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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.


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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.
===Vital Events ===
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|-
| align="left" | '''1. If You Need'''
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''  
| align="left" | 2. Look First In
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | 3. Then Search
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
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| align="left" | Age
| 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" | Birth date
| 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" | Birthplace
| align="left" | Death date, place, and burial
| 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]]
|-
|}
 
===Maiden Names and Family Members===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Boundaries and origins
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Maps
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Gazetteers, History
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Customs
| align="left" | Maiden name
| align="left" | History, Minorities
| 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;"|  
|-
|-
| align="left" | Country of foreign birth
| align="left" | Parents, children, spouses, and other family members
| 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;"|  
*[[Mexico Census|Census]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Death information
| align="left" | Living relatives
| align="left" | Civil Registration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Church Records
*[[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" | Divorce
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Court Records
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Civil Registration
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Emigration information
| align="left" | Immigration date
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" |  
*[[Mexico Emigration and Immigration|Emigration and Immigration]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico Societies|Societies]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Ethnic background
| align="left" | Country and town of origin
| 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;"|  
 
 
|}
 
=== Residences and Locations ===
{| width="65%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="5" border="1"
|-
|-
| align="left" | Historical background
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | History, Encyclopedia and Dictionaries
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" | Gazetteers, Periodicals
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Immigration date
| align="left" | Residence
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Naturalization and Citizenship
*[[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" | Living relatives
| style="align:left; width:25%;" | '''Searching for:'''
| align="left" | Directories
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Best Records to Search:'''
| align="left" |  
| style="align:left; width:35%;" | '''Alternative Records:'''
|-
|-
| align="left" | Maiden name
| 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" | Marriage information
| align="left" | Occupation
| 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" | Naming customs
| align="left" | Religion
| 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 History|History]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Naturalization
| align="left" | Social activities
| align="left" | Court Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" |  
*[[Mexico Social Life and Customs|Social Life & Customs]]
*[[Mexico Societies|Societies]]
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
*[[Mexico History|History]]
 
|-
|-
| align="left" | Occupations
| align="left" | Physical description
| align="left" | Civil Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Censuses
*[[Mexico Military Records|Military Records]]
 
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
 
|-
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===Reading Spanish Records===
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|-
| align="left" | Parents
| align="left" |Vocabulary
| align="left" | Civil Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Church Records
*[[Spanish Genealogical Word List]]
*[[Spanish Records Extraction Manual| Spanish Records Extraction Manual]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Physical description
| align="left" |Handwriting
| align="left" | Military Records
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|
| align="left" | Emigration and Immigration
*[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" | Place-finding aids
| align="left" |Naming patterns
| align="left" | Gazetteers
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Maps
*[[Mexico Names, Personal|Naming patterns]]
|-
|-
| align="left" | Places of residence
| align="left" |Writing for records
| align="left" | Civil Registration
| style="align:left; vertical-align:top;"|  
| align="left" | Church Records, Biography, Census
*[[Spanish Letter Writing Guide]]
|-
|}
| align="left" | Previous research
 
| align="left" | Genealogy, Biography
==States of Mexico==
| align="left" | Periodicals
{|
|-
|[[File:Dark_thin_font_green_pin_Version_4.png]]
| align="left" | Religion
|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" | Church Records
|}
| align="left" | Censuses
{|  
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<ul class="column-spacing-fullscreen" style="padding-right:5px;">
| align="left" | Social activities
    <li>[[Aguascalientes, Mexico Genealogy|Aguascalientes]]</li>
| align="left" | Social Life and Customs
    <li>[[Baja California, Mexico Genealogy|Baja California]]</li>
| align="left" | History
    <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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{{Place|Mexico}}
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[[Category:Mexico]]
[[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
Mexico Background
Mexico Genealogical Word Lists
Cultural Groups
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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