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| Introduction | |
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| Notes | |
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| Getting Started: Home, Family, and Internet Searches | |
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| The Home Search | |
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| Talk to Family Members | |
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| Internet Searches | |
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| What Next? | |
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| Finding and Working with Mexican Records | |
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| The Family History Library Catalog | |
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| No Matching Places Found | |
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| Working with Mexican Records | |
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| Reading Spanish-Language Documents | |
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| Civil Registration Records | |
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| Indexes | |
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| Civil Registration Birth Records | |
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| The Civil Registration Marriage Process | |
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| Civil Registration Death Records | |
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| Parish Records | |
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| Reading Parish Records | |
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| Parish Record Format | |
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| Parish Baptismal Records | |
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| Parish Confirmation Records | |
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| Parish Marriage Records | |
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| Parish Death Records | |
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| Parish Research Using the International Genealogical Index and Mexican Vital Records Index | |
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| Notes | |
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| Finding the Place in Mexico | |
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| Political Divisions of Mexico | |
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| Catholic Church Divisions | |
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| Historical Changes | |
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| Looking for Jurisdictional Information in the FHLC | |
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| Geographical Dictionaries, Atlases, and Gazetteers | |
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| Church Guides and Directories | |
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| Where Do I Go from Here? | |
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| Notes | |
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| Beyond the Parish: Church and Government Records | |
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| Archives: The Place to Find Original Records | |
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| Record Types Within Mexican Archives | |
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| Notes | |
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| Beyond the Parish: Notarial Records | |
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| Organization, Indexing, and Formatting of Protocolos | |
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| Where Can I Find Notarial Documents? | |
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| Notes | |
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| Searching for Your Mexican Surnames | |
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| Searching for Individuals | |
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| Searching for Family Histories and Biographies Online | |
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| Searching for Histories or Descriptions of Your Surname and Its Origin | |
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| Searching for Your Ancestors in United States Records | |
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| Border Crossing Records | |
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| United States Federal Censuses | |
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| Social Security Records | |
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| Naturalization Records | |
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| World War I Military Draft Registration | |
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| Alien Registrations of 1940 | |
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| Military Service Records | |
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| Railroad Pension Records | |
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| Catholic Church Parish Records in the United States | |
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| United States Vital Registration Records | |
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| Other United States Record Sources | |
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| Notes | |
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| Research in Mexican Colonial Records | |
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| Mexican Colonial Records and Jurisdictions | |
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| Catholic Church Records | |
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| Using Government Records | |
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| Civil Legal Documents | |
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| Military Records | |
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| Race in Colonial Times | |
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| Locating Other Colonial Records of Genealogical Value | |
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| Notes | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Timeline of Mexican History | |
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| Research Forms | |
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| Research Log | |
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| Archives of the States of Mexico | |
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| Researching in the Archivo General de la Nacion from the United States | |
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| Published Indexes | |
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| Internet Sites for Mexican Genealogy | |
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| General Hispanic Genealogy Websites | |
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| General Archives and History Websites | |
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| Mexican and Mexican American Websites | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |
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| About the Authors | |