Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica
Encyclopedia
The Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica (Mexican Academy of Genealogy and Heraldry) is a cultural institution based in Mexico City
, Mexico
. It has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent historians, enthusiasts in the Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and appreciation of the after mentioned sciences through research, essays, colloquiums, courses, exhibitions, education and debate.
in 1921 by José Ignacio Dávila Garibi; with a difficult beginning, the institution had to be reorganized in 1941 but without much success.
Finally, on 15 May 1943 the Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica was founded by José Ignacio Dávila Garibi with a mission to promote the studies on Genealogy
and Heraldry
through research, education and exhibition. The motive in founding the Academy was twofold: to raise the professional status of the researcher by establishing a sound system of training and expert judgment in the sciences of Genealogy
and Heraldry
attaining an appropriate standard of excellence, and to publish some essays in its main publication: Memorias. Behind this concept was the desire to encourage appreciation and interest in the already mentioned sciences.
Fashionable taste in 20th century's fourth decade, Mexico
centered on the study of the traditional families and their influence through time. With the passing of time, the Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica came to dominate the genelogical and heraldic scene since the second half of the 20th century.
It's the only Mexican institution in the sciences of Genealogy
and Heraldry
which belongs to the Confédération Internationale de Généalogie et d'Héraldique and to the Confederación Iberoamericana de ciencias Genealógica y Heráldica.
.
Among others, this prize has been granted to:
), and are available for public consultation under the guidelines and regulations of the same institution.
The AMGyH had signed collaboration documents with the historical archives of the Mexican states of Aguascalientes
(2006) and Michoacán
(2007) to contribute with the digitalization and preservation of their most valuable files.
and Heraldry
, among others, the most important are the International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences
, the Congreso Iberoamericano de las Ciencias Genealógica y Heráldica and the Reunión Americana de Genealogía.
), through its Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas (Institute of Historic Research), and with the Government of the State of Michoacan
(Mexico
), in the organization of the XVI Reunión Americana de Genealogía and VI Congreso Iberoamericano de las Ciencias Genealógica y Heráldica; an event that was celebrated in the city of Morelia
(Michoacan
), on 11–15 October 2010.
Since January 2010 the Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica has started to publish an electronic Newsletter
: Boletín-e, it's distributed among the Academy members by e-mail
in Pdf format.
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. It has a unique position in being an independent, privately funded institution led by eminent historians, enthusiasts in the Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences whose purpose is to promote the creation, enjoyment and appreciation of the after mentioned sciences through research, essays, colloquiums, courses, exhibitions, education and debate.
History
The Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica has its origin in the Academia Hispanoamericana de Genealogía y Herádica, established in Mexico CityMexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
in 1921 by José Ignacio Dávila Garibi; with a difficult beginning, the institution had to be reorganized in 1941 but without much success.
Finally, on 15 May 1943 the Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica was founded by José Ignacio Dávila Garibi with a mission to promote the studies on Genealogy
Genealogy
Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members...
and Heraldry
Heraldry
Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms. Heraldry comes from Anglo-Norman herald, from the Germanic compound harja-waldaz, "army commander"...
through research, education and exhibition. The motive in founding the Academy was twofold: to raise the professional status of the researcher by establishing a sound system of training and expert judgment in the sciences of Genealogy
Genealogy
Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members...
and Heraldry
Heraldry
Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms. Heraldry comes from Anglo-Norman herald, from the Germanic compound harja-waldaz, "army commander"...
attaining an appropriate standard of excellence, and to publish some essays in its main publication: Memorias. Behind this concept was the desire to encourage appreciation and interest in the already mentioned sciences.
Fashionable taste in 20th century's fourth decade, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
centered on the study of the traditional families and their influence through time. With the passing of time, the Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica came to dominate the genelogical and heraldic scene since the second half of the 20th century.
It's the only Mexican institution in the sciences of Genealogy
Genealogy
Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members...
and Heraldry
Heraldry
Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms. Heraldry comes from Anglo-Norman herald, from the Germanic compound harja-waldaz, "army commander"...
which belongs to the Confédération Internationale de Généalogie et d'Héraldique and to the Confederación Iberoamericana de ciencias Genealógica y Heráldica.
