Camasca, Intibucá, Honduras Genealogy

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

History

 * It is assumed that its creation was before 1740.
 * In the 1791 population count, it was already listed as Curate.
 * In the first Political Division in 1825 it was one of the Thanksgiving parties.
 * In 1883, when this Department was created, it was part of it.
 * In the Territorial Political Division of 1889 it was a District having the Municipalities of Magdalena, Santa Lucía, Colomoncagua, San Antonio and Concepción.
 * In the 1825 political division, Camasca is still attached to the Municipality of Gracias a Dios (today the City of Gracias, Department of Lempira).
 * In 1889, it was given the title of district belonging to Intibucá.
 * The municipality of Camasca has a population of approximately 6,900 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1906-1927 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1777-1936 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of Camasca may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio El Matazano