Cunén, Quiché, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * When the Spaniards and indigenous Tlaxcalans and Cholulans invaded Guatemala in the 1520s, Cunén and other Ixil and Uspantekoso indigenous towns resisted the conquest for several years due to the ferocity of their warriors and who lived in the Cuchumatanes mountain range.
 * His final defeat was made in December 1530, and because of his prolonged resistance was marked as slaves in punishment to the surviving warriors.
 * During the colonial era was Cunén a doctrine of the convent of Sacapulas, which was in charge of the Dominican friars.
 * After becoming independent in Central America in 1821, Cunén was part of the department of Sololá / Suchitepéquez.
 * The department of Quiché was created on August 12, 1872, to which Cunén has belonged since then.
 * The municipal seat was not always located in its current site, but it was in the place occupied by the modern village "Los Trigales"; Due to a landslide in one of the surrounding hills, caused by the inclemency of a winter, it became necessary to move.
 * Since 1980 has been the scene of bloody battles and a policy of scorched earth between the Guatemalan Army and the guerrilla group of the Guerrilla Army of the Poor.
 * The municipality of Cunén has a population of approximately 26,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1967 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

Church Records

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

Census Records

 * 1819 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio del Municipal de Santa María Cunén

Localities

 * Chimanzana
 * Chiul
 * El Pericón
 * La Barranca
 * La Hacienda
 * Santa Clara
 * Xemanzana