Founding members
The founding members were five: José Ignacio Dávila Garibi, President; Guilermo Romo Célis, Secretary General; Gonzalo Torres Martínez, Treasurer; Luis García Remus and Manuel Septién y Septién, and allowed for a total membership of 24 Numbered Academicians and some others non-numbered, correspondent and honorary members. The institution was reorganized in 1957.Presidents
| President | Served |
|---|---|
| José Ignacio Dávila Garibi (1888–1981) | 1943–1981 |
| Guilermo Romo Célis (1912–1988) | 1981–1984 |
| Teodoro Amerlinck y Zirión (1908–2007) | 1984–1991 |
| Jorge Víctor Barbabosa y Torres | 1991–2003 |
| Adolfo de Sentis y Ortega, Count de Guadalupe del Peñasco | 2003–2007 |
| Salvador de Pinal-Icaza y Enríquez | 2007 – present |
Other posts
| Secretary Genral | Served |
|---|---|
| Guilermo Romo Célis (1912–1988) | 1943–1981 |
| Matilde Cabrera Ipiña de Corsi (1906–1993) | 1981–1984 |
| Salvador de Pinal-Icaza y Enríquez | 1984–1991 |
| Virginia Armella de Aspe | 1991–1994 |
| Mercedes Meade Esteva de Angulo († 1994) | 1994 |
| Isaac Luis Velázquez y Morales | 1994–2001 |
| Virginia Armella de Aspe | 2001–2010 |
| Jorge Víctor Barbabosa y Torres | 2010– |
| Treasurer | Served |
|---|---|
| Rodrigo Amerlinck y Assereto | 1991 –present |
Premio Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica
The Premio Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica is a prize established in 1985 by Guillermo Romo Célis (1912–1988) as a recognition of excellence in achievements on published studies on genealogy and heraldry, and it's given during the celebration of the International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic SciencesInternational Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences
The International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences is a biennial conference discussing topics of heraldic and genealogical interest. The Congress brings together scholars and other interested persons from all the nations of Europe and from many countries around the world...
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Among others, this prize has been granted to:
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Genealogical records
This institution, in collaboration with The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints had contributed during the microfilming process of the main Mexican Catholic Church records (1953–71), archiving 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 possession of the Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica; nowadays such copies are located in the Archivo General de la Nación (Mexico CityMexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
), and are available for public consultation under the guidelines and regulations of the same institution.
The AMGyH had signed collaboration documents with the historical archives of the Mexican states of Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 11 municipalities and its capital city is Aguascalientes....
(2006) and Michoacán
Michoacán
Michoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia...
(2007) to contribute with the digitalization and preservation of their most valuable files.
Colloquiums
- (1987) I Coloquio sobre Arte, Religión y Genealogía (Pinacoteca Virreinal de San Diego, Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, 25–27 August). The lectures were presented to general public and were given by:
- –"La Estirpe y Linaje de José María Morelos", by Ignacio Francisco González-Polo y Acosta
- –"La Casa de Echave de Laurcain; los tres pintores Baltasar de Echave (padre, hijo y nieto)", by Dolores Echave de Elguero
- –"Los padres Medina Picazo, los Condes de Medina y Torres y su huella monumental", by Francisco Javier de Castaños y Cañedo
- –"Una dinastía de Pintores Novohispanos, los Juárez y los Rodríguez Juárez, seis pintores en los siglos XVII y XVIII", by Alicia Enríquez de Pinal-Icaza
- –"En torno al retrato dieciochesco de un personaje virreinal, don Francisco Ignacio de Iraeta, del pintor Andrés Islas", by Salvador de Pinal-Icaza y Enríquez
- –"La Benemérita madre María Ignacia de Azlor y Echevers, hija de los Marqueses de San Miguel de Aguayo, fundadora de La Enseñanza", by Virginia Armella de Aspe
- –"Eulogio G. GillowEulogio Gillow y ZavalaEulogio Gregorio Clemente Gillow y Zavala was the first archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Antequera, Oaxaca located in Oaxaca de Juarez, Oaxaca, Mexico....
, Arzobispo de Oaxaca y la Casa Marquesal de Selva Nevada", by Mercedes Meade Esteva de Angulo - –"Pintoras mexicanas del Siglo XIX", by Leonor Cortina de Pintado
- (1988) I Coloquio Hablemos de Heráldica (Pinacoteca Virreinal de San Diego, Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, 10–18 February). The lectures were presented to general public and were given by:
- (1988) I Coloquio Hablemos de Heráldica (Pinacoteca Virreinal de San Diego, Mexico City
- –"Heráldica en General, diferencias nacionales", by Salvador de Pinal-Icaza y Enríquez
- –"Heráldica Religiosa", by Virginia Armella de Aspe
- –"Originalidad de la Heráldica Carolina en Indias", by Teodoro Amerlinck y Zirión
- –"Escudos de las Entidades Federativas Mexicanas", by Mercedes Meade Esteva de Angulo
- (1997) II Coloquio Hablemos de Heráldica (Pinacoteca Virreinal de San Diego, Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, 11–21 July). This event was organized for the exhibition Blasones Virreinales de Hispanoamérica (see Exhibitions), by MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
's Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes (CONACULTA), through the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y LiteraturaInstituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y LiteraturaThe Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes y Literatura , located in the Palacio de Bellas Artes in Mexico City, is the national Mexican institute of fine arts and literature, founded on December 31, 1946...
