Mexico Research Guide
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Library Collections
The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection, a unit of the University of Texas Libraries, is a specialized research library focusing on materials from and about Latin America, and materials relating to Latin@s in the United States. Latin America is here defined to include Mexico, Central America, the Caribbean island nations, South America, and areas of the United States during the period they were a part of the Spanish Empire or Mexico.
Hispanic Genealogy
This collection covers a wide range of areas and topics of interest to the family researcher, with a strong concentration of materials on Texas and the south. The collection includes a large census collection and indexes, county records on microfilm for most of South Texas and materials on Hispanic Families in Texas and northern Mexico. Our collection includes: census indexes, census microfilm, Internet, family search, obituary indexes, vital records for Texas counties and northern Mexico.
History
History of Mexico’s States:
CENTRAL MEXICO
AGUASCALIENTES
BAJA
CHIAPAS
CHIHUAHUA
DURANGO
GUANAJUATO
HIDALGO
JALISCO
JALISCO 2
MICHOACAN
MORELOS
OAXACA
SINALOA
SONORA
TLAXCALA
VERACRUZ
ZACATECAS
ZACATECAS 2
Maps
Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection
Mexico Railroad Map (1919)
David Rumsey Map Collection – Mexico Maps
Societies/Associations
Hispanic Genealogical Society of Houston
Texas State Genealogical Society
Society of Hispanic Historical and Ancestral Research (SHHAR)
The Hispanic Genealogical Society of New York
Genealogical Society of Hispanic America
New Mexico Genealogical Society
Colorado Society of Hispanic Genealogy
Hispanic Genealogy Society of Texas
Groups/Organizations
Mexico Historical Society (Facebook Page)
Documents & Records
US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) – History and Genealogy