San Rafael, Mendoza, Argentina Genealogy

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

History

 * The French engineer Julio Gerónimo Balloffet and his compatriot Rodolfo Iselin founded the town of a French colony.
 * Italian and Spanish immigration substantially supplemented the first population, also constituting two other agricultural colonies, one of each nationality and both near the "Fort of San Rafael del Diamante".
 * The French Colony, then Villa de San Rafael, was declared a city on October 7, 1922.
 * The department of San Rafael has a population of approximately 188,000 people.

Parish Records

 * Registros parroquiales, 1862-1923 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Argentina, Select Baptisms Index, 1642-1912 - in Ancestry ($)

Census Records

 * Primer Censo Nacional, 1869 : Rosario, actualmente Lavalle (Departamento) y San Rafael (Departamento), Mendoza - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * 2º Censo Nacional, 1895 : San Rafael (Departamento), Mendoza - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Argentina, National Census, 1869 - in Ancestry ($)
 * Argentina, National Census, 1895 - in Ancestry ($)

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Parque De La Fe en San Rafael Dirección: Av. 9 de Julio 116, 5600 San Rafael
 * Cementerio Villa Atuel
 * Cementerio Municipal de San Rafael