Morales, Izabal, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * When the northern section of the railway from Zacapa to Puerto Barrios was inaugurated on November 22, 1896, northern Guatemala was an unexplored region and the construction of the railway represented the beginning of industrial and commercial exploitation of the region..
 * In 1910 Morales was just a small conglomerate of manaca ranchos built in the middle of the jungle on the edge of the railway line, but in 1920 Morales was elevated to a municipality as a result of the development he had had.
 * In 1970 Morales joined as part of the Northern Transversal Strip.
 * The municipality of Morales has a population of approximately 86,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images($)
 * 1887-1934 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1890-2009 (*) 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 Morales. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Morales

Notarial

 * (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images