Pinal de Amoles, Querétaro, Mexico Genealogy

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

History

 * Pinal de Amoles had its origin with the discovery of the mineral and mines of San Jos&#233; on March 19, 1606.
 * 1609, it was given the name of Real de San Jos&#233;.
 * In 1730, it was given the name of Hacienda de San Jos&#233; Escanela, and from the year 1750 it was called Real de San Jos&#233; del Pinal.
 * During 1770 two neighboring towns were united, one called Real de San Jos&#233; del Pinal and the other Puesto de los Amoles; Then the name of Real de San Jos&#233; del Pinal de los Amoles remained, which lasted until 1894.
 * On December 30, 1894 it was named Pinal de Amoles.
 * Since the middle of the 19th century, a municipality was constituted; however, in 1916 it lost its status as a municipality and was integrated into the municipality of Jalpan de Serra.
 * On December 31, 1931, it recovered its municipal rank, with the name of Municipality of Amoles, which it kept until April 23, 1974, when it received the name of Municipality of Pinal de Amoles.
 * The municipality of Pinal de Amoles has a population of approximately 27,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1874-2004 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Parish Records

 * 1860-1959 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1872-1952 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Pante&#243;n Ahuacatl&#225;n de Guadalupe
 * Address: Pinal de Amoles


 * Pante&#243;n Municipal
 * Address: Calle Del Pante&#243;n #0, Centro, Pinal de Amoles