Colombia Genealogy

South America Colombia

Guide to  ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, parish registers, and military records.

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Getting started with Colombia research
See the tutorials in FamilySearch.org pertaining to Latin American research.

Si usted entiende español
(If you understand Spanish) Le invitamos a buscar información en español en la página de Colombia en el wiki de FamilySearch español. También le invitamos a compartir información útil allí. Véase el enlace en la parte inferior de la página. (You are invited to visit the FamilySearch wiki in Spanish)

Jurisdictions
More on Colombia jurisdictions.

Departamentos (States):

* Catholic Church records are available at FamilySearch.org for the starred departamentos.

Research Tools

 * Most commonly used surnames in Colombia
 * Guía de investigación: Guía de investigación de BYU sobre Colombia
 * Websites
 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * Spanish Letter Writing Guide
 * See FamilySearch Tutorials on Latin American Research.
 * Listing of all records collections for Colombia available on FamilySearch.org

Wiki articles describing these collections:


 * Colombia Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Colombia Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Colombia Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Colombia,Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)

Featured Content

 * Illegitimacy
 * The Inquisition in Colombia

See FamilySearch Tutorials on Latin American Research.

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Websites

 * Conferencia Episcopal de Colombia\
 * Archivo General de la Nación
 * Sociedad Geografica de Colombia
 * BYU Spanish Script Tutorial

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