Camotán, Chiquimula, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * Formerly Camotán was called San Juan de Camotán.
 * Ascending to the category of municipality on August 27, 1836.
 * On August 3, 2001, the municipality of Jocotán declared a "yellow alert" in the municipality. The triggers of this situation were, on the one hand, the decrease in rainfall, and on the other, the lack of income from agricultural wages. More than one hundred thousand Guatemalans lived in the Dry Corridor and ate once every 48 hours.
 * The municipality of Camotán has a population of approximately 37,000 people..

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1948 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

Parish Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1696-1933 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Census Records

 * 1746 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio de Municipio Camotán