Ocotepeque, Ocotepeque, Honduras Genealogy

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

History

 * In 1526, it was conquered by Francisco de las Casas and Gil González Dávila who gave it the name of The Assistant.
 * In 1532, it appears mentioned as a town belonging to the Mayor's Office of San Salvador.
 * In 1530, at the end it would be integrated into the Mayor's Office of Comayagua and its name would be changed to Nueva Ocotepeque.
 * In the population count of 1769, it appears as the head of Curato.
 * In the first Territorial Political Division in 1825, it was part of the Santa Rosa Party, Department of Gracias.
 * On April 13, 1843, they gave it the title of Villa.
 * In July 1870, it received the title of city.
 * Until February 1969, it was a municipality of Copán.
 * In the 1926 Department Division, it appears as a District.
 * On June 7, 1934, the city was destroyed by the floods of the Marchala River, for which it was decreed that Sinuapa be the provisional capital of the District.
 * On September 17, 1935, the foundation of "Nueva Ocotepeque" was decreed.
 * In 1958 the name of Nueva Ocotepeque was withdrawn and it was decreed that it be called: Ocotepeque.
 * In 1969, "The Soccer War" happens with the Republic of El Salvador, which invaded and forced some of its inhabitants to leave the interior of Honduras.
 * These settlers returned to their homes after the OAS intervened in the conflict and forced Salvadorans to withdraw from the country.
 * The municipality of Ocotepeque has a population of approximately 26,100 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1926-1927 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Church Records

 * 1800-1932 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of Ocotepeque may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de Ocotepque
 * Address: Carretera hacia Ocotepeque, San Francisco del Valle, Ocotepeque
 * Cementerio General Alfonso Pinto
 * Address: 9QXX+6RW, Antigua Ocotepeque
 * Cementerio de Nuevo Ocotepque