Joyabaj, Quiché, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * Joyabaj was founded around 1549 as one of the reductions (known as "pueblos de indios") made by the Dominican friars of the Sacapulas convent.
 * After the Independence of Central America was established as one of the original municipalities of the department of Sololá.
 * In 1838 it was part of the ephemeral State of Los Altos until it was integrated back into the State of Guatemala in 1840.
 * The department of Quiché was created on August 12, 1872, to which Joyabaj has belonged since then.
 * The municipality of Joyabaj has a population of approximately 65,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1963 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1777-2015 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1673-1952 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

 * 1739, 1813 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Joyabaj

Localities

 * Caquil
 * Chuquenum
 * Los Llano
 * Pachalib
 * Pachalum
 * Palibatz