Hello,
I’ve scanned in the images from the 1820 Census of the Parish of Jalpa, Zacatecas. I hope they’ll be useful to you, especially since the records for Jalpa in the early 1800s are so scant.

Hello,
I’ve scanned in the images from the 1820 Census of the Parish of Jalpa, Zacatecas. I hope they’ll be useful to you, especially since the records for Jalpa in the early 1800s are so scant.

You can download the zip fie from here:
www.arturogonzalez.com/1820JalpaPadron.zip

The complete file is about 50MB.

As I understand it, houses or households are separated by a long line. But there are a few symbols that I can’t figure out, such as those found in this image:
www.arturogonzalez.com/1820-002-Jalpa.jpg

The names have a cross next to them–does this mean the person has been confirmed?

There’s also a symbol that looks like the Greek letter PSY. Sometimes it’s next to a name and other times it’s given by itself at the end of the household.

There’s also a number that sometimes is given at the end of the household, but I can’t figure out what this refers to. Sometimes it’s next to a name and other times, next to the symbol that looks like the Greek letter PSY.

Any input would be helpful.

Thanks
Arturo G