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SO that the increase is only in the nature of 

 doubhng. With the exception of individuals 

 born in the neighboring States of Guanajuato and 

 Jalisco, the majority of out-of-state residents are 

 governmental employees (teachers and physicians, 

 chiefly) or tradesmen and artisans (such as photog- 

 rapher, pharmacist, tailor, mechanic, and the 

 lilve). These individuals have been attracted to 

 or sent to Quiroga because of the improvement in 

 communications and business since 1939, and 

 because of continued Federal participation in 

 education, socialized medicine, and highway im- 

 provement. In 1940 there was just one person 

 not a Mexican citizen (a man born in Italy). In 

 1945 there was one woman born in Corcoran, 

 Calif., but she was of Mexican extraction and is 

 a Mexican citizen. Consequently, there are no 

 foreigners in Quiroga. By way of comparison, 

 in 1900 there were no foreigners in the municipality 

 of Quiroga; there were 29 individuals born in other 

 States (Guanajuato led, with 10); and only 13 out 

 of the 12,344 inhabitants had been residents of 

 the municipaUty less than 1 year. It is note- 

 worthy that the ranchos had no non-Michoacdn 

 residents in 1940, and but 1 in 1945. 



Table 19 is more informative ; it shows the birth- 

 place of all the inhabitants who hve in a com- 

 munity other than that in which they were born. 

 Out of a total population of 4,159 there were 816 

 who were in this category. However, all but 56 

 of these were born withLu Michoacdn. Of the 

 760 born in Michoacdn, 582 were born outside of 

 the municipality of Quiroga. The major portion, 

 or 447, were born in adjacent municipalities, which 

 would mean within a radius of 30 miles. The 



municipalities which contributed most importantly 

 to the population of Quiroga and its ranchos were: 

 Tzintzuntzan 176, Moreha 171, P^tzcuaro 48, 

 Zacapu 18, ChucfindLro 17, Villa Jimenez 16, 

 Erongaricuaro 14, Purudndh-o 12, Coeneo 11, 

 Acuitzio 10, Tingambato 10, Huaniqueo 9, and 

 Arteaga 9. Of the 102 municipalities in Michoa- 

 cdn 34 were repi'esented in the Quiroga population. 

 The individuals who were born at a distance 

 greater than 15 miles usually fell into one of foui' 

 categories: Religious (priest, sacristan, and the 

 Sisters in the religious school) , State governmental 

 employees, merchants and skilled artisans, or 

 spouses (usually wives). Most of the movement 

 within the municipality of Quiroga, and from 

 Moreha and Tzintzuntzan, comprised laborers and 

 tenant farmers. Within this group there was 

 considerable shifting around within the area, and 

 it was not uncommon for a famdy to be composed 

 of a couple native to the town of Quiroga or one 

 of its ranchos whose children would be born each 

 in a difi^erent community. Within our area of 

 study in the municipahty of Quiroga, only four 

 individuals were born in the dependent pueblos. 

 This is a striking commentary on the slight con- 

 nection with the western pueblos as compared 

 with the ranchos and pueblos to the north, east, 

 and south, including a number in Morelia and 

 Tzintzuntzan. The ranchos of Quiroga have the 

 largest absolute and relative native populations. 

 There were 21 individuals involved in movements 

 from one rancho to another (Ziraudangacho with 

 none had the least and La Th-imicua with 8 had 

 the most of this interchange). Quiroga town con- 

 tributed 18 persons ranging from none to Atzimbo 



