Osorno, Los Lagos Region, Chile Genealogy

Guide to Province of Osorno ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration. Chile Online Genealogy Records FamilySearch Genealogy Research Groups

History

 * The land of the province originally was the old Corregimiento of Osorno, that disappeared when the city of Osorno was destroyed in 1602.
 * In 1796 the governor Ambrosio O'Higgins refounded the city.
 * In 1826 the territory was integrated to the Old Province of Valdiva.
 * In 1833 the territory was removed from the Province of Valdiva and became the Department of Osorno, which passed to the Province of Llanquihue in 1861.
 * On January 19, 1940, the Province of Osorno gained independence from other provinces.
 * El 19 de enero de 1940 la Provincia de Osorno logró su independencia de otras provincias..

Parish Records

 * See communes

Civil Records

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