Chiquimula, Chiquimula, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * At the beginning of the sixteenth century, the inhabitants were of the Mayan Chortí population.
 * The encomiendas not only organized the indigenous population as forced labor but were a way to reward those Spaniards who had distinguished themselves for their services and to ensure the establishment of a Spanish population in the newly discovered and conquered lands.
 * The parcels also served as a center for culture and compulsory evangelization because the Indians were regrouped by the encomenderos in towns called "Doctrinas", where they had to work and receive the teaching of Christian doctrine by religious of the regular orders, and also take charge of the maintenance of the friars.
 * Chiquimula was one of the original municipalities of the State of Guatemala, founded in 1825.
 * The municipality of Chiquimula has a population of approximately 80,000 people..

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1934 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1877-2008 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
 * 1879-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1946-1971 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1699-1931 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

 * 1700 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1743-1813 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1776 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1817, 1821 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries

 * Municipal Cemetery of Chiquimula
 * Santa Elena Cemetery
 * The Napkins Cemetery