Dolores, Petén, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * Dolores was founded in 1708, making it one of the oldest settlements in Petén.
 * Petén left as a dependent district of the department of Verapaz after the Indepedencia of Central America.
 * The Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guatemala, Pedro de Avcinena, had endeavored to maintain cordial relations with the British crown. However, in 1859 the threat of William Walker was presented again in Central America; In order to obtain the necessary weapons to face it, the Carrera regime had to cede the territory of Belize to the British Empire.
 * It was the treaty Wike-Aycinena in 1859 that delimited the border of Dolores with Belize.
 * The municipality of Dolores has a population of approximately 40,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1916-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

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

Census Records

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

Court Records

 * 1804-1806 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images