Mexico, San Luis Potosí, Catholic Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection of parish records for San Luis Potosi includes the years 1586 to 1977.

Reading These Records
These records are in Spanish. For help reading the records, see the following guides:


 * Mexico Language and Languages
 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * BYU Spanish Script Tutorial
 * FamilySearch Learning Center videos:
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 1
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 2
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 3

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Baptism or confirmation records usually contain the following information:


 * Date and parish of baptism or confirmation
 * Child's name, age and gender
 * Child's date and place of birth
 * Legitimacy of child
 * Parents' names
 * Godparents' names
 * Before 1820, social class of the parents

Marriage records usually contain the following information:


 * Date and place of marriage
 * Names of the bride and groom
 * Groom's date and place of birth, baptism and confirmation
 * Groom's civil status, origin and residence
 * Names of groom's parents
 * Any previous marriages
 * Bride's date and place of birth, baptism and confirmation
 * Legitimacy
 * Names of witnesses
 * Sometimes, the race if recorded

Death records usually contain the following information:


 * Date of death or burial
 * Name and age of deceased
 * Legitimacy
 * Sometimes, parents names or name of spouse, if married
 * Sometimes, the race of deceased

How Do I Search This Collection?
Before searching this collection, it is helpful to know:
 * The given name and surname of the person
 * The type of event
 * The estimated date of the event

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How Do I Analyze the Results?
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I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
 * Use the information to find more. For instance, use the age listed in the record to estimate a year of birth, if that is yet undetermined
 * Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth to find the family in 1930, Mexico National Census
 * Compile information for every person who has the same surname as your ancestor; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual
 * Continue to search the records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same county or nearby. This can help you identify other generations of your family or even the second marriage of a parent

I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now?

 * Check for variants of given names, surnames, and place names. Transcription errors could occur in any handwritten record; also, it was not uncommon for an individual be listed under a nickname or an abbreviation of their name. Click here for a list of Spanish name abbreviations
 * A boundary change could have occurred, and the record of you ancestor is now in a neighboring province. Search the records and indexes of neighboring cities, provinces, and regions: Zacatecas is to the west, Nuevo León to the north, Tamaulipas to the northeast, Veracruz to the east, Hidalgo to the southeast, and Guanajuato to the south.

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Citing This Collection
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"Mexico, San Luis Potosi, Catholic Church Records, 1586-1977." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 18 February 2017. Citing San Luis Potosí Diocese Archives.
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