Guazapa, San Salvador, El Salvador Genealogy

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

History

 * In 1543 by express ordinance of the Real Audiencia de los Confines, the town hall of San Miguel Guazapa was created.
 * In 1738 it expanded its jurisdiction, incorporating the territories of the extinct council of San José El Paisnal.
 * In 1786 San Miguel Guazapa joined the electoral party of San Salvador and on this date the aforementioned territories were separated from it to re-establish the council of San José El Paisnal.
 * Guazapa was promoted to the rank of a village in 1830.
 * It belonged as a municipality to the district of San Salvador from June 12, 1824 to May 22, 1835.
 * As of this date, the Suchitoto district in the department of Cuscatlán was incorporated as a municipality.
 * By Legislative Decree of February 18, 1841, the town of Guazapa was incorporated as a canton of the electoral district of Quezaltepeque.
 * In 1890 it already appears as a town in the Apopa district.
 * By law of March 17, 1892, the Apopa district was extinguished and the Tonacatepeque district was created in whose jurisdictional area the town of Guazapa was included.
 * By law of April 20, 1912, the farm called “San Cristobal was separated from the municipality of Suchitoto, and it was annexed to the jurisdiction of Guazapa.
 * On July 15, 1918, the town of Guazapa was given the title of city.
 * The municipality of Guazapa has a population of approximately 22,900 people.

Civil Registration

 * Guazapa (San Salvador) Registros civiles, 1867-1925(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1655-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Iglesia Católica. San Miguel Arcángel (Guazapa, San Salvador) Registros parroquiales, 1708-1957(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of Guazapa may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de Guazapa- Viejo
 * Direction: Calle 5 de Noviembre, Guazapa
 * Cementerio Nuevo
 * Direction: Carretera Troncal del Norte, Guazapa