Joseph,
 
I think your question on scholarly research is excellent! I would
love to see a simple directory with that type of information.
By the way, along these lines, I have an acquaintance (via Internet
only) in Jaliso who is both a genealogist and is involved in
scholarly research. He is a historian in Encarnacion de Diaz,
Jalisco, and is very knowledgeable on area history in general.
 I haven't written to him in AGES (perhaps he's not very happy
with me for not writing!) You may have already spoken with him,
but just in case, I'll forward his contact information.  

His name is Rodolfo Humberto Hernandez and he can be found at:
  rodolfohdzch@... .

I would venture to say Mr. Ryskamp would comment that notarial
records are some of the most valuable yet underused resources.
I went to a workshop he presented once and he was quite convincing
about their merit. Unfortunately, I, myself, have never used
them.  But I've seen many and I know that they are a wealth of
information - the in-depth type that will paint a picture, rather
than just scratch the surface with dates.  I hope to spend some
time on these records before long.

Have a great time in DC!  Thanks for all you do!

Connie

Connie Dominguez
El Paso, TX, USA

>--- Original Message ---
>From: Joseph Puentes <makas@...>
>To: makas_nc <makas_nc@...>, makas@..., LosRanchos
<ranchos@yahoogroups.com>, Ciudad_Juarez@yahoogroups.com
>Date: 9/18/05 4:13:57 PM
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>I'm going to DC on the 24 for the Hispanic Family History Symposium.
I'm 
>going to record Mr. Ryskamp and at least one other Archivist
for my 
>Podcast project (http://NuestrosRanchos.net). Its possible that
I might 
>interview him that day. . .thanks to Mickey Garcia who asked
him if he 
>would let me interview him (thanks Mickey).
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>Can you all think of any other questions. . .so far here are
my 
>questions with 3 of yours:
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>Members of the Ranchos group were interested in these first
three questions:
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>Are there any school or other institution projects to motivate
children to get interested in family 
>history and research?
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>Are there are any kind of statistics or failure/success rates
for
>genealogy researchers in terms of a generation count?  In other
words,
>what can the average genealogist realistically expect to find
from
>available sources?
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>Are you taking on new clients and what are your rates?
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>My questions:
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>When using FHC's for research the temptation is to stay with
baptism, birth, marriage, death and matrimonial
>Informacion records. What would you say are the most valuable
but under used records available through the LDS library
>and/or other archives?
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>What other archives would be best to use in specific research
for Jalisco, Zacatecas, Aguascalientes and Chihuahua? Are there

>US Archives that have significant holdings on these states?
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>In the Arch Diocese of Guadalajara there are many interesting
records that would take a life time to go through.
>Sangrada Mitra marriage dispensation records. . .Notary records.
. .Land and water records. . .Priest Ordination records
>and  many other misc. records. How many of these groups of records
would you be comfortable commenting on? Of them I
>would especially like to hear some comments about Notary records?
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>Do you have any bibliographical sources for some of the above
record groups? 
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>Where would a person find "experts" on these record groups?
There are many univerisities that are doing scholarly work
>it would be great if there were a directory or a research aid
to find the best person, group or university about specific
>record groups.
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>When is it time to use a professional researcher?
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>How do you evaluate a professional researcher?
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>When doing research in Mexico is it best to find a professional
researcher from that locality?
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>I've heard it said that one could hire a professional researcher
to help you find general information
>sources as opposed to specific genealogy research. What is your
opinion of this?
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>Do you know of professional researchers for the states of Jalisco,
Zacatecas, Aguascalientes and Chihuahua?
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>other questions I haven't thought of yet.
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>thanks again. . .joseph
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