| People will ask for help with a Mexican address as | | | | If possible, ask the person who gave you the |
| they get into doing their family genealogy | | | | address to verify the information. Maybe they |
| research. A common challenge is knowing what | | | | forgot an important fact, such as giving you both |
| the names mean. Is the address the name of a | | | | the city and state name. In some cases, the |
| city or a state? An example would be: Magdalena | | | | person may not know there is a difference and |
| Jalisco Autlan. | | | | was simply passing on the address as they |
| Knowing the Mexican state is one piece of the | | | | received it. |
| puzzle as you gather the information you must | | | | This may appear to be a minor issue, but it's not. |
| have so you can find the person you are looking | | | | I just received an email asking for help with their |
| for or do your family genealogy. The easiest way | | | | family genealogy research. The city and state the |
| to handle this is to first identify which is the state | | | | person asked me about is Puebla, Edo. de Mexico. |
| name. The answer to the example above is: | | | | There is no city listing for Puebla in Edo. de Mexico |
| Magdalena and Autlan are the names of cities in | | | | so it's very likely the correct city and state is |
| the state of Jalisco. | | | | Puebla, Puebla. If this person hadn't asked for |
| From the numerous emails I receive, it is | | | | expert advice, he may have continued searching |
| apparent there are general misunderstandings | | | | for months thinking Puebla, Edo. de Mexico was a |
| about the Mexican states, the capitals and what | | | | good address. It can be the small things that stop |
| makes a proper address. There are thirty-one | | | | you from finding someone in Mexico. (Edo. de |
| states in Mexico. Mexico City is the capital of the | | | | Mexico will be covered in-depth in the next article |
| country. Most capital cities have the same name | | | | of our series.) |
| as the state. For instance, the capital of the state | | | | If at all possible, you have to verify your |
| of Puebla is Puebla. This is properly written as | | | | information is correct. This is one of the reasons |
| Puebla, Puebla. (There are state abbreviations, but | | | | why finding a person residing in Mexico and doing |
| I'll save that for another time.) | | | | family genealogy research may require you to |
| So what does it mean if you have an address | | | | get the services of experts who can answer |
| with Puebla, Mexico? That's a good question. An | | | | questions about addresses and so much more. It |
| educated guess is that the proper address is | | | | is virtually impossible to locate a person if you do |
| should be Puebla, Puebla, Mexico. But when it | | | | not have the city and the state where they are |
| comes to locating someone in Mexico and | | | | living. |
| especially if you are going to pay for specialized | | | | This information will go far in helping with your |
| family genealogy services or resources, you really | | | | Mexico family genealogy research. In the next |
| want to be certain what the proper address is | | | | article, we will continue to cover the topic of |
| before you start spending your money. | | | | Mexican state names. |