Cerro de San Pedro, Centro, San Luis Potosí, Mexico Genealogy

Guide to Municipality of Cerro de San Pedro family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History

 * The population of Cerro de San Pedro dates back its origins to a date prior to the founding of San Luis Potosí.
 * On March 4, 1592, the discoverers left San Miguel Mexquitic and the first record of mines was that of Captain Caldera who took the mines. the mine and the cat&#243; calling her The Discoverer.
 * Cerro de San Pedro never had a stable population, nor could it be otherwise, since the increase in population or the abandonment of the place depended on the success or failure of the mines.
 * During the colonial era, Cerro de San Pedro did not even have the political status of a town. It was not until the year 1830, when the Legislature of the State of San Luis Potosí, in its Law on the Arrangement of Municipalities, mentioned; and as a municipality the Cerro de San Pedro.
 * Later he lost its category of municipality and it was not until the year 1903 when it was granted again.
 * The municipality of Cerro de San Pedro has a population of approximately 4,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1862-1998 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog —images

Parish Records

 * 1632-1955 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census

 * 1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images