Hispanic Heritage Project are happy to report that they have had success in placing another scanner. It is now in the Archivo Histórico del Municipio de Pátzcuaro in Pátzcuaro, Michoacán. With the scanner, municipal employees can now image the archive´s colonial records and make them available to the public. Currently the records are stored in boxes on shelves and one would have to physically go there to do research or request a certain document.
The catalog of all the records in the archive is in the process of being put online. Eventually, people will be able to browse through it and then request the desired document which will be attached in an email to them.
The work continues on the part of Hispanic Heritage Project and its untiring volunteers to help researchers with roots in New Spain to find information about their ancestors. They thank all who have participated in this great effort.
