Pueblo Nuevo, Suchitepéquez, Guatemala Genealogy

Guide to Municipality of Pueblo Nuevo ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.

History

 * The first settlers came to the region in the eighteenth century, which came from the municipality of Zunil in the department of Quetzaltenango.
 * On October 16, 1867, Pueblo Nuevo was officially founded as a municipality, forming part of the department of Retalhuleu.
 * The municipality of the Department of Retalhuleu disintegrated due to lack of communication routes, and became a municipality of the current department of Suchitepéquez on September 27, 1950.
 * The municipality of Pueblo Nuevo has a population of approximately 11,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images($)
 * 1878-1966 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1880-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1881-1920 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Census Records

 * There are no records for only the municipality of Pueblo Nuevo. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio, Pueblo Nuevo