San Mateo, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * When the districts were established to provide justice in 1825, San Mateo was assigned to the Quezaltenango circuit.
 * The town was elevated to the category of municipality on February 6, 1883.
 * The municipality of San Mateo has a population of approximately 6,500 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1880-1931 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1905-2008 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1688-1913 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1730-1917 Guatemala, Select Baptisms, 1730-1917 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1730-1917 Guatemala, Baptisms, 1730-1917 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1750-1930 Guatemala, Select Marriages, 1750-1930 at Ancestry - index ($)

Census Records

 * 1821 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio municipal de San Mateo

Localities

 * San José Pachimachó