Tactic, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * Tactic was colonized peacefully through the process called Capitulaciones de Tezulutlán.
 * Tactic was one of the towns that conformed to the Dominican doctrine of Verapaz, although in 1754, due to the Bourbon Reforms, the Dominicans had to hand over their doctrines to the secular clergy, and Tactic became part of a parish.
 * After the Independence of Central America in 1821, Tactic was one of the original municipalities of the State of Guatemala established in 1825; He was in the Verapaz department.
 * The Germans formed a new colony in Alta Verapaz at the end of the 19th century thanks to generous concessions granted.
 * On May 24, 1984 the town of Tactic was elevated to Villa.
 * The municipality of Tactic has a population of approximately 30,000 people..

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1878-1933 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1878-2008 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1792-1951 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

 * 1821 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal of Tactic

Localities

 * Chiacal
 * Cumbre (La)
 * Cuyquel
 * Flores (Las)
 * Guaxpac
 * Pajmolon
 * Pasmolón
 * Tampoc
 * Tzalam