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The screenshot shown above is only a partial listing of the millions of Civil Registration Records added to the FamilySearch.org Historical Record Collections during the past month or so. Searchable images of all of the records are available. Here is an example of the list of microfilms that have been digitized. This example is from the State of Guerrero.
Here is an example of one of the microfilm image sets.
Here is an example of one of the records on this particular roll of microfilm:
If I zoom in on the image, here is some of the text.
If I use the search function to look for an ancestor for someone whose family came from Mexico, this is what I might find:
Just as with any other name searches, the user must add in dates and a location or family members to find a particular instance of a common given name and surname.
In addition to this huge collection of Mexican images, the FamilySearch.org website has added images from El Salvador, Argentina, Costa Rica, Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Panama and many other countries. You need to keep searching and checking back to see if new records have been added.
James, I find this very strange that since it was first reported I have been trying to access these records, and the website shows me that they were not added. I emailed support about it a day or two ago, but have yet to get a reply to the actual issue.
ReplyDeleteIt is all still "Browse Images" for me as if the indexed records were not moved over. I assumed the PR release was sent out early in error, but your screenshot shows the number of records indexed. Weird that you see those numbers and I do not. Even when I go to the collection pages for the collections they show as not indexed.
Mexico, Yucatán, Civil Registration, 1860-2005 Browse Images 17 Jan 2018
Mexico, Zacatecas, Civil Registration, 1860-2000 Browse Images 17 Jan 2018
Mexico, Veracruz, Civil Registration, 1821-1949 Browse Images 17 Jan 2018
Mexico, Tlaxcala, Civil Registration, 1867-1950 71,577 17 Jan 2018
Mexico, Tamaulipas, Civil Registration, 1800-2002 Browse Images 17 Jan 2018
Mexico, Sonora, Civil Registration, 1861-1995 Browse Images 17 Jan 2018
Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Civil Registration, 1859-2000 441,108 17 Jan 2018
Mexico, Oaxaca, Civil Registration, 1861-2002 Browse Images 17 Jan 2018
Mexico, Puebla, Civil Registration, 1861-1930 Browse Images 17 Jan 2018
Mexico, Querétaro, Civil Registration, 1864-2005 Browse Images 17 Jan 2018
Mexico, Jalisco, Civil Registration, 1857-2000 Browse Images 17 Jan 2018
Mexico, Nuevo León, Civil Registration, 1859-1962 Browse Images 17 Jan 2018
Mexico, Nayarit, Civil Registration, 1868-2001 Browse Images 17 Jan 2018
Mexico, Morelos, Civil Registration, 1861-1920 Browse Images 17 Jan 2018
Mexico, México, Civil Registration, 1861-1941 Browse Images 17 Jan 2018
Mexico, Michoacán, Civil Registration, 1859-1940 Browse Images 17 Jan 2018
Mexico, Hidalgo, Civil Registration, 1861-1967 Browse Images 17 Jan 2018
Mexico, Guanajuato, Civil Registration, 1862-1930 Browse Images 16 Jan 2018
Mexico, Guerrero, Civil Registration, 1860-1996 267,298 16 Jan 2018
Mexico, Durango, Civil Registration, 1861-1995 Browse Images 16 Jan 2018
Mexico, Colima, Civil Registration, 1860-1997 Browse Images 16 Jan 2018
Mexico, Coahuila, Civil Registration, 1861-1998 180,700 16 Jan 2018
I think FamilySearch is struggling with maintaining the flow on the Historical Record Collections. I note that these records do not show up in the listing for Mexican Records on the clickable map. I found that the index was separate from the individual listings and that there were a few typos in the Catalog. Actually, the only sure way to see all of the records, indexed or otherwise, right now is to search in the Catalog.
DeleteThese records being easier to get to without going to Ancestry would be nice for my Spanish branch, but I’ve been following this since the announcement. Turns out the announcement this month was a mistake. Support confirmed to me that the indexed records were added and removed. They will not likely officially fix the mistake on their website unless more people complain about the misleading press release. They do good work, but no one is perfect.
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