Catarina, San Marcos, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * Catarina was assigned to the Retalhuleu circuit after the Independence of Central America in 1821.
 * From 1838 to 1840 it was part of the State of Los Altos, a state that was approved by the federal congress of the Federal Republic of Central America and was forcibly recovered from the state of Guatemala.
 * The municipality of Catarina has a population of approximately 30,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1877-2008 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
 * 1925-1940 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1928-2014 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

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

Census Records

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