Concepción, Sololá, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The Franciscan friars founded it in colonial times as one of the reductions or "doctrines".
 * In 1765 it was recognized with the name of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción Pajixolá. From 1768 to 1770 it was called the municipality "Concepción Kixalá".
 * He joined the department of Sololá after the Independence of Central America.
 * From 1838 to 1840 he was part of the ephemeral State of Los Altos until in 1840 he reincorporated it to the State of Guatemala.
 * The department of Quiché was created on August 12, 1872, and a large part of Sololá's territory was built, although Concepción remained in the latter.
 * The municipality of Concepción has a population of approximately 4,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1878-1946 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1926-2008 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1764-1899 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

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

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio General de Sololá
 * Cementerio Aldea Coxom

Localities

 * Patzutzún