Tungurahua, Ecuador Genealogy

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

History

 * After the independence war and the annexation of Ecuador to Greater Colombia, the province of Chimborazo was created on June 25, 1824, where the current Tungurahue territory is located within its limits.
 * Later it would become part of the province of León.
 * On July 3, 1860, the eleventh province of the country was created, the province of Ambato, which would later change its name to Tungurahua.
 * The Tungurahua province has a population of approximately 543,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1582-1812 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Parish Records

 * See the canton pages.

Census Records

 * 1779-1902 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Cemeteries

 * See the canton pages