San Ignacio, Sinaloa, Mexico Genealogy

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

History

 * The region occupied by the municipality of San Ignacio was known since the beginning of the conquest in 1531, as Piaztla or Piaxtla.
 * San Ignacio de Piaxtla during the first years of colonization was part of the province of Chametla.
 * In 1852 the district of San Ignacio disappeared to join that of Cosalá, remaining as a party, but from 1861, with the new internal division of the state, it was again constituted as a district
 * San Ignacio was erected as a municipality on April 8, 1915.
 * The municipality of San Ignacio has a population of approximately 21,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1864-1929 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Parish Records

 * 1792-1967 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census

 * 1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Panteón Municipal de San Ignacio
 * Address: Ninguno #0, Colonia Heraclio Bernal, San Ignacio