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== Local Civil Offices/Municipio Records Offices == | == Local Civil Offices/Municipio Records Offices == | ||
Many records in Mexico are created by the local government. Civil registration, including birth, marriage, and death records, started in 1859. Every municipio in Mexico has jurisdiction over its own archives, which are separate from the state archives. Each municipio has two kinds of archives: | Many records in Mexico are created by the local government. Civil registration, including birth, marriage, and death records, started in 1859. Every municipio in Mexico has jurisdiction over its own archives, which are separate from the state archives. Each municipio has two kinds of archives: | ||
*El Archivo del Municipio, which keeps important genealogical record that includes wills and probate inventories, and lransfers and deeds. | *El Archivo del Municipio, which keeps important genealogical record that includes wills and probate inventories, and lransfers and deeds. | ||
*El Archivo del Registro Civil, which records vital records. | *El Archivo del Registro Civil, which records vital records. | ||
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A list of all the municipal archives in Mexico can be found in: | A list of all the municipal archives in Mexico can be found in: | ||
*''Guía General de los Archivos Estatales y Municipales de México'' (General Guide to the Archives of the States and Municipalities of Mexico). México, D.F.: Achivo General de la Nación, ca. 1988. (FHL book 972 A3a.) Contains the addresses of the archives as well as the kind of records they have and the dates the records cover. | |||
''Guía General de los Archivos Estatales y Municipales de México'' (General Guide to the Archives of the States and Municipalities of Mexico). México, D.F.: Achivo General de la Nación, ca. 1988. (FHL book 972 A3a.) Contains the addresses of the archives as well as the kind of records they have and the dates the records cover. | *''Los Municipios de México (The Municipios of Mexico).'' México: Centro Nacional de Desarrollo Municipal, 1998. (FHL compact disc number 114.) | ||
===El Archivo del Registro Civil (Civil Registration)=== | |||
''Los Municipios de México (The Municipios of Mexico).'' México: Centro Nacional de Desarrollo Municipal, 1998. (FHL compact disc number 114.) | |||
===El Archivo del Registro Civil (Civil Registration) | |||
*The Civil registration which began in 1859 is recorded in the Archivo del Registro Civil. | *The Civil registration which began in 1859 is recorded in the Archivo del Registro Civil. | ||
*Some Municipios had sub-offices (oficialia) in other towns within its borders. These sub-offices kept their own records. The sub-office records are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog under the name of the municipio civil registration office. | *Some Municipios had sub-offices (oficialia) in other towns within its borders. These sub-offices kept their own records. The sub-office records are listed in the FamilySearch Catalog under the name of the municipio civil registration office. | ||