Ombúes de Lavalle, Colonia, Uruguay Genealogy

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

History

 * The municipality of Ombúes de Lavalle was created on March 22, 2013.
 * The municipality of Ombúes de Lavalle has a population of approximately 3,000 people.
 * The origin of this town dates back to the year 1890, when after the division of the Varela brothers' stay, Pastor Daniel Armand Ugón of Colonia Valdense began with efforts to arm a group of future Waldensian settlers, who they came mostly from the Piedmont of northern Italy. These settlers arrived in the area on August 1, 1890, date that is officially accepted for the foundation of the town.

Civil Registration

 * Registros civiles, 1860-2001- Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Indice nacional alfabético de los libros de nacimientos, matrimonios y defunciones, 1900-1937 - index and browsable images
 * Inventario de los libros de nacimientos, matrimonios y defunciones, 1879-1929 - browsable images

Parish Records

 * Iglesia Católica. Santísimo Sacramento (Colonia, Colonia) Registros parroquiales, 1766-1958 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Transcripción de registros parroquiales, ca. 1791-1880 - browse images, partial coverage; use the image indexes (indices) to see the volume number (tomo), page number (foja), and act (acta) that will be needed to navigate the rest of the digitized microfilm.

Census Records

 * Uruguay, Colonia, censos, 1825-1836 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio de Ombues de Lavalle

Localities

 * Ombúes de Lavalle