Colonia Independencia, Guairá, Paraguay Genealogy

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

History

 * Colonia Independencia is also known as Independencia.
 * The district of Colonia Independencia was founded on January 17, 1919 and acquired the level of municipality in 1955.
 * Colonia Independencia is the second most populous district of the department, only after the departmental capital, Villarrica.
 * In 1928, this district hosted the Nazi Party Foundation in Paraguay. His first German settlers were military retired from the First World War, from Baden-Württemberg and Bavaria. Other Germans from Austria and Switzerland also joined, all of them joining the Paraguayan population already established in the area.
 * The district of Colonia Independencia has a population of approximately 27,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no online records for the Colonia Independencia district.

Parish Records

 * 1754-2015 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Census Records

 * There are no online records for the Colonia Independencia district.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio de Independencia