Raxruhá, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The first settlers of the municipality of Raxruhá were Quekchi, Kakchiquel and Achies who were originally from the department of Baja Verapaz, who arrived at Raxruha in the 1940s.
 * In the early days of the municipality was considered for a long time as a village in the municipality of Chisec of Alta Verapaz, but due to the great development and the great territorial extension the villagers fought for it to rise as a municipality of Guatemala.
 * On February 20, 2008, the change of category from village to municipality became official.
 * The municipality of Raxruhá has a population of approximately 35,000 people..

Civil Registration
There are no records only for the municipality of Raxruhá. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Parish Records
There are no records only for the municipality of Raxruhá. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Census Records
There are no records only for the municipality of Raxruhá. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * The general cemetery of the municipality of Raxruhá

Localities

 * La Flor Sesajal
 * San Miguel Sechochoc