u/Admirable_Shake_3179

Hi,

I'm trying to get an official copy of my grandmother's Mexican birth certificate from 1908 for a Canadian citizenship application (her father was Canadian ) . Unfortunately it is too old to be in the normal system Mexico uses to digitize it's records. She was born in Mexico City and I can find the handwritten record on familysearch, but Canada wants an official certified document. I've had my father and sister working on this (they are both fluent in Spanish, me not so much), and I've gone to the local Mexican consulate, without success. As far as I can tell, the only way to get around this is to fly to Mexico city and wait in line at the Mexico city archives.

AI tells me to hire a gestos to get the records but the ones I can find are targeting American law firms and are quite expensive.

Anyone else have a similar problem or know a local Mexican company that can get these documents for me?

Suggestions would be quite welcome.

Hi!

I'm trying to get together a package for citizenship by descent pathway, based on my great grandfather being born in Ontario in 1879. I have lots of supporting documentation stating his birth in Ontario, parents' marriage in Ontario, siblings birth registration in Ontario but no actual birth registration, baptismal records or Canadian census records for him.

Am I best off just applying with what I have, seeing if a genealogist can find more or hiring a lawyer to present what I have in the most compelling way?

Anyone know a good place to buy live bait in MoCo, particularly down country? I've heard Walmart has worms but that is out of the way for me.