El Palmar, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * It is considered as the date of its creation as a municipality on October 17, 1873, when the government of General Justo Rufino Barrios expropriated the communal lands of the Indians to be auctioned off among their liberal coreligionists.
 * The municipality was the victim of many volcanic eruptions. At the end of the year of 1923 the Santa María volcano exploded, taking many lives and destroying almost the entire territory.
 * As a continuous victim of the eruptions of the Santiaguito volcano, El Palmar was completely destroyed in 1986, and it was necessary to move to a new location called "Nuevo Palmar".
 * The municipality of El Palmar has a population of approximately 12,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1953-2008 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1730-1917 Guatemala, Select Baptisms, 1730-1917 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1730-1917 Guatemala, Baptisms, 1730-1917 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1750-1930 Guatemala, Select Marriages, 1750-1930 at Ancestry - index ($)

Census Records

 * There are no records for only the municipality of El Palmar. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de El Palmar

Localities

 * Niminá
 * San Miguelito Calahuache