Inquisición Records

The Inquisición series at the AGN documents cases brought before the Tribunal del Santo Oficio in New Spain from the sixteenth through the early nineteenth century. Records in this finding aid come from the Genealogía de los Procesados sub-series, which catalogues genealogical inquiries, denunciations, and limpieza de sangre investigations — documents that routinely name parents, grandparents, siblings, and associates of the principal subject.

Each entry in this index corresponds to a discrete case file or document within a microfilm roll. The description field reproduces the catalog summary prepared by Dr. Isabel Juárez Becerra and collaborators. The "Other persons" field lists every additional individual named in the original catalog entry.

Original documents are held by the Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico City, and are accessible as microfilm through the FamilySearch catalog. Film numbers link directly to the catalog search results for each roll.