Concepción, Sololá, Guatemala Genealogy

Guatemala

Sololá Department

Municipality of Concepción

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

History

• The Franciscan friars founded it in colonial times as one of the reductions or "doctrines".
• In 1765 it was recognized with the name of Nuestra Señora de la Concepción Pajixolá. From 1768 to 1770 it was called the municipality "Concepción Kixalá".
• He joined the department of Sololá after the Independence of Central America.
• From 1838 to 1840 he was part of the ephemeral State of Los Altos until in 1840 he reincorporated it to the State of Guatemala.
• The department of Quiché was created on August 12, 1872, and a large part of Sololá's territory was built, although Concepción remained in the latter.
• The municipality of Concepción has a population of approximately 4,000 people

Civil Registration

• 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
• 1878-1946 Registros civiles, 1878-1946(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1926-2008 Guatemala, Sololá, Concepción, registro civil, 1926-2008(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Church Records

• 1581-1977 Guatemala, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
• 1764-1899 Registros parroquiales, 1764-1899(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

• 1821 Padrones de Guatemala : Concepción Quixalá, 1821(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Cemeteries

• Cementerio General de Sololá
• Cementerio Aldea Coxom

Localities

• Patzutzún