San Bartolo, Totonicapán, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The Spanish conquistadors founded the town in approximately 1610.
 * After the Independence of Central America in 1821, San Bartolo was incorporated to the department of Totonicapán / Huehuetenango.
 * In 1838 he joined the ephemeral State of Los Altos.
 * In 1872, San Bartolo Aguas Calientes joined the new department of Totonicapán.
 * In 1935 it was stripped of the category of municipality and it was annexed as a village to the municipality of Momostenango.
 * Retrieved the municipality category on January 9, 1949.
 * The municipality of San Bartolo has a population of approximately 4,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1886-1934 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1772-1907 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1801-1851 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

 * There are no records for only the municipality of San Bartolo. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de San Bartolo
 * Cementerio de la Aldea de Buena Vista
 * Cementerio de la Aldea de Chocanuleu

Localities

 * Pitzal
 * Tierra Blanca
 * Tzanjón
 * Parraxchaj
 * Buena Vista
 * Chocanuleu