Timaukel, Tierra del Fuego, Chile Genealogy

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

History

 * The original inhabitants of the Timaukel territory were from the Selknam people. With the arrival of European and Chilean settlers in the second half of the 19th century, the original population was drastically reduced and at the beginning of the 20th century the selknam were massacred.
 * The commune was created on December 30, 1927 with the name of Bahía Inútil.
 * The communal reformulation of October 26, 1979 modified the communal boundaries and created the commune of Timaukel.
 * The commune of Timaukel has a population of approximately 430 people.

Civil Registration

 * There are no records only for the commune of Timaukel. See the records of neighboring communes.

Parish Records

 * 1633-2015 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images

Localities

 * Cameron
 * Timaukel
 * Río Grande
 * Russfin
 * Puerto Yartou
 * Puerto Arturo
 * Estancia Vicuña
 * Pampa Guanacos.