Los Vilos, Choapa, Chile Genealogy

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

History

 * The Spaniards arrived to the territory of the commune as of 1536. The Vilons began as a fishing cove, and eventually became a permanent settlement.
 * The city was declared a minor port in 1855.
 * The Vallenar earthquake of 1922 and the tsunami that accompanied it destroyed much of the commune.
 * The commune of Los Vilos has a population of approximately 18,500 people..

Civil Registration

 * 1885-1932 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Parish Records

 * 1579-1930 Chile, Marriages, 1579-1930 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1633-2015 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1700-1920 Chile, Deaths, 1700-1920 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1797-1907 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Los Vilos

Localities

 * Caimanes
 * Chigualoco
 * Guangualí
 * Las Vacas
 * Los Cóndores
 * Quilimarí
 * Tilama