Tungurahua, Ecuador Genealogy

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

History

 * After the independence war and the annexation of Ecuador to Greater Colombia, the province of Chimborazo was created on June 25, 1824, where the current Tungurahue territory is located within its limits.
 * Later it would become part of the province of León.
 * On July 3, 1860, the eleventh province of the country was created, the province of Ambato, which would later change its name to Tungurahua.
 * The Tungurahua province has a population of approximately 543,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * Tungurahua (Ecuador). Registro Civil Cacicazgos, 1582-1812 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Parish Records

 * See the canton pages.

Census Records

 * Departamento de Empadronamientos Empadronamientos, 1779-1902 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries

 * See the canton pages