Nahualá, Sololá, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * Town founded in the early years of the colonial period, Nahualá was part of the municipality of Santa Catarina Axtahuacá during all that period.
 * In 1862 the efforts to separate Nahualá from the municipality of Santa Catarina Ixtahuacan began.
 * On August 12, 1872, he lost Nahualá (then Nagualá), the department of Sololá / Suchitepéuez to the department of Totonicapán.
 * The population was raised to the category of municipality in 1884.
 * The municipality of Nahualá has a population of approximately 52,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1943 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

Parish Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1891-1931 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Census Records

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

Localities

 * Palacal
 * Xejuyub