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 The civil registration records in Mexico are an excellent source for genealogical research after 1867. Important genealogical data can be found in these records, which may also include data of other family members to fill in another generation group. Begin your search by finding your ancestors in the index of birth, marriage, or death. Use the locator information in the index (such as page, entry, or certificate number) to locate your ancestors in the records. Compare the information in the record to what you already know about your ancestors to determine if this is the correct person. You may need to compare the information of more than one person to make this determination. Be aware that as with any index, transcription errors may occur.
+Begin your search by finding your ancestors in the index. Name indexes to births, marriages, and death make it possible to access a specific record quickly. Remember that these indexes may contain inaccuracies, such as altered spellings, misinterpretations, and optical character recognition errors if the information was scanned.
-When you have located your ancestor’s birth, marriage or death record, carefully evaluate each piece of information about them. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. For example:
+When searching the index it is helpful to know the following:
+*The place where the event occurred.
+*The name and surname of the person.
+*The approximate date of the event.
+*The name of the parents or spouse.
-*Use the date along with the place to find the family in census records.
+Use the locator information found in the index (such as page, entry, or certificate number) to locate your ancestors in the records. Compare the information in the record to what you already know about your ancestors to determine if this is the correct person. You may need to compare the information of more than one person to make this determination.
-*Use the residence and names of the parents to locate church and land records.
-*The father’s occupation can lead you to employment records or other types of records such as military records.
-*The parent’s birth places can tell you former residences and can help to establish a migration pattern for the family.
-It is often helpful to extract the information on all children with the same parents. If the surname is unusual, you may want to compile entries for every person of the same surname and sort them into families based on the names of the parents. Continue to search the records to identify siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same or other generations who were born in the same town or nearby location.
+When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family.
+For example:
+*Use the marriage date and place as the basis for compiling a new family group or for verifying existing information.
+*Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth of each partner to find a couple's birth records and parents' names.
+*Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth to find the family in census records.
+*Use the residence and names of the parents to locate church and land records.
+*Occupations listed can lead you to employment records or other types of records such as military records.
+*Use the parent’s birth places to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family.
+*The name of the officiator is a clue to their religion or area of residence in the county. However, ministers may have reported marriages performed in other counties.
+*Compile the marriage entries for every person who has the same surname as the bride or groom, this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual.
+*Continue to search the marriage records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives of the bride and groom who may have married in the same county or nearby. This can help you identify other generations of your family or even the second marriage of a parent. Repeat this process for each new generation you identify.
+*Use the marriage number to identify previous marriages.
+*When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct.
 Keep in mind:
+*The information in church records is usually reliable, but depends upon the reliability of the informant.
+*Earlier records may not contain as much information as the records created after the late 1800.
+*There is also some variation in the information given from one record to another.
-*The information in civil records is usually reliable, but depends upon the reliability of the informant.
+If you are unable to find the ancestors you are looking for, try the following:
-*Earlier records may not contain as much information as the records created after the late 1800s.
+*Check for variant spellings of the surnames.
-*There is also some variation in the information given from record to record.
+*Check for a different index. There are often indexes at the beginning of each volume.
+*Search the indexes and records of nearby localities.
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