Medellín, Valle de Aburrá, Antioquia, Colombia Genealogy

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

History

 * Medellín is a Colombian municipality, capital of the department of Antioquia. It is the most populous city in the department and the second most populous in the country.
 * It sits in the widest part of the natural region known as Valle de Aburrá, in the central Andes mountain range. It extends to both banks of the Medellín River, which crosses it from south to north, and is the main nucleus of the Valle de Aburrá metropolitan area.
 * The municipality of Medellín was founded on March 2, 1616.
 * The municipality of Medellín was created at the municipal level on August 21, 1813.
 * The municipality of Medellín has a population of approximately 2,550,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records online for Medellín municipality.

Church Records

 * Índice de registros notariales, 1676-1873(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Iglesia Católica. San Sebastián (Palmitas, Medellín, Antioquía)  Registros parroquiales :1874-2005.  - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Iglesia Católica. San Sebastián (Palmitas, Medelin, Antioquía) Registros parroquiales 1874-2005(*) at FamilySearch Catalog — images
 * Reseñas de pasaportes de Medellín, 1918-1930. - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Census Records

 * There are no records online for Medellín municipality.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Belen
 * Cementerio de la parroquia de San José de El Poblado
 * Cementerio de Medellín
 * Cementerio de Santa Fe de Antioquia
 * Cementerio Israelita de Medellín
 * Cementerio Parroquial de La América
 * Cementerio San Pedro

Neighborhoods
{| style="width:70%"  Aranjuez Belén Buenos Aires Castilla Doce de octubre Guayabal La América La Candelaria</li> Laureles—Estadio</li> Manrique</li> Poblado</li> Popular</li> Robledo</li> San Javier</li> Santa Cruz</li> Villa Hermosa</li> </ul>