Santo Tomás La Unión, Suchitepéquez, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * At the conclusion of the Independence of Central America was incorporated into the department of Sololá / Suchitepéquez.
 * In 1838 Santo Tomás Perdido joined the State of Los Altos.
 * In 1871 he joined the department of Totonicapán, until he was awarded to the jurisdiction of the department of Suchitepéquez in 1879.
 * In 1905 it became a village in the municipality of Zunil in the department of Quetzaltenango, until it finally regained the status of municipality of Suchitepéquez in 1944, with a change of name to Santo Tomás La Unión.
 * The municipality of Santo Tomás La Unión has a population of approximately 10,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1879-1947 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Parish Records

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

Census Records

 * There are no records for only the municipality of Santo Tomás La Unión. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Santo Tomás La Unión