Tinogasta, Catamarca, Argentina Genealogy

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

History

 * Between 1475 and 1536 the Inca invasion and occupation occurred.
 * In 1687 the Spanish crown granted Juan Gregorio Bazán de Pedraza a mercy over an extensive region in which he built a chapel, started a residence and later established the mayorazgos of Anillaco and Fiambalá.
 * In 1713 the first delimitation of what is now the city of Tinogasta was made.
 * The department of Tinogasta has a population of approximately 22,000 people.

Parish Records

 * 1642-1912 Argentina, Select Baptisms Index, 1642-1912 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1645-1930 Argentina, Baptisms, 1645-1930 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1722-1911 Argentina, Select Marriages, 1722-1911 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1722-1911 Argentina, Marriages, 1722-1911 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1823-1966 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Census Records

 * 1869 Argentina, National Census, 1869 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1869 Argentina National Census 1869 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
 * 1869 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1895 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1895 Argentina, National Census, 1895 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1895 Argentina National Census, 1895 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio de Salado
 * Cementerio municipal de Tinogasta

Municipalities

 * Fiambalá
 * Tinogasta