Tectitán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * It was Mercedarian doctrine during colonial times.
 * Tectitán was integrated by assignment to the Cuilco circuit of the Quetzaltenango district after the Independence of Central America.
 * In 1838 he was part of the region established by the Liberal Creoles as the ephemeral State of Los Altos, until it was forcibly integrated into the state of Guatemala.
 * The municipality of Tectitan has a population of approximately 8,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1877-2008 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
 * 1891-1936 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1891-2008 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1896-1940 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1730-1917 Guatemala, Select Baptisms, 1730-1917 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1730-1917 Guatemala, Baptisms, 1730-1917 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1750-1930 Guatemala, Select Marriages, 1750-1930 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1766-1900 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

 * 1780 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio General de Tectitán

Localities

 * Agua Caliente
 * Chisté
 * Teninquim
 * Tuibiá