Santa Bárbara, Huehuetenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * Santa Barbara occupied the area that belonged to the empire of King Mam K'ayb'il B'alam in pre-Hispanic times.
 * The Dominican friars founded it after the conquest of Guatemala in 1524.
 * In 1821 it resulted in belonging to the Department of Totonicapán / Huehuetenango after the Independence of Central America.
 * Then it was taken as part of the ephemeral State of Los Altos that was created by the Liberal Creoles in 1838.
 * The state was recovered by force and was reinstated to the State of Guatemala.
 * The municipality of Santa Bárbara has a population of approximately 17,000

Civil Registration

 * Registros civiles, 1882-1921 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 - in MyHeritage ($)

Parish Records

 * Registros parroquiales, 1759-1906 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Census Records

 * There are no records for only the municipality of Santa Bárbara. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Santa Bárbara
 * There are 20 cemeteries in the villages and hamlets

Localities

 * Chicol
 * Cruz Quemada
 * Sacpic
 * Tojcail
 * Tojchiquel
 * Xoconilaj