San Gerardo, San Miguel, El Salvador Genealogy

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

History

 * In the northern territory of the municipality of Sesori, on the limits of the municipalities of Sesori, San Luis de la Reina and Nuevo Edén de San Juan, various valleys had been established since ancient times that had, together, inhabitants such as to form a new district. Those valleys, the title then given to the hamlets, villages or cantons, were those of El Rodeo, Vega del Torola, San Gerónimo, San Andrés, Tierra Agria, Cantarranas, Caña, Candelaria, Espíritu Santo, Cañada, Potrero de los Quebrachos, Las Hamacas, Potrerios, Huiscoyolito and Calderas.
 * By Legislative Decree of March 19, 1892, the aforementioned valleys were erected in town, with the name of San Gerardo, joining the new municipality in the district of Sesori, department of San Miguel.
 * The municipality of San Gerardo has a population of approximately 6,100 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for San Gerardo municipality.

Church Records

 * Iglesia Católica. Santa Ana (Chapeltique, San Miguel) Registros parroquiales, 1801-1958 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of San Gerardo may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de San Gerardo
 * Dirección: Calle al Cementerio, San Gerardo