Information Matrimonial records

I have been doing genealogy for the past 18 years and never found the benefits of the Information Matrimonial records until last night. In the past I have ordered rolls and rolls of these films looking for missing links with no success. But last night I was helping my research colleague with a mystery in Aguascalientes. He had the date of his ancestors marriage, but the marriage document didn't provide much information....date, their names and witnesses only. So for the heck of it I went to the Information Matrimonial film for the year of the marriage. I looked for the month previous to the date of this couples marriage and lo and behold it was there along with the names of the couples parents (one line came from Sierra de Pinos).

So if you're looking for the marriage of Joseph Peres and Juliana Chabes in Aguascalientes for 3 Feb 1704, the Information Matrimonial was in January, I believe it was image 15.

I just thought I'd share this new find....not sure if you've had the same problem that I've had with these records...I had pretty much given up on them due to frustration and cost....but now I know how to use them.....go back 6-3 weeks before the couples marriage. I'm hoping Jalisco, Zacatecas and Sonora digitized records will be online soon.

Well, looks like I'll be doing some major hunting this week-end.

Rose Hardy
Fresno