By arturdeleon |

while researching my Garcia lineage, I can across
this statement: los nombres de los Padres, Abuelos Paternos y Maternos se hallan
en el Libro Reservado. I happen to have the information, Regarding the daughter, Maria Anacleta Teresa Garcia Macias, born July 3, 1861, familysearch , bautismos 1861-1862, IMAGE#158, Aguascalientes, Asuncion de Maria, Parents were, Nicolas
Garcia Reyes and Pantaleona Macias, Macias; paternal grandparents were, Jose Camilo
Garcia Bocanegra and Brigida Reyes Losando; maternal; Jose Macias and YsavelMacias
(batch#) C60483-2 and GS Film number: 299485. what is the meaning of Libro Reservado? Gracias, Arturo de Leon

victorianonavarro (not verified)

9 years 8 months ago

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A Libro Reservado is a "hidden book". Sometimes for some reason people had to get married before a priest, but in secret (as in Romeo & Juliet), an their children had to be baptized also in secret. In those cases all the details regarding groom & bride or parents were written in these secret books.
Matrimonio oculto: Legislación matrimonial de la Iglesia. By José M. Fernández Castaño, Editorial San Esteban, 1994.
Matrimonio oculto, bautismo y libro reservado: Directorio moral del reverendo padre Fr. Francisco Echarri. Imprenta Real, 1788.

is the Libro Reservado accessable to us? It would be useful to find
the reason why they chose to go ocultos.

I don't know if any of those books were microfilmed. The closest I've seen are the microfilms of marriages in the 1920's when the Mexican churches were closed and the ceremonies were preformed in houses.
Victoriano Navarro

Today I found an article which potentially gives the Libro Reservado purpose. According
to the article written by the Catholic church, I believe in Aguascalientes, it would require a new search to find it, was to protect the man who fathered a child with a married woman. In this case the child's father would be the husband of the married woman
who gave birth and the biological father would be protected from future liabilities. Once I find that article, I will post the location of the information.
Arturo de Leon Garcia

I'd certainly be interested.  Does anyone know what years are covered and what cities and/or states?   Thanks so much.  Alice BB

On Monday, February 13, 2017 7:29 PM, "winonade14@sbcglobal.net" wrote:

Today I found an article which potentially gives the Libro Reservado purpose.
According to the article written by the Catholic church, I believe in
Aguascalientes, it would require a new search to find it, was to protect the
man who fathered a child with a married woman. In this case the child's
father would be the husband of the married woman who gave birth and the
biological father would be protected from future liabilities. Once I find
that article, I will post the location of the information. Arturo de Leon
Garcia

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