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Por Corrine Ardoin |

In the Famly History Library Catalog, they have the 1930 Mexican census for
Guadalajara in several films numbered 1507525 thru 1507545. Each listing
reads: Censo 1930 (Leg.--) etc. Can anyone tell me what the Leg. stands
for? At my Family History Center, they couldn't answer that. I have never
checked these films before and do not know which one I should order. With
the U.S. census, I am familiar with enumeration districts being the way
cities were sectioned off for censusing. If you knew generally where
someone lived, you can check for them in the enumeration districts from that
location. How does it work with the Mexican census? I mean, if I know the
general area where my ancestors lived, how do I know which film it will be
covered in? I'm just very new at this and would appreciate being pointed in
the right direction.

Thanks,
Corrine Ardoin
Santa Maria, California

Corrine:

The Leg in those records stands for "legajo" which translates as "dossier" or "file number." It is very common for Mexican archives to catalogue their collection by collection number, box number and then file number. The census is kept at the Archivo General de la Nacion, where it was filmed by LDS so I presume that the numeration refers to the way the cansus tally sheets are catalogued at the Archive.

However, LDS has put all of the images of the 1930 Mexican census online and they can be accessed by State, Municipality and Locality (pueblo or rancho) at:

http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch

You will need to register for an account, but there does not appear to be any restrictions to registration.

You can then simply click on the "1930 Mexico Census" link and click on the relevant state and municipality.

Thank-you for the information regarding the 1930 Mexican census. I found
out where my mother's family was living in Guadalajara at the time, so I
will have a much easier time finding her baptism record now.

corrine

Fellow listers,

I have also found it to be incomplete, however it is a work in progress, and the most important thing is-

You can save and print the images in the quality of the original right at your computer at any time !

This is the pilot program of the LDS project to digitize their entire microfilm holdings. Even with todays
technology they estimsate it to be a 30 year project

Eric Robledo Edgar

-------------- Original message --------------
From: patricia burton

> Dear Rancho Members--
>
> I have used this site with good luck. However, the
> records are not complete. If you do not find family
> members in the different ranchos, towns, etc., do not
> be discouraged. I have the 1930 Census on Microfilm
> for a number of different places in Jalisco and I use
> both of these sources.
>
> Sincerely,
> Patricia Diane Godinez
> AKA Patricia Burton
>
>
> --- eaego@comcast.net wrote:
>
> > Fellow list members,
> >
> > You can go to the LDS Family search here
> >
> http://pilot.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#p=0
> > and browse through the 1930 Mexico census.
> >
> > Its time consuming, but using a period city map and
> > going page by page I have locate family in the
> > cities of Tampico and San Luis Potosi.
> >
> > For the smaller towns and rural areas this should be
> > much easier. Take a look
> >
> > Eric Robledo Edgar
> >
> > Could someone with better languague skills than me
> > translate this to Spanish?
> > -------------- Original message --------------
> > From: "John Gonzalez" <1gnzlz@verizon.net>
> >
> > > Hi:
> > >
> > > The History Center that I visit has a projector
> > where you can scan your
> > > film, and once you find the record that you are
> > interested in, you can zoom
> > > in on it, focus, turn it side ways or at any angle
> > you want. This projector
> > > is attached to a computer that has a printer to
> > print out the record you
> > > have selected. They charged me 25 cents per copy;
> > or you can take a CD and
> > > for a Dollar you can copy all the records you want
> > to it. or better yet, do
> > > you have a memory stick? you can use it to copy
> > the records to it and then
> > > take them to your computer for viewing , editing,
> > and printing.
> > >
> > > I hope this helps.
> > >
> > >
> > > John Gonzalez.
> > >
> > >
> >
> ================================================================================
> >
> > > =========
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "chula801"
> > > To:
> > > Sent: Sunday, June 22, 2008 15:32
> > > Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] Making a copy of film
> > records?
> > >
> > >
> > > >
> > > > This may be a question I should have asked at
> > the beginning of my
> > > > research, but someone told me there was a way to
> > make a copy...
> > >
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Hey, does anybody know what happened to the 1930 Mexican census on the
family search labs pilot website? I went on there today to browse through
it and it isn't even on the list of collections anymore. Where did it go?
I usually click on it, then click on the state, city, and sector. Then,
once the census record images show up, I type in the page I left off at and
continue on. It has been a great way to find all sorts of people in the
census that I wouldn't find otherwise. Now, the whole thing is gone and
they only show baptisms and marriages, I think deaths, too, but that's it.
Did I miss something?
Corrine Ardoin
Santa Maria, California

Go to:
http://search.labs.familysearch.org/recordsearch/start.html#w=0;p=2;c=1…; Date: Thu, 7 Aug 2008 17:01:29 -0700> From: corrine@ardoin.us> To: general@nuestrosranchos.org> Subject: [Nuestros Ranchos] 1930 Mexican Census> > Hey, does anybody know what happened to the 1930 Mexican census on the> family search labs pilot website?

Go to where it says "world map", next to it it says "view all collections", click and browse.
 
Greetings from Leticia Leon

 Where did it go?

 

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Corrine,

It was probably removed while being updated. It is there now.

Eric Robledo Edgar

On 8/7/08, Corrine Ardoin wrote:
>
> Hey, does anybody know what happened to the 1930 Mexican census on the
> family search labs pilot website? I went on there today to browse through
> it and it isn't even on the list of collections anymore. Where did it go?
> I usually click on it, then click on the state, city, and sector. Then,
> once the census record images show up, I type in the page I left off at and
> continue on. It has been a great way to find all sorts of people in the
> census that I wouldn't find otherwise. Now, the whole thing is gone and
> they only show baptisms and marriages, I think deaths, too, but that's it.
> Did I miss something?
> Corrine Ardoin
> Santa Maria, California

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