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 9: Distrito de Pátzcuaro

    Collection Ref: EAP931/1/9
    The series consists of 21 bound volumes, numbered 1 to 18, with the numbers 16, 17, and 18 repeating. ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de Pátzcuaro, Núm. 1

    File Ref: EAP931/1/9/1
    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 Lak ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de Pátzcuaro, Núm. 2

    File Ref: EAP931/1/9/2
    The book contains information on the division of lands in Portrero de Zipiajo and contains additional documentation on the communities of Erongarícuaro, Yhuatzio, and Zacapu. There is also information regarding the land invasion in Yhuatzio; the division o ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de Pátzcuaro, Núm. 3

    File Ref: EAP931/1/9/3
    The book contains information on the division of land and taxes in the community of Santa Clara and Opopeo. The volume primarily consists of petitions, census records, communiques, receipts, and reports, as well as a map of Santa Clara de Portugal. The vol ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de Pátzcuaro, Núm. 4

    File Ref: EAP931/1/9/4
    The book contains information on the land tax payments of the community of Opopeo and Arocutín. It also documents land disputes between Hacienda Casas Blancas and Opopeo, as well as the towns of Tócuaro and Arocutín. This volume is primarily made up of cen ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de Pátzcuaro, Núm. 5

    File Ref: EAP931/1/9/5
    The book contains information on the conclusion of the division of the lands of Zacapu and documentation on the community of Cuanajo. It also includes the certificates of property titles. The volume primarily consists of communiques, deeds, petitions, and ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de Pátzcuaro, Núm. 6

    File Ref: EAP931/1/9/6
    The book contains information on the inconsistencies made in the division of the lands of Tzintzuntzan. It also includes documentation related to the communities of Cerro de Tareaqueri and Quiroga; and of land disputes around the lake of Pátzcuaro and in Y ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de Pátzcuaro, Núm. 7

    File Ref: EAP931/1/9/7
    The book contains information on the allocation of lands, and documentation on the communities of Cuanajo and Zacapu. It also includes documentation on the division of lands in the community of Jesús Huramba, liscences granted to sell wood and pay the tax ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de Pátzcuaro, Núm. 8

    File Ref: EAP931/1/9/8
    The book contains information on the division of land in Tupátaro. It contains documentation related to the communities of Naranja and Tupátaro. This documentation includes material related to conflicts over the lease of land between the residents of Tupat ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de Pátzcuaro, Núm. 9

    File Ref: EAP931/1/9/9
    The book contains information on tax debt in the community of Erongaricuaro; boundary conflicts between the community of Naranja and Santiago Jiminez; and documentation related to the communities of Tirindaro, Cuanajo, Erongarícuaro, and Naranja. The book ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de Pátzcuaro, Núm. 10

    File Ref: EAP931/1/9/10
    The book contains information on tax debt payments in Zirahuen and Huecorio; and documentation related to the communities of Cuanajo, Zacapu and Huecorio. The volume consists primarily of census records, correspondence, petitions, and reports. The volume c ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de Pátzcuaro, Núm. 11

    File Ref: EAP931/1/9/11
    The book contains information on the embargo of assets due to tax debt in Cuanajo; the division of lands in the community of Cuanajo; and a census on the division of lands of the community of Zencenguaro. The volume consists primarily of communiques, petit ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de Pátzcuaro, Núm. 12

    File Ref: EAP931/1/9/12
    The book contains information on the appraisal of lands in Cheran to determine the tax value. It also contains documentation on the communities of Uruapan and San Angel; conficts over use of resources in disputed territories; and the division of lands in t ...

  • Libro de Hijuelas del Distrito de Pátzcuaro, Núm. 13

    File Ref: EAP931/1/9/13
    The book contains information on the division of lands in Santa Fe De La Laguna and an alphabetical registry of the beneficiaries. The volume consists primarily of deeds and census records. A set of blank sheets follows the folio numbered 223 (page 245). T ...