HondurasGenWeb
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History
Archaeologists
have demonstrated that Honduras had a rich, multi-ethnic prehistory. An
important part of that prehistory was the Mayan presence around the
city of Copán in western Honduras, near the Guatemalan border. Here a
major Mayan city flourished during the classic period (150-900). It has
many beautiful carved inscriptions and stelae. The ancient kingdom,
named Xukpi, existed from the fifth century to the early ninth century,
with antecedents going back to at least the second century. The Mayan
civilization began a marked decline in the ninth century, but there is
evidence of people still living in and around the city until at least
1200. By the time the Spanish came to Honduras, the once great
city-state of Copán was overrun by the jungle, and the Lencas, not the
Mayans, were the main Amerindian people living in western Honduras.
On his fourth and final voyage to the New World in 1502, Christopher
Columbus reached the Bay Islands on the coast of Honduras. Landing near
the modern town of Trujillo, in the vicinity of the Guaimoreto Lagoon.
After the Spanish discovery, Honduras became part of Spain's vast
empire in the New World within the Kingdom of Guatemala. Trujillo and
Gracias were the first city-capitals. The Spanish ruled what would
become Honduras for approximately three centuries.
Honduras declared independence from Spain on September 15, 1821 with
the rest of the Central American provinces. In 1822 the Central
American State was annexed to the newly declared Mexican Empire of
Iturbide. The Iturbide Empire was overthrown in 1823 and Central
America separated from it, forming the Federal Republic of Central
America, which disintegrated in 1838. As a result the states of the
republic became independent nations.
Silver mining was a key factor in the Spanish conquest and settlement
of Honduras, but has been only a minor part of the national economy in
recent years. The American-owned Rosario Mining Company was a major
gold and silver producer, but shut down its large mine at San Juancito
in 1954.
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Links
Biblioteca Nacional de Honduras
6a Avda 'Salvador Mendieta'
Tegucigalpa, Honduras
AncestralFindings.com
- Free Genealogy Research
AOL Hispanic Genealogy Page for
Honduras
Cyndi's List of Hispanic, Central &
South America, & the West Indies
Family SearchGenealogy
Resources on the Internet: Honduras Mailing Lists
Heritage
Quest Mexicans and Central and South Americans in the 1870 Census 
Honduras GenForum
Honduras Official Home Page
Honduras Net
Honduras.com
Honduras Resources
Honduras Search Engines
Roatanet: Visitor's Guide to Roatan
Sephardic genealogy at Sephardim.com
Online Newspapers
La Prensa
Tiempo
Genealogical Societies
AOL
Hispanic Genealogy Group
Hispanic Genealogical Society of New York
Society of Hispanic Historical and
Ancestral Research (SHHAR)
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