Unión Cantinil, Huehuetenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * Until 1884 the area that occupies the current municipality was a totally uninhabited and inaccessible to other places in the department of Huehuetenango.
 * To hide from his enemies, Justo Rufino Barrios gave the territory to the battalion of the municipality of Chiantla. Gradually they were inhabited by people from Guatemala City who were part of the army.
 * After living large numbers of people, it became more accessible, and was established as a village in the municipality of Chiantla on February 29, 1884 with the name of "Cantinil".
 * On August 11, 2005, the municipality of "Unión Cantinil" was officially created.
 * The municipality of Unión Cantinil has a population of approximately 18,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-2008 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 at MyHeritage - index & images, ($)

Parish Records

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

Census Records

 * There are no records for only the municipality of Unión Cantinil. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Unión Cantinil

Localities

 * Tiboch