Navojoa, Sur, Sonora, Mexico Genealogy

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

History
d. After 1857 the towns of Coma, Cohuirimpo, Masiaca, Navojoa and Tesia were municipalities, attached to the district of &#225;lamos until 1917. These municipalities were disappearing and integrated into the municipality of Navojoa in the first decade of the 20th century.
 * The territory currently occupied by the municipality of Navojoa was occupied since pre-Hispanic times by the Mayo Indians.
 * In 1610 the Jesuit missionary Andr&#233;s P&#233;rez de Rivas arrived and formed a mission there.
 * In 1825 the town of Navojoa had its first Town Hall.
 * On July 6, 1923, it was granted the category of City.
 * The municipality of Navojoa has a population of approximately 164,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1888-1995 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Parish Records

 * 1891-1968 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Viejo de Navojoa
 * Address: Callej&#243;n Pueblo Viejo, Navojoa


 * Pante&#243;n Municipal Viejo de Navojoa
 * Direcci&#243;n: Calle Sochiloa #0, Colonia Pueblo Nuevo, Navojoa


 * Pante&#243;n Jard&#237;n
 * Direcci&#243;n: Calle Jacaranda #0, Pueblo Nuevo, Navojoa


 * Pante&#243;n La Piedritas
 * Direcci&#243;n: Mariano Jim&#233;nez #0, San Ignacio Cohuirimpo, Navojoa


 * Pante&#243;n Nuevo
 * Direcci&#243;n: Jacaranda S/N, Navojoa
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