San José, La Paz, Honduras Genealogy

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

History

 * When creating the Department of La Paz, San José was one of the municipalities that formed the Circle of Marcala.
 * In Antonio Vallejo's 1989 statistical yearbook, he mentions that this town was established in a place called Suyaguare in the Sierra that is south of the City of La Paz, and whose foundation dates from 1849.
 * In 1864, it was given its category of Municipality.
 * The municipality of San José has a population of approximately 9,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Church Records

 * 1810-1951 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of San José may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal San José
 * Dirección: 62VM+8J7, San José