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Records Preservation.

 
Hi Elvira:
 
I'm impressed about of how you was described your "odyssey" to contribute for preservation the church records of San Juan de Guadalupe, Durango (many years). Your experience surely help us to understand that, not all people know the importance of this, but you report us a very relevant tips to solve the problem that you has had, and us could have.
 
1) Your persistence was successful.
2) You say a guy that help you (and could help others, I think): Benicio Sanchez, that you say is the President of the Sociedad Genealogica del Norte de Mexico. Is not a good idea that you proved us the contact with him?
3) When a archive is microfilmed, the access to it is too much more easy (you expend your time now to go another places that no microfilm is available, but for San Juan de Guadalupe, Dgo., you only go to the FHC to see their records).
Thanks for share your marvelous experience. There are a large information in the www, regards "Preservation of Records" the following links are some:
 
Records Preservation and Access: http://www.fgs.org/rpa/
 
Cindy's List - Records Preservation:
 
 
Best regards
 
JRGL
Mexico City
 
Elvira wrote:
 
Jose Roman:
 
What you are suggesting is exactly what I did for the town of San Juan de Guadalupe, Durango. I had been trying to get info from there for about 25 years and the priests would not relent. The registro civil was okay but that was it. I found out that the LDS church would pay for the microfilming and I started campaigning. I was fortunate to meet the president of the Sociedad Genealogica del Norte de Mexico (Benicio Sanchez). I told him my situation and he started campaigning with both the San Juan de Guadalupe and the registro civil to obtain permission to film the records. They were filmed about 2 and a half years ago and are now in the LDS library. I really wanted them filmed because a big chunk of my family settled there over 200 years ago.
It took me about five years of campaigning and educating the priests about what microfilming is and selling the idea of preservation. I had to hard sell the fact that the Mormon Church would pay for the process. Besides the priests, I talked to whomever would listen. It paid off! Now I don't have to go there as often to research. I can now do most of the research just by going to the family history library here. Now I will be going to other places.
I wish everybody knew about this program. The basic information I had to give for Sanchez to verify my story was the name of the town, what records I had identified as not having been filmed yet, points of contact (names of the priest in charge, civil registrar's name, addressses and phone numbers). I also included comments as to how predisposed I thought they were to the microfilming. I wanted to make everything as easy as posssible.
 
Elvira

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