Zacapa, Zacapa, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * Zacapa was one of the original municipalities of the State of Guatemala.
 * On November 22, 1896 the section of the Northern Railroad from Zacapa to Puerto Barrios was inaugurated. At that time, the region of Northern Guatemala had not been explored.
 * The municipality of Zacapa has a population of approximately 208,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1934 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1877-1942 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1878-1931 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1905-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1926-1934 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1929-1932 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1685-1941 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

 * 1821 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Zacapa