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Dani

What to do now?

Legg inn av Dani » 04 des 2004 05:10:42

I am all out of ideas, y'all!
How did people research their family tree *before* computers?
I've got birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates,
baptismal certificates, census information.....
What else do I need to get? My research takes me back into Mexico, but
I've no idea how to go about looking up records for there other than
http://www.familysearch.org.
I haven't broken down all my brick walls, either, it's just that I'm
tired of trying to break them down right now....

Any ideas?

Danielle Brown
dtxn@yahoo.com

Lyn Nunn

Re: What to do now?

Legg inn av Lyn Nunn » 04 des 2004 05:39:47

Hi Dani

What about finding some background info - what we often call "putting meat
on the bones" and going to your local library or googling and finding out
about the places they lived in at the time, how they lived, what was
involved in their work. Why did they move from Mexico? War, famine, poverty?
The LDS has a library catalogue that might have other sources of information
as well. You can purchase it from them or go to a centre and look yourself.
Before computers along with certificates, people used books and personal
visits to archives, churches etc. or paid researchers who had access to
them.

regards

Lyn
in Oz
"Dani" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:6Nasd.30558$Uf.1454@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
I am all out of ideas, y'all!
How did people research their family tree *before* computers?
I've got birth certificates, death certificates, marriage
certificates,
baptismal certificates, census information.....
What else do I need to get? My research takes me back into Mexico, but
I've no idea how to go about looking up records for there other than
http://www.familysearch.org.
I haven't broken down all my brick walls, either, it's just that I'm
tired of trying to break them down right now....

Any ideas?

Danielle Brown
dtxn@yahoo.com


Bob Melson

Re: What to do now?

Legg inn av Bob Melson » 04 des 2004 05:42:06

On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 04:10:42 +0000, Dani wrote:

I am all out of ideas, y'all!
How did people research their family tree *before* computers?
I've got birth certificates, death certificates, marriage certificates,
baptismal certificates, census information.....
What else do I need to get? My research takes me back into Mexico, but
I've no idea how to go about looking up records for there other than
http://www.familysearch.org.
I haven't broken down all my brick walls, either, it's just that I'm
tired of trying to break them down right now....

Any ideas?

Danielle Brown
dtxn@yahoo.com

Hi, Dani:

Mexico, eh? There are a couple of possibilities: (1) if you know the
location of the relative's birth, you can write the "Officiale de Registro
Civil" for the municipality and ask for an extract of the civil birth (or
death or marriage) record for relative, giving as much information as you
have (parents' names, date of birth if known); (2) Even though Mexico is a
secular state, and has been at least since the mid 1800s, the Catholic
Church has quite good records for baptisms and marriages, sometimes even
births; writing to the local parish where you think your relative cane
from could pay dividends; you should be able to get names from/through the
US Catholic Church.

As regards fees, I really have no idea what they might be today, but would
think about $10 US would cover not only the cost of the search and
certificate but would include a small "mordida" (tip, payoff, bribe), as
well.

Example address: Official de Registro Civil, Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua,
Mexico.

Be aware than many officials in rural Mexico do NOT speak/read/write
English, while there's usually somebody in the larger towns who does. If
you don't speak/read/write Spanish, I'd suggest you ask your friendly
local High School Spanish teacher or gang-banger to write the letter for
you in that language. Failing that, the nearest Mexican Consulate _might_
be persuaded to help.

HTH,
Bob Melson
(formerly Vice Consul, US Consulate General, Cd. Juarez, Mexico)


--
Robert G. Melson | Nothing is more terrible than
Rio Grande MicroSolutions | ignorance in action.
El Paso, Texas | Goethe
melsonr(at)earthlink(dot)net

Joe Pessarra

Re: What to do now?

Legg inn av Joe Pessarra » 04 des 2004 06:05:05

"Dani" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:6Nasd.30558$Uf.1454@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
I am all out of ideas, y'all!
How did people research their family tree *before* computers?
I've got birth certificates, death certificates, marriage
certificates,
baptismal certificates, census information.....
What else do I need to get? My research takes me back into Mexico, but
I've no idea how to go about looking up records for there other than
http://www.familysearch.org.
I haven't broken down all my brick walls, either, it's just that I'm
tired of trying to break them down right now....

Any ideas?

Danielle Brown
dtxn@yahoo.com



Thought this site might be of interest to you.
http://www.genhomepage.com/world.html Just go down the list and click on
North American Genealogy Resources under Mexico.

