Cerro Largo, Uruguay Genealogy

Guide to Cerro Largo 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 Cerro Largo was created on June 16, 1837.
 * The department of Cerro Largo has a population of approximately 85,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * Cerro Largo (Uruguay). Registros civiles, 1879-2001- Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * 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

 * Relevamiento digital de los registros parroquiales de la Iglesia de Nuestra Sra. del Pilar de la Villa de Melo del Cerro Largo : relevamiento digital de los registros parroquiales de la Iglesia de Treinta y Tres., 1797-1886- 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, Cerro Largo, censos, 1836- Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio de Melo