Tiquisate, Escuintla, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * Previously the municipality of Tiquisate included the territory of Nueva Concepción, municipal seat that was in the village of Santa Ana Mixtan, the one that already existed in the year 1600, and was reestablished in 1910, and reduced to the village to be removed the category of Headboard.
 * On October 6, 1923, the government of Guatemala entered into a contract with Mr. Arturo Wallenger, owner of the Concepción la Grande farm and annexes, in which he was authorized to build on the Pacific coasts on land owned by him and between the bars of the Nahualate and Madre Vieja rivers, a pier that served to export products from the area and import other products; said port was to be called Concepción del Mar.
 * On February 15, 1974, the subdivision of Nueva Concepción was dismembered and became the new municipality of Escuintla.
 * On August 10, 1976 it rose to the category of Villa and municipal seat. The New Conception separated from Tiquisate.
 * The municipality of Tiquisate has a population of approximately 55,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1904-1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Parish Records

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

Census Records

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

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Tiquisate

Localities

 * Barra Nahualate
 * El Semillero Barra Nahualate
 * Huitzitzil
 * Nahualate
 * San Pedro Nahualate
 * Ticalú