Santiago de la Frontera, Santa Ana, El Salvador Genealogy

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

History

 * In 1770 El Valle de Ladinos, Santiago belonged to the Texistepeque parish.
 * In 1786 it entered the party of Metapán.
 * On June 12, 1824, it became part of the Department of San Salvador.
 * From May 13 to October 21, 1833, it was annexed to the Department of Tejuela and the district of Metapán.
 * On May 22, 1835, it entered the department of Sonsonate.
 * By law of February 18, 1841, it is cited with the title and name of Valle de Santiago as one of the electoral cantons of the Metapán district.
 * By Legislative Decree of February 17, 1858, it was ordered that the town of Santiago, Mazahua and the Apanta Valley, be segregated from the Santa Ana district and annexed to the Metapán district.
 * By Law of November 13, 1945, the cantons of San Antonio Pajonal, La Piedrota and El Tablon that belonged to the municipality of Santiago, formed the municipality of San Antonio Pajonal.
 * The municipality of Santiago de la Frontera has a population of approximately 9,200 people.

Civil Registration

 * Santiago de la Frontera (Santa Ana) Registros civiles, 1866-1922 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Church Records

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

Cemeteries
Index of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of Santiago de la Frontera may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio municipal de Santiago de la Frontera
 * Direction: Calle al Cementerio, Santiago de la Frontera