Mexico Genealogy

Getting Started with Mexico Research
Welcome to the México page! FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the México page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Mexican records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. The México Page is a work in progress, your contributions and feedback are essential! The following articles and links are most useful for getting started with Mexican research.


 * Mexico Quick Start Guide
 * Mexico Locating Place of Origin
 * Improve your Search Results for Hispanic Ancestors in FamilySearch.org
 * Spanish Genealogical Word List

Si usted entiende español
Le invitamos a buscar información en español en la página de México en el wiki de FamilySearch español. También le invitamos a compartir información útil allí. Véase el enlace en la parte inferior de la página.

Research Tools

 * All records collections for Mexico available on FamilySearch.org.
 * Join our group of Mexico researchers on Facebook
 * Mexico Locating Place of Origin This article is for those whose Mexican ancestors came to the United States.
 * Looking 4 Kin Genealogy &amp; Family History Network - Mexico
 * Mexican Genealogy - A website to educate and provide its readers with resources to locate their Mexican Ancestors, whom at one point lived in Mexico. Also on Facebook.
 * Mexico_Research_Outline.pdf
 * Research Guide: BYU Research Outline for Mexico
 * Mexico Civil Registration Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * See the tutorials in FamilySearch.org pertaining to Latin American research.
 * See the tutorials in FamilySearch.org pertaining to Latin American research.

Reading Spanish

 * Mexico Language and Languages
 * Spanish Letter Writing Guide
 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * BYU Spanish Script Tutorial
 * Spanish Script Tutorial
 * FamilySearch Learning Center videos:
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 1
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 2
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 3

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