Cucurpe, Frontera, Sonora, Mexico Genealogy

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

History

 * Originally the territory was occupied by &#243;patas and pimas altas.
 * In 1647 the Jesuit missionary Marcos del R&#237;o founded the town and gave it the name of Los Santos Reyes de Cucurpe.
 * It was declared as a municipality for the first time in the year 1813.
 * In 1859 it was granted the category of Villa.
 * It was incorporated into the municipality of Magdalena in 1930 and two years later it was rehabilitated as a free municipality.
 * The municipality of Cucurpe has a population of approximately 970 people.

Civil Registration

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

Parish Records

 * 1684-1711 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1770-1906 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census

 * 1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Pante&#243;n de Cucurpe
 * Address: Cucurpe
 * Find a Grave