Gauging interest for Matrimonial Dispensations from Valladolid (Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico).

Hola Primos!

As many of us have found out, there are lots of us with ancestors who came from the "Antiguo Obispado de Michoacán". The old Obispado de Michoacán covered a vast area; Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí, Michoacan, Colima, and some towns close to the Jalisco/Michoacán border (La Barca, Ocotlan, Poncitlan, Tamazula, etc). I've explored some of the records from the old Obispado de Michoacán that are up on familysearch.org, under the church records for Morelia. They are a veritable treasure trove! However, there's no indexes that I know of, are there? That said, I have some questions:

Is there any interest in getting the records indexed in similar fashion as to what www.guadalajaradispensas.com and Guadalajara Dispenss.tumblr.com are doing?

Has anyone else indexed the records or started to?

If there's interest and no one has indexed the records, would folks be willing to lend a hand with some of the indexing?

Thanks for you time,

Daniel Serna Valencia

Re: Gauging interest for Matrimonial Dispensations from Valladol

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Hello Daniel,

Katherine Brecht, who has indexed records from Sagrada Mitra, recently announced on the Nueva Galicia Genealogical Society's FB group page, that she will begin indexing the Morelia Informaciones matrimoniales y actas diversas. She might be looking for assistance. Look her up, I believe she's a member of this group.

Saludos!
Manny Diez Hermosillo

Katy Brecht

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Hi Manny,

Thanks for the reply. Alas, I'm not on Facebook. That said, if someone has her contact info(email address), please let me know. Alternatively, Katy if you see this, please shoot me an email at: themexican@outlook.com.

For the time being, I have already started indexing some of the Michoacan records. I'll submit a post for that separately.

Thanks,

Daniel Serna Valencia