Isla Mujeres, Quintana Roo, Mexico Genealogy

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

History

 * In 1517 Francisco Hern&#225;ndez de C&#243;rdoba reached what is now Isla Mujeres and Cabo Catoche, where there were bloody battles between the natives and the Spanish.
 * In the chronicles of the conquest there is mention of a large human settlement located in the current Cabo Catoche, which they called Greater Cairo.
 * The region was conquered in 1542 by Francisco de Montejo El Sobrino.
 * Municipality of Isla Mujeres was created as a municipality in 1975.
 * The municipality of Isla Mujeres has a population of approximately 18,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1866-1902 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Pante&#243;n Municipal Isla Mujeres
 * Address: Avenida Adolfo L&#243;pez Mateos #0, Centro, Isla Mujeres


 * Pante&#243;n Municipal
 * Address: Avenida Payo Obispo #0, Punta Sur, Isla Mujeres


 * Pante&#243;n Junta Municipal de Reclutamiento
 * Direccion: Avenida Benito Ju&#225;rez #0, Centro, Isla Mujeres