Mexico Genealogy

(Add introductory text and/or an image here) Getting started with Mexican research Welcome to the México page! FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the México page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Mexican records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. Please visit the help page to learn more about using the site. The México Page is a work in progress, your contributions and feedback are essential! Jurisdictions Aguascalientes Baja California Baja California Sur Campeche Chiapas Chihuahua Coahuila Colima Distrito Federal Durango Guanajuato Guerrero Hidalgo Jalisco Estado de México Michoacán Morelos Nayarit Nuevo León Oaxaca Puebla Querétaro Quintana Roo San Luis Potosí Sinaloa Sonora Tabasco Tamaulipas Tlaxcala Veracruz Yucatán Zacatecas Research Tools Stub: Can you give me some research hints? Spanish Letter Writing Guide Spanish Genealogical Word List (helpful tools and resources, gazetteers) (language dictionary, handwriting guide or tutorial, etc.) Help Wanted In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by: Expand an articleor short page Create a new article Categorize articles Add external links to articles Add internal links to articles Other... The following articles need to be edited and updated. Mexico Church Directories Mexico Civil Registration/ Vital Records Mexico Census Featured Content In 1568, Phillip II decreed that the Moors should abandon their names and adopt Spanish names. Thus, some Moorish names such as Ben-egas became Venegas. The additional four influences that played a part in the development of Spanish surnames were patronymical, occupational, descriptive or nickname, and geographical (estates, manors, and dominions) terms. Read more... Did you know? Land records are primarily used to learn where an individual lived and when he or she lived there. They often reveal other information, such as the name of a spouse, heir, other relatives, or neighbors. You may learn where a person lived previously, his or her occupation, and other clues for further research. Read more... (Your Bullet) (Your Bullet) (Your Bullet) (Your Bullet) (Your Bullet) (Your Bullet) (All text below this is included in a column on the left side of the screen.) News and Events 10,000 Volunteers Sought to Put Mexican, Other Latin American Family History on Web Hot off the Press! Current Events more... Topics Archives and Libraries Biography Cemeteries Census Church Directories Church History Church Records Civil Registration Directories Emigration and Immigration Gazetteers Genealogy Historical Geography History Land and Property Language and Languages Maps Military Records Names, Personal Native Races Nobility Notarial Records Periodicals Probate Records Public Records Record Selection Table Social Life and Customs Societies Useful Websites MINISTERIO DE CULTURA - Portal de Archivos Españoles