Navojoa, Sonora, Mexico Genealogy

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

History

 * The territory currently occupied by the municipality of Navojoa was occupied since pre-Hispanic times by the Mayo Indians.
 * In 1610 the Jesuit missionary Andrés Pérez de Rivas arrived and formed a mission there.
 * In 1825 the town of Navojoa had its first Town Hall.
 * After 1857 the towns of Coma, Cohuirimpo, Masiaca, Navojoa and Tesia were municipalities, attached to the district of Álamos until 1917.
 * These municipalities were disappearing and integrated into the municipality of Navojoa in the first decade of the 20th century.
 * On July 6, 1923, it was granted the category of City.
 * The municipality of Navojoa has a population of approximately 164,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1888-1995 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1891-1968 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Viejo de Navojoa
 * Address: Callejón Pueblo Viejo, Navojoa


 * Panteón Municipal Viejo de Navojoa
 * Address: Calle Sochiloa #0, Colonia Pueblo Nuevo, Navojoa


 * Panteón Jardín
 * Address: Calle Jacaranda #0, Pueblo Nuevo, Navojoa


 * Panteón La Piedritas
 * Address: Mariano Jiménez #0, San Ignacio Cohuirimpo, Navojoa


 * Panteón Nuevo
 * Address: Jacaranda S/N, Navojoa


 * Find a Grave