Capital, Mendoza, Argentina Genealogy

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

History

 * The reason for the creation of the city was the need to establish a nearby point as a crossing station to cross the Andes Mountains on the commercial road that ran from the Río de la Plata to Santiago de Chile.
 * The Second Triumvirate in 1813 decreed that the province of Mendoza, together with San Juan and San Luis, form the Intendancy of Cuyo.
 * On March 1, 1820, was signed the act by which Mendoza, San Luis and San Juan broke the ties that linked them to the Intendancy of Cuyo, thus acquiring sovereignty as independent provincial states.
 * The municipality of Mendoza was created in 1861.
 * At the end of the 19th century Mendoza received a significant number of immigrants, mainly of Italian, Spanish, French, Arabic, Hebrew, etc.
 * The department / city of Mendoza has a population of approximately 115,000 people.

Parish Records

 * Iglesia Católica. San Nicolás de Tolentino (Mendoza, Mendoza) Registros parroquiales, 1665-1975 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Iglesia Católica. Nuestra Señora de Loreto (Mendoza, Mendoza) Registros parroquiales, 1887-1951 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Recuerdos fotográficos de miembros y amigos de Mendoza y San Juan - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Census Records

 * Primer Censo Nacional, 1869 : Mendoza, actualmente Capital (Departamento), Mendoza - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * 2º Censo Nacional, 1895 : Capital (Departamento), Mendoza - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio del Parque de Descanso
 * Cementerio de Los Apóstoles
 * Cementerio del Parque Jardin Mendoza
 * Cementerio del Parque Oasis de Paz