. The lectures were presented to general public and were given by:
- (1997) II Coloquio Hablemos de Heráldica (Pinacoteca Virreinal de San Diego, Mexico City
- –"Discurso de apertura de la exposición Blasones Virreinales" by Teodoro Amerlinck y Zirión
- –"Don Isidro Antonio de Icaza y Caparroso" by Salvador de Pinal-Icaza y Enríquez
- –"Dos Virreyes del Ducado de Alburquerque en Nueva España" by Rodrigo-Alonso López-Portillo y Lancaster-Jones
- –"Heráldica de los Virreyes Gálvez" by Isaac Luis Velázquez y Morales
- –"Hasekura Tsunenaga" by José Alberto Said Ramírez Beteta
Courses
- (2001) Heráldica General y Novohispana (Auditorium, Museo del Ex-Convento del Carmen, San ÁngelSan ÁngelSan Ángel is a colonia or neighborhood of Mexico City, located in the southwest in Álvaro Óbregon borough. Historically, it was a rural community, called Tenanitla in the pre Hispanic period. Its current name is derived from the El Carmen monastery school called San Ángel Mártir...
, Mexico City: 5–26 November). The course's intention was to present the general knowledge of the Heraldic Science and its peculiarities in MexicoMexicoThe United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
during the Viceroyalty of New Spain; it was coordinated by Virginia Armella de Aspe, at that time CuratorCuratorA curator is a manager or overseer. Traditionally, a curator or keeper of a cultural heritage institution is a content specialist responsible for an institution's collections and involved with the interpretation of heritage material...
of the Museo del Ex-Convento del Carmen and given to general public by Ricardo-Antonio López-Portillo y Lancaster-Jones and Rodrigo-Alonso López-Portillo y Lancaster-Jones.
Exhibitions
- (1968) Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica 1943–1968 (Club de Banqueros de México, Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, 15 May / 15 June) - (1987–88) Dibujos Heráldicos de Luis León de la Barra (Pinacoteca Virreinal de San Diego, Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, 2 December / 15 May) - (1997) Blasones Virreinales Hispanoamericanos by the Argentinian heraldic artist Esther de Soaje Pinto (Pinacoteca Virreinal de San Diego, Mexico CityMexico CityMexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, 11–21 July)
International congresses
Since its establishment, delegates from the Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica had attended to many international congresses of GenealogyGenealogy
Genealogy is the study of families and the tracing of their lineages and history. Genealogists use oral traditions, historical records, genetic analysis, and other records to obtain information about a family and to demonstrate kinship and pedigrees of its members...
and Heraldry
Heraldry
Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of arms. Heraldry comes from Anglo-Norman herald, from the Germanic compound harja-waldaz, "army commander"...
, among others, the most important are the International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences
International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences
The International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences is a biennial conference discussing topics of heraldic and genealogical interest. The Congress brings together scholars and other interested persons from all the nations of Europe and from many countries around the world...
, the Congreso Iberoamericano de las Ciencias Genealógica y Heráldica and the Reunión Americana de Genealogía.
The XVI Reunión Americana de Genealogía
The Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica participated along with the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAMUnam
UNAM or UNaM may refer to:* National University of Misiones, a National University in Posadas, Argentina*National Autonomous University of Mexico , the large public autonomous university based in Mexico City...
), through its Instituto de Investigaciones Históricas (Institute of Historic Research), and with the Government of the State of Michoacan
Michoacán
Michoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia...
(Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
), in the organization of the XVI Reunión Americana de Genealogía and VI Congreso Iberoamericano de las Ciencias Genealógica y Heráldica; an event that was celebrated in the city of Morelia
Morelia
Morelia is a city and municipality in the north central part of the state of Michoacán in central Mexico. The city is in the Guayangareo Valley and is the capital of the state. The main pre-Hispanic cultures here were the P'urhépecha and the Matlatzinca, but no major cities were founded in the...
(Michoacan
Michoacán
Michoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia...
), on 11–15 October 2010.
Publications
The Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica published a series of Memorias through two periods: 8 volumes on the first one (1945–57); having published 17 volumes from 1957 until 2005.Since January 2010 the Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica has started to publish an electronic Newsletter
Newsletter
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: Boletín-e, it's distributed among the Academy members by e-mail
E-mail
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in Pdf format.
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