Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico Genealogy

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

History

 * Nuño de Guzmán, after founding Culiacán, sent twenty-five Castilians to populate the islands and valley of Mazatlán, on Sunday, May 14, 1531.
 * The peace that reigned in the port was relative, disturbed by the occasional pirate ship that ventured along these shores in search of water or food.
 * In 1859 Mazatlán became the capital of Sinaloa for the first time, an honor that it retained until 1873.
 * The municipality of Mazatlán has a population of approximately 438,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1860-1929 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Parish Records

 * 1849-1956 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1836-1867 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census

 * 1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Panteón Municipal No. 2 ángela Peralta
 * Address: Avenida Gabriel Leyva, Montuosa, Mazatlán


 * Panteón Municipal #3
 * Address: Principal #0, Benito Juárez, Mazatlán


 * Somerc, S.A. de C.V.
 * Address: Alejandro Quijano #615, Centro, Mazatlán


 * Panteón del Roble
 * Address: Del Panteón #0, El Roble, Mazatlán


 * Cementerio El Walamo
 * Address: Ignacio Zaragoza #0, Walamo, Mazatlán


 * Panteón Municipal
 * Address: Jesús Carranza #1, El Tronconal, Mazatlán


 * Panteón Jardín
 * Address: Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta #0, Los Olivos, Mazatlán


 * Panteón Renacimiento:*Address: Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta #0, Fuentes del Valle, Mazatlán
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