[2] Finally, on 15 May 1943 the Academia Mexicana de Genealogía y Heráldica[1][3] was founded by José Ignacio Dávila Garibi[4] 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.

[5] The founding members were five: José Ignacio Dávila Garibi, President; Guilermo Romo Célis, Secretary General;[6] Gonzalo Torres Martínez, Treasurer;[7] 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.

[13][14] Thanks to a contract among the aforementioned 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 City),[15] and are available for public consultation under the guidelines and regulations of the same institution.

[16] The AMGyH had signed collaboration documents with the historical archives of the Mexican states of Aguascalientes (2006)[17] and Michoacán (2007)[18] to contribute with the digitalization and preservation of their most valuable files.