Isla de Pascua, Isla de Pascua, Chile Genealogy

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

History

 * According to oral tradition, the Rapanui people would have arrived from a mythical island called Hiva, being guided by their first king, around 1500 AD.
 * Between 1859 and 1863, some twenty ships took more than 1500 islanders to sell them as slaves.
 * The epidemics of tuberculosis and smallpox, as well as the departure of some 250 islanders with Catholic missionaries to Tahiti, reduced the population to a minimum of 110 people in 1877.
 * In 1887 Chile wanted to annex the island to its territory, and make the purchase of land on the island.
 * The commune (and Provinces) of Easter Island has a population of approximately 5,700 people..

Civil Registration

 * 1915-1933 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * 1633-2015 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio del antiguo leprosario
 * Cementerio de Tahai
 * El cementerio Católico de Isla de Pascua

Localities

 * Hanga Roa (capital and only urban sector)