San Diego, Zacapa, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * Formerly San Diego was under the jurisdiction of Chimalapa; later it was part of Jalapa when the department of El Progreso was created on April 13, 1891. San Diego remained as a town of that department.
 * It rose to the category of municipality on October 20, 1908.
 * The municipality of San Diego has a population of approximately 6,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1884-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1894-1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Census Records

 * There are no records for only the municipality of San Diego. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de San Diego
 * Se encuentran 9 cementerios rurales dentro de los limites del municipio