Mexico, San Luis Potosi State, Catholic Church Records/Cuidad San Luis Potosí, Parroquia Nuestra Señora de la Asunción

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Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Catholic Church Records, 1586-1977


 * Mexico, San Luis Potosí, ...Church Records, 1586-1977 &gt; San Luis Potosí &gt; Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (abbriviated as SLP below)
 * Mexico, San Luis Potosí, ...Church Records, 1586-1977 &gt; Tlaxcalilla &gt; Nuestra Señora de la Asunción(abbriviated as Tlaxcalilla below)

To help locate the image of the record you want, we will be listing


 * Bautismos, Defunciones, and Matrimonios from this record collection
 * The years included in the original books (found as separate "items" inside the image groups)
 * The film and item number from the FamilySearch Catalog for reference
 * The browse path and image numbers so you can quickly skip to the needed part of the record
 * Batch numbers (What can I do with Batch Numbers?)

Note: The records of this parish can be confusing. Find answers to Frequently Asked Questions about this record collection, including information about the Multiple Parishes covered in the records, the Multiple Locations where the parish may have been located, and the Two Browse Paths where the records are located on FamilySearth Historical Records Collection.

Las Vicarias
La parroquia de Tlaxcalilla administraba las parroquias de San Miguelito, Tequisquiapam, Santiago del Río, San Francisco, Tepetate y Villa de Arriaga con todas sus vicarias fijas en los ranchos y lugares circunvecinos por un tiempo.

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Frequently Asked Questions
about the parish records of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción found on FamilySearch Historical Records Collection

If you are new to the records of La Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción they may look like a random collection of parishes from multiple places. It is helpful to know:

Multiple Parishes
The parish of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción administered several other areas - other chapels and small parishes - until those received their own autonomous parishes. Known as "las vicarias", the records were kept in separate books from the ordinances that occured at the parish seat, but are otherwise mixed together. See Las Vicarias

Multiple Locations
Where is the parish of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción? Two places are described in the film collection:


 * Tlaxcalilla, a town in the municipality of Armidillos de los Infantes (22.26376,-100.68846), which had population zero (0) in 2010.
 * Barrio Tlaxcala, a neighborhood of the city San Luis Potosí, which currently has a parish called "Nuestra Señora de la Asunción". The Archdiocesis of San Luis Potosí's website indicates it was erected in 1592.

It is unclear if the parish seat was first one location and then transferred or if both locations existed concurrently and their records are mixed; or if perhaps the one was a vicaria of the other.

Two Browse Paths
All these records are from the parish of Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Tlaxcalilla and its Vicarias, however they are found in the FamilySearch Historical Records in two different browse paths.


 * Mexico, San Luis Potosi State, Catholic Church Records, 1586-1977 &gt; San Luis Potosí &gt; Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (hereafter SLP) contains films from catalog entries:
 * Registros parroquiales, 1594-1902, Iglesia Católica. Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí); filmed in 1964.
 * Registros parroquiales, 1899-1970, Iglesia Católica. Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (San Luis Potosí, San Luis Potosí); filmed in 1970.
 * Mexico, San Luis Potosi State, Catholic Church Records &gt; Tlaxcalilla &gt; Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (hereafter Tlaxcalilla) contains films from catalog entries:
 * Registros parroquiales, 1864-1938, Iglesia Católica. Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Tlaxcalilla, San Luis Potosí); filmed in 1977.
 * Registros parroquiales, 1735-1920, Iglesia Católica. Nuestra Señora de la Asunción (Tlaxcalilla, San Luis Potosí); filmed in 1964.

There is some repetition in the three filmings, therefore they are presented in the actual order of the originals with information about where they are found in the image collection, film collection, and searchable indexes in FamilySearch Records Search.

Batch Numbers
What can I do with Batch Numbers? Some of the records in this collection have been previously indexed with the old system, and are found in the searchable Records Collections:


 * Mexico, Baptisms, 1560-1950
 * Mexico, Deaths, 1680-1940
 * Mexico, Marriages, 1570-1950

Those records may soon be updated to include a link to the images in this collection. Until then, you may easily search a specific original book by using the listed Batch Numbers.


 * 1) On the Records search page, under "Restrict records by:", click "Batch Number".
 * 2) Type in the Batch Number from the right group above.
 * 3) Fill in the name field.
 * 4) Click "Search".

The results will all be from that set of images. There is no need to specify place or year range because only that place and small set of years are included in that "Batch". If you find a record and want to see the original, simply navigate back that set of images and page through until you find the exact date you listed in the Record Search entry.