San Francisco Javier, Usulután, El Salvador Genealogy

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

History

 * At the beginning of the 20th century, the El Zapotal canton, within the jurisdiction of Tecapán, was a very prosperous town, so Dr. Francisco A. Lima interested the inhabitants of the territory to ask the Legislative Assembly to establish it as a town.
 * The Salvadoran Parliament granted the town erection on July 13, 1932 and named the town San Francisco Javier in honor of Francisco A. Lima.
 * On November 12, 1947, the administrative district of Berlin was established, in the department of Usulután, and the municipality of San Francisco Javier became part of it.
 * The municipality of San Francisco Javier has a population of approximately 5,400 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for San Francisco Javier municipality.

Church Records

 * 1655-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of San Francisco Javier may be located in findagrave.com
 * El Cementerio de San Francisco Javier
 * Direction: 1ª Calle Poniente, San Francisco Javier