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| == Getting started with Guatemala research == | | }}{{breadcrumb |
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| #A good place to start is to follow the suggestions in "[http://www.familysearch.org/eng/search/RG/frameset_rg.asp How to Begin]"
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| #Do a place search in the [https://beta.familysearch.org/#form=catalog Family History Library Catalog]
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| #Search [https://beta.familysearch.org/#form=historical_records Historical Records] of the Family History Library
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| == Si usted entiende español == | | Guide to '''Guatemala ancestry, family history and genealogy''': parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records. |
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| Le invitamos a buscar información en español en la página de Guatemala en el wiki de FamilySearch español. También le invitamos a compartir información útil allí: https://wiki.familysearch.org/es/Guatemala
| | Guatemala is a country in Central America bordered by [[Mexico Genealogy|Mexico]], [[Belize Genealogy|Belize]], [[Honduras Genealogy|Honduras]], and [[El Salvador Genealogy|El Salvador]]. It was formerly a colony of [[Spain Genealogy|Spain]]. The official language is Spanish.<ref>Wikipedia contributors, "Guatemala," in ''Wikipedia: the Free Encyclopedia,'' https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guatemala, accessed 29 April 2016.</ref> |
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| == '''Guatemala General History'''<br> ==
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| The following is taken from a book “Guatemala the Land of the Quetzal” by William T. Brigham. A facsimile reproduction of the 1887 Edition. Unitversity of Florida Press, Gainesville, 1965. Library of Congress catalog Card No. 65-14894 pages 265-268, 271, 281, and 283"<br>
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| <blockquote>"Immediately prior to the arrival of the Spaniards, there were 19 tribes or families identified as follows: Mam; Ixil; Aguacateca; Uspanteca; Poconchi; Quekchi; Chol; Mopan; Quiche; Tzutohil; Cakchiquel; Pipil; Sinca; Pupuluca; Pokomam; Chorti; Alaguilac; Maya and Carib. In 1523, Cortez commanded Pedro de Alvarado to leave the City of Mexico at the head of 300 infantry, 4 cannon, 200 Tlaxcaltecas and 100 Mexicans to conquer Guatemala. Alvarado destroyed wave after wave of resistance with a great slaughter. The Spaniards loss was only a few men and horses. A decisive battle was fought on a plain between Quezaltenango and Totonicapan. Alvarado writes to Cortez that it was composed of twelve thousand men from Utatlan and countless numbers from the neighboring towns. Those not killed were taken prisoner and branded on the cheek and thigh and sold as slaves at public auctions with 1/5 of their price belonging to the King of Spain. By 1524 the last legitimate sovereigns of the native Guatemalan rulers surrendered and were executed. For almost three hundred years (1524 – 1821) Spain governed Central America. Every act of oppression that could be exercised upon the Indios was invented by the foreign rulers and the native population was greatly reduced by mismanagement. On 15 September 1821, Gavino Gainza, a representative of Spain, sympathetic to the locals, joined local rebels to declare independence from Spain.” <br> </blockquote>
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| == Jurisdictions == | |
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| The largest jurisdictions in Guatemala are called 'Departments'. These are analogous to States or Provinces in other countries.
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| *[[Alta Verapaz, Guatemala|Alta Verapaz]]
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| *[[Chimaltenango, Guatemala|Chimaltenango]]
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| *[[Chiquimula, Guatemala|Chiquimula]]
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| *[[Esquintla, Guatemala|Esquintla]]
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| *[[Guatemala, Guatemala|Guatemala Department]] includes Guatemala City
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| *[[Huehuetenango, Guatemala|Huehuetenango]]
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| *[[Izabal, Guatemala|Izabal]]
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| *[[Jalapa, Guatemala|Jalapa]]
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| *[[Jutiapa, Guatemala|Jutiapa]]
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| *[[Peten, Guatemala|Peten]]
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| *[[Quetzaltenango, Guatemala|Quetzaltenango]]
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| *[[Quiche, Guatemala|Quiche]]
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| *[[Retalhuleu, Guatemala|Retalhuleu]]
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| *[[Sacatequerez, Guatemala|Sacatequerez]]
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| *[[San Marcos, Guatemala|San Marcos]]
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| *[[Santa Rosa, Guatemala|Santa Rosa]]
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| *[[Solola, Guatemala|Solola]]
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| *[[Suchitepequez, Guatemala|Suchitepequez]]
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| *[[Totonicapan, Guatemala|Totonicapan]]
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| *[[Zacapa, Guatemala|Zacapa]]
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| == Research Tools ==
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| *Research Guide: [http://net.lib.byu.edu/fslab/researchoutlines/LatinAmerica/Guatemala.pdf BYU Research Outline for Guatemala]
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| *[[Guatemala, Colonial Censuses of Central America (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Guatemala, Colonial Censuses of Central America (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]<br>
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| *[[Guatemala Vital Records Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Guatemala Vital Records Index (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
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| *[[Guatemala Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)|Guatemala Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)]]
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| *[[Guatemala Websites|Websites]]
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| | | The largest jurisdictions in Guatemala are called Departments (''departamentos''). There are 22 Departments of Guatemala.<br> |
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| |- | | <li>[[Alta Verapaz Department, Guatemala Genealogy|Alta Verapaz]]</li> |
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| | <li>[[Chimaltenango Department, Guatemala Genealogy|Chimaltenango]]</li> |
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| | <li>[[Chiquimula Department, Guatemala Genealogy|Chiquimula]]</li> |
| | | <li>[[El Progreso Department, Guatemala Genealogy|El Progreso]]</li> |
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| | <li>[[Escuintla Department, Guatemala Genealogy|Escuintla]]</li> |
| | | <li>[[Guatemala Department, Guatemala Genealogy|Guatemala]]</li> (includes Guatemala City) |
| |- | | <li>[[Huehuetenango Department, Guatemala Genealogy|Huehuetenango]]</li> |
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| |- | | <li>[[Jalapa Department, Guatemala Genealogy|Jalapa]]</li> |
| | align="left" style="background-color: rgb(249, 243, 253); background-image: none; background-repeat: repeat; background-attachment: scroll; background-position: 0% 0%; -moz-background-size: auto auto; -moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; -moz-background-origin: -moz-initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: -moz-initial;" | | | <li>[[Jutiapa Department, Guatemala Genealogy|Jutiapa]]</li> |
| *[[Parishes of Guatemala|Parishes]]
| | <li>[[Petén Department, Guatemala Genealogy|Petén]]</li> |
| | | <li>[[Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala Genealogy|Quetzaltenango]]</li> |
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| | <li>[[San Marcos Department, Guatemala Genealogy|San Marcos]]</li> |
| *[http://www.eguate.com/site/es/historia/departamental/escuintla.html Guatemala History]
| | <li>[[Santa Rosa Department, Guatemala Genealogy|Santa Rosa]]</li> |
| | | <li>[[Sololá Department, Guatemala Genealogy|Sololá]]</li> |
| <br> | | <li>[[Suchitepéquez Department, Guatemala Genealogy|Suchitepéquez]]</li> |
| | | <li>[[Totonicapán Department, Guatemala Genealogy|Totonicapán]]</li> |
| |} | | <li>[[Zacapa Department, Guatemala Genealogy|Zacapa]]</li> |
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| | See also [[Parishes in Guatemala]]. |
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| | ==References== |
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| [[Category:Guatemala]] | | [[Category:Guatemala]] |
| | [[es:Guatemala - Genealogía]] |