Santa María Ixhuatán, Santa Rosa, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The town of Santa María Ixhuatán was founded by the Spanish conquerors in the colonial era; the original name was Todos los Santos Isguatán.
 * In 1848 the Mita region was segregated from the department of Chiquimula, converted into a department and divided into three districts. The district of Santa Rosa included Santa María Ixhuatán - called then Isguatán.
 * Ixhuatán appeared as a municipality of the department of Santa Rosa in the Constitutive Law of Guatemala of 1879.
 * The municipality of Santa María Ixhuatán has a population of approximately 19,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1938 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1878-1931 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1778-1876 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

 * 1652, 1821 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1745 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Santa María Ixhuatán
 * Cementerio El Irayol
 * Cementerio Santa Anita
 * Cementerio El Zapote
 * Cementerio La Gloria