Útila, Bay Islands, Honduras Genealogy

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

History

 * When they were discovered in 1502, they were populated by the natives.
 * In 1836 people arrived from the Grand Cayman who settled in the town.
 * It was given the category of municipality in 1880.
 * Útila is the most traditional and conservative of the islands in the archipelago, despite the changes it has undergone over the decades since its transfer from the British to the government of Honduras in the 19th century; from being a closed community dedicated to fishing to being one of the most cosmopolitan places in Honduras and developing as one of the best tourist destinations in the Caribbean and being an example of this for the rest of the region.
 * The municipality of Útila has a population of approximately 3,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1906-1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * There are no records online for Útila municipality.

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of Útila may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio de Útila
 * Address: Cemetery Road, Útila