La Esperanza, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The site occupied by La Esperanza was known by the K'iche's as "Chilmop" or "Chilmob", which means "place or land of Los Alisos", due to the large number of trees of this species that was found in the location.
 * It was originally known as the village of "Los Alisos" of the municipality of Quetzaltenango.
 * In 1910 it was upgraded to the municipality category.
 * The earthquake of August 6, 1942 caused him to suffer serious damage, and 95% of the population was homeless.
 * On their own initiative, some neighbors moved the municipal offices to the canton of El Progreso and without authorization they gave it the name of "La Victoria".
 * Due to the conflicts that the inhabitants had with the new name, on September 26, 1945 the municipality changed its name again to "La Esparanza".
 * The municipality of La Esperanza has a population of approximately 15,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1846-1975 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1923-2008 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and 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 for only the municipality of La Esperanza. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal La Esperanza

Localities

 * Santa Rita