Mixco, Guatemala, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * After the conquest of Guatemala was founded as a doctrine of the Dominican friars.
 * The constitution decreed that Mixco had to belong to the southern circuit of Guatemala City.
 * The custom of having two mayors: one ladino and one indigenous, continued until 1915; it was called this last "Alcaldito". The majority of Ladino mayors were personages of the "Real Street", that accepted the position voluntarily by a period not to exceed a year, without salary like the mayor of the natives, who was elect by the town in the "Brotherhood" of Santo Domingo de Guzmán ».
 * The Villa de Mixco rose to the category of city on August 1, 2008.
 * The municipality of Mixco has a population of approximately 688,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1973 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1719-1931 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

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

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de la Villa de Mixco
 * Cementerio Jardín del Hermano Pedro Direction: 16 Avenida Lote K52, Colonia Nimajay Zona 7, Mixco
 * Cementerio Los Parques Direction: Final Blvd Balcones De San Cristobal Zona 8 Mixco