Santa Catarina Palopó, Sololá, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * After the Independence of Central America in 1821 it joined the department of Sololá-Suchitepéquez.
 * In 1838 it was part of the ephemeral State of Los Altos.
 * After Rafael Carrera recovered the State of Los Altos, the region of Atitlán remained in Sololá.
 * The municipality of Santa Catarina Palopó has a population of approximately 3,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1885-1932 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1924-2016 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1748-1902 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

 * 1813-1821 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Santa Catarina Palopó
 * Cementerio Xepec