Petoa, Santa Bárbara, Honduras Genealogy

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

History

 * Its existence dates back to the report of the governor of the province in 1582 as a town of Indians from the city of San Pedro.
 * In 1684, it appears again as the town of San Pedro.
 * In the 1791 population count, it appears as the head of the parish.
 * In the Territorial Political Division of 1889, it was a municipality of the District of Quimistán.
 * The municipality of Petoa has a population of approximately 9,500 people.

Civil Registration

 * Petoa (Santa Bárbara) Registros civiles, 1927-1928 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Church Records

 * Iglesia Católica (Petoa, Santa Bárbara) Registros parroquiales, 1801-1826 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Iglesia Católica (Trinidad, Santa Bárbara) Registros parroquiales, 1829-1960 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of Petoa may be located in findagrave.com