Tucurú, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * Tucurú - also known as San Miguel Tucurú - is a municipality in the department of Alta Verapaz.
 * After the Independence of Central America in 1821, Tucurú was assigned to the Circuit of Cobán in District No. 5 (Verapaz) for the administration of justice.
 * During the time of German immigration in the late nineteenth century the Thomae family settled in Purulhá taking advantage of the concessions granted by the liberal governments, acquiring farms in the region and in Tucurú.
 * The Thomae family was consolidated into one of the most influential of the "German Verapaz".
 * The municipality of Tucurú has a population of approximately 29,000 people..

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1890-1932 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1896-2008 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1792-1951 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

 * 1821 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Aldea Xoxela
 * Cementerio de San Miguel Tucurú

Localities

 * Tzunyul