Jalapa, Jalapa, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * After Guatemala became independent in 1821, Jalapa was organized as one of the original municipalities of the State of Guatemala and as such belonged to the department of Chiquimula.
 * The Mita region of the department of Chiquimula was segregated on February 25, 1848.
 * In 1850, he returned to the department from which he had segregated, so Jalapa returned to his former condition of being dependent on Jutiapa until November 24, 1873 when the new department of Jalapa was established.
 * The municipality of Jalapa has a population of approximately 123,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1931 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1893-2008 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1699-1937 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

 * 1821 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Jalapa