Quetzaltenango, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * Quezaltenango was one of the original municipalities of the State of Guatemala.
 * On April 2, 1838, in the city of Quetzaltenango, a liberal secessionist group founded the independent State of Los Altos that tried to become independent from Guatemala.
 * The municipality of Quezaltenango has a population of approximately 500,000 people

Civil Registration

 * Registros civiles, 1877-1930 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Registros civiles, 1892-1928 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

Parish Records

 * Bautismos de ladinos, 1722-1739 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Matrimoniales, 1883 : a solicitud de Pedro D. Morales y Carmen Rivera – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Registros parroquiales, 1686-1950 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Registros parroquiales, 1875-1954 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Guatemala, Select Marriages, 1750-1930 - in Ancestry ($)
 * Guatemala, Select Baptisms, 1730-1917 - in Ancestry ($)
 * Guatemala, Baptisms, 1730-1917 - in MyHeritage ($)

Census Records

 * Padrones de Guatemala : Quezaltenango, 1641-1821 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio General de Quezaltenango
 * Camposanto Jardin de las Cumbres

Localities

 * Chiquilajá
 * Las Majadas