I think that the book alone is worth a stop at the Westwood FHC. We will be traveling south in two weeks and I'll make an effort to stop there, maybe off peak times to miss the big traffic jams.
thanks for the Report. . .I wish I had a FHC like Westwood close to me. Here is what is available on the Pasajeros via the FHC. It looks like in books it goes to 1599 but on Film only to 1559:
Title
Catálogo de pasajeros a Indias durante los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII
Authors
Bermúdez Plata, Cristóbal (Added Author)
Romera Iruela, Luis (Added Author)
Galbis Díez, María del Carmen (Added Author)
Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla) (Added Author)
Notes
Vol. 1-3 compilado bajo la dirección de Cristóbal Bermúdez Plata; vol. 4-5 por Luis Romero Iruela y María del Carmen Galbis Díez; vol. 6-7 por María del Carmen Galbis Díez.
Contenido: v. 1. 1509-1534 -- v. 2. 1535-1538 -- v. 3. 1539-1559 -- v. 4. 1560-1566 -- v. 5. 1567-1577 -- v. 6. 1578-1585 -- v. 7. 1586-1599.
Cada volumen incluye índices.
La Biblioteca tiene solamente volúmenes 1-7.
Lists of passengers from Spain to the New World during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. The Library has only volumes 1-7, which go until 1599. Each volume includes indexes.
Subjects
Spain - Emigration and immigration
Latin America - Emigration and immigration
Latin America - Colonization
Spain, Sevilla, Sevilla - Archives and libraries - Inventories, registers, catalogs
Copies
Call Number - Location - Status
946 W2sa - FHL INTL Book - Available
946 W2sa v. 2-3 - FHL INTL Book - Available
946 W2sa v. 4 - FHL INTL Book - Available
946 W2sa v. 5 pt. 1 - FHL INTL Book - Available
946 W2sa v. 5 pt. 2 - FHL INTL Book - Available
946 W2sa v. 6 - FHL INTL Book - Available
946 W2sa v. 7 - FHL INTL Book - Available
Format
Books/Monographs (With Film)
Language
Spanish
Publication
Sevilla : [publicaci?n varia], 1940-
Physical
v. : il., facsíms.
ISBN/ISSN
8474831857 (obra completa)
Subject Class
946 W2
Title Also Known As
Pasajeros a Indias
Film Notes
Note - Location [Film]
También en microfilm. Salt Lake City : Filmado por la Sociedad Genealógica de Utah, 1956. en 4 rollos de microfilm ; 35 mm.
Vol. 1. (1509-1534) - VAULT INTL Film [ 277577 Item 1 ]
Vol. 2. (1535-1538) - VAULT INTL Film [ 277577 Item 2 ]
Vol. 3. (1539-1559) . - VAULT INTL Film [ 277578 ]
OTRA FILMACION . Vol. 1 (1509-1534) - FHL INTL Film [ 1410933 Item 4 ]
Vol. 2. (1535-1539) - FHL INTL Film [ 1410933 Item 5 ]
Vol. 3. (1539-1559) - FHL INTL Film [ 1410934 Item 1 ]
© 2002 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.
sgapodaca wrote:
As soon as I read on this board that the Westwood FHC had lots of
Mexican films, I made a trip there as soon as I could. Of course, the
traffic is terrible in that area (Santa Monica Blvd.)
I found lots of films from Jalisco, but none of them were needed for
my research (for right now). I got really dissapointed while looking
for two marriage records in Tlajomulco and Lagos de Moreno, and they
had the films for the years around the time I was looking for, but
not exactly the ones I needed. The good thing is that now I know what
they have, and who knows, as my research progresses, I may need some
of those films in the future.
They did have some films with info about my ancestors (Zacoalco and
Atotonilco el Bajo), but I had already took all the information I
needed from them months, or years ago. I did not find info on my
ancestors, but still,I recommend you to go to this FHC just to spend
a good time reading the books in their library and other microfilms.
I found something that even though won't help me at this point, I am
sure it will be an very valuable tool on my research in a couple
years.
The series of books on film is called Catalogo de Pasajeros a Indias
Durante los Siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII. According to this website:
http://www.cubagenweb.org/e-pass.htm , it consists of 7 volumes. The
Westwood FHC has three of them on film: Volumen I (1509-1534) Volumen
II (1534-1538) Volumen III (1539-1559) It consists of a list of
passengers who traveled from Spain to America in the 1500's. It
includes everyone: men, women, children, white spaniards, servants,
black slaves, foreigners, etc. I immediately realized the historical
value of these documents.
The optimist would say, "Oh yes that is absolutely true!! Very
good!!"
The pessimist would say, "But they do not have all of them,
especially not
the ones that I need."
There the realist would say, "Expect to have a really good time,
but not as
good as you had hoped."
I have been to the LA Family History Center many times before, with
a list of
microfilms I had wanted to look at, and then discovered to my
dismay that
they were not there. So, not all the films are there. But, yes
they do have
quite a few.
Regards,
Steven H.
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