Santiago, Santiago Metropolitan Region, Chile Genealogy

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

History

 * The Province of Santiago was created on 30 August 1826.
 * As a province, Santiago is a second-level administrative division of Chile. Unlike the other provinces of Chile in the province of Santiago the duties of governor are legally handed over to the regional mayor.
 * Almost the whole of the province is immersed in an extremely fertile flat meadow that the Chileans denominate the Intermediate Depression. The land is characterized by its low elevation with respect to the level of the sea and to be surrounded by hills
 * The Province of Santiago has an approximate population of 4.978.000 people.

Parish Records

 * See communes

Civil Records

 * 1885-1903 - Chile, Civil Registration, 1885-1903 - in Ancestry ($) — index and images
 * See communes