San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina Genealogy

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

History

 * The French engineer Julio Gerónimo Balloffet and his compatriot Rodolfo Iselin founded the town of a French colony.
 * Italian and Spanish immigration substantially supplemented the first population, also constituting two other agricultural colonies, one of each nationality and both near the "Fort of San Rafael del Diamante".
 * The French Colony, then Villa de San Rafael, was declared a city on October 7, 1922.
 * The department of San Rafael has a population of approximately 188,000 people.

Church Records

 * 1642-1912 Argentina, Select Baptisms Index, 1642-1912 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1645-1930 Argentina, Baptisms, 1645-1930 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1862-1923 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Census Records

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

Cemeteries

 * 1882-2019 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * Cementerio Parque De La Fe en San Rafael Direction: Av. 9 de Julio 116, 5600 San Rafael
 * Cementerio Villa Atuel
 * Cementerio Municipal de San Rafael