Santiago Chimaltenango, Huehuetenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * There was already the town where Santiago Chimaltenango currently sits when the conquest of Guatemala took place in the 1520s.
 * Santiago Chimaltenango was assigned to the Huehuetenango circuit in the district of Totonicapán after the Independence of Central America.
 * On April 3, 1838, Santiago Chimaltenango was part of the region established by the ephemeral State of Los Altos.
 * On December 11, 1935, the government of General Jorge Ubico promoted an administrative simplification, which resulted in the categorization of the municipality of Santiago Chimaltenango and was integrated as a village in the municipality of San Pedro Necta.
 * In 1948, it rose again to the category of municipality.
 * The municipality of Santiago Chimaltenango has a population of approximately 16,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-2008 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 at MyHeritage - index & images, ($)

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Census Records

 * 1819 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Santiago Chimaltenango
 * Cementerio La Florida
 * Cementerio Bella Vista
 * Cementerio Loma Grande
 * Cementerio El Horizante
 * Cementerio Loctoc
 * Cementerio Chepón

Localities

 * Bella Vista
 * La Florida
 * Loma Grande