Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Mexico Genealogy

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

History

 * Captain Juan José de Hinojosa explored the region in the year 1706, and surprised by the beauty of the numerous estuaries that characterize the place, he baptized it with the name of "Place of the Beautiful Wetlands".
 * Thirteen enterprising families in the year 1774 decided to found a congregation called precisely San Juan de los Esteros Hermosos.
 * In the year 1793 the Franciscan friars came to the congregation and proposed a new name for the community. The inhabitants called it "El Refugio" or "Villa del Refugio". Due to the floods, the original site of Villa del Refugio changed, and in 1814 its layout began from the main square.
 * In 1826 the governor issued a decree assigning a new name to Villa del Refugio, naming it Villa de Matamoros.
 * The municipality of Matamoros has a population of approximately 489,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1861-2001 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Parish Records

 * 1800-1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census

 * 1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Panteón Antiguo de Matamoros
 * Address: Independencia 1311, Zona Centro, Heroica Matamoros


 * Panteón Los Tomates ( Panteón Nuevo )
 * Address: Santos Degollado S/N, Colonia Delicias, Heroica Matamoros


 * Panteón Jardín
 * Address: Calle 18 #0, Lucio Blanco, Heroica Matamoros, Matamoros


 * Panteón Jardín
 * Address: Calle Vicente Guerrero 1116, Zona Centro, Matamoros


 * Panteón Barranquitas
 * Address: Ninguno #0, Lucio Blanco, Matamoros


 * Panteón Municipal Ejido 20 de Noviembre
 * Address: Tláloc (Prolongación Tres) #0, Colonia Expofiesta Oriente, Heroica Matamoros


 * Panteón Francisco Rincón
 * Address: Gardenia #0, Los Rosales, Matamoros


 * Panteón Ejido Mexico Agrario
 * Address: Agapito González #0 Colonia Revolución Verde, Matamoros


 * Panteón Santa Cruz
 * Address: Las Rusias, Heroica Matamoros


 * Panteón Las Flores
 * Address: Calle Juan Aldama 21-74, Los Rosales, Heroica Matamoros


 * Panteón La Campana
 * Address: Heroica Matamoros


 * Panteón de Palmares
 * Address: Calle Islas Marshall S/N, Fraccionamiento Palmares, Heroica Matamoros


 * Panteón :*Address: Laguna Salada #59, Industrial, Matamoros
 * Cementerio
 * Address: Calle Prolongación Sergio López Ochoa S/N, Ejido Lucio Blanco, Matamoros


 * Find a Grave