Colonia, Uruguay Genealogy

Guide to Colonia Department ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, family history, and military records.

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History

 * The department of Colonia was founded in 1858.
 * The department of Colonia has a population of approximately 123,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * Registros civiles, 1860-2001- Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Indice nacional alfabético de los libros de nacimientos, matrimonios y defunciones, 1900-1937 - index and browsable images
 * Inventario de los libros de nacimientos, matrimonios y defunciones, 1879-1929 - browsable images

Parish Records

 * Iglesia Católica. Santísimo Sacramento (Colonia, Colonia) Registros parroquiales, 1766-1958 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Transcripción de registros parroquiales, ca. 1791-1880 - browse images, partial coverage; use the image indexes (indices) to see the volume number (tomo), page number (foja), and act (acta) that will be needed to navigate the rest of the digitized microfilm.

Census Records

 * Uruguay, Colonia, censos, 1825-1836 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Emigration and Immigration

 * Entrada de pasajeros de ultramar y fluvial por el puerto de Colonia, ene. 1929-dic. 1930- Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio de Colonia del Sacramento