Mexico Quick Start Guide

Mexico Quick Start Guide

This quick start guide will help you jump into research, helping you look for whatever information you're missing.

Birth Information

For births before 1867...	look through Catholic Church records.
For births after 1867...	look through both Catholic Church records and civil registration records.

Marriage Information

For marriages before 1867...	look through Catholic Church records.
For marriages after 1867...	look through both Catholic Church records and civil registration records.

Death Information

For deaths before 1867...	look through Catholic Church records.
For deaths after 1867...	look through both Catholic Church records and civil registration records.

Research Strategies

Who to search for? If you don’t know the names of the parents, but you know the name of the spouse and/or the names of some of his children, begin with a marriage search (if they married in Mexico and you know the place). Or, begin with a search for the birth/baptism record for one of their children (if you have an approximate birth date and place).

Finding a Locality

• Mexico Gazetteers
• Google Maps

Other Resources

Check out the Mexico Getting Started article. You also might look through the article for each state in Mexico.