Cajolá, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The mecedarian province of the Presentation of Guatemala was created in 1565, after the Spanish conquest of the 1520s.
 * As of April 3, 1838, Cajolá was considered as part of the region that formed the ephemeral State of Los Altos.
 * The municipality of Cajolá has a population of approximately 17,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1935 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1677-1934 (*) 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

 * 1750-1930 Guatemala, Select Marriages, 1750-1930 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1821 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Cajolá

Localities

 * Cajola Chiquito
 * Chico