3398-3405. The school census of 1894 is in volumes 3395-3397. | ||
The Mexican censuses and registers contain far more information of a longer time period before the English world. Excellent details on family names, ages, relationships, marital status and other things are included for the late eighteenth century. The researcher should note, however, that using these records, the information contained therein may not be particular to these censuses. In many Spanish censuses of the colonial period it is possible that the information used in one will be used to meet other requirements. While the priest or local mayor had the responsibility of gathering information, it is expected that such enumerations have been used by different levels of civil or ecclesiastical administration to satisfy a demand for them and more. | The Mexican censuses and registers contain far more information of a longer time period before the English world. Excellent details on family names, ages, relationships, marital status and other things are included for the late eighteenth century. The researcher should note, however, that using these records, the information contained therein may not be particular to these censuses. In many Spanish censuses of the colonial period it is possible that the information used in one will be used to meet other requirements. While the priest or local mayor had the responsibility of gathering information, it is expected that such enumerations have been used by different levels of civil or ecclesiastical administration to satisfy a demand for them and more. | ||