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A royal decree, dated December 1, 1837, established the content of parish records and that law more than any other that caused individual priests to conform to the standard that was developed. This meant that in a number of parishes, grandparents with their origins and residences were written for the first time. Nothing changed about the way to keep parish registers and unfortunately, the law was not enforced throughout the country. | A royal decree, dated December 1, 1837, established the content of parish records and that law more than any other that caused individual priests to conform to the standard that was developed. This meant that in a number of parishes, grandparents with their origins and residences were written for the first time. Nothing changed about the way to keep parish registers and unfortunately, the law was not enforced throughout the country. | ||
Most church records prior to 1640 have been lost. That year in Mexico, various religious orders lost their parishes and were secularized. By law, by custom, the Franciscans, Dominicans, and Jesuits community took their files with them when they left a parish. They should have left behind convent and doctrinal archives, but many of these have been lost. They may be found in archives such as Celaya which is still unknown.<br><br> | Most church records prior to 1640 have been lost. That year in Mexico, various religious orders lost their parishes and were secularized. By law, by custom, the Franciscans, Dominicans, and Jesuits community took their files with them when they left a parish. They should have left behind convent and doctrinal archives, but many of these have been lost. They may be found in archives such as Celaya which is still unknown.<br> | ||
== Records of high use == | |||
Parish records of greater use for genealogical research are the following: | |||
• Baptism<br>• Matrimony<br>• Matrimonial Information<br>• Deaths<br>• Census | |||
== Records of less use == | |||
• Confirmation<br>• Wills<br>• Debuts<br>• Fraternity<br>• Dispensation | |||
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