San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán, El Progreso, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * After the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century, the town of San Cristóbal was founded, reducing the aborigines of the place to the system of doctrines and encomiendas; it was customary to subject the conquered peoples and force them to live in hills and mountains in a scattered manner, forcing them to evict the Tinamit as a religious, political and commercial center.
 * Acasaguastlán was one of the original municipalities of the State of Guatemala founded in 1825.
 * Acasaguastlán was one of the original municipalities of the State of Guatemala founded in 1825, when the department of El Progreso was created.
 * After the overthrow of Estrada Cabrera in April 1920, the department was suppressed.
 * In 1965 the Department of El Progreso was created again returning the municipality of San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán to it.
 * The municipality of San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán has a population of approximately 8,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1946 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1877-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Parish Records

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

Census Records

 * 1744-1761 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de San Cristóbal Acasaguastlán

Localities

 * Los Chiqueros
 * Cruz Del Valle
 * Estancia De La Virgen
 * Manzanotal
 * Piedras Blancas
 * San Luis Buena Vista