Mazatenango, Suchitepéquez, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * With the Independence of Central America in 1821, Mazatenango was counted among the original municipalities of the State of Guatemala.
 * In 1838 Mazatenango belonged to the region that formed the ephemeral State of Los Altos.
 * An attempted secession was crushed by the forces of General Rafael Carrera, who reincorporated Los Altos to Guatemala in 1840.
 * At the beginning of the 20th century, Mazatenango served as a link between the railroads of the South and the West, connecting the Port of San José in Escuintla and the Port of Ocós in San Marcos with Guatemala City.
 * The Mazatenango Municipality has a population of approximately 103,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1942 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images($)
 * 1893-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1645-1956 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1877-1942 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1887-1971 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

 * 1813 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Mazatenango
 * Parque Memorial de Campo Verde

Localities

 * Bracitos
 * El Progreso
 * Pueblo
 * San Rafael
 * Tahuesco