La Unión, Zacapa, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * Between the years of 1860 and 1870, a community of Ch'orti 'indigenous people that came from the municipalities of Jocotán and Camotán in the department of Chiquimula began to settle in the eastern part of the department of Zacapa.
 * On February 3, 1904 it was upgraded to the Municipality category with the name of Estrada Cabrera Municipality, in the department of Chiquimula.
 * He joined the government department of Zacapa on March 9, 1907.
 * On May 3, 1920 it changed to its current name of La Union.
 * The municipality of La Unión has a population of approximately 30,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1904-1933 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1926-2009 (*) 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 La Unión. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de La Union