Archival records from Conserving Indigenous Memories of Land Privatisation in Mexico: Michoacán’s Libros de Hijuelas, 1719-1929 (EAP931)

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  • Los Libros de Hijuelas de Michoacán de Ocampo

    Collection Ref: EAP931/1
    The Libros de Hijuelas (deed books, in English) record the state-wide privatisation of indigenous lands in 19th century Michoacán, Mexico. The collection consists of 196 leather-bound volumes containing 45,000 folios dating from 1713‐1941. All the document ...

  • Serie 6: Distrito de La Piedad

    Collection Ref: EAP931/1/6
    The series consists of 7 bound volumes, ordered numerially. ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de La Piedad, Núm. 1

    File Ref: EAP931/1/6/1
    The book contains information on the payment of contributions, demarcation of lands and use of water, census, conflicts, and awarding of property titles in Yurécuaro. It includes certificates, correspondence, census records, reports, and petitions. The vol ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de La Piedad, Núm. 2

    File Ref: EAP931/1/6/2
    The book consists of community proceedings and legal records related to the division of the lands in Yurécuaro. A sections of blank pages follows the folio numbered 52, as well as folio 138. The volume consists of 204 folios, which have been bound together ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de La Piedad, Núm. 3

    File Ref: EAP931/1/6/3
    The book contains information on the payment of contributions, seizure of land, and division of property in Ticuitaco; as well as the division of land in "Mesa del Río Grande". In consists primarily of correspondence, reports, telegrams, and petitions. The ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de La Piedad, Núm. 4

    File Ref: EAP931/1/6/4
    The book contains information on the payment of contributions and division in La Piedad; embargo, sale and division of land in Rancho el Fuerte; and the recognition of land and payment of contributions in Rancho la Fantasma. It includes a census of Yurécua ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de La Piedad, Núm. 5

    File Ref: EAP931/1/6/5
    The book contains information about abuse of authority, the delineation, and division of the lands comprising "Rancho Río Grande"; the division of assets in Yurecuaro; and the installation of electricity in the communities of Churintzio and Huapamacato. In ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de La Piedad, Núm. 6

    File Ref: EAP931/1/6/6
    The book contains information on the terrain, sale of lots, and adjustment of the Numarán division; the division process in Penjamillo; and the appraisal and division of assets in the community of Tanhuato. In consists primarily of communiques, corresponde ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de La Piedad, Núm. 7

    File Ref: EAP931/1/6/7
    The book contains information on the appointment of the Land Division Committee, and rectification of the division of assets in Yurécuaro. It includes correspondence, petitions, and a survey of the redivision of Yurécuaro. The volume consists of 99 folios, ...