Todos Santos Cuchumatán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The Mam appeared in the history of the sixteenth century when they formed an army of approximately 8,000 men, led by Kaibil Balam, who helped in the defense of Zaculeu.
 * In 1525 Zaculeu fell and the Spaniards came to dominate the entire region.
 * In 1525 began the stage of the foundation of encomiendas after the conquest of the Guatemalan highlands.
 * In 1540 the Dominican missionaries were in charge of the reductions or doctrines of the huehueteco territory.
 * Todos Santos and San Martín had to be part of the Huehuetenango circuit in the district of Totonicapán after the Independence of Central America
 * On April 3, 1838 the town of Todos Santos was part of the region established by the ephemeral State of Los Altos.
 * General Rafael Carrera crushed the attempt to secede and reinstated the State of Los Altos to the State of Guatemala in 1840.
 * The municipality of Todos Santos Cuchumatán has a population of approximately 34,000 people

Civil Registration

 * Registros civiles, 1881-1930 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Registros civiles, 1882-1920 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 - in MyHeritage ($)

Parish Records

 * Registros parroquiales, 1668-1937 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Registros parroquiales, 1894-1936 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Census Records

 * Padrones de Guatemala : Todos Santos Cuchumatán: 1798-1819 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.