Cumpas, Sonora, Mexico Genealogy

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

History

 * The territory that the municipality occupies today was inhabited by the Opatas Teguimes indigenous tribe.
 * In 1643, the Jesuit missionary Egidio Montefrío founded the town with the name of Our Lady of the Assumption of Cumpas.
 * In the second half of the 19th century, it obtained the category of municipality attached to the district of Moctezuma.
 * Its territory was reduced in October 1912 to the municipality of Nacozari de García
 * In 1933 it was elevated to the category of Villa.
 * The municipality of Cumpas has a population of approximately 6,400 people.

Civil Registration

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

Census

 * 1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Cumpas
 * Address: Carretera Moctezuma - Nacozari, #0, Barrio La Loma, Cumpas


 * Panteón de La Comisaría
 * Address: ninguno #0, la loma, Cumpas


 * Find a Grave