Santiago Sochiapan, Papaloapan, Veracruz, Mexico Genealogy

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

History

 * The town of Xochiapa was founded between the years 1600 and 1650.
 * By decree of August 2, 1873, the municipality of Playa Vicente was created.
 * Xochiapa has recorded in its history the nightmare that they lived in the year 1910 when the armed revolution in which the core of the indigenous population of Xochiapa, took refuge under the protection of the jungle.
 * On December 15, 2003, the municipality of Santiago Sochiapan was created by decree, establishing the municipal seat in the congregation of Xochiapa.
 * The municipality of Santiago Sochiapan has a population of approximately 12,400 people.

Cemeteries

 * Panteón Ejidal de Santiago Sochiapan
 * Address: Chuapan #0, Barrio Guadalupe, Santiago Sochiapan