San Gaspar Ixchil, Huehuetenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The Dominican friars founded it after the conquest of Guatemala.
 * With the Independence of Central America, it belonged to the Department of Totonicapán / Huehuetenango and later it was part of the ephemeral State of Los Altos that was created by the Creoles. The state was recovered by force and returned to the State of Guatemala.
 * When the administration was simplified in 1935, it was integrated as a village to the municipality of Colotenango; but it was successful in recovering the municipal category on October 24, 1947.
 * The municipality of San Ildefonso Ixtahuacán became the main trade center of Colotenango when mineral mines were discovered there on July 15, 1958.
 * The municipality of San Gaspar Ixchil has a population of approximately 7,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-2008 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)

Parish Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Census Records

 * 1748 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de San Gaspar Ixchil

Localities

 * Buena Vista
 * Coxtón
 * Manaja