Mocorito, Sinaloa, Mexico Genealogy

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

History

 * In the year 1531 with the entry of the conquistador Nuño de Guzmán to the Mexican northwest and the foundation of the town of San Miguel de Navito, the geographical delimitation of the province of Culiacán began.
 * In 1732 when the Spanish expansion reached beyond the Yaqui River, the territory is divided into provinces.
 * In 1830 the definitive separation of Sonora and Sinaloa was decreed. The new state of Sinaloa was divided into eleven districts, Mocorito being one of them.
 * Mocorito was erected as a municipality on April 8, 1915.
 * The municipality of Mocorito has a population of approximately 45,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1865-1929 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1922 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Parish Records

 * 1677-1968 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1856-1933 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census

 * 1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Panteon Reforma
 * Address: Mocorito


 * Cementerio de Buena Vista
 * Address: Mocorito


 * Cementerio de El Queso
 * Address: Boca de Arroyo, Mocorito