Usumatlán, Zacapa, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The town of Usumatlán did not exist as such during the colonial era.
 * With the end of the Independence of Central America, the town of San Juan Uzumatán, as it was known, was assigned to the circuit of Zacapa.
 * The municipality of Usumatlán has a population of approximately 11,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1936 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1882-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

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

Census Records

 * 1742 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Usumatlán
 * Cementerio de la Aldea de Huijo
 * Cementerio de la Aldea de El Chico

Localities

 * Huijo
 * El Jute
 * La Palmilla
 * Pueblo Nuevo
 * Los Vados