San Miguel Ixtahuacán, San Marcos, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * After the conquest of Guatemala was a doctrine of the Mercedarian friars.
 * It was decreed in the Constitution of 1821 that San Miguel Ixtahuacán was ascribed to the modern departmental capital of San Marcos.
 * From 1838 to 1840 it was part of the State of Los Altos, until it recovered the state of Guatemala by force.
 * The municipality of San Miguel Ixtahuacán has a population of approximately 35,000 people.

Civil Registration

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

Parish Records

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

Census Records

 * 1821 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de San Miguel Ixtahuacán