Ecclesiastical Archives 445 
ARCHIVO DE LA IGLESIA PARROQUIAL. 
(ARCHIVE OF THE PARISH CHURCH.) 
The records of this church are quite fragmentary until relatively recent 
times. Classes of early documents of interest to students of the history of the 
United States, because of the close personal connection of Monclova with 
early Texas, are the following: 
Baptismal records of the mission of San Miguel de Aguayo and of the 
parish church of Monclova. Incomplete files since 1688. 
Books of government (libros de gobierno), containing orders from the 
bishops and other superior officers of the church. Incomplete 
files since 1770. 
(These episcopal orders usually went in cordillera through the various 
settlements of Coahuila and Texas, and, therefore, are of special interest 
to Texas.) 
OTHER ARCHIVES IN COAHUILA. 
It is not at all improbable that a search at Parras and Los Patos would 
yield items of interest concerning the Aguayos. Similarly, it may be that at 
the old settlements on the Rio Grande below Eagle Pass there are mission 
records and other documents of importance for the history of the frontier. 
