San Jacinto, Chiquimula, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The first settlers who inhabited the area were people of the Chortí race; the Spaniards invaded the region at the beginning of the sixteenth century, beginning the colonial era
 * To Quezaltepeque the title of town was conferred on June 29, 1821.
 * The municipality of Quezaltepeque has a population of approximately 15,000 people..

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1933 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
 * 1929-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Parish Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1773-1944 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Census Records

 * 1742, 1746 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal San Jacinto