San Andrés Sajcabajá, Quiché, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * In colonial times it was part of the doctrine of the Dominican friars in Sacapulas.
 * With the Independence of Central America in 1821 it was established as part of the district of Quiché of the department of Sololá Suchitepéquez.
 * The department of Quiché was created after 1871, to which San Andrés Sajcabajá has belonged since then.
 * The municipality suffered the consequences of the Civil War of Guatemala (1960-1996).
 * The municipality of San Andrés Sajcabajá has a population of approximately 20,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1970 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1928-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1685-1922 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

 * There are no records for only the municipality of San Andrés Sajcabajá. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de San Andrés Sajcabajá
 * Cementerio Párcelas
 * Cementerio Chinantón

Localities

 * Chinantón
 * Chinillá
 * Las Casas
 * Lilillá