Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * Shortly before the Spanish conquerors arrived, the Pipil movement was based in that area.
 * The Spanish controlled the place during the Conquest of Guatemala in the 1520s, which brought with them Mexican troops and K'achik'eles, who displaced the few local inhabitants.
 * During the colonial era it was a Franciscan doctrine belonging to the «Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus».
 * After the Independence of Central America Coatepeque took approximately eighty years to evolve from "ejido" to the category of villa.
 * It was recognized as a municipality on November 6, 1951.
 * The municipality of Coatepeque has a population of approximately 132,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1945 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1897-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1906-1922 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1916-1927 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1918-1925 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1919-1934 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1730-1917 Guatemala, Select Baptisms, 1730-1917 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1730-1917 Guatemala, Baptisms, 1730-1917 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1750-1930 Guatemala, Select Marriages, 1750-1930 at Ancestry - index ($)

Census Records

 * 1821 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Coatepeque