Registres paroissiaux, Nuevo Leon et Tamaulipas, Mexique, 1751 à 1880

This collection of records includes marriage, baptism, and death records from nine Mexican parishes:

• Agualeguas, Nuevo Leon
  
• Cadereyta, Nuevo Leon
  
• Cerralvo, Nuevo Leon
  
• Sabinas Hidalgo, Nuevo Leon
  
• Vallecillo, Nuevo Leon
  
• Camargo, Tamaulipas
  
• Guerrero, Tamaulipas
  
• Matamoros, Tamaulipas
  
• Mier, Tamaulipas
  

The original records were well kept, often including information about immediate relatives, spouses, parents, and even grandparents, for example. This collection includes over 100,000 records and over 400,000 names. It includes records from as early as 1751 and as late as 1880.

Roman Catholic parish records are the very best source of ancestral information for researchers seeking family origins in Mexico. Parish records generally fall into two categories, sacramental and non-sacramental. Sacramental records document the sacraments of the Catholic Church including baptisms, marriages, death or burial records (final unction), and confirmations. Non-sacramental records include fraternal order books, account books, censuses, individual documents, and local history materials. For specifics on the records included in this database, please see the chart below.