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S. Sprouse

Mexico Genealogy

Legg inn av S. Sprouse » 05 apr 2005 06:21:40

Hello.

I am trying to help a friend get started in researching her biological
father's family. He was born in Mexico. I am fairly comfortable with
searching USA/Eastern Europe genealogy, but am completely confused about how
to start with Mexico.

Does anyone have any good suggestions I can share with my friend? Espically
any really good internet search websites would be very helpful. It doesn't
matter if they are pay sites or not. Just as long as they give good
results.

Thanks in advance everyone!
Sarah



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Robert Melson

Re: Mexico Genealogy

Legg inn av Robert Melson » 05 apr 2005 08:06:13

In article <42522118$1_2@127.0.0.1>,
"S. Sprouse" <ssprouse@citynet.net> writes:
Hello.

I am trying to help a friend get started in researching her biological
father's family. He was born in Mexico. I am fairly comfortable with
searching USA/Eastern Europe genealogy, but am completely confused about how
to start with Mexico.

Does anyone have any good suggestions I can share with my friend? Espically
any really good internet search websites would be very helpful. It doesn't
matter if they are pay sites or not. Just as long as they give good
results.

Thanks in advance everyone!
Sarah

I can't really speak to the availability of websites for Mexican/Latin American

genealogy, although I seem to recall that there are message boards within the
RootsWeb heirarchy. What I'd suggest to you and your friend is this: if she
knows where in Mexico her father was born she may write to the Civil Registrar
for the municipality to obtain a copy of his birth certificate. This could
lead to his parents' information, to civil marriage certificates and,
indirectly, to church records of baptisms, etc. I would also check with the
nearest Mexican Consulate or Consulate General or the Mexican Embassy in
Washington for information on how to go about obtaining records.

HTH,
Bob Melson

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Joe Pessarra

Re: Mexico Genealogy

Legg inn av Joe Pessarra » 05 apr 2005 14:16:14

"Robert Melson" <melsonr@aragorn.rgmhome.net> wrote in message
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In article <42522118$1_2@127.0.0.1>,
"S. Sprouse" <ssprouse@citynet.net> writes:
Hello.

I am trying to help a friend get started in researching her biological
father's family. He was born in Mexico. I am fairly comfortable with
searching USA/Eastern Europe genealogy, but am completely confused about
how
to start with Mexico.

Does anyone have any good suggestions I can share with my friend?
Espically
any really good internet search websites would be very helpful. It
doesn't
matter if they are pay sites or not. Just as long as they give good
results.

Thanks in advance everyone!
Sarah

I can't really speak to the availability of websites for Mexican/Latin
American
genealogy, although I seem to recall that there are message boards within
the
RootsWeb heirarchy. What I'd suggest to you and your friend is this: if
she
knows where in Mexico her father was born she may write to the Civil
Registrar
for the municipality to obtain a copy of his birth certificate. This
could
lead to his parents' information, to civil marriage certificates and,
indirectly, to church records of baptisms, etc. I would also check with
the
nearest Mexican Consulate or Consulate General or the Mexican Embassy in
Washington for information on how to go about obtaining records.

HTH,
Bob Melson

First off, I am not conversant in Mexican or Spanish genealogy, but here is
what I found for a Latino friend here in Texas.

You might check out the following site:
http://www.genhomepage.com/world.html

You can do two things.

First, click on the term Mexico in the first paragraph on the page. You
will be taken to the Mexican GenWeb site. One good help site under this is
the list of those willing to help in certain areas of search.

Second, on the first page, you can also go down the list of nations, and
click on North American Genealogy Resources under Mexico. You will be taken
to a site that has Mexico at the top, and a URL address of Mexican State
Archives mailing addresses, to access information, as suggested by Bob.

And there is the news group of soc.genealogy.hispanic.

Hope these sites will help you in your search.

Joe in Georgetown, Texas, USA
Return address is bogus.
Use joepessarra@cox.net
to respond directly.

singhals

Re: Mexico Genealogy

Legg inn av singhals » 05 apr 2005 14:42:55

S. Sprouse wrote:

Hello.

I am trying to help a friend get started in researching her biological
father's family. He was born in Mexico. I am fairly comfortable with
searching USA/Eastern Europe genealogy, but am completely confused about how
to start with Mexico.

Does anyone have any good suggestions I can share with my friend? Espically
any really good internet search websites would be very helpful. It doesn't
matter if they are pay sites or not. Just as long as they give good
results.

Thanks in advance everyone!
Sarah


You've browsed what LDS has filmed (http://www.familysearch.org and pick the
LIBRARY tab)? I know someone who is doing a tremendous amount of work
in LDS microfilm from pre-1850 Mexico.

Also, try http://www.worldgenweb.com for Mexico.

And, at the risk of asking a dimwitted question -- is your friend's
father actually Mexican or was he merely born in Mexico? I have a
cousins who were born while their fathers were stationed abroad on
military service but who are not ethnically part of those countries; and
I have a cousin who was born while his parents were vacationing in a
foreign country. The record sources for those instances are
*completely* different from those for tracking someone who "belongs" to
a certain country.

Cheryl

Robert Heiling

Re: Mexico Genealogy

Legg inn av Robert Heiling » 05 apr 2005 15:05:26

"S. Sprouse" wrote:

Hello.

I am trying to help a friend get started in researching her biological
father's family. He was born in Mexico. I am fairly comfortable with
searching USA/Eastern Europe genealogy, but am completely confused about how
to start with Mexico.

Does anyone have any good suggestions I can share with my friend? Espically
any really good internet search websites would be very helpful. It doesn't
matter if they are pay sites or not. Just as long as they give good
results.

Another researcher recently posted a lengthy list of helpful websites for Mexican
research here. If the post still happens to be on your news server, you'll find it on
Jan 17, 2005 with a subject of "Looking for Mexican Ancestors". You can also find it
from a Google Groups search at:
<http://groups-beta.google.com/group/alt.genealogy/browse_thread/thread/c175a38296aa2e14/7fee111440111a6f?q=&rnum=3#7fee111440111a6f>

or http://tinyurl.com/4ty49
if that doesn't work

HTH
Bob

S. Sprouse

Re: Mexico Genealogy

Legg inn av S. Sprouse » 05 apr 2005 20:34:25

Thanks everyone for the suggestions so far! I will start working with them
day after tomorrow (next off day from work--Im an RN..)

And to Cheryl- Her dad is an "actual Mexican" (Dark skin, eyes..etc...)

They live in Houston, TX right now.

Sarah


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Hello.

I am trying to help a friend get started in researching her biological
father's family. He was born in Mexico. I am fairly comfortable with
searching USA/Eastern Europe genealogy, but am completely confused about
how to start with Mexico.

Does anyone have any good suggestions I can share with my friend?
Espically any really good internet search websites would be very helpful.
It doesn't matter if they are pay sites or not. Just as long as they give
good results.

Thanks in advance everyone!
Sarah


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