Mexico

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Getting started with Mexican research

Welcome to the México page! FamilySearch Wiki is a community website dedicated to helping people throughout the world learn how to find their ancestors. Through the México page you can learn how to find, use, and analyze Mexican records of genealogical value. The content is variously targeted to beginners, intermediate, and expert researchers. The México Page is a work in progress, your contributions and feedback are essential!

Si usted entiende español

Le invitamos a buscar información en español en la página de México en el wiki de FamilySearch español. También le invitamos a compartir información útil allí: https://wiki.familysearch.org/es/México

Jurisdictions

Research Tools

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• Join our group of Mexico researchers on Facebook & Skype
• Spanish Letter Writing Guide
• Spanish Genealogical Word List
• Mexican Research Outline
• Research Guide:BYU Research Outline for Mexico
• Mexico Civil Registration Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Websites

Wiki articles describing these collections are found at:

• Mexico, Baja California and Baja California Sir States Catholic Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Mexico Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Mexico 1930 Census (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Mexico, Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Mexico Civil Registraion Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Mexico Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
• Mexico Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)
  
• Mexico, State of Quintana Roo Civil Registration (FamilySearch Historical Records
• Mexico, State of San Luis Potosi Civil Registrations (FamilySearchHistorical Records)
• Mexico, State of Sonora Civil Registrations (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Help Wanted

In order to make this wiki a better research tool, we need your help! Many tasks need to be done. You can help by:

The following articles need to be edited and updated.

• Mexico Church Directories
• Mexico Civil Registration/ Vital Records
• Mexico Census

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