Santa Cruz de Yojoa, Cortés, Honduras Genealogy

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

History

 * By oral tradition, it is known that General Francisco Ferrera in 1832 founded a cattle ranch in the place, due to the source of work, there were emigrations to the site that gradually became populated.
 * It was granted the category of municipality in the year 1864.
 * In 1881, the previous Municipality of Yojoa was extinguished and it was listed as a village of the Municipality of Santa Cruz de Yojoa.
 * The municipality of Santa Cruz de Yojoa has a population of approximately 85,200 people.

Civil Registration

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

Church Records

 * 1869-1935 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of Santa Cruz de Yojoa may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de Santa Cruz
 * Direction: 4ª Calle Noroeste, Santa Cruz de Yojoa
 * Cementerio de Peña Blanca
 * Direction: Carretera al Tigre, Peña Blanca, Santa Cruz de Yojoa