San Juan Comalapa, Chimaltenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * After the conquest of Guatemala was encomienda, but then became head of the parish of a doctrine of the Province of the Most Holy Name of Jesus of the Franciscan friars; this doctrine was in force until the monastic orders were required to surrender their provinces to the secular clergy in 1754.
 * After the independence of Central America in 1821, Comalapa became headquarters of the Circuit of the same name.
 * In 1839 it became part of the department of Chimaltenango.
 * It was dissolved in 1886, and it was restored again in 1895.
 * The municipality of San Juan Comalapa has a population of approximately 36,000..

Civil Registration

 * 1838-1931 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1771-1938 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1882-1902 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Census Records

 * 1636, 1735 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de San Juan Comalapa

Localities

 * Cojoljuyu
 * Panabajal
 * Paquixic
 * Paraxaj
 * Patzaj
 * Simajuleu
 * Xenimaquin
 * Xiquin Sinai