San Juan Tepezontes, La Paz, El Salvador Genealogy

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

History

 * In the year 1548, this town was known as Tepecontle.
 * By 1770 the towns of San Juan Tepezontes and San Miguel Tepezontes were annexes of the parish of San Pedro Masahuat.
 * In 1786 it integrated the district of Olocuilta in the intendancy of San Salvador.
 * It belonged to the department of Cuscatlán and San Salvador until it finally entered the department of La Paz on April 7, 1892.
 * The municipality of San Juan Tepezontes has a population of approximately 3,600 people.

Civil Registration

 * San Juan de Tepezontes (La Paz) Registros civiles, 1856-1979 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Church Records

 * 1655-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Cemeteries
Indexes of those buried in the cemeteries of the municipality of San Juan Tepezontes may be located in findagrave.com
 * Cementerio Municipal de San Juan Tepezontes
 * Direction: Avenida Francisco Beltrán Velasco, San Juan Tepezontes