Jesús de Otoro, Intibucá, Honduras Genealogy

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

History

 * The municipality of Jesús de Otoro was founded in 1817.
 * Previously it was called San Juan de Quelala and it belonged to the Department of Thanks.
 * When creating the Department of La Paz, it was part of it.
 * In 1820, it was constituted as a Municipality.
 * They decided to change the name of “Jurla” to the current one: “Jesús de Otoro”.
 * In 1883, it passed to Intibucá, as a Municipality.
 * Decree No. 146 gave it the category of Villa.
 * On October 1, 1993 it was given the title of city.
 * The municipality of Jesús de Otoro has a population of approximately 29,500 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1906-1907 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1890-1943 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of Jesús de Otoro may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal
 * Address: Calle al Cementerio, Jesús de Otoro