Steven,



thanks so much for the explanation. I'm sure that this information if
diligently utilized will result in many of us advancing our genealogies
significantly. I've looked at one of these films for the 1819 period
and saw the possibility of finding a gold mine of information.



I'm in the process of getting ready for a trip to DC to see an art
exhibition at the National Gallery of Art on the Mayas and a a trip to
the Library of Congress and possibly to NARA. Any one of those deserves
a month long visit so spending partial days at each might prove to be
frustrating so we'll see how it goes. I said all that only to say that
I have several questions about this subject but don't have the time to
ask them now. In the next week or so I'll get my thoughts together and
see if we can get the group involved in a discussion on this very very
important source of information. In the meantime this subject is on the
floor and has been opened for discussion. I'm sure many of you are just
itching to ask your many questions and share your various comments. The
iron is hot. . .pegale!



joseph



ps: quick one: I've noticed that in the "Informacion Matrimonial"
films that some of  what appear to be "dispensas" are recorded there.
If those indeed are dispensas recorded locally in the parishes can we
expect to find another copy of the same dispensa in Guadalajara? Or
might they only be recorded in the local parish? Or might these not be
dispensas at all but some other information related to the Pre-Marriage
Investigation? These records that I found had the genealogical diagrams
similar to the ones you gave as examples showing the relationships
between the couple. I can give more specific information later if
needed.

 



Pacorro73@... wrote:

 I have been availing myself of the various marriage
dispensations that are archived in the Sagrada Mitra de Guadalajara. 
The Sagrada Mitra is the central archive for the Archdiocese of
Guadalajara (AG).  The AG at one point encompassed all the territory as
widespread as Texas, California, Durango, Chihuahua, Zacatecas,
Nayarit, Aguascalientes, Colima, and of course Jalisco.