Parral, Santa Barbara 461 
The records reach back to 1632. The following are the principal classes of 
documents noted: 
a. Records of the military commandancy of the “ Cuerpo de Dragones 
de San Carlos”, with headquarters at Parral. These records 
would seem to be of considerable importance for the history of 
the whole jurisdiction of Parral, which in the eighteenth century 
was extensive. The documents include correspondence of the 
commander with the commandant-general of the Interior Prov- 
inces (with capital at Chihuahua) ; correspondence with officers 
of subordinate posts, as that at Guajoquilla ; correspondence with 
the alcalde mayor of Parral; “ filiaciones”’ of the troops of the 
command ; criminal processes. 
b. Records of the ayuntamiento of Parral, and of the local judicial 
authorities, seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 
Among them there are: protocolos of escrituras piblicas, testa- 
mentarias, titulos de tierras y minas, diligencias y juicios civiles 
y criminales, padrones of the jurisdiction of Parral. One for the 
year 1783 was noted. 
c. Records of the jurisdiction of the subdelegados of Parral in the later 
eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. They include diligen- 
cias civiles y criminales, and correspondence with the authorities 
at Durango and Chihuahua. These records do not seem to be very 
extensive. 
d. From the early nineteenth century there are incomplete records of the 
Jefatura Politica, of various classes. The most notable for the 
early years are the bundles of correspondence of the jefes politicos 
of Parral with various authorities of the state. 
ARCHIVO DE LA IGLESIA PARROQUIAL. 
In the archive of the parish church the following classes of documents were 
noted : 
a. Libros de Administracién (baptisms, marriages, and burials). The 
oldest records of this class seem to be of the year 1634. 
b. Causas before the jueces eclesidsticos of Parral. Among these are 
interesting documents illustrating the relations of the church 
authorities and the military authorities, such as quarrels over 
jurisdiction, etc. 
c. Matrimoniales. 
d. Correspondence. Of this there are several legajos of letters directed 
to the cura from the bishops, persons in the city of Mexico, and 
in Spain. I noted particularly correspondence directed to Father 
José Francisco de Frias, 1770-1780. 
SANTA BARBARA. 
A visit to Santa Barbara, where it was said important records for the 
history of the United States were to be found, resulted in the discovery of 
nothing of direct bearing on the subject. The municipal archive is at the 
Jefatura Politica. The older records of the ayuntamiento and other local 
offices are relatively few, and apparently do not go back of the early eighteenth 
century. They include primarily: protocol books, testamentary records, com- 
munications from the governor of Nueva Viscaya to the alcalde (instructions, 
