Bavispe, Sonora, Mexico Genealogy

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

History

 * The territory that the municipality currently occupies was first inhabited by indigenous Opata people.
 * In the 17th century, Spanish explorers and conquistadors who, together with Jesuit missionaries, arrived in this area advancing with the colonization of New Spain,
 * On March 19, 1812, the Spanish Constitution of Cádiz entered into force, which established that towns with more than 1,000 inhabitants were declared as municipalities and Bavispe was one of these to manage to have a municipal government.
 * Later in 1831 a new constitution determined that the state be divided into parties, and the Bavispe region was left under the administration of the Moctezuma Party,
 * On May 13, 1848, the Moctezuma District was created and Bavispe was also part of it.
 * On December 4, 1931 it was named as a free and definitive municipality, segregating itself from the old municipality of Oputo, today called Villa Hidalgo.
 * The municipality of Bavispe has a population of approximately 1,500 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1867-1995 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1904-1911 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census

 * 1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio de La Mora
 * Address: La Mora, Bavispe


 * Cementerio de Bavispe
 * Address: Miguel Alemán Valdez, Bavispe


 * Find a Grave