El Palmar, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * It is considered as the date of its creation as a municipality on October 17, 1873, when the government of General Justo Rufino Barrios expropriated the communal lands of the Indians to be auctioned off among their liberal coreligionists.
 * The municipality was the victim of many volcanic eruptions. At the end of the year of 1923 the Santa María volcano exploded, taking many lives and destroying almost the entire territory.
 * As a continuous victim of the eruptions of the Santiaguito volcano, El Palmar was completely destroyed in 1986, and it was necessary to move to a new location called "Nuevo Palmar".
 * The municipality of El Palmar has a population of approximately 12,000 people

Civil Registration

 * Registros civiles, 1877-1930 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

Parish Records

 * Guatemala, Select Marriages, 1750-1930 - in Ancestry ($)
 * Guatemala, Select Baptisms, 1730-1917 - in Ancestry ($)
 * Guatemala, Baptisms, 1730-1917 - in MyHeritage ($)

Census Records

 * There are no records for only the municipality of El Palmar. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de El Palmar

Localities

 * Niminá
 * San Miguelito Calahuache