Nuevo San Carlos, Retalhuleu, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * At the end of the Independence of Central America in 1821, there was a massive colonization of the Flores Costa Cuca region, with settlers from the Valley of Ecija, San Carlos Sija and other municipalities such as Sibilia, increasing immigration even more, with the result that the members of the families of the militiamen of the Sijeño Battalion and the Sibiliano Battalion took advantage of the gift of lands they had received.
 * At the end of the Liberal Revolution of 1871, the area was designated with the name of "Morazán" municipality.
 * The town of Nuevo San Carlos Sija was created on November 29, 1879, which was first suppressed by the municipality of Morazan and then by Franklin.
 * On April 8, 1940 it became a municipality in the department of Retalhuleu.
 * The municipality of Nuevo San Carlos has a population of approximately 19,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images($)
 * 1883-1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Church Records

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

Census Records

 * There are no records for only the municipality of Nuevo San Carlos. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de San Carlos