Mexico, Campeche, Civil Registration, 1860-1926

What is in This Collection?

This is a collection of civil records for the state of Campeche in Mexico. The records cover the years from 1860 to 1926.

They are birth, marriage and death records and are organized by state and then by municipality/city. Early records were handwritten in narrative style; later they were handwritten in formatted registers.

Civil records in Mexico cover about 90 to 95% of the population. Beginning in 1859, the Mexican government began requiring births, marriages, and deaths to be recorded by civil authorities on a municipality/district level. Although these records are a great source of genealogical information, they are not complete as civil registration wasn't strictly enforced in Mexico until 1867 and people did not always comply. For this reason, church registers schould be used alongside the civil records. The civil records of Mexico have been preserved relatively well. Only some of the older registers may have some physical damage.

As of 13 March 2018, this collection included records from the following cities or municipality:

• Becal
• Calkiní
• Campeche
• Champotón
• Ciudad del Carmen
• Lerma
• San Francisco

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

Computer Aided Indexing (CAI)

Some or all of the indexed records for this collection were created using Computer Aided Indexing (CAI) from records digitized by FamilySearch or its partners. For more information on CAI see FamilySearch Computer Aided Indexing.

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

To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Mexico, Campeche, Civil Registration, 1860-1926.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Birth Records Date and place of event Name of presenter Name of child Child’s gender Child’s date and place of birth Parents' names Parents' origin and current residence Names of witnesses

Marriage Records Date and place of marriage Names of the bride and groom Groom's age, occupation and civil status Groom's origin and current residence Names of groom's parents Bride's age, occupation and civil status Bride's origin and current residence Names of bride's parents Names of witnesses Witnesses' age, occupation and civil status

Death Records Date and place of death Name and age of deceased Civil status and occupation of deceased Origin and current residence Witness' names, age and place of residence Place of internment (sometimes)

Collection Content

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

Sample Images

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  1907 Birth Record

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  1907 Marriage Record

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  1907 Death Record