Coatepeque, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * Shortly before the Spanish conquerors arrived, the Pipil movement was based in that area.
 * The Spanish controlled the place during the Conquest of Guatemala in the 1520s, which brought with them Mexican troops and K'achik'eles, who displaced the few local inhabitants.
 * During the colonial era it was a Franciscan doctrine belonging to the «Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus».
 * After the Independence of Central America Coatepeque took approximately eighty years to evolve from "ejido" to the category of villa.
 * It was recognized as a municipality on November 6, 1951.
 * The municipality of Coatepeque has a population of approximately 132,000 people

Civil Registration

 * Registros civiles, 1877-1945 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Registros civiles, 1906-1922 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Registros civiles, 1919-1934 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Registros civiles, 1918-1925 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Registros civiles, 1916-1927 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Guatemala, Quetzaltenango, Coatepeque, registro civil – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 - in Ancestry ($)

Parish Records

 * Guatemala, Select Marriages, 1750-1930 - in Ancestry ($)

Census Records

 * Padrones de Guatemala : padrón del pueblo de Santiago Coatepeque – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Coatepeque