El Carrizal, Chalatenango, El Salvador Genealogy

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

History

 * El Carrizal was a ladino village that in 1807 entered the Chalatenango Party.
 * From June 12, 1824 to May 22, 1835 it was part of the department of San Salvador.
 * From May 22, 1835 to February 14, 1855 it was part of the department of Cuscatlán.
 * As of February 14, 1855, it was annexed to the department of Chalatenango.
 * It was granted the title of town in 1824.
 * In 1869 the inhabitants of El Carrizal moved from the Old Village to the place that the town occupies today.
 * The municipality of El Carrizal has a population of approximately 2,500 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for El Carrizal municipality.

Church Records

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

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of El Carrizal may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de El Carrizal