Nueva Concepción, Escuintla, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The municipality of Nueva Concepción occupies the area where the United Fruit Company began to exploit wood in 1940.
 * At that time the municipality of Santa Ana Mixtan, one of the original municipalities of Guatemala, was within the mountain jungle.
 * With the creation of the municipality of Tiquisale in 1947, Santa Ana Mixtan lost its category of municipality and was reduced to village of the same ..
 * The municipality of Nueva Concepción was founded on May 21, 1974, and acquired part of the municipality of Tiquisate.
 * The municipality of Nueva Concepción has a population of approximately 131,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records only for the municipality of Nueva Concepción. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Parish Records

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

Census Records

 * 1745-1821 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio San José Mogollón

Localities

 * Barranquilla
 * El Laberinto
 * La Faja
 * Laguna de las Pescas
 * Santa Ana Mixtan