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Re: [ranchos] Re: Franciscan Covenant Records: was-Trip to Jalisco, Zacatecas


 
thanks Arturo for this information. It will be very interesting what youfind out when you make your trip to these areas later. thanks again for your work for the Ranchos group.

joseph

Arturo Ramos wrote:
Only 1720 on are filmed and in the databases, because those are the 
actual parish records of the San Luis parish.

However, Esteban Valdes Salazar refers to Franciscan convent archives 
that are held at the parish when citing marriage and baptismal 
records from the mid and late 1600s.  They may go back further than 
that.

I was just looking at the Colotlan films today and was very 
pleasantly surprised to find that the majority of the records are for 
indigenous people and that they are assigned to their historical 
communities in the city... Tlaxcala (which was the Tlaxacltec 
section), Tochopa, Sayotlan, etc.

I bet it is possible to trace the Tlaxcaltec lineages down to the 
modern times. 

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Joseph Puentes <makas@n...> wrote:
  

Arturo Ramos wrote:

    
There are a whole set of records from the original Franciscan 
      
Convent 
  
set up in Colotlan in 1591 that are supposedly at the Colotlan 
church.  These include baptismal and marriage records prior to the 
foundation of the actual church in 1720 (all of these on FHC 
films)... These are the ones I really want to look at.

      
just want to clarify. . .are you saying that the 1591-1720 records 
    
are 
  
on microfilm? or just from 1720 forward? I have seen the 1720 
    
forward 
  
record listing but not the other. I hope the 1591-1720 are 
    
available. . .
  
hoping in NC,

joseph


    
I imagine that since the civil registry has to have mechanisms to 
obtain copies of documents in their possession, they can be more 
reticent about letting people see the originals... plus I have 
      
heard 
  
that documents created since the time civil registry was 
      
instituted 
  
in Mexico are in worse shape than the old baptismal records 
      
because 
  
of printing on non-acid-free paper, whereas old records were 
      
written 
  
with much more durable inks on much more durable paper.

We will see.  I am looking at writing to the parish head before I 
head down and perhaps getting a local historian to vouch for me. 

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, Alicia Carrillo <alliecar@p...> 
      
wrote:
  
 

      
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@y...> 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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