Interlibrary loan and Nueva Galicia books

Seeing my e-mail inbox fill up with members not sure if they should purchase a book or inquiring to its content.....I have a suggestion.

Take advantage of your local library. Many, many moons ago I borrowed Mariano Gonzalez Leal's book "Retoños De España En La Nueva Galicia" through interlibrary loan. In fact it was one of the first books I saw regarding Nueva Galicia. Since then I have used interlibrary loan when trying to find books out of print. I've copied what I needed and have never been disappointed.

In these times where our pocket book is tight or a little lean, take advantage of the free service. Go to Google books, enter the author or title of the book you are looking for. When the book link pops up on the left hand side there is a link "find in library". That will direct to "WorldCat.org". WorldCat lists the book and in this case there is a copy in Mexico, Spain, Stanford in California, San Antonio, Tx and Princeton in NJ. Take this printout to your local library and fill out the form...sometimes I just give my copy of the print out to the librarian and they try to find a closer location who owns a copy.

Another book I obtained through interlibrary loan a long time ago was "Sagrada Mitra de Guadalajara Antiguo Obispado de la Nueva Galicia". The book came from U.C. Riverside, CA. So I got to see the book before Maria de la Luz Montejano Hilton sold it to the general public.

Also check out the LDS library catalog for books on microfilm. I know that Mariano's other book regarding the Romo de Vivar's and Guerra family is available....since I have also copies of it.

Rose