Mexico, Campeche, Catholic Church Records, 1638-2003

Catholic Church records created by parishes in the state of Campeche, Mexico. These records include: baptisms, confirmations, parish censuses, marriages, pre-marriage investigations, deaths, and indexes.

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Mexico, Campeche, Catholic Church Records

What is in This Collection?

This collection of Catholic Church parish records from parishes of the state of Campeche covers the years 1638 to 1944. Often in Catholic Church records, separate books were kept for baptisms, confirmations, marriage information documents, marriages, and deaths. However, in smaller areas, all records may be recorded on one register.

These records are in relatively fair condition, except for some older records that may be damaged and therefore, hard to read or missing some information. Most of the older records are handwritten in narrative style and follow a common text with some variations depending on the style used by the priest. Newer records are handwritten in formatted registers; some are even written in ledger style registers.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Reading These Records

These records are written in Spanish. For help reading them see:

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To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Mexico, Campeche, Catholic Church Records, 1638-1944.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Baptism

  • Date of baptism
  • Place of the event
  • The parish saint name
  • Name of the person being baptized
  • Names of the parents
  • Age of the person being baptized or their birthdate
  • Gender
  • Legitimacy
  • Before 1820, social class of the parents
  • Sometimes the person’s race

Marriage

  • Date of marriage
  • Place of the event
  • The parish saint name
  • Names of the betrothed
  • Names of the parents
  • Names of the witnesses
  • Ages and marital statuses of the betrothed
  • Places of origin and residence of the betrothed and sometimes that of the parents
  • Legitimacy of the betrothed
  • Sometimes the race of the betrothed

Death

  • Date of death or burial
  • Place of burial or death
  • Name of the deceased person
  • Sometimes the name of the spouse, and/or the parents
  • Age of the deceased person at time of death
  • Place of residence or origin of the deceased person
  • Sometimes the race of the deceased

Collection Content

For additional details about these records and help using them see Mexico Catholic Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records.

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Collection Details

Record Type: Vital
472,155 Records
5,796,063 Personas
189,697 Images

Language

Spanish

Location of Original Records

Campeche Diocese Archives

Cite This Collection

"México, Campeche, registros parroquiales, 1638-2003." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 29 July 2026. Archivo de Diócesis de Campeche, Campeche (Campeche Diocese Archives, Campeche).