Tanquián de Escobedo, Huasteca, San Luis Potosí, Mexico Genealogy

Guide to Municipality of Tanqui&#225;n de Escobedo family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

History

 * Founded at the end of the 15th century by Mayan indigenous people from the southeast of Mexico.
 * Abandoned during the conquest, and repopulated by indigenous people from the south of Ozuluama, from a town called Tanquian.
 * Which inhabited the lands until well into the 19th century. The indigenous were displaced by European migrants of Spanish origin.
 * In the year 1870, General Mariano Escobedo, in a constitutional decree elevated Tanquian to the category of free and sovereign municipality.
 * The municipality of Tanqui&#225;n de Escobedo has a population of approximately 14,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1872-1998 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census

 * 1930 (* ) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Municipal Pantheon of Tanqui&#225;n de Escobedo
 * Address: Felipe &#225;ngeles #0, El Progreso, Tanqui&#225;n de Escobedo