Baviácora, Sonora, Mexico Genealogy

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

History

 * The territory that the municipality currently occupies was first inhabited by indigenous Opata people in pre-Columbian times.
 * It was visited for the first time in 1639 by Spanish conquistadors and explorers who together with Jesuit missionaries advanced with the colonization of this area.
 * At the beginning of the 19th century, the territory was administered by a justice of the peace, and in the second half of the century it obtained the category of municipality for the first time, under the jurisdiction of the then District of Arizpe.
 * On December 26, 1930, it lost the category of municipality and was incorporated into the municipality of Arizpe.
 * On May 13, 1931, it was rehabilitated as a free and independent municipality.
 * The municipality of Baviácora has a population of approximately 3,600 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1884-1995 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1839-1968 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1887-1948 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1911-1912 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census

 * 1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Panteón Municipal sin nombre
 * Address: Callejón #0, El Panteón, Baviácora