Mary,

 

Great idea!!, thank you so much. I will contact
them with a suggestion

 

susana


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Subject: [ranchos] Re: Jerez, Zacatecas.
La Inmaculada


Susana and Arturo,

Read my message about
ADABI.  How about contacting that group and ask
them to consider
these records for a project?

Maria

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wrote:
>
> Susana:
>
> If you read my previous
message you will note that there are in
fact
> a great deal of
records at the Inmaculada parrish in Jerez that are
> not filmed...
Leonardo de la Torre Berumen has transcribed a great
> deal of these
records but filming them would also be valuable.  I
> don't know
if it is going to be possible given the condition that
> they are in
and according to Leonardo make them difficult to film
and
> is
perhaps the reason why they passed them up in the first place.
>

> There are also records in Colotlan that are not filmed.  The
priest
> there is obstinate about not allowing access so it would
require
> permission from the bishop in Zacatecas.  If you are
interested in
> pushing this forward, I would be willing to
help.
>
> --- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, "Susana Leniski"
<susyfarias@c...>
> wrote:
> >
> > To anyone
researching in La Inmaculada/Jerez, Zacatecas
> >
> > I
have some information that can be valuable for anyone
researching
>
in Jerez
> >
> > 1. THE CASE OF THE 20-25 PAGES OF
MARRIAGES
> >
> > The first time I reviewed the film #
440059. Matrimonios 1712-
1745.
> I noticed that the film started in
the middle of the book. I
searched
> for the missing pages until I
found them. They are in the previous
> film. Film # 440058. Informacion
Matrimonial 1961. Yes, you read
> right 1961. In this film after the
1961 information, all the way at
> the end of the film.( You even pass
a section in "blank".) There is
> the first roll of film of marriages.
There are about 20-25 pages of
> the oldest marriages in microfilm for
Jerez (1712), part of the 1st
> book.I already spoke to the expert for
Latin-American in the main
> Library in Utah (that was 2 years ago). I
hope they will place a
note
> in the Library Catalogue in the near
future.
> >
> > 2. THE CASE OF THE MISSING
MICROFILMS
> >
> > Recently I spoke over the phone to the
person in charge of the
> archives in the Church La Inmaculada in
Jerez, Zacatecas. He told
me
> that the oldest Marriage that they
have is 1697 and Marriage
> Information November 3, 1665. As we know in
the LDS Library
Catalogue
> the marriages start in 1712 (missing 15
years) and in Marriage
> Information 1789 (missing 124 years). He
speculated that when they
> did the microfilming of the records (around
1960) they asked for
the
> church "books", and all these
information are "single sheets-hojas
> sueltas). During my conversation
with him he was flipping the
actual
> documents. At the same time,
I felt my heart was flipping. I could
> see the long lost marriage, my
brick wall in that bundle of papers.
I
> already wrote 2 e-mails to
the AGN (Archivo General de la Nacion),
> but I haven't received a
response.I also called the main Library in
> Utah with this
information. I spoke to the same expert, and she
took
> some notes.
I have my doubts that my petition for microfilming was
> forward. Does
anyone know where I can petition formally the
> microfilming of these
records? What can we do?
> > I also asked in the church in Jerez if
the archives were open to
> the public. I was told that access can be
granted thru the Dioceses
> of Zacatecas (or Archdioceses). I don't
know if you can petition
for
> this on-line. I'm hoping I will be
able to go to Jerez next year
and
> search in the archives of the
church. But, I think we should
> preserved this documents for future
genealogist.
> >
> > Sincerely,
> > Susana
Leniski
> >
>