Flores Costa Cuca, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * After the Indepedencia of Central America, there was a massive colonization of the Flores Costa Cuca region, with the transfer of settlers from the Valley of Ecija, San Carlos Sija and other municipalities.
 * On April 10, 1882, the municipality of Morazán was suppressed and another one named "Franklin" was erected in its place, and expropriated communal lands of indigenous people.
 * On August 26, 1889, it was decided that the town of the district of Franklin, on the Costa Cuca, would be called "Colomba Florida".
 * The municipality of Flores Costa Cuca has a population of approximately 26,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1889-1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1946-1990 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1730-1917 Guatemala, Select Baptisms, 1730-1917 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1730-1917 Guatemala, Baptisms, 1730-1917 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1750-1930 Guatemala, Select Marriages, 1750-1930 at Ancestry - index ($)

Census Records

 * 1750-1930 Guatemala, Select Marriages, 1750-1930 at Ancestry - index ($)

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Flores Costa Cuca
 * Cementerio El Manantial
 * Cementerrio Galvez
 * Cementerio Las Brisas
 * Cementerio Nueva comunidad Granados
 * Cementerio San Juan del Rio

Localities

 * Barrios
 * Gálvez
 * Granados
 * Juarez