Guayas, Ecuador Genealogy

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

History

 * After the wars of independence against Spain, the Guayaquil republic was formed, which would later join Gran Colombia, becoming the Department of Guayaquil.
 * After the separation of Gran Colombia and the formation of the Republic of Ecuador, the region was divided into the current provinces of Manabí, Los Ríos, El Oro, Galápagos and Guayas.
 * Recently, in 2007, the province of Santa Elena was separated from this territory.
 * The Guayas province has a population of approximately 4,082,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1737-1759 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Church Records

 * There are no online records for the Guayas province.

Census Records

 * 1667-1802 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1846-1871 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1861-1871 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries

 * See the canton pages