Mercedes, Ocotepeque, Honduras Genealogy

Guide to Municipality of Mercedes ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.

History

 * In 1868, several locals bought land from the heiress Jerónima Castejón.
 * In the 1887 population census, it appears as Aldea de San Marcos.
 * On November 11, 1889, they gave it the category of Municipality.
 * In the Territorial Political Division of 1896, it was one of the Municipalities that formed the District of Sensenti, belonging to Copán.
 * The municipality of Mercedes has a population of approximately 7,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * Mercedes (Ocotepeque) Registros civiles, 1909-1920 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Church Records

 * There are no records online for Mercedes municipality.

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of Mercedes may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de Mercedes