Marcala, La Paz, Honduras Genealogy

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

History

 * In 1582, in the report of the governor of the province, it appears as Pueblo de Indios with twenty tributaries.
 * Later it was called Caprino and was populated by neighbors from Chinacla as shown by the ecclesiastical census of 1791.
 * In the statistical yearbook of 1889, it appears as a category of municipality obtained in 1834 and already with the current name.
 * When the department of La Paz was created, it was confined in this jurisdiction.
 * The municipality of Marcala has a population of approximately 33,100 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1906-1933 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Church Records

 * 1810-1951 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of Marcala may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Marcala
 * Address: Calle sin nombre, Marcala