Santa Cruz del Quiché, Quiché, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * With the Independence of Central America was one of the original municipalities of the department of Sololá.
 * 1838 was integrated as part of the State of Los Altos.
 * This was reincorporated to the State of Guatemala in 1840.
 * Since August 12, 1872, the town of Santa Cruz Quiché has been the head of the newly created department of Quiché.
 * During the Civil War of Guatemala, especially in the 1980s, it was used by the Guatemalan Army as a base of operations to combat the Guerrilla Army of the Poor.
 * The municipality of Santa Cruz de Quiché has a population of approximately 91,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1950 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1877-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1905-1921 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1687-1953 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1692-1904 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1748-1900 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1841-1899 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Census Records

 * 1813 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio muncipal #1 de Santa Cruz de Quiché
 * Cementerio muncipal #2 de Santa Cruz de Quiché;
 * There are 26 cemeteries in villages and hamlets