Re: [ranchos] Re: Trip to Jalisco, Zacatecas

[Alicia Carrillo <alliecar@...>]

Erlinda and Arturo,

 

I too found that they will not let you see the actual records. When I went to Nochistlan Zac they were  quite advanced for a small town in Mexico. They all had computers at the front office of the Registro Civil. The records that they did have they printed out certified documents for us based on what they had in the data base. I was able to come away with 6 certified documents but they don't let you access their books. When I asked for documents for my parents of 1925 they said they don't have any books for 1925 they were all destroyed or lost.

 

In Tlachichila the smaller town they have the books but they still won't let you see the books and there again they did not have records for 1925. I need to talk to the town historian or read a little history to see what happened in the year 1925.

I too have had better luck at my local FHC as well as at Salt Lake FHC. It's still good to visit your ancestor's town but don't expect to see much in terms of records or archives.
Erlinda Castanon-Long <longsjourney@...> wrote:

Arturo, When I was in El Limon Jalisco in 2003 we went to the parish
office and talked with the girl in the office who told us we could
not look at the actual books even though they were on the shelf
behind her.  The priest walked in and asked what family we were
looking for? My cousin's husband was trying to find his Santana
ancestors who turned out to be part of the priests family.  He asked
what year and took out a book wrapped in plastic because it was
frail.  We opened it and the pages started turning to dust and
blowing away.  Needless to say we closed it immediately and thanked
him for allowing us to try.  It's very dry there and no special
precautions were taken to preserve the books.
We went to Tamazula de Gordiano Jalisco next and they were so busy
that they gave very poor service telling us they tried but couldn't
find the records.  They had no copy machine so would have to do a
form letter for whatever information was found, came home and found
the records at the local FHC..
In Jerez Zacatecas they didn't have a copy machine either but were
willing to talk to my cousin who's Spanish was much better than
mine. I found it was much easier to get the records at the FHC.  I
didn't try to find land records or any other type of records though,
that was beyond my abilities to read records. Our time was limited
so I had to chose what to try to accomplish so I decided to enjoy
the land and the people.
I hope you have better luck than I did.
Linda in Everett

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Arturo Ramos" <arturo.ramos2@v...>
wrote:
>
> I will be spending about three weeks this December and January in
> Jalisco and Zacatecas and am hoping to make it to the parrishes in
> Colotlan and Tlaltenango, perhaps Atolinga as well as the archives
in
> Guadalajara...
>
> Question... has anyone ever asked to see the actual books held at
the
> parrishes?  I am thinking of asking to photograph some of them,
but
> don't know how well that would go over.
>
> Any tips would be appreciated.  I am also going to try to do an
> interview with Esteban Valdes Salazar who has published some very
good
> genealogy and history books on Totatiche.  He is the
local "cronista"
> and has obviously spent lots of time pouring over old archival
> documents, including the transcription of the 1591 census of
Tlaxcaltec
> migrants to Colotlan and the entire 1770 Totatiche census (over
3000
> names).  So if there are any questions anyone would like to ask,
please
> let me know.
>

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