Malacatán, San Marcos, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * After the Independence of Central America in 1821, Malacatán was in the circuit of Huehuetenango.
 * In 1838, it was part of the territory of the State of Los Altos that was created in western Guatemala, but it was retaken by force in 1840.
 * Its border with Mexico was established after the Herrera-Mariscal Treaty.
 * Precisely for that border is that Malacatán became a strategic site for drug trafficking and contraband to Mexico.
 * The municipality of Malacatán has a population of approximately 106,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1877-2008 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
 * 1879-1949 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1921-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1625-1938 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

 * 1821 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal Malacatán
 * Cementerio Caserio El Triunfo