Veta Grande, Centro, Zacatecas, Mexico Genealogy

Guide to Municipality of Veta Grande family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History

 * The first settlements in this region were groups of Zacatecas indigenous people.
 * Thanks to the Vetagrande mines, the population settlement of Zacatecas begins.
 * During the time of the Colonial Era, the indigenous people were exploited, as if they were beasts, for this reason they did not want to work with the Spanish.
 * Its name comes from the Albarrada mine in San Benito de Vetagrande, discovered in the year 1548.
 * Given that the minerals were successfully exploited, settlements were carried out until a population was formed that was elevated to a municipality in 1825.
 * The municipality of Vetagrande has a population of approximately 10,300 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1862-1997 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1862-1920 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Parish Records

 * 1753-1920 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1861-1917 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census

 * 1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Panteón de Vetagrande
 * Address: Vetagrande


 * Cementerio El Lampotal
 * Address: Vetagrande


 * Panteón La Purísima
 * Address: Jalisco #0, Sauceda de La Borda, Vetagrande