San Antonio, Copán, Honduras Genealogy

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

History

 * It is said that its beginning had it in five or six families that, fleeing from the ruin that Antigua Guatemala suffered, came in search of safety and seeing the fertility of the soil they decided to stay, and the population was spreading with the name of San Antonio of the Rest in 1782.
 * On August 9, 1837 San Antonio was founded as a municipality.
 * In 1887, in the Population Census it appeared as Municipality of San Antonio, forming part of the District of Trinidad.
 * In 1923 (April 12), the residents of the Santa Elena de San Antonio Village requested the segregation of said Village and its annexation to the Municipality of San Jerónimo.
 * The municipality of San Antonio has a population of approximately 9,900 people.

Civil Registration

 * San Antonio (Copán) Registros civiles, 1906-1930 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Church Records

 * Iglesia Católica. San Antonio (Copán, San Antonio) Registros parroquiales, 1892 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of San Antonio may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio San Antonio-Montecristo
 * Dirección: Calle al Cementerio, San Antonio
 * Cementerio Municipal San Antonio Copan
 * Dirección: 24CJ+G5G, San Antonio