Sibilia, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * After the Liberal Revolution of 1871, the area was designated with the name of "Morazán" municipality.
 * The governmental agreement of April 10, 1882, of the government of Justo Rufino Barrios, ordered the abolition of the municipality of Morazán and the formation of another one to be designated "Franklin", as part of the policy of the agrarian reform of his government, which consisted of the expropriation of communal lands of the natives.
 * The municipality of Sibilia has a population of approximately 8,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1878-1931 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1878-2008 (*) 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

 * 1821 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio General de Sibilia
 * Cementerio El Rincón
 * Cementerio Chuicabal

Localities

 * Chuicabal
 * El Rincón
 * La Unión
 * Piedra Grande