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HELLO, THERE,

DOES ANYONE KNOW IF MEXICAN PARISH RECORDS ARE ACCESSABLE THROUGH THE BANCROFT LIBRARY?

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!

JUANITA G. DELGADO

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I believe that there is only one library not affiliated with the Family History Library in Salt Lake that has interlibrary loan privileges to their films. I can't remember which library it is at the moment.

There are films that were filmed by organizations other than the Utah Genealogical Society (whose records the Family History Library holds) and these may be available at other libraries, but your best bet is to simply go to a local family history center.

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> Hello Juanita,

I only recall hearing that some of the AGN and AER archives are available on
microfilm. They also have some of the original Mexican Inquisition
documents on microfilm. You can check out their catalog online using
Pathfinder to see what else they might have. Here is the link:
http://sunsite5.berkeley.edu:8000/

Maria E. Cortez

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> HELLO, THERE,
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> DOES ANYONE KNOW IF MEXICAN PARISH RECORDS ARE ACCESSABLE THROUGH THE
> BANCROFT LIBRARY?
>
> THANKS!!!!!!!!!!
>
> JUANITA G. DELGADO
>
>
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Dear Maria:
Do you know if any of the books are available for viewing online at Bancroft and if so, how do you do this. I was on the site, but could not figure out how to look at any of the books on the inquisition.

Maureen Bejar

I recently ran across the Google book search engine which has all sorts of
books online- some are reprinted in full, others have a snippet view. If you
google "google books" that should take you to their search engine.

>From: Maureen Bejar
>Reply-To: general@nuestrosranchos.org
>To: general@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
>Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Bancroft Library
>Date: Fri, 9 Feb 2007 11:09:51 -0800 (PST)
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>Dear Maria:
> Do you know if any of the books are available for viewing online at
>Bancroft and if so, how do you do this. I was on the site, but could not
>figure out how to look at any of the books on the inquisition.
>
>Maureen Bejar

Hello Maureen,

I don't know if they have any digitzed copies available for viewing online. I have never tried looking for that. The Mexican Inquisition records they hold are the original documents. They don't allow the originals to be handled by the public, but they have microfilmed them. If a copy of a microfilm has already been made it can be requested by interlibrary loan. However, they have very strict requirements and only loan to certain libraries. If you can't get it through your local library they give you the option of purchasing a copy of the microfilm for $40.00 plus the cost of shipping. For a description of this collection follow this link: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/collections/latinamericana/inquisition.html

I have viewed this particular microfilm before and can tell you that the book "Fundadores de Nueva Galicia" contains extractions from it.

Maria

Dear Maria:
Thank you for the tip. I will check at my local library. They have a large genealogy section, so I may be in luck. I need to do a little more research to get me back a little further first, but this just adds research areas to my to do list!

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