Tabasco, Sur, Zacatecas, Mexico Genealogy

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

History

 * In the year 1520 this region was inhabited by nomadic groups.
 * This municipality belonged to Greater Caxcana; this region being populated by a Chichimeca group called the Caxcanes.
 * Nuño Beltrán de Guzmán undertook the exploration and conquest in 1529.
 * In 1583 the municipality began to be given legal personality, calling it Santa María de Mecatabasco.
 * Tabasco was constitutionally established in 1824 and from that date on, together with Jalpa, it formed the Villanueva party.
 * In the year 1938, by Decree Number 86 issued by the State Congress, the name of Villa García de la Cadena was changed to Tabasco.
 * The municipality of Tabasco has a population of approximately 15,600 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1867-1999 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Parish Records

 * 1747-1925 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1864-1927 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census

 * 1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Panteón Santa Isabel
 * Address: Calle Emiliano Zapata #0, Barrio El Refugio, Tabasco


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