San Pedro La Laguna, Sololá, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * It was a settlement of the Tzutujil people in pre-Columbian times.
 * The town was founded with the name of San Pedro de Patzununá after the conquest of Guatemala in the 1520s.
 * It was integrated into the ephemeral State of Los Altos in 1838 until it was reincorporated to the State of Guatemala in 1840.
 * After the Independence of Central America in 1821, he joined the department of Sololá / Suchitepéquez.
 * In 1872 San Pedro was awarded to the department of Sololá.
 * The municipality of San Pedro La Laguna has a population of approximately 10,000

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1936 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1927-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Parish Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1647-1907 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1647-1910 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1647-1919 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1811-1895 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * 1869-1894 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Census Records

 * 1751, 1813 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de San Pedro La Laguna