Antioquia, Colombia Genealogy

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

History

 * Although before the Spanish conquest there were already indigenous settlements in the territory, and later with the arrival of those, some populations were founded, the history of the department as a territorial entity began in 1569 when its separation from the Popayán Government was ordered.
 * On October 30, 1584, Santa Fe de Antioquia became the capital of the Province of Antioquia.
 * In 1830, with the disintegration of the republic of Gran Colombia, it re-emerged as a province until 1856, when it became a Sovereign State.
 * In 1886 it became the current department with the disappearance of the United States from Colombia.
 * The department of Antioquia has a population of approximately 6,691,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no online records for Antioquia department.

Church Records

 * Registros parroquiales : varias parroquias de la Diócesis de Antioquia, 1672-2002 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Census Records

 * Visitas : (padrones), 1576-1791 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Investigacíones genealogícas de Antioquia : nacimientos, confirmaciones, matrimonios, defunciones, censos, padrones - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries

 * See the subregion.