Momostenango, Totonicapán, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The region occupied by the modern Totonicapán, during the pre-Columbian era was the province of secondary importance of the Quiche manor
 * In colonial times was part of the corregimiento of Totonicapán
 * In 1820, towards the end of the colony, an indigenous revolt led by Atanasio Tzul against the peninsular and creole authorities was raised, but it was repressed by ladino militiamen who came mainly from San Carlos Sija
 * In 1838 the city of Totonicapán served instrumental importance in the creation of the State of Los Altos
 * The Liberal Creoles of the region wanted to establish their own state with a port in Champerico and its border with Mexico. They also wanted to maintain the indigenous taxes and secular laws that had been implemented in Guatemala during the government of Mariano Gálvez. For these had led to the social outbreak of the peasantry raised against the liberals who had driven out the monastic orders and had entered into business with the Protestant English.
 * The Totonicapán Department has a population of approximately 340,000 people

Civil Registration

 * See by municipality.

Parish Records

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Census Records

 * Padrones de Guatemala : Totonicapán (departamento): 1607-1819 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Padrones y tributos, 1796, 1804 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Padrones, 1757-1759 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries

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