Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de Pátzcuaro, Núm. 1

The book contains information on the lands located near Lake Zirahuen and includes documentation on the communities of Zirahuen and San Juan Tumbio, which were originally dismissed as uninhabited. It also documents conflicts over the use of land around Lake Zirahuen. The book is primarily made up of deeds, financial documents, petitions, reports, and communiques. The volume consists of 310 folios, which have been bound together and numbered. Documents relating to specific communities and/or processes are loosely grouped together and roughly organized according to date. The volume shows some deterioration, with some individual folios in poor condition.