San Andrés Semetabaj, Sololá, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The Franciscan friars founded it as one of the reductions or "doctrines".
 * He joined the department of Sololá / Suchitepéquez after the Independence of Central America in 1821.
 * In 1838 he was part of the ephemeral State of Los Altos until he reincorporated it to the State of Guatemala in 1840.
 * The municipality of San Andrés Semetabaj has a population of approximately 4,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1876-1931 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1973-2008 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1711-1902 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

 * 1751-1821 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de San Andrés Semetabaj
 * Cementerio Las Canoas
 * Cementerio Panimatzalam
 * Cementerio El Sucún
 * Cementerio María del Carmen
 * Cementerio Caliaj

Localities

 * Godinez