Tízimin, Noreste, Yucatán, Mexico Genealogy

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

History

 * The municipality of Tizimín was part, in times before the conquest of Yucatán, of the cupule province.
 * Around 1542 the Spanish captain Sebastián Burgos conquered this territory.
 * 1543: The town of Valladolid is founded on the banks of the Chouac-Há water, currently in the municipality of Tizimín, and later moved to its current location.
 * In Tizimin the encomienda system was established, which prevailed throughout the colonial era, from 1547 to 1821.
 * During that period the town of Tizimín belonged to the jurisdiction of Valladolid (Yucatán).
 * 1824: The State Congress decrees the reestablishment of the indigenous republics. The geography of the current territory of the municipality of Tizimin corresponded to one of those republics.
 * 1825: After the independence of Yucatán and its subsequent annexation to the rest of Mexico, the town of Tizimín became the head of the party of the same name.
 * 1922: Tizimín loses its status as a town and becomes a town, the head of the municipality.
 * 1978: Towards the end of Francisco Luna Kan's government, the then town of Tizimín was elevated to the category of city.
 * The municipality of Tízimin has a population of approximately 73,100 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1927-2004 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1878-2003 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Parish Records

 * 1841-1922 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1890-1970 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Panteon Municipal
 * Address: Calle 51 #0, San Martin, Tizimín


 * Jardín de la Paz
 * Address: Calle 86 #0, Víctor Cervera, Tizimín


 * Find A Grave
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