Santa María Ixhuatán, Santa Rosa, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The town of Santa María Ixhuatán was founded by the Spanish conquerors in the colonial era; the original name was Todos los Santos Isguatán.
 * In 1848 the Mita region was segregated from the department of Chiquimula, converted into a department and divided into three districts. The district of Santa Rosa included Santa María Ixhuatán - called then Isguatán.
 * Ixhuatán appeared as a municipality of the department of Santa Rosa in the Constitutive Law of Guatemala of 1879.
 * The municipality of Santa María Ixhuatán has a population of approximately 19,000 people

Civil Registration

 * Registros civiles, 1877-1938 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Registros civiles, 1878-1931 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

Parish Records

 * Registros parroquiales, 1778-1876 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Census Records

 * Padrones de Guatemala : Isguatán – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Padrones de Guatemala : Santa María Todos Santos Ysguatan: 1745 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Santa María Ixhuatán
 * Cementerio El Irayol
 * Cementerio Santa Anita
 * Cementerio El Zapote
 * Cementerio La Gloria