Río Blanco, San Marcos, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The town of Río Blanco was established in 1820 and by 1872 it had extended its territory because the hacendado Trinidad Cabañas had agreed to sell part of his lands to the settlers in estimated amounts and monthly payments.
 * A donation of state lands that were divided into parcels of the inhabitants, became a village in the municipality of San Marcos.
 * It rose to the category of municipality in 1877.
 * In 1936, Río Blanco was removed from the category of municipality and San Antonio Sacatepéquez was integrated as a village.
 * The category of municipality was recovered at the beginning of 1951.
 * The municipality of Río Blanco has a population of approximately 6,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-2008 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
 * 1973-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

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

Census

 * There are no records for only the municipality of Río Blanco. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Rio Blanco
 * Cementerio Pancho de Leon
 * Cementerio Potrerillos
 * Cementerio Pueblo Viejo

Localities

 * El Durazno
 * Las Manzanas
 * Pancho de León
 * Potrerillos
 * Pueblo Viejo