Flores Costa Cuca, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * After the Indepedencia of Central America, there was a massive colonization of the Flores Costa Cuca region, with the transfer of settlers from the Valley of Ecija, San Carlos Sija and other municipalities.
 * On April 10, 1882, the municipality of Morazán was suppressed and another one named "Franklin" was erected in its place, and expropriated communal lands of indigenous people.
 * On August 26, 1889, it was decided that the town of the district of Franklin, on the Costa Cuca, would be called "Colomba Florida".
 * The municipality of Flores Costa Cuca has a population of approximately 26,000 people

Civil Registration

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

Parish Records

 * There are no records for only the municipality of Flores Costa Cuca. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Census Records

 * There are no records for only the municipality of Flores Costa Cuca. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Flores Costa Cuca
 * Cementerio El Manantial
 * Cementerrio Galvez
 * Cementerio Las Brisas
 * Cementerio Nueva comunidad Granados
 * Cementerio San Juan del Rio

Localities

 * Barrios
 * Gálvez
 * Granados
 * Juarez