Pánuco, Centro, Zacatecas, Mexico Genealogy

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

History

 * This region was inhabited by Zacateco Indians from the Chichimeca tribes.
 * In 1548 a small town of conquistadors was founded who soon became the first miners of the newly conquered territory.
 * Despite the fact that the Pánuco Mineral was integrated into Zacatecas in the Jurisdiction known as Alcaldía Mayor and later into the Corregimiento of the same city.
 * Until the beginning of the 20th century, Pánuco was a town with great mining development, becoming one of the strong pillars of Mexico in terms of silver production.
 * Pánuco was established as a municipality in the year 1821, as part of the Zacatecas district and declared a free municipality in the year 1918.
 * The municipality of Pánuco has a population of approximately 17,600 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1861-2000 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Parish Records

 * 1658-1936 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census

 * 1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1807-1922 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Pánuco
 * Address: Venustiano Carranza #0, Manzanal Panuco, Pánuco


 * Panteón del Patrocinio
 * Address: Ninguno, Colonia Centro, Pánuco