San Jerónimo, Baja Verapaz, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * During the colonial era the convent of San Jerónimo was founded around 1550.
 * Due to the size of the hacienda, the Dominicans began a conflict with the indigenous peoples of the neighboring towns, because they saw them as their properties that were surrounded by the religious property, sometimes without respecting the square league that by law it corresponded to adjoining.
 * As for labor, the friars maintained numerous black slaves and repartimiento Indians who worked for them.
 * After the Independence of Central America and the expulsion of the Dominican friars in 1829, the Hacienda was granted in concession to an English citizen, but when the discipline of the monks evaporated, the work of the indigenous and black settlers of the region was it became less and less productive.
 * The municipality of San de Jerónimo has a population of approximately 19,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1950 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1729-1907 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - 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

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

Localities

 * Astillero
 * Chile
 * El Astillero
 * El Cacao
 * El Jícaro
 * Matanzas
 * San Isidro
 * Santa Bárbara
 * Santa Catarina
 * Santa Cruz
 * Vega Del Chile