San Pedro La Laguna, Sololá, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * It was a settlement of the Tzutujil people in pre-Columbian times.
 * The town was founded with the name of San Pedro de Patzununá after the conquest of Guatemala in the 1520s.
 * It was integrated into the ephemeral State of Los Altos in 1838 until it was reincorporated to the State of Guatemala in 1840.
 * After the Independence of Central America in 1821, he joined the department of Sololá / Suchitepéquez.
 * In 1872 San Pedro was awarded to the department of Sololá.
 * The municipality of San Pedro La Laguna has a population of approximately 10,000

Civil Registration

 * Guatemala, Sololá, San Pedro La Laguna, registro civil – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Registros civiles, 1877-1936 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

Parish Records

 * Documentos eclesiásticos, 1811-1895 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Información matrimonial, 1869-1894 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Registros parroquiales, 1647-1907 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Registros parroquiales, 1647-1910 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Registros parroquiales, 1647-1919 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Census Records

 * Padrones de Guatemala : San Pedro de la Laguna: 1751, 1813 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de San Pedro La Laguna