San Cristóbal Cucho, San Marcos, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The Spanish Captain Juan de Dios y Cardona discovered the region in the 1520s, but the town itself was not founded until October 11, 1811.
 * It was included in the department of Quetzaltenango / Soconusco after the Independence of Central America in 1821.
 * In 1838, San Cristóbal Cucho was part of the region that belonged to the ephemeral State of Los Altos, until it was recovered by force.
 * It was annexed to San Cristóbal Cucho as a village to the municipality of San Pedro Sacatepéquez in 1935.
 * Retrieved the municipality category on July 12, 1945.
 * The municipality of San Cristóbal Cucho has a population of approximately 16,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1877-2008 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
 * 1879-1936 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1897-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Census Records

 * 1821 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal San Cristobal Cucho

Localities

 * Barranca Grande el Calvario
 * Barranca Grande el Centro
 * Las Majadas
 * Rancho del Padre
 * San Rafael Gautivil