Jalisco Biography

Jalisco Biography

A biography is a history of a person’s life. A biography may include the individual’s birth, marriage, death information, and the names of his or her parents, children, and other family members. Biographies often include photographs, family traditions and stories, clues about an ancestor’s place of origin, residences, military service, and community activities. Use the information carefully, because it may contain inaccuracies.

Some biographies of Mexican citizens exist, but usually only on the most notable citizens. Few ancestors of the common people were the subjects of biographies.

Some brief biographies of individuals have been gathered and published in collected biographies, sometimes called biographical encyclopedias or dictionaries. Others feature biographies of specific groups of people such as military personnel or priests.

Jalisco y sus hombres : compendio de geografía, historia y biografía jaliscienses Stmnt.Resp. Gabriel Agraz García de Alba Authors Agraz García de Alba, Gabriel (Main Author) Notes Tomado de la obra "Ofrenda a México". Incluye índice. Geographical, historical and biographical compendium of Jalisco.

Subjects México, Jalisco - History México, Jalisco - Biography Copies Call Number Location Availability High Density 972.35 D3a FHL INTL Book Available Format Books/Monographs (With Film) Language Spanish Publication Guadalajara : [s.n.], c1958

Personajes ilustres de Jalisco Stmnt.Resp. Ramón Mata Torres ; colaboración de Helia García Pérez Authors Mata Torres, Ramón (Main Author) Notes Incluye índice. Biographical sketches of personalities from the state of Jalisco, Mexico.

Subjects México, Jalisco - Biography Copies Call Number Location Availability High Density 972.35 D3m FHL INTL Book Available Format Books/Monographs Language Spanish Publication Guadalajara, México : HERA, 1981

Retoños de España en la Nueva Galicia Stmnt.Resp. Mariano González-Leal Authors González-Leal, Mariano (Main Author) Notes Sons of Spain in Nueva Galicia: historical, anthropological, genealogical and biographical studies on the Spanish population in the eastern zone of Nueva Galicia from their establishment in the region to the present day. Early Spanish families in the highlands area of the modern state of Jalisco, Mexico. Contents: v. 1. Estudios histórico, antropológico, genealógico y biográfico sobre la población española de la zona oriental de la Nueva Galicia desde su establecimiento en la región hasta nuestros días -- v. 2. Abalza-Cano -- v. 3. Carlin - García de Cuevas -- v. 4., pt. 1. García de Hermosillo - González de Laris -- v. 4 pt. 2. González de Rubalcava - Guillén -- v. 5. pt. 1. Gutiérrez - Hurtado de Mendoza -- v. 5. pt. 2. Hurtado de Mendoza - Manso di Zúñiga -- v. 6. pt. 1. Marentes - Nandín de Soto -- v. 6 pt. 1. Navarette y Argote - Ramírez de Mendoza -- v. 7. Ramírez de Olivas - Zubieta.

Subjects México - Genealogy México - Biography México, Jalisco - Genealogy México, Jalisco - Biography Copies Call Number Location Availability High Density 972.3 D2g 2010 v. 1 FHL INTL Book Available 972.3 D2g 2010 v. 2 FHL INTL Book Available 972.3 D2g 2010 v. 3 FHL INTL Book Available 972.3 D2g 2010 v. 4 pt. 1 FHL INTL Book Available 972.3 D2g 2010 v. 4 pt. 2 FHL INTL Book Available 972.3 D2g 2010 v. 5 pt. 1 FHL INTL Book Available 972.3 D2g 2010 v. 5 pt. 2 FHL INTL Book Available 972.3 D2g 2010 v. 6 pt. 1 FHL INTL Book Available 972.3 D2g 2010 v. 6 pt. 2 FHL INTL Book Available 972.3 D2g 2010 v. 7 FHL INTL Book Available Format Books/Monographs Language Spanish Publication Guadalajara, Jalisco, México : Gobierno de Jalisco, 2010-2011

Extensive and significant biographical encyclopedias and dictionaries that cover all of Latin America, Spain, and Portugal are:

Herrero Mediavilla, Víctor, and Lolita Rosa Aguayo Nayle. (Biographical Index of Spain, Portugal and Latin America). New York: K.G. Saur, ca. 1990. (FHL book Ref 920 In2; microfiches 6002170–6002172.)

Herrero Mediavilla, Víctor. (Biographical Archive of Spain, Portugal and Latin America New Series).''München: K.G. Saur, 1993. (FHL microfiches 6131531–6131558.) ''

These sets of indexes include hundreds of thousands of biographical entries taken from hundreds of biographical reference works published between the 17th and the 20th centuries.

Mexican Biographies
There are several major collections of Mexican biographies, including:

León-Portilla, Miguel. (Porrúa Dictionary of History, Biography and Geography of Mexico). México, D. F.: Editorial Porrua, ca. 1995. 4 vols. (FHL book 972 E5d 1995.)

Miguel I. Verges, José María, 1904–1964. (Dictionary of Insurgents). México: Editorial Porrua, 1969. (FHL book 972 D3m.) Contains 4,000 entries.

Icaza, Francisco A. De. (Autobiographical Dictionary of the Conquerers and Settlers of New Spain/Taken from Original Texts). Guadalajara, México: Edmundo Aviña Levy, 1969. (FHL book 972 D3id or FHL film 0873574 items 2–3.) Contains 1,385 entries.

Fernández de Recas García, Guillermo Sergio. (Aspiring Americans in Charge of the Holy Office: Their Genealogical Ascendancy). México, D.F.: Libreria de Manuel Porrua, 1956. (FHL book 972 D3fr; FHL film 0283553)

There are also bibliographies of biographies. The following is an example that lists 1,314 publications:

Iguíniz, Juan B. (Bibliography of Mexican Biographies). México: Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, 1969. (FHL book 972 A3ig.)