San José El Idolo, Suchitepéquez, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The first settlers of the region that currently occupies the modern municipality of San José Retalhuleu.
 * Formerly San José El Ídolo was a village in the municipality of San Antonio Suchitepéquez.
 * On February 8, 1867, it was elevated to the category of municipality with the name of "San José.
 * The municipality of San José El Ídolo has a population of approximately 9,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1881-1937 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Parish Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1721-1947 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Census Records

 * There are no records for only the municipality of San José El Idolo. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio San Ramon
 * Cementerio Caserío El Destino

Localities

 * Nahualate
 * San Ramón