Includes 35 documents from the Spanish monarch confirming pre-Columbian ownership of land, titles of nobility, and coats of arms, and conferring Spanish titles and arms, beginning with the generation of Montezuma. Genealogies show connections between pre-Columbian Mexican nobility and Spanish nobility. The author found these documents by chance in the Archivo de la Nación and believes that more exist. Includes black and white photographs of coats of arms.

This is a reel guide to the microfilmed documents. Archivo de la Mitra, Archivo General del Estado, Archivo Notarial del Estado, virtually all Yucatán newspapers for the 18th and 19th centuries. Includes dispensas de parentesco, becas y órdenes, información de cristiandad, matrimonios ultramarinos, asuntos de monjas, renuncias de becas, legitimaciones, órdenes sagradas, decretos y oficios, asuntos terminados, documentos de sacerdotes fallecidos, fallecimientos, órdenes y decretos eclesiásticos, visitas pastorales, concursos a curatos. An address is included for obtaining photocopies from the University of Texas at Arlington.

Paragraph-length descriptions of documents concerning the deportation of Spanish citizens to Mexico. Many are requests for exemption from deportation, citing personal circumstances and histories. Surname index and place name index that includes parts of Mexico now in the United States.

Genealogy of the de la Peña family of San Luis Potosí in Mexico up to 1983. Because the family line was continued by four daughters, it soon became part of many other families. For this reason, the book is a valuable supplement to the genealogies of these additional families.

Includes names of persons baptized, parish priests, apostolic visits, and genealogies.

Inscriptions in the "Panteón de Belén" cemetery, Guadalajara, Mexico. Fold-out map of the cemetery.

Families of Yucatán. Cites primary documents.

Genealogies of Mexican families that possess titles of nobility or have received special honors from the Spanish or Mexican governments. Covers 16th to 19th centuries.

Genealogies and color illustrations of coats of arms of families of Morelia, Mexico. Some photographs and family charts. Includes name index.

Papers from the XVI Reunión Americana de Genealogía and the VI Congreso Iberoamericano de las Ciencias Genealogía y Heráldica, held October 11-15, 2010, Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico.

In English and Spanish.

Abstracts of 12,000 parish and civil records relating to marriage, birth, and death.

Origins of most families of northeastern Mexico: Tamaulipas, Nuevo León, Coahuila, and part of Guadalajara. Many have branches in the United States. Volume 1 contains 17,000 entries and the set, when completed, will contain approximately 250,000. Data from primary sources in church and civil archives. Both paternal and maternal surnames are given for principals and parents. Brief historical sketch of the region, including a statement that the Inquisition was not active here and thus provided a haven for families of Jewish background. Describes kinds of documents consulted and defines the racial terms "castizo," "tresalbo," "mestizo," "mulato," "coyote," "lobo," and "casta."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Gives names of groom and bride, parents of each, notation if birth was out of wedlock, date of marriage, and number of original document in Mérida.

Name guide to microfilm reels.

Genealogies of Mexican families. Many of non-Spanish origin. Lists several generations in Europe, the immigrant to Mexico, and succeeding generations to the 1960s.

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Extensive genealogies, drawings of coats of arms indicating colors, summary of accomplishments of each family. In the index, surnames described in the articles are listed in capital letters; following each are surnames in lowercase letters that are mentioned in the article.

Lists are organized by section of the city and by block of residents obliged to pay tax. Alphabetical lists are by first name and include age, occupation, and marital status.

A street directory giving name, age, occupation, and marital status of residents.

Indexes the first eight of 58 volumes and covers the years 1821 to 1827. Listed by volume, year, city, and surname.

Composed of two resources from the 1530s, Relación de la genealogía and Origen de los mexicanos. Includes transcriptions and analysis of both texts. Argues that the documents cannot simply be amalgamated into one entity and proposes new directions for investigations.

Compiled for the Committee on Mexican Studies, Conference on Latin American History, Lincoln, Nebraska.