Wednesday, November 11, 2015

Ancestry.com Releases Mexico Collection

Ancestry.com has a new website for Mexicans and Mexican Americans.During last month’s Dia de los Muertos celebration, Ancestry.com released a major new collection: “Mexico Civil Registrations of Death.” There are 87 new databases thus far in the new collection. Ancestry’s announcement reads, in part:

We are pleased to announce the launch of new online services that will help Mexicans and the estimated 34 million Mexican Americans* research their family history.

More than 220 million searchable historical records from Mexico, including new birth, marriage, and death records dating back to the 1500s are now available on the Ancestry site, many of them important historical records never before available online.

Civil registration began in Mexico in 1859. Like vital records in the United States, compliance took a few years. Registration was strictly enforced starting in 1867.

These new records are being made available in part through collaboration with the Mexican Academy of Genealogy and Heraldry based in Mexico City and FamilySearch International.

I believe it has existed for some time, but Ancestry also debuted the Ancestry Mexico site.

In another first, the new Ancestry Mexico site will provide a Spanish language experience tailored specifically to Mexicans and Mexican Americans…

Ancestry has been working hard over the past few years to help people of Hispanic and Latino origins discover, preserve and share their family history by making important collections from Mexico searchable online to get them started.

“The new service really unlocks for the first time online, family history research for Mexicans and Mexican Americans, whether you prefer to speak English or Spanish,” said Todd Godfrey, Vice President of Global Content at Ancestry.

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2 comments:

  1. Steve Rockwood told me that family history research in Mexico will soon be easier than the US and Canada, thanks to the records that FamilySearch is releasing through Ancestry.com. He said Mexican records are more complete than US records. Exciting!

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  2. I found birth, marriage & death records for my mother-in-law's parents - the marriage & death records include parents' names (maiden name of the mama, of course!). Also there were several brothers & sisters who died in infancy. I knew that she was the only survivor, but her details were hazy by the time I thought to ask her. Her father's 2nd marriage is the clue to that "aunt" who brought her to the States. I can read some Spanish, will need to print them out & work on the details. Incredible!

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