San Francisco, Lempira, Honduras Genealogy

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

History

 * The lands for the municipality were donated by the King of Spain, on October 30, 1692.
 * In the first population census of 1791, it appears as part of Curato de Cerquin.
 * In 1800, the Town of Copante was decimated by epidemics such as malaria and cholera. The landowner Rafael Gámez, a resident of the place, proposed to the inhabitants that he could give up a plot of land on the slopes of Cerro Gelpoa, so that the population could be established, on the condition that they accept his son, Florencio Gámez, as mayor, the proposal it was approved, the population was moved and it was given the name "San Francisco" by which it is known today.
 * In 1837, It was founded on the initiative of Captain Jerónimo Acosta.
 * In the territorial political division of 1896, it was one of the municipalities of the Erandique District.
 * The municipality of San Francisco has a population of approximately 14,600 people.

Civil Registration

 * San Francisco (Lempira) Registros civiles, 1906-1931 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Church Records

 * Iglesia Católica. Virgen de las Mercedes (Erandique, Lempira) Registros parroquiales, 1748-1935 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Iglesia Católica (San Francisco, Lempira) Registros parroquiales, 1890 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of San Francisco may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de San Francisco