Montevideo, Uruguay Genealogy

Guide to Montevideo Department ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

History

 * El departamento de Montevideo fue creado el 27 de enero de 1816.
 * El departamento de Montevideo tiene una población aproximada de 1.380.000 personas.

Civil Registration

 * 1870-1930 Uruguay, Select Civil Registration Records, 1870-1930 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1879-1929 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1879-2001 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1900-1937 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images
 * Uruguay, Civil Registration at MyHeritage - index & images ($)

Online Indexes
Civil registrations for Montevideo were indexed, and digital images of those indexes are available online from FamilySearch. Indexes are organized alphabetically by first letter, than chronologically. The index provides the year, the volume, the judicial section number, the folio (page), and the act number. Judicial sections in Montevideo are:

Parish Records

 * 1739-1924 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1750-1900 Uruguay, Select Baptisms, 1750-1900 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1750-1900 Uruguay, Baptisms, 1750-1900 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1791-1880 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1840-1900 Uruguay, Select Marriages, 1840-1900 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1840-1900 Uruguay, Marriages, 1840-1900 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1845-1982 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1882-1998 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1919-1999 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Census Records

 * 1682-1869 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1726-1860 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1812-1814 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Notary Records

 * 1818-1824 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Emigration and Immigration

 * 1805-1872 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1888-1930 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries

 * See the municipality.