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Hello fellow Ranchos members...

I will be in Mexico City next Thursday through Sunday and am hoping to spend most of the day Friday at the Archivo General de la Nacion. I cannot promise that I will have time, but if someone has a specific document for which they have exact repository (i.e. collection name, folio number and page number, etc.) that they would like me to look up I will try to do my best.

I hope everybody's research is going well.

Published by mmg8938 (not verified) – Mon, 2007-04-30 08:30 | Permalink

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Hello Arturo!

Wish I were going with you!! Have a great time! Spend the rest of the time going to the old book stores, I believe the street is Vensuela? Where Porrua is...I guess you know about that, huh?

Be safe,
Mickey

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From: arturo.ramos2@gmail.com
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Sun, 29 Apr 2007 3:32 PM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Visit to Archivo General de la Nacion

Hello fellow Ranchos members...

I will be in Mexico City next Thursday through Sunday and am hoping to spend
most of the day Friday at the Archivo General de la Nacion. I cannot promise
that I will have time, but if someone has a specific document for which they
have exact repository (i.e. collection name, folio number and page number, etc.)
that they would like me to look up I will try to do my best.

I hope everybody's research is going well.

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I just got back from Mexico City this morning and wanted to report a bit on my trip, or at least the part of it related to my research...

The Archivo General de la Nacion is located just behind the Legislative Palace in the Ampliacion Penitenciaria. The name comes from the fact that the Archive building used to be a jail. The architecture is impressive and the layout quite amenable to an archive as each wing of the star-shaped building holds a different collection and the documents are placed in "cells" so that they are isolated in case of fire, etc.

I have been told, however, that the building, due to its age and the construction materials is very humid, which is detrimental to the documents and the government has been for some time now considering moving the archive to a new purpose-built building.

To register as a researcher, I merely wrote a letter outlining my research interests and the purpose of my research that included my full name, address, phone number and email address

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Published by meef98367 – Sun, 2007-04-29 14:00 | Permalink

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Bon Voyage, Arturo,

I wish you could help their techs make their Guia more user-friendly. they need someone with your expertise. I can't even bring up the search fields.

Emilie
----- Original Message -----
From: arturoramos
To: research@lists.nuestrosranchos.org
Sent: Sunday, April 29, 2007 1:32 PM
Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Visit to Archivo General de la Nacion

Hello fellow Ranchos members...

I will be in Mexico City next Thursday through Sunday and am hoping to spend most of the day Friday at the Archivo General de la Nacion. I cannot promise that I will have time, but if someone has a specific document for which they have exact repository (i.e. collection name, folio number and page number, etc.) that they would like me to look up I will try to do my best.

I hope everybody's research is going well.

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Hello Arturo,
You are so lucky to be able to travel and do research! If you have
time I would be very grateful if you could get me a copy of the
following Expediante:

Instituciones Coloniales
.........Inquisición.
............Inquisición. (61)
...............Volumen 372
Título:
Expediente 25
Fecha(s):
AÑO 1632
Nivel de descripción: Unidad documental compuesta (Expediente)
Volumen y soporte de la unidad de descripción (cantidad, tamaño
dimensiones): Fojas: 39
Nombre del o de los productores: (Pendiente)

Alcance y contenido:
INFORMACIONES DEL BR. FRANCISCO LOPEZ DE GUZMAN, HIJO DE GABRIEL LOPEZ
DE LA CRUZ, Y ANA DE PAZ, PARA FAMILIAR. (GENEALOGIAS.) MEXICO.

The above archive is for the brother (Francisco Lopez de Guzman) of my
10 g-grandmother, Maria Lopez de la Cruz who was married to Lazaro
Martin del Campo. I know there are a number of us on Ranchos who are
researching this couple.

Enjoy your trip!

Maria Cortez
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