Santa Rosa, Catamarca, Argentina Genealogy

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

History

 * The department was created in 1878 from territories taken from the El Alto department.
 * The departmental capital was the town of Las Cañas until it was modified for reasons of economic and social changes, moving in 1912 to Bañado de Ovanta headquarters of the current municipality of Santa Rosa.
 * Between 1818 and 1930 a strong influx of foreigners was introduced, arrived to devote themselves to the exploitation of forests, which brought an important ethnic and cultural renewal in the area.
 * The department of Santa Rosa has a population of approximately 12,000 people.

Parish Records

 * 1642-1912 Argentina, Select Baptisms Index, 1642-1912 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1645-1930 Argentina, Baptisms, 1645-1930 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1722-1911 Argentina, Marriages, 1722-1911 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Census Records

 * 1869 Argentina National Census 1869 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
 * 1895 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1895 Argentina National Census, 1895 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)

Municipalities

 * Los Altos
 * Santa Rosa