Santa Bárbara, Suchitepéquez, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * At the conclusion of the Independence of Central America in 1821, it was incorporated into the department of Sololá / Suchitepéquez.
 * In 1838 he joined the ephemeral State of Los Altos, until he reincorporated it to the State of Guatemala in 1840.
 * As a result of the definitive separation of the departments of Sololá and Suchitepéqez in 1934, it passed into the jurisdiction of the latter.
 * In 1951 it lost part of its territory as a result of the creation of the municipality of Rio Bravo.
 * The municipality of Santa Bárbara has a population of approximately 23,000 people

Civil Registration

 * Registros civiles, 1800-1931 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

Parish Records

 * Registros parroquiales, 1855-1885 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Census Records

 * Padrones de Guatemala : San Francisco de la Costilla; nueva cuenta y numeración de los naturales tributarios del pueblo – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Municipio Santa Bárbara
 * Existe 20 cementerios en los aldeas y caseríos
 * Cementerio Privado Finca Panamá
 * Cementerio Privado Finca Miramar
 * Cementerio Privado Finca San José del Carmen
 * Cementerio Privado Finca El Tesoro

Localities

 * Chicol
 * Cruz Quemada
 * Sacpic
 * Tojcail
 * Tojchiquel
 * Xoconilaj