Lost Mexican Census Records

I was hoping that no one would ask...lol.

A preliminary survey has been done by a colleague of mine, however, they feel
that before it's published (or let me publish it on my blog) they would like to
clean it up. The survey went a little something like this...The "Datos
Preliminares, Sujetos a Rectificacion del Censo General de Havitantes de 1930
por Municipios," on film #0547084 item 11, was consulted then crossed checked
against the GSU's (Genealogical Society of Utah aka Family History Dept. aka
FamilySearch) collection of the census. Many municipios were found to be missing
(about 300 or just over 10% of all muncipios through out Mexico), and when it
was suggested that the GSU go back and pick up the missing municipios they were
told that we had filmed them all.

With that said the GSU filmed the 1930 census from the National Archives...some
states and/or municipios may have copies of the alleged "lost" records. Also,
nearly 20 years have passed since the census was microfilmed by the GSU, which
is plenty of time for the National Archives to dust off old books and discover
other municipios that may have been misplaced in 1987.

So, the short answer to your question: "what do you mean by lost?" Lost or
misplaced by the National Archives. And, to answer Brady's question: both
Torreon, Coahuila and Tlaltenango (listed as just Sanchez Ramon in the list of
municpios in 1930), Zacatecas are on the preliminary "lost" list.

I hope the explanation wasn't too confusing...

Lynn

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