Encarnación, Itapúa, Paraguay Genealogy

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

History

 * The district of Encarnación was founded on March 25, 1615.
 * On October 7, 1848, a decree banished the Guarani from their own city. With their belongings they were sent to Tupá Raý - the current town of Carmen del Paraná - in an area guarded by guards. In that way the civil population of Encarnación disappeared. Overcrowded, many Guarani died from pests.
 * In 1916 the strong migratory current (mainly Italians) marked a point of a before and after the history of the city.
 * It has the most cosmopolitan ethnography in the country with a large number of minorities, among which are the German, Russian, Ukrainian, French, Italian, Japanese, Polish and in recent times you can see a lot of Syrians and Lebanese.
 * The district of Encarnación has a population of approximately 132,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no online records for the Encarnación district.

Parish Records

 * Iglesia Católica. Encarnación (Encarnación, Itapúa) Registros parroquiales, 1913-1980- Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Census Records

 * There are no online records for the Encarnación district.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Municipal de Encarnación
 * Cementerio Municipal número 2 de Encarnación