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The civil censuses are one of Mexico’s richest archival treasures. Most of these have been cataloged in the series IGHL Genealogical Research, Volume 13, and Censuses of Latin America [1]. The most important general surveys are described below. | The civil censuses are one of Mexico’s richest archival treasures. Most of these have been cataloged in the series IGHL Genealogical Research, Volume 13, and Censuses of Latin America [1]. The most important general surveys are described below. | ||
Few censuses exist prior to 1750. At the end of the eighteenth century, inspired by the ideas of the European Age of Light, the Indian Council initiated a project throughout the empire, population control through a system of regular census reports. The first census taken this way was in 1768 in Spain, and in 1776 in the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Similar was the 1786 census in Spain, which became that of 1790-1791 (called Revillagigedo Census) in New Spain. This census has an index of 238 pages of places, which is on file IGHL in the Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), in the | Few censuses exist prior to 1750. At the end of the eighteenth century, inspired by the ideas of the European Age of Light, the Indian Council initiated a project throughout the empire, population control through a system of regular census reports. The first census taken this way was in 1768 in Spain, and in 1776 in the Viceroyalty of New Spain. Similar was the 1786 census in Spain, which became that of 1790-1791 (called Revillagigedo Census) in New Spain. This census has an index of 238 pages of places, which is on file IGHL in the Archivo General de la Nación (AGN), in the FamilySearch Library, and elsewhere. A colonial census was taken in 1812 end and for several years thereafter. More than 2,000 individual surveys have been identified for Mexico. | ||
The first national census of Mexico was taken in 1895. It is currently in the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics. The birthplace of the censuses of 1900 and 1910 is not known at this time. The national censuses of 1921 and 1930 were in the Yellow House and were transferred to the Archivo General de la Nación a few years ago and have been microfilmed. | The first national census of Mexico was taken in 1895. It is currently in the National Institute of Statistics, Geography and Informatics. The birthplace of the censuses of 1900 and 1910 is not known at this time. The national censuses of 1921 and 1930 were in the Yellow House and were transferred to the Archivo General de la Nación a few years ago and have been microfilmed. | ||
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