Emiliano Zapata, Tabasco, Mexico Genealogy

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

History

 * When the Spanish discovered the Yucatan peninsula and the mouth of the Tabasco River, which they baptized with the name of its discoverer Juan de Grijalva, the ethnic groups predominant in the region were of Mayan origin: Chontales, Acalanes and Mactune.
 * Years later, Dominican missionaries arrived at the small community that had been established on the left bank of the Usumacinta River and called it "Monte de Cristo" with which the population adopted the name of Montecristo.
 * In December 1883 the municipality of Montecristo was created, with territory that was segregated from the municipality of Jonuta.
 * On December 27, 1927, the name of the municipality of Montecristo was changed to that of Emiliano Zapata.
 * The municipality of Emiliano Zapata has a population of approximately 29,500 people.

Census

 * 1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Emiliano Zapata
 * Address Vicente Guerrero 23, Centro, Emiliano Zapata


 * Panteón Municipal de Emiliano Zapata
 * Address Calle Corregidora #0, Centro, Emiliano Zapata


 * Cementerio de Gregorio Méndez Magaña
 * Address Emiliano Zapata


 * Panteón Municipal
 * Address Calle Ninguno #0, Colonia Chablé, Emiliano Zapata


 * Find a Grave