Guayas, Ecuador Genealogy

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

History

 * After the wars of independence against Spain, the Guayaquil republic was formed, which would later join Gran Colombia, becoming the Department of Guayaquil.
 * After the separation of Gran Colombia and the formation of the Republic of Ecuador, the region was divided into the current provinces of Manabí, Los Ríos, El Oro, Galápagos and Guayas.
 * Recently, in 2007, the province of Santa Elena was separated from this territory.
 * The Guayas province has a population of approximately 4,082,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * Guayas (Ecuador). Registro Civil Cacicazgos, 1737-1759 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Parish Records

 * There are no online records for the Guayas province.

Census Records

 * Real Audiencia de Santa Fé (Colombia) Visitas : (padrones), 1667-1802 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Departamento de Empadronamientos Padrones, 1846-1871 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Departamento de Empadronamientos Empadronamientos, 1861-1871 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries

 * See the canton pages