Aguacatán, Huehuetenango, Guatemala Genealogy

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

History

 * After the independence of Central America in 1821, Aguacatán was part of the circuit of Huehuetenango in the district of Totonicapán.
 * Then, in 1838, he was part of the state of Los Altos.
 * General Rafael Carrera crushed the attempt of secession, and in 1840 he reinstated the State of Los Altos to the State of Guatemala.
 * The municipality of Aguacatán has a population of approximately 52,000 people

Civil Registration

 * 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1877-2008 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2008 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
 * 1880-1933 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1915-2009 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

 * 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1668-1937 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * 1722-1900 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

 * (*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio General del Municipio Aguacatán
 * Cementerio Aldea Las Pilas