Mexico, Yucatán, Catholic Church Records, 1543-1977

What is in This Collection?

This collection of Catholic Church records for the state of Yucatan covers the years 1543-1977. 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, with the exception of 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.

These records also include priests' applications for the ministry and marriage dispensations. The priests’ applications are all bound in books and written in narrative style. Marriage dispensations include the information of couples attempting to receive permissions to marry despite the consanguinity issue that they may have with canon law. This includes couples who may be too closely related and couples where one is a member of another religion. Some couples included their pedigrees. The FamilySearch Catalog lists these records as dispensas de parentescos in the film notes.

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:

• Spanish Genealogical Word List
• BYU Spanish Script Tutorial

FamilySearch Learning Center videos:

• Reading Spanish Handwriting

If you speak Spanish, the following free online lesson may be helpful to learn how to use the information in these records:

• Registros Civiles y Parroquiales – Spanish

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What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Collection Content

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

Sample Images

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  1970 Baptism Record

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  1933 Confirmation Record

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  1969 Marriage Information Page1

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  1969 Marriage Information Page2

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  1910 Marriage Record

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  1909 Death Record

• Priest Applications and Marriage Dispensations
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  1889 Application Page 1

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  1889 Application Page 2

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  1889 Application Page 3