Author: Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica
Fuller name: Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica
Born: 1943
Bio: The Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica was established in Mexico City (Mexico) on 15 May 1943 by:  JOSE IGNACIO DAVILA GARIBI, GUILLERMO ROMO CELIS, GONZALO TORRES MARTINEZ,  and LUIS GARCIA REMUS.  Its structure is made of 24 Numbered Academicians and some others non-numbered, correspondant and honorary members. The institution was reorganized in 1957.

Among other members, JESUS AMAYA TOPETE; TEODORO AMERLINCK Y ZIRION; ALBERTO BRAVO UGARTE; RICARDO CABRERA DUKE; MATILDE CABRERA IPIÑA DE CORSI; OCTAVIANO CABRERA IPIÑA; ANTONIO CARAZA CAMPOS; FRANCISCO JAVIER DE CASTAÑOS Y CAÑEDO; ISRAEL CAVAZOS GARZA; JAVIER DE CERVANTES Y ANAYA; DANIEL ESCALANTE; TORIBIO ESQUIVEL OBREGON; ANTONIO FERNANDEZ DEL CASTILLO; SALVADOR GUTIERREZ CONTRERAS; RICARDO LANCASTER-JONES Y VEREA; LUIS LEON DE LA BARRA; JOSE LOPEZ-PORTILLO Y WEBER; JOSE MIGUEL MALO ZOZAYA; LEOPOLDO MARTINEZ COSIO; CARLOS DE OVANDO Y  GUTIÉRREZ; LEOPOLDO I. ORENDAIN; JORGE PALOMINO Y CAÑEDO; JOSE MIGUEL QUINTANA; ALFONSO RINCON GALLARDO Y ROMERO DE TERREROS, Count de Regla and Marquis de San Cristóbal; CARLOS RINCON GALLARDO Y ROMERO DE TERREROS, Duke de Regla, Marquis de Guadalupe and Grandee of Spain; MANUEL ROMERO DE TERREROS Y VINENT, Marquis de San Francisco; JOSE IGNACIO RUBIO MAÑE; ATANASIO G. SARAVIA; CARLOS SANCHEZ-NAVARRO Y PEON; IGNACIO DE VILLAR-VILLAMIL, Duke de Castro-Terreño; have standed out through their studies and essays.

The Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica published a series of "Memorias" through two periods: VIII volumes on the first one (1945-57); having published XVII volumes from 1957 until 2005.

This institution, in collaboration with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had contributed during the microfilming process of the main Mexican Church records (1953-71), achiving the amount of 72,000 film rolls (86 million pages). Thanks to a contract among the aftermentioned institutions, a whole copy of these microfilms were kept in possesion of the Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica; nowadays such copies are located in the Archivo General de la Nación (Mexico City), and are available for public consultation under the guidelines and regulations of the same Archivo General de la Nación.

List of Presidents of the AMGyH since 1943:

1)  JOSE IGNACIO DAVILA GARIBI.

2) GUILLERMO ROMO CELIS.

3) TEODORO AMERLINCK Y ZIRION.

4) JORGE VICTOR BARBABOSA Y TORRES.

5) ADOLFO DE SENTIS Y ORTEGA, Count de Guadalupe del Peñasco.

6) SALVADOR DE PINAL-ICAZA Y ENRIQUEZ.

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Bibliography:

"Enciclopedia de México", Volúmen 5, 1978, pp. 256-257.

"Memorias", Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica, Tomo XVI, 2000, pp. 26-45.

"Memorias", Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica, Tomo XVII, 2005, pp. 1-11.