Comayagua, Comayagua, Honduras Genealogy

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

History

 * In 1537, the conqueror Alonso de Cáceres (31 years old) and his men invaded the Lenca city and turned its inhabitants (men, women and children) into slaves.
 * Cáceres renamed ("founded") the city of Comayagua as "Santa María de la Nueva Valladolid de Comayagua.
 * During colonial times, Comayagua was the capital of the province of Honduras.
 * The department of Comayagua was founded on June 28, 1825 in the first political division of Honduras.
 * In 1843, the Goascorán district was separated from the Comayagua department, and was added to the Choluteca department.
 * In 1877 the towns of San Sebastián and Lamaní (which previously belonged to the department of La Paz) were added to the department of Comayagua.
 * The municipality of Comayagua has a population of approximately 172,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1927-1931 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1819 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1781-1939 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of Comayagua may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio General de la Ciudad de Comayagua
 * Direction: 5ª Calle Sureste, Comayagua