Villarrica, Cautín, Chile Genealogy

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

History

 * The city was founded in 1552 with the name Santa María Magdalena de Villa Rica.
 * The city was abandoned in the year 1553. During the next 300 years it was destroyed and rebuilt many times.
 * The city was rebuilt in 1833.
 * At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Villarrica commune belonged to the old province of Valdivia as part of the Department of Vilarrica.
 * The commune of Villarrica has a population of approximately 52,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1885-1903 Chile, Civil Registration, 1885-1903 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1908-1932 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Church Records

 * 1585-1932 Chile, Baptisms, 1585-1932 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1633-2015 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1700-1920 Chile, Deaths, 1700-1920 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Villarrica
 * Cementerio Parque Jardín de Villarrica
 * Cementerio Lican Ray

Localities

 * Lican Ray
 * Ñancul