Paraguay, Asunción, Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes records from 1842-2011.

Burial records are from the Cementerio de la Recoleta, Cementerio del Este and Cementerio del Sur in Asunción (Recoleta Cemetery, East Cemetery and South Cemetery). Additional images will be published as they become available.

Reading These Records
These records are in Spanish. For help reading these records see the following guides:

If you speak Spanish, the following free online lessons may be helpful to learn how to use the information in these records:
 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * Latin Genealogical Word List
 * Reading Spanish handwritten records
 * Script tutorial for Spanish
 * - Spanish
 * Registros Civiles y Parroquiales – Spanish

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:

Burial
 * Place and date of burial
 * Name of deceased
 * Date and time of death
 * Age at time of death
 * Cause of death
 * Sex of deceased
 * Location of the grave

View The Images
View images in this collection by visiting the 
 * 1) Select the Cemetery
 * 2) Select the Record types and dates to view the images.

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * If you locate your ancestor’s burial record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given
 * Use the age to determine a birth year
 * Use the estimated birth year (from previous) and birthplace to locate the birth record
 * Use the locality and the spouse's name to locate church records
 * Compile the entries for every person who has the same surname; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual
 * Continue to search the records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives of the deceased who may have been buried in the same cemetery or nearby. This can help you identify other generations of your family. Repeat this process for each new generation you identify
 * Civil registration records are also a good source of genealogical information. Paraguay Civil Registration
 * You should obtain copies of both church records and civil registration, when possible, since they do not necessarily provide the same information. For example, baptismal registers sometimes provide the names of the fathers of illegitimate children when the civil registration does not

I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now?

 * Remember that your ancestor may have used nicknames or different names at different times. Click here for a list of Spanish name abbreviations
 * Burial records are often brief, so it can be easy to confuse individuals of the same name, origin, and birth date
 * A boundary change could have occurred and the record of your ancestor is now in a neighboring area. Search the records and indexes of neighboring cities, provinces, and regions
 * Your ancestor may have immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby countries or immigration/emigration records
 * These records may be useful to find ancestors if other vital records have not been found or may not exist anymore. These records may also help when the gravestones are illegible or have been destroyed
 * These burial records may be the only record of infant deaths. Gravestones may also have been engraved with the date of birth, date of marriage, military service, occupation, religion, place of residence at time of death, and place of origin. A person can discover where an ancestor was buried by checking in the church death/burial records or the civil registry of the locality the ancestor lived. Sometimes the burial place of an ancestor may have been transferred to another cemetery or may have been cremated

Research Helps
The following articles will help you in your research for your family in Peru.
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Citing This Collection
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