Working More In-Depth with Mexican Parish Registrations

Lecture Description

Mexican vital records are often called the richest genealogy records in the world.

Mexican Catholic parish registrations are extent back to the 16th century in the colonial era, and record births, marriages, and burials. These records are rich in biographical details and multi-generational kinship clues.

This lecture covers:

• the type of information contained within these records
• situations to watch out for in your research
• strategies for finding your ancestors and building out your family tree
• why these records were created and what that meant to your ancestors
• reference tools to interpret Spanish terms and handwriting

Even a non-Spanish speaker can be successful in this research.

Lecture Summary

• Length: 60 minutes, including Q&A
• Audience: Genealogists and family historians

Related Lectures

You might also want to consider booking my other Mexican & Hispanic lectures.

• The American Southwest: Digitized Collections & Archival Finding Aids
• Getting to Know Mexican Church & Civil Registration Records
• An Introduction to Researching Your Mexican Ancestors
• An Introduction to Researching Hispanic Ancestry
• Social History: Painting a Bigger Picture of Your Hispanic Ancestors’ Lives
• The Suspect Centenarian: Using a Common U.S. Source to Build an Immigrant Life Story
• Working More In-Depth with Mexican Civil Registration Records
• Working More In-Depth with Mexican Parish Registrations
• Your 19th & 20th Century Mexican Ancestors in the U.S.
  (available as of March 2020)