El Estor, Izabal, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * All Izabal was designated as a district depending on the department of Verapaz after the Independence of Central America in 1821 by the inhospitable and retired of the region.
 * The municipality of El Estor was founded as a village in the municipality of Livingston on October 29, 1886.
 * It was elevated to El Estor at the municipality level on November 5, 1890.
 * According to the agreement of the Executive of January 20, 1940, the government of General Jorge Ubico moved to El Estor to the department of Alta Verapaz, but after overthrowing Ubico the government of Juan José Arévalo reversed it by another government agreement of 5 June 1945.
 * The municipality of El Estor has a population of approximately 16,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

Parish Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1668-1937 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1840-1941 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Census Records

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

Localities

 * Bongo
 * Chichipate