Concepción, Sololá, Guatemala Genealogy

History

 * The Franciscan friars founded it in colonial times as one of the reductions or "doctrines".
 * In 1765 it was recognized with the name of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción Pajixolá. From 1768 to 1770 it was called the municipality "Concepción Kixalá".
 * He joined the department of Sololá after the Independence of Central America.
 * From 1838 to 1840 he was part of the ephemeral State of Los Altos until in 1840 he reincorporated it to the State of Guatemala.
 * The department of Quiché was created on August 12, 1872, and a large part of Sololá's territory was built, although Concepción remained in the latter.
 * The municipality of Concepción has a population of approximately 4,000 people

Civil Registration

 * Registros civiles, 1878-1946 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Guatemala, Sololá, Concepción, registro civil – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Parish Records

 * Registros parroquiales, 1764-1899 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Census Records

 * Padrones de Guatemala : Concepción Quixalá – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio General de Sololá
 * Cementerio Aldea Coxom

Localities

 * Patzutzún