Cuyotenango, Suchitepéquez, Guatemala Genealogy

Guatemala

Suchitepéquez Department

Municipality of Cuyotenango

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

History

• The town was officially founded in 1567.
• At the conclusion of the Independence of Central America in 1821, Cuyotenango was one of the original municipalities of the State of Guatemala.
• In 1838 he joined the State of Los Altos, which was approved by the Congress of the Federal Republic of Central America in that same year. In the new state constant peasant revolts and tension with Guatemala were repeated, until hostilities broke out in 1840, when the conservative mestizo general Rafael Carrera recovered the region for Guatemala.
• Cuyotenango Municipality has a population of approximately 51,000 people

Civil Registration

• 1877-1934 Registros civiles, 1877-1934(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

Church Records

• 1581-1977 Guatemala, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
• 1766-1942 Registros parroquiales, 1766-1942(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1817-1956 Registros parroquiales, 1817-1956(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1855-1906 Registros parroquiales, 1855-1906(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Census Records

• 1791 Padrones de Guatemala, Santos Reyes de Cuyotenango, 1791(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Cemeteries

• Cementerio Municipal de Cuyotenango
• There are six rural communities that have cemeteries

Localities

• Chacalte Aparicio
• Chacalte Sis
• Guachipilin
• La Máquina
• Sis