La Libertad, Comayagua, Honduras Genealogy

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

History

 * This municipality was founded by families together from the former Ojos de Agua municipality, a municipality in this same department. and they settled in a city now known as Libertad Vieja, one kilometer from Ojos de Agua. They took the name of Portillo de la Ensenada.
 * In 1876, it received the degree of municipality. In addition, the inhabitants decided to change the name to what we now know, La Libertad.
 * In 1917, the inhabitants decided to add the City of La Libertad as the head of the municipality.
 * The municipality of La Libertad has a population of approximately 27,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1909-1952 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1843-1940 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1878-1954 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of La Libertad may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal
 * Address: Carretera Norte 57, La Libertad