La Paz Department, Bolivia Genealogy

Guide to La Paz Department family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.



History

 * The Spanish conquerors entered the area in 1535. The control of these Inca lands was entrusted to Pedro de la Gasca by the Spanish king and the Roman emperor Romano, Emperor Charles V.
 * On July 16, 1809, Pedro Domingo Murillo said that the Bolivian revolution was lighting a lamp that no one could turn off. This uprising formally marked the beginning of the liberation of South America from Spain.
 * After Bolivia gained its independence, they commemorated Pedro Domingo Murillo as the voice of the revolution throughout South America.
 * In 1898, La Paz became the de facto seat of the national government, and Sucre remained the nominal judicial capital.
 * The department of La Paz was founded on October 20, 1548 and was created as a department on November 19, 1826.
 * The department of La Paz has a population of approximately 2,719,000 people.

Provinces
La Paz Department is divided into the following provinces:

Online Records

 * 1566-1996 - at FamilySearch — index and images