San Juan Ixcoy, Huehuetenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The town was a settlement after the conquest of Guatemala, but in the seventeenth century San Juan Ixcoy was made a doctrine of the Mercy convent of San Pedro Zulumá.
 * San Juan Ixcoy became part of the department of Totonicapán / Huehuetenango after the Independence of Central America and was assigned to the Jacaltenango circuit for the administration of justice.
 * Then, between 1838 and 1840, it became part of the State of the Highlands that the Liberal Creoles had tried to establish in the western part of the State of Guatemala, but it was recovered by force.
 * The municipality of San Juan Ixcoy has a population of approximately 26,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1877-2008 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
 * 1883-1932 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1973-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Census Records

 * There are no records for only the municipality of San Juan Ixcoy. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio de San Juan Ixcoy
 * In 2006 there were 8 other cemeteries in the municipality, located in nearby villages.