Investor Presentaiton
SONORA GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH
Sonora Records through the Family History Library
Catholic
Church
How far back?
Problems with
Catholic
Church
Records
Civil Records
Problems with
Civil Records
Publications
21 locations
Few locations go back before 1700 (Alamos: 1696; Magdalena:
1698). Most Sonora church records go back to the late 1700s. Many
of these parish books have gaps and may not be inclusive of the
entire parish.
There are many gaps in the records and there are some records that
have not been filmed. In some cities baptisms may go back to the
1700s, but marriages only go back to the 1800s. Examples: Guaymas
baptisms go back to 1783, marriages only go back to 1846. For
Hermosillo, baptisms go back to 1783, marriages to 1814.
81 locations
Some of the earlier civil records have gaps and some films may have
many sections which are usually not in perfect chronological order.
Patricia Velasco Wilkes wrote two volumes of "Out of the Past:
Sinaloa y Sonora (1717-1797)" that talk extensively about Alamos,
its history, mining operations and parish. It includes extensive data
on many Alamos surnames.
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