Santa Bárbara, Suchitepéquez, Guatemala Genealogy

Guatemala

Suchitepéquez Department

Municipality of Santa Bárbara

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

History

• At the conclusion of the Independence of Central America in 1821, it was incorporated into the department of Sololá / Suchitepéquez.
• In 1838 he joined the ephemeral State of Los Altos, until he reincorporated it to the State of Guatemala in 1840.
• As a result of the definitive separation of the departments of Sololá and Suchitepéqez in 1934, it passed into the jurisdiction of the latter.
• In 1951 it lost part of its territory as a result of the creation of the municipality of Rio Bravo.
• The municipality of Santa Bárbara has a population of approximately 23,000 people

Civil Registration

• 1800-1931 Registros civiles, 1800-1931(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
• 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980 at Ancestry - index & images, ($)
• 1879-2009 Guatemala, Suchitepéquez, Santa Bárbara, registro civil, 1879-2009(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Church Records

• 1581-1977 Guatemala, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
• 1855-1885 Registros parroquiales, 1855-1885(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images

Census Records

• 1751 Padrones de Guatemala : San Francisco de la Costilla; nueva cuenta y numeración de los naturales tributarios del pueblo, 1751(*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Cemeteries

• Cementerio Municipal de Municipio Santa Bárbara
• Existe 20 cementerios en los aldeas y caseríos
• Cementerio Privado Finca Panamá
• Cementerio Privado Finca Miramar
• Cementerio Privado Finca San José del Carmen
• Cementerio Privado Finca El Tesoro

Localities

• Chicol
• Cruz Quemada
• Sacpic
• Tojcail
• Tojchiquel
• Xoconilaj

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