Chiché, Quiché, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * With date of April 3, 1838, Chiché was made part of the region formed by the ephemeral State of Los Altos.
 * But this attempted secession was crushed and in 1840 the state of Los Altos was restored to the state of Guatemala.
 * The department of Quiché was created by the de facto government of the provisional president Miguel García Granados on August 12, 1872.
 * The municipality of Chiché has a population of approximately 20,000 people

Civil Registration

 * Registros civiles, 1877-1959 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

Parish Records

 * Registros parroquiales, 1875-1902 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Census Records

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

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Chiché

Localities

 * Capuchinas/Charón
 * Choaxán I
 * Choaxán II
 * Rincón de los Leones Sector I
 * Rincón de los Leones Sector II
 * Trinidad