Coquimbo, Elqui, Chile Genealogy

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

History

 * Although the Spaniards considered Coquimbo a good place to establish a port, by the 19th century the city was practically uninhabited.
 * In the middle of the 19th century the Church of San Pedro was built, the main religious center of the town.
 * In the late twentieth century, the commune of Ovalle was annexed to the territory of the commune, to the south; and towards the east the commune of Andacollo, increasing the surface of the commune of Coquimbo more than a third of its original size.
 * On September 16, 2015, a large earthquake, combined with the resulting tsunami, destroyed much of the commune.
 * The commune of Coquimbo has a population of approximately 202,500 people..

Civil Registration

 * 1885-1932 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Parish Records

 * 1579-1930 Chile, Marriages, 1579-1930 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1633-2015 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1700-1920 Chile, Deaths, 1700-1920 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1790-1893 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1843-1927 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Coquimbo
 * Parque Cementerio en Coquimbo
 * Copy of the register of the British cemetery at Guayacán, Coquimbo, Chile