thanks for the Report. . .I wish I had a FHC like Westwood close to me. Here is what is available on the Pasajeros via the FHC. It looks like in books it goes to 1599 but on Film only to 1559:

Title
Catálogo de pasajeros a Indias durante los siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII

Authors
Bermúdez Plata, Cristóbal (Added Author)
Romera Iruela, Luis (Added Author)
Galbis Díez, María del Carmen (Added Author)
Archivo General de Indias (Sevilla) (Added Author)

Notes
Vol. 1-3 compilado bajo la dirección de Cristóbal Bermúdez Plata; vol. 4-5 por Luis Romero Iruela y María del Carmen Galbis Díez; vol. 6-7 por María del Carmen Galbis Díez.
Contenido: v. 1. 1509-1534 -- v. 2. 1535-1538 -- v. 3. 1539-1559 -- v. 4. 1560-1566 -- v. 5. 1567-1577 -- v. 6. 1578-1585 -- v. 7. 1586-1599.
Cada volumen incluye índices.
La Biblioteca tiene solamente volúmenes 1-7.
Lists of passengers from Spain to the New World during the 16th, 17th and 18th centuries. The Library has only volumes 1-7, which go until 1599. Each volume includes indexes.

Subjects
Spain - Emigration and immigration
Latin America - Emigration and immigration
Latin America - Colonization
Spain, Sevilla, Sevilla - Archives and libraries - Inventories, registers, catalogs

Copies
Call Number - Location - Status
946 W2sa -  FHL INTL Book -  Available
946 W2sa v. 2-3 -  FHL INTL Book -  Available
946 W2sa v. 4 -  FHL INTL Book -  Available
946 W2sa v. 5 pt. 1 -  FHL INTL Book -  Available
946 W2sa v. 5 pt. 2 -  FHL INTL Book -  Available
946 W2sa v. 6 -  FHL INTL Book -  Available
946 W2sa v. 7 -  FHL INTL Book -  Available

Format
Books/Monographs (With Film)

Language
Spanish

Publication
Sevilla : [publicaci?n varia], 1940-

Physical
v. : il., facsíms.

ISBN/ISSN
8474831857 (obra completa)

Subject Class
946 W2

Title Also Known As
Pasajeros a Indias

Film Notes
Note - Location [Film]
También en microfilm. Salt Lake City : Filmado por la Sociedad Genealógica de Utah, 1956. en 4 rollos de microfilm ; 35 mm.
Vol. 1. (1509-1534) -  VAULT INTL Film [ 277577 Item 1 ]
Vol. 2. (1535-1538) -  VAULT INTL Film [ 277577 Item 2 ]
Vol. 3. (1539-1559) . -  VAULT INTL Film [ 277578 ]
OTRA FILMACION . Vol. 1 (1509-1534) -  FHL INTL Film [ 1410933 Item 4 ]
Vol. 2. (1535-1539) -  FHL INTL Film [ 1410933 Item 5 ]
Vol. 3. (1539-1559) -  FHL INTL Film [ 1410934 Item 1 ]

© 2002 Intellectual Reserve, Inc. All rights reserved.

sgapodaca wrote:

As soon as I read on this board that the Westwood FHC had lots of 
Mexican films, I made a trip there as soon as I could. Of course, the 
traffic is terrible in that area (Santa Monica Blvd.)

I found lots of films from Jalisco, but none of them were needed for 
my research (for right now). I got really dissapointed while looking 
for two marriage records in Tlajomulco and Lagos de Moreno, and they 
had the films for the years around the time I was looking for, but 
not exactly the ones I needed. The good thing is that now I know what 
they have, and who knows, as my research progresses, I may need some 
of those films in the future.

They did have some films with info about my ancestors (Zacoalco and 
Atotonilco el Bajo), but I had already took all the information I 
needed from them months, or years ago. I did not find info on my 
ancestors, but still,I recommend you to go to this FHC just to spend 
a good time reading the books in their library and other microfilms. 
I found something that even though won't help me at this point, I am 
sure it will be an very valuable tool on my research in a couple 
years.

The series of books on film is called Catalogo de Pasajeros a Indias 
Durante los Siglos XVI, XVII y XVIII. According to this website: 
http://www.cubagenweb.org/e-pass.htm , it consists of 7 volumes. The 
Westwood FHC has three of them on film: Volumen I (1509-1534) Volumen 
II (1534-1538) Volumen III (1539-1559) It consists of a list of 
passengers who traveled from Spain to America in the 1500's. It 
includes everyone: men, women, children, white spaniards, servants, 
black slaves, foreigners, etc. I immediately realized the historical 
value of these documents.


  

The optimist would say, "Oh yes that is absolutely true!! Very 
    

good!!"
  

The pessimist would say, "But they do not have all of them, 
    

especially not 
  

the ones that I need."

There the realist would say,  "Expect to have a really good time, 
    

but not as 
  

good as you had hoped."

I have been to the LA Family History Center many times before, with 
    

a list of 
  

microfilms I had wanted to look at, and then discovered to my 
    

dismay that 
  

they were not there.  So, not all the films are there.  But, yes 
    

they do have 
  

quite a few.

Regards,
Steven H.