Rayón, Centro Costa, Sonora, Mexico Genealogy

Guide to Municipality of Ray&#243;n family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History

 * Ray&#243;n was founded in 1638, by the Jesuit missionary Pedro Pantoja, who gave it the name of Nuestra Se&#241;ora del Rosario de Nacameri.
 * In 1825 the name was changed to Ray&#243;n to honor General Ignacio L&#243;pez Ray&#243;n.
 * In 1850 it was given the category of town and in the middle of the 19th century it was a municipality belonging to the district of Ures.
 * The municipality of Ray&#243;n has a population of approximately 2,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1882-1995 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Parish Records

 * 1750-1994 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1813-1967 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census

 * 1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Pante&#243;n Municipal de Ray&#243;n
 * Address: Boulevard Luis Donaldo Colosio Murrieta, #0, Ninguno, Ray&#243;n