Cuilco, Huehuetenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The first inhabitants that populated the municipality were from other places in the Huehuetenango department of the Mam people.
 * In 1825 Cuilco was one of the original municipalities of the state of Guatemala.
 * Its border with Mexico was established in 1896 after the Herrera-Mariscal Treaty.
 * The municipality of Cuilco has a population of approximately 57,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1877-2008 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
 * 1881-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1720-1922 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1730-1917 Guatemala, Select Baptisms, 1730-1917 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1730-1917 Guatemala, Baptisms, 1730-1917 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Census Records

 * 1780-1810 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Cuilco