Tinogasta, Catamarca, Argentina Genealogy

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

History

 * Between 1475 and 1536 the Inca invasion and occupation occurred.
 * In 1687 the Spanish crown granted Juan Gregorio Bazán de Pedraza a mercy over an extensive region in which he built a chapel, started a residence and later established the mayorazgos of Anillaco and Fiambalá.
 * In 1713 the first delimitation of what is now the city of Tinogasta was made.
 * The department of Tinogasta has a population of approximately 22,000 people.

Parish Records

 * Argentina, Select Baptisms Index, 1642-1912 - in Ancestry ($)
 * Argentina, Baptisms, 1645-1930 - in MyHeritage ($)
 * Registros parroquiales, 1823-1966 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Census Records

 * Primer Censo Nacional, 1869 : Tinogasta (Departamento), Catamarca - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * 2º Censo Nacional, 1895 : Tinogasta (Departamento), Catamarca - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Argentina, National Census, 1869 - in Ancestry ($)
 * Argentina, National Census, 1895 - in Ancestry ($)

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio de Salado
 * Cementerio municipal de Tinogasta

Municipalities

 * Fiambalá
 * Tinogasta