Panajachel, Sololá, Guatemala Genealogy

Guide to Municipality of Panajachel 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".
 * Joined the department of Sololá / Suchitepéquez after La Independencia de Centroamérica.
 * 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 Panajachel has a population of approximately 11,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1972 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1928-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1734-1902 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

 * 1813-1821 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Panajachel

Localities

 * Patanatic