San Luis, Petén, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * San Luis was founded in 1708, after the violent conquest of Petén in 1697, when the mopans agreed to unify in a single location.
 * It was created as a municipality in about 1832.
 * On April 30, 1859, in order to compensate Great Britain for the weapons granted to expel from Nicaragua the American filibuster William Walker, the government of General Rafael Carrera -through the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pedro de Aycinena- celebrated the treated Wyke-Aycinena with the United Kingdom.
 * The municipality of San Luis has a population of approximately 60,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1902-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

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

Census Records

 * There are no records for only the municipality of San Luis. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal San Luis

Localities

 * Agua Negra
 * Chacte
 * Pusilá
 * Tzuncal