O'Higgins, Chaco, Argentina Genealogy

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

History

 * Here there was an abra (pampa)(small ravine] with ñandúes (rhea-birds), and the original village of the Mocoví. Inhabitants of this region hunted these birds and ate their eggs.
 * In 1933 Gonzalo Valentín Pando (settler) made plans of a town that in honor of his brother would bear the name of Bernardo.
 * The Department of O'Higgins has a population of approximately 20,000 people.

Parish Records

 * 1642-1912 Argentina, Select Baptisms Index, 1642-1912 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1645-1930 Argentina, Baptisms, 1645-1930 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1722-1911 Argentina, Select Marriages, 1722-1911 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1722-1911 Argentina, Marriages, 1722-1911 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Census Records

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

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal Juan Pablo II

Civil Registration

 * 1889-1946 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Municipalities

 * La Clotilde
 * La Tigra
 * San Bernardo