San Antonio Los Ranchos, Chalatenango, El Salvador Genealogy

Guide to Municipality of San Antonio Los Ranchos ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.

History

 * By 1807 Los Ranchos had become a ladino village or valley.
 * The town title was granted on February 14, 1815.
 * The name was changed to San Antonio Los Ranchos in 1870.
 * The ejidal title was granted in the year 1882.
 * Since its foundation it has belonged to the department of Chalatenango.
 * The municipality of San Antonio Los Ranchos has a population of approximately 1,600 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for San Antonio Los Ranchos municipality.

Church Records

 * 1655-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Iglesia Católica. San Juan Bautista (Chalatenango, Chalatenango) Registros parroquiales, 1777-1937(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Iglesia Católica (San Antonio los Ranchos, Chalatenango) Registros parroquiales, 1872-1958(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of San Antonio Los Ranchos may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal El Retorno
 * Direction: San Antonio Los Ranchos