La Tinta, Alta Verapaz, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * In this town the Dominican friars concentrated their center of convergence and religious leadership of their doctrine from the implementation of the Capitulations of Tezulutlan during the colonial era.
 * The village of La Tinta was founded on August 14, 1896.
 * As of that date, it began to be managed to raise La Tinta to the municipality category, which was not done until the 1990s.
 * The municipality of La Tinta has a population of approximately 27,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1930-2008 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

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

Census Records

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

Cemeteries

 * General Cemetery of Santa Catalina de La Tinta