Santa Eulalia, Huehuetenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * In 1529 the original Chuj village was awarded to the conqueror Gonzalo de Ovalle.
 * In 1549 it was established as a doctrine, first of the Dominican missionaries and then of the Mercedarian friars.
 * Santa Eulalia joined the district of Tetonicaán as part of it after the Independence of Central America.
 * On April 3, 1838 became part of the region formed by the ephemeral State of Los Altos, until it was recovered by force.
 * The municipality of Santa Eulalia has a population of approximately 48,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1877-2008 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
 * 1878-1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1894-1936 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

 * 1802 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal Santa Eulalia
 * Cementerio iglesia de Jesús
 * Cementerio Santa Gertrudis
 * Cementerio Sant Carles
 * Cementerio Puig de Missa