Moyuta, Jutiapa, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * Descendants of the Pipil ethnic group were the first settlers, who inhabited part of El Salvador upon the arrival of the Spaniards.
 * Moyuta was mentioned for the first time in 1740.
 * The creation of the department of Jutiapa on May 8, 1852 by the government of General Carrera, included Moyuta as one of its new municipalities.
 * The municipality of Moyuta has a population of approximately 29,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images($)
 * 1878-1931 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1894-2008 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1841-1894 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1894-1939 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

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

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Moyuta