Todos Santos Cuchumatán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The Mam appeared in the history of the sixteenth century when they formed an army of approximately 8,000 men, led by Kaibil Balam, who helped in the defense of Zaculeu.
 * In 1525 Zaculeu fell and the Spaniards came to dominate the entire region.
 * In 1525 began the stage of the foundation of encomiendas after the conquest of the Guatemalan highlands.
 * In 1540 the Dominican missionaries were in charge of the reductions or doctrines of the huehueteco territory.
 * Todos Santos and San Martín had to be part of the Huehuetenango circuit in the district of Totonicapán after the Independence of Central America
 * On April 3, 1838 the town of Todos Santos was part of the region established by the ephemeral State of Los Altos.
 * General Rafael Carrera crushed the attempt to secede and reinstated the State of Los Altos to the State of Guatemala in 1840.
 * The municipality of Todos Santos Cuchumatán has a population of approximately 34,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1881-1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1882-1920 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 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
 * 1668-1937 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1894-1936 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Census Records

 * 1797-1819 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images