San Pedro Ayampuc, Guatemala, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * The town of Ayampuc originated as a product of disputes between the Quiché and the Cakchiquel, taking the initial name of Yampuc.
 * The Spanish and Mexican forces of the conquistador Pedro de Alvarado found the inhabitants of Yampuc involved in internal wars and no longer able to continue fighting because of epidemics that the invaders themselves had inadvertently caused.
 * When the peoples were finally pacified, they were ordered to form organized and urbanized settlements in the European style, which contravened the will of the indigenous people, who were accustomed to living in a dispersed way. The conquerors found fortified settlements, and took advantage of them to establish indigenous encomiendas and doctrines.
 * On November 2, 1837, San Caballo Ayampuc was legally awarded 40 caballerias of land.
 * New measures were ordered in 1886, which measures granted a territorial extension of 93 caballerias, 9 manzanas and 9,522 square yards.
 * On November 5, 1936, they annexed to San Pedro Ayampuc populations that until then had belonged to the municipality of Guatemala.
 * The municipality of San Pedro Ayampuc has a population of approximately 45,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1932 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1877-1936 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1926-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Census Records

 * There are no records for only the municipality of San Pedro Ayampuc. See the records of neighboring municipalities.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio de San Pedro Ayampuc