Nebaj, Quiché, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * Although the Spaniards invaded Guatemala in the 1520s, the Indians of Nebaj resisted the conquest for several years thanks to their location in the Cuchumatanes mountains and the ferocity of their warriors.
 * Finally they were defeated in December of 1530, and the surviving warriors were marked as slaves in punishment because of their prolonged resistance.
 * During the colonial era it was a doctrine of the Dominican friars.
 * With the Independence of Central America became one of the original municipalities of the department of Totonicapán.
 * In 1838 he was part of the ephemeral State of Los Altos until he rejoined in 1840.
 * The department of Quiché was created on August 12, 1872, to which Nabaj has belonged since then.
 * During the decade of 1980 when the Civil War of Guatemala took place, it was the scene of bloody combats between the Guatemalan Army and the Guerrilla Army of the Poor.
 * The municipality of Nebaj has a population of approximately 80,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1933 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

Parish Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Census Records

 * 1813-1819 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Nebaj
 * Cementerio Comunal, Caserío Nuevo Amanecer