El Refugio, Ahuachapán, El Salvador Genealogy

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

History

 * The village of Rosario was joined to the jurisdiction of Atiquizaya by Legislative Decree of February 20, 1879, it was erected as a town, with the name of El Refugio.
 * The new locality was included in the geographic area of the department of Ahuachapán, and it was established that its authorities and neighbors should "recognize by jurisdictional limits, those that in the past would have been recognized by their commissioners."
 * The municipality of El Refugio has a population of approximately 8,200 people.

Civil Registration

 * El Refugio (Ahuachapán) Registros civiles, 1879-1998 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Church Records

 * 1655-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of El Refugio may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de El Refugio
 * Direction: Avenida San Juan, El Refugio