La Libertad, Huehuetenango, Guatemala 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

 * After the Independence of Central America the Trapichillo was part of the Huehuetenango circuit of the district of Totonicapán.
 * On April 3, 1838, the town of El Trapichillo became part of the region formed by the ephemeral State of Los Altos, which forced the State of Guatemala to reorganize into seven departments and two independent districts.
 * In 1840 the attempted secession of the state of Los Altos was crushed.
 * The municipal seat was previously called "Florida Village" and was close to the Traphichillo.
 * The villagers of the village of Florida managed to get the community to rise to the category of municipality on June 7, 1922 with the name of "La Libertad".
 * The village of La Democracia separated from the municipality of La Libertad on June 13, 1924, and rose to the category of municipality.
 * The municipality of La Libertad has a population of approximately 31,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1877-2008 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 at MyHeritage - index & images, ($)
 * 1880-1931 (*) 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 La Libertad. See the records of neighboring municipalities.