Good luck on your search, and may your brick walls come tumbling down.
--
Joe in Georgetown, Texas
Remove spam from email address to respond directly.

Dani

Re: What to do now?

Legg inn av Dani » 04 des 2004 19:50:56

Thank you for the suggestions. Much appreciated!

Dani


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"Dani" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:6Nasd.30558$Uf.1454@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
I am all out of ideas, y'all!
How did people research their family tree *before* computers?
I've got birth certificates, death certificates, marriage
certificates,
baptismal certificates, census information.....
What else do I need to get? My research takes me back into Mexico,
but
I've no idea how to go about looking up records for there other than
http://www.familysearch.org.
I haven't broken down all my brick walls, either, it's just that I'm
tired of trying to break them down right now....

Any ideas?

Danielle Brown
dtxn@yahoo.com



Thought this site might be of interest to you.
http://www.genhomepage.com/world.html Just go down the list and click on
North American Genealogy Resources under Mexico.

Good luck on your search, and may your brick walls come tumbling down.
--
Joe in Georgetown, Texas
Remove spam from email address to respond directly.


Dani

Re: What to do now?

Legg inn av Dani » 04 des 2004 19:51:17

Thanks, Bob.

Dani

"Bob Melson" <melsonr@earthlink.net> wrote in message
news:pan.2004.12.04.04.41.57.630637@earthlink.net...
On Sat, 04 Dec 2004 04:10:42 +0000, Dani wrote:

I am all out of ideas, y'all!
How did people research their family tree *before* computers?
I've got birth certificates, death certificates, marriage
certificates,
baptismal certificates, census information.....
What else do I need to get? My research takes me back into Mexico,
but
I've no idea how to go about looking up records for there other than
http://www.familysearch.org.
I haven't broken down all my brick walls, either, it's just that I'm
tired of trying to break them down right now....

Any ideas?

Danielle Brown
dtxn@yahoo.com

Hi, Dani:

Mexico, eh? There are a couple of possibilities: (1) if you know the
location of the relative's birth, you can write the "Officiale de Registro
Civil" for the municipality and ask for an extract of the civil birth (or
death or marriage) record for relative, giving as much information as you
have (parents' names, date of birth if known); (2) Even though Mexico is a
secular state, and has been at least since the mid 1800s, the Catholic
Church has quite good records for baptisms and marriages, sometimes even
births; writing to the local parish where you think your relative cane
from could pay dividends; you should be able to get names from/through the
US Catholic Church.

As regards fees, I really have no idea what they might be today, but would
think about $10 US would cover not only the cost of the search and
certificate but would include a small "mordida" (tip, payoff, bribe), as
well.

Example address: Official de Registro Civil, Cd. Juarez, Chihuahua,
Mexico.

Be aware than many officials in rural Mexico do NOT speak/read/write
English, while there's usually somebody in the larger towns who does. If
you don't speak/read/write Spanish, I'd suggest you ask your friendly
local High School Spanish teacher or gang-banger to write the letter for
you in that language. Failing that, the nearest Mexican Consulate _might_
be persuaded to help.

HTH,
Bob Melson
(formerly Vice Consul, US Consulate General, Cd. Juarez, Mexico)


--
Robert G. Melson | Nothing is more terrible than
Rio Grande MicroSolutions | ignorance in action.
El Paso, Texas | Goethe
melsonr(at)earthlink(dot)net

Dani

Re: What to do now?

Legg inn av Dani » 04 des 2004 19:51:28

Thanks Lynn!

Dani


"Lyn Nunn" <nlyn@telstra.com> wrote in message
news:ncbsd.57993$K7.47911@news-server.bigpond.net.au...
Hi Dani

What about finding some background info - what we often call "putting meat
on the bones" and going to your local library or googling and finding out
about the places they lived in at the time, how they lived, what was
involved in their work. Why did they move from Mexico? War, famine,
poverty?
The LDS has a library catalogue that might have other sources of
information
as well. You can purchase it from them or go to a centre and look
yourself.
Before computers along with certificates, people used books and personal
visits to archives, churches etc. or paid researchers who had access to
them.

regards

Lyn
in Oz
"Dani" <noone@nowhere.com> wrote in message
news:6Nasd.30558$Uf.1454@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
I am all out of ideas, y'all!
How did people research their family tree *before* computers?
I've got birth certificates, death certificates, marriage
certificates,
baptismal certificates, census information.....
What else do I need to get? My research takes me back into Mexico,
but
I've no idea how to go about looking up records for there other than
http://www.familysearch.org.
I haven't broken down all my brick walls, either, it's just that I'm
tired of trying to break them down right now....

