Records & Data

State of Zacatecas

General Information on the State of Zacatecas

State Government

•             Executive Branch
•             Legislative Branch
•             Judicial Branch

State Archives/ El Archivo Historico del Estado del Zacatecas

El Archivo Historico del Estado de Zacatecas Facebook Page

Collection includes the history of the State of Zacatecas

Address:  Lomas del Calvario 105 Col. Diaz Ordaz, Zacatecas

Phone No:  +52 (492) 923-2409

Hours:  Mon-Fri      9:00am – 6:00 pm

Municipalities of Zacatecas

• Directory of Municipalities – List of all Municipalities in Zacatecas, Mexico and the contact information for their government offices.  Not all have emails, and not all have websites.
• General Information on the Municipalities of Zacatecas
• List of 58 Municipalities of Zacatecas

History

• History.com
• Houston Institute of Culture
• Explorando Mexico

Online Records

Civil Registration

• Mexico, Zacatecas, Civil Registration, 1860-2000.  These records include births, marriages, deaths, indexes and other records created by civil registration offices in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico.  The first page is listed by Municipality then it will be listed by Event and Year covered.

Church Records

• Mexico, Zacatecas, Catholic Church Records, 1605-1980.  These Catholic Church records were created by parishes in the state of Zacatecas, Mexico. These records include: baptisms, confirmations, parish censuses, marriages, pre-marriage investigations, deaths, and indexes.
• Mexico, Zacatecas, Catholic Church, Baptisms, 1560 – 1950 (Indexed)
• Mexico, Zacatecas, Deaths 1680 – 1940
• Mexico, Zacatecas, Catholic Church, Marriages 1570 – 1950 (Indexed)

1930 Mexico Census

• Mexico National Census, 1930 – FamilySearch.org.

Civil Registration Records Online

• Mexico,Zacatecas, Civil Registration, 1860 – 2000.   Listed by Municipality.

Military Records

• Archivo Historico Militar Mexicano/Archive of the Mexican Military – This resources has copies of original documents ranging from 1821 to 1921.

Offline Records

El Archivo Historico Municpal de Zacatecas/The Municipal Historical Archives of Zacatecas

Collection includes 5 million documents that record the history of the City of Zacatecas.  The Archive has undergone an $800,000 pesos modernization project, including modern scanning equipment and a digital preservation project of the documents within its collection.

Address:  Calzada Heroes de Chapultepec 1110, Col Lazaro Cardenas.

Phone No.  +52 (492) 925-3785

Hours:  Mon – Fri 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

El Archivo Parroquial de Zacatecas/The Parish Archives of Zacatecas

Collection includes documents regarding the largest parish of Zacatecas,  books of baptisms, marriages and burials, as well as those generated by the notary of the vicar, books of the brotherhoods of worship that existed in Zacatecas,  books with sacramental records of other parishes in the state.

Address:  Plazuela de Santo Domingo, Zacatecas Centro, 98000 Zacatecas, Zac., Mexico

Phone No: +52 (492) 922-7315