Santa Cruz Barillas, Huehuetenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The lowlands of Santa Eulalia were exempted by the ex-military liberals and other settlers after the triumph of the Liberal Revolution of 1871. The petition was approved and the territories of Santa Eulalia disintegrated to form Santa Cruz Barillas on 17 October 1888.
 * It took a hard work of several decades to set the limits of the municipality of Nentón and the rest of the border with the municipalities in Mexico.
 * The municipality of Santa Cruz Barillas has a population of approximately 128,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * Registros civiles, 1900-1930 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Registros civiles, 1889-1930 – Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Parish Records

 * There are no records for only the municipality of Santa Cruz Barillas. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Census Records

 * There are no records for only the municipality of Santa Cruz Barillas. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Santa Cruz Barillas
 * Cementerio Aldea Nucá
 * Cementerio Aldea Jolomtaj