Any ideas?

Danielle Brown
dtxn@yahoo.com




Stephen Hayes

What to do now?

Legg inn av Stephen Hayes » 05 des 2004 09:10:22

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Dani wrote in a message to All:

D> From: "Dani" <noone@nowhere.com>

D> I am all out of ideas, y'all!
D> How did people research their family tree *before* computers?
D> I've got birth certificates, death certificates, marriage
D> certificates, baptismal certificates, census information.....
D> What else do I need to get? My research takes me back into
D> Mexico, but I've no idea how to go about looking up records for
D> there other than http://www.familysearch.org.
D> I haven't broken down all my brick walls, either, it's just that
D> I'm tired of trying to break them down right now....

D> Any ideas?

I started my research in 1974, and only seriously began to use a computer to
record it 10 years later.

So for the first 10 years I recorded my research in paper files. Then I
transferred it to computer. Made it easier, saved time looking it up, but the
principles are the same.

But I'm not sure what you are asking.

Steve Hayes
WWW: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail: hayesmstw@hotmail.com - If it doesn't work, see webpage.

FamilyNet <> Internet Gated Mail
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Dani

Re: What to do now?

Legg inn av Dani » 05 des 2004 19:25:01

"Stephen Hayes" <Stephen.Hayesp0.f10.n7903.z8@fmlynet.org> wrote in message
news:00276a97@fmlynet.org...
FamilyNet Newsgate

Dani wrote in a message to All:

D> From: "Dani" <noone@nowhere.com

D> I am all out of ideas, y'all!
D> How did people research their family tree *before* computers?
D> I've got birth certificates, death certificates, marriage
D> certificates, baptismal certificates, census information.....
D> What else do I need to get? My research takes me back into
D> Mexico, but I've no idea how to go about looking up records for
D> there other than http://www.familysearch.org.
D> I haven't broken down all my brick walls, either, it's just that
D> I'm tired of trying to break them down right now....

D> Any ideas?

I started my research in 1974, and only seriously began to use a computer
to
record it 10 years later.

So for the first 10 years I recorded my research in paper files. Then I
transferred it to computer. Made it easier, saved time looking it up, but
the
principles are the same.

But I'm not sure what you are asking.

Steve Hayes
WWW: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail: hayesmstw@hotmail.com - If it doesn't work, see webpage.

FamilyNet <> Internet Gated Mail
http://www.fmlynet.org

Stephen,

I was just all out of energy - the wind had gone out of my sails so to
speak. I got tired of my brick walls, and felt that I had done as much as I
could possibly do and was just asking for more guidance - more ideas on what
I should do now. I felt like I couldn't do any more research whatsoever
because my trails led into Mexico. I don't speak/read/write Spanish enough
to communicate with someone for a birth certificate, etc. So I just chalked
that up to being a lost cause, but I believe I might try it again.

I'm taking all the suggestions that I'm getting and pasting them on the wall
so as to keep me motivated.

Thanks,
Danielle Brown
dtxn@yahoo.com

Stephen Hayes

What to do now?

Legg inn av Stephen Hayes » 06 des 2004 05:37:12

FamilyNet Newsgate

Dani wrote in a message to All:

D> From: "Dani" <noone@nowhere.com>

D> I was just all out of energy - the wind had gone out of my sails so
D> to speak. I got tired of my brick walls, and felt that I had done as
D> much as I could possibly do and was just asking for more guidance -
D> more ideas on what I should do now. I felt like I couldn't do any
D> more research whatsoever because my trails led into Mexico. I don't
D> speak/read/write Spanish enough to communicate with someone for a
D> birth certificate, etc. So I just chalked that up to being a lost
D> cause, but I believe I might try it again.

D> I'm taking all the suggestions that I'm getting and pasting them on
D> the wall so as to keep me motivated.

Well then, read a novel. Watch something on TV. Do something else until you
feel motivated again.

Have you put your results so far on a web page?

I've done that, and a couple of days ago had an e-mail message from my second
cousin's son, who was just surfing and found it.

I had written to that second cousin several times, with no reply. But now the
son says he will speak to the father.

So if you put things on a web page wheree people can find them, sometimes
family members will find you. And that can stir up your interest again and get
you motivated.

Steve Hayes
WWW: http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7734/stevesig.htm
E-mail: hayesmstw@hotmail.com - If it doesn't work, see webpage.

FamilyNet <> Internet Gated Mail
http://www.fmlynet.org

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