Sipacapa, San Marcos, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * It was a doctrine of the Mercedarian convent of Tejutla in colonial times.
 * At the conclusion of the Independence of Central America in 1821, Sipacapa was incorporated into the department of Quezaltenango / Soconusco.
 * In 1838 it was annexed to the State of Los Altos until it recovered the Guatemala region in 1840.
 * The town of Sipacapa was eliminated as a municipality and became a village in the municipality of Tejutla on December 9, 1937.
 * It was restored as a municipality on December 4, 1945.
 * The municipality of Sipacapa has a population of approximately 18,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1877-2008 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)

Church Records

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

Census Records

 * 1821 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Sipacapa
 * Cementerio del Caserio La Indepencia
 * Cementerio del Caserio Puente Blanco