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Family Finding Articles

Here you can find articles to help you with the family finding information you want to have to locate a biological parent or other adult relatives in Mexico. You never know which article could hold the key to solving your agency's family finding challenge so you can finally connect children in foster care with their biological parent, grandparent or other relatives living in Mexico.

Published Article About Find Families In Mexico

Click here to see articles that have been written about finding family members, the foster care system and our successes. These articles have been carried in newspapers and Internet sites around the world.

Mexican States

There are thirty-one Mexican states as well as the nation's capital, Mexico City. The heart of Mexico City is the Federal District called the distrito federal. The abbreviation is D.F.

Below is the list of states followed by their respective capital in the proper form you would use to research or to use in an address.

• Aguascalientes -- Aguascalientes, Aguascalientes

• Baja California -- Mexicali, Baja California

• Baja California Sur -- La Paz, Baja California Sur

• Campeche -- Campeche, Campeche

• Chihuahua -- Chihuahua, Chihuahua

• Chiapas -- Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas

• Colima -- Colima, Colima

• Saltillo  -- Coahuila, Saltillo

• Durango  -- Durango, Durango

• Guanajuato -- Guanajuato, Guanajuato

• Guerrero -- Chilpancingo, Guerrero

• Hidalgo -- Pachuca, Hidalgo

• Jalisco -- Guadalajara, Jalisco

• Estado de Mexico -- Toluca, Estado de Mexico

• Michoacan -- Morelia, Michoacan

• Morelos -- Cuernavaca, Morelos

• Nayarit -- Tepic, Nayarit

• Nuevo Leon -- Monterrey, Nuevo Leon

• Oaxaca -- Oaxaca, Oaxaca

• Puebla -- Puebla, Puebla

• Queretaro -- Queretaro, Queretaro

• Quintana Roo -- Chetumal, Quintana Roo

• San Luis Potosi -- San Luis Potosi, San Luis Potosi

• Sinaloa -- Culiacan, Sinaloa

• Sonora -- Hermosillo, Sonora

• Tabasco -- Villahermosa, Tabasco

• Tamaulipas -- Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas

• Tlaxcala -- Tlaxcala, Tlaxcala

• Veracruz -- Xalapa, Veracruz

• Yucatan -- Merida, Yucatan

• Zacatecas -- Zacatecas, Zacatecas

Mexican Area Codes

You may have a phone number for a biological parent or family members in Mexico, but when you call, you get a message that the number is incorrect. This problem can sometimes be the result of having an outdated area code. Check the most popular cities and verify that you are using the most current area code.

Didn't Find What You Are Looking For?

Is there some information you want to know and didn't find it here? Instead of wasting months trying to find this information on your own, email us now and let us know the particulars of your case so our company can help you and your agency to identify and locate biological parents or extended family members of children in foster care.