Mexico, Veracruz, Catholic Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection of Catholic Church parish records includes the years 1590 to 1978. These records are written in Spanish.

Sample Images
Baptism or confirmation records may contain the following:


 * Date and place of baptism or confirmation
 * Child's name and gender
 * Child's date and place of birth
 * Legitimacy
 * Parents' names
 * Godparents' names
 * Before 1820, social class of the parents

Marriage records may contain the following:


 * Date and place of marriage
 * Names of the bride and groom
 * Groom's date and place of birth
 * Groom's date and place of baptism and date and place of confirmation
 * Groom's age, civil status, origin and residence
 * Names of groom's parents, their origin and residence
 * Bride's date and place of birth
 * Bride's date and place of baptism and date and place of confirmation
 * Names of bride's parents, their age, occupation and residence
 * Names of the witnesses
 * Witnesses' civil status, occupation, origin, and residence
 * Length of time witnesses have known couple

Death or burial records may contain the following:


 * Name and age of deceased
 * Date and place of death or burial
 * Cause of death
 * Origin and residence of deceased
 * Spouse's name, if married
 * Sometimes, burial information

View the Images
View images in this collection by visiting the :
 * 1) Select Province
 * 2) Select Parish
 * 3) Select Record Type and Years to view the images.

Search the collection by image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine which one is your ancestor. You may need to compare the information about more than one person to make this determination.

How Do I Analyze the Results?
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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?
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 * If possible, use what you know to find an image of the original record. The index contains only basic identifying information for a person; the original record therefore may contain more information not found in the index
 * Continue to search the index for family members

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Check for variants of given names and surnames. It was not uncommon for an individual to be listed under a nickname, middle name, or abbreviation of their given name
 * Search the records of nearby locations. In the period of this collection, few individuals ever lived more than 20 miles from their place pf birth, though smaller moves were common

For Help Reading These Records
These records are in Spanish. For help reading the records, see the following resources:


 * Mexico Language and Languages
 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * BYU Spanish Script Tutorial
 * FamilySearch Learning Center videos:
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 1
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 2
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 3

Surrounding Localities
Unable to find your ancestor? Try looking through records in the surrounding localities. Veracruz is a long, thin state. Tamaulipas is on the north, Tabasco to the east, Chiapas with a small southeast border, Oaxaca along the southeast, then Puebla, Hidalgo, and San Luis Potosí moving north along the western border.

Citing This Collection
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"Mexico, Veracruz, Catholic Church Records, 1590-1978." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. Parroquias Católicas, Veracruz (Catholic Church parishes, Veracruz).
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