Mexican Land Reform and the Ejido: History and Records

Lisa Medina
Sep 15, 2023
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About this webinar

Between 1916 and 1945 the Mexican government distributed 74 million acres of land to Mexican citizens - many of whom had been dispossessed of the right to that land in preceding generations. In this session, we will review the laws, administrative processes and records related to the distribution of that land, known as the ejido. We will also review strategies for requesting the original records. Intended for those with experience in Mexican and/or Hispanic genealogy, this session can help you take your research to the next level.

About the speaker

Lisa Medina is an enthusiastic and experienced lecturer who brings together the stories and methodologies of genealogy with the effective pedagogies of a teacher in her presentations. She has experien...
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  1. LM
    Lisa Medina
    2 years ago

    Oops! I misspoke in the presentation. The image of the calpullis and surrounding lands was from the Mapa de Coatlinchan (rather than the Codex of Kingsborough - or Codex of Tepetlaoztoc)!

  2. CG
    Colleen Greene
    2 years ago

    Great presentation on a topic not commonly taught in the genealogy community. This was a great addition to the Mexico series.

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  3. TB
    Terry Bowen
    2 years ago

    Very informative for methods and sources as titled.

  4. KS
    Karen Smith
    2 years ago

    Fascinating and comprehensive. I watched with growing interest as this was so professionally delivered and I learnt so much. I have no Mexican family members, but it was nevertheless a great lesson on a part of the world and its history that I knew nothing about.

  5. AG
    Anthony Gonzalez
    2 years ago

    Very good presentation for starting research of Mexican relatives and land ownership

  6. EF
    Elsa Fl
    2 years ago

    Excellent! Really helpful, thank you so much!

  7. WJ
    Wesley Johnston
    2 years ago

    Superb presentation

  8. MC
    Maria Capaldi
    2 years ago

    It was a lot of information, thank you Lisa!

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