San Juan Bautista, Suchitepéquez, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * At the conclusion of the Independence of Central America was incorporated into the department of Sololá / Suchitepéquez.
 * In 1838 was included in the ephemeral State of Los Altos until it was reincorporated to the State of Guatemala in 1840.
 * San Juan Bautista was awarded to the department of Sololá in 1872 with the old name of San Juan de los Leprosos; later in 1879 it appeared with the name of San Juan Bautista.
 * It was annexed as a village to Patulul in 1936, but then regained the category of municipality in September of the same year.
 * The Municipality of San Juan Bautista has a population of approximately 9,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1902-1934 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1914-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Census Records

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

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de San Juan Bautista