Penco, Concepción, Chile Genealogy

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

History

 * Penco was founded in 1843 and on October 5, 1550 the city of Concepción was established in this commune.
 * Penco corresponded to the 12th subdelegation of the Department of Coelemu for a few decades, and then joined the Department of Concepción. In 1891 the law that created the Municipality of Penco was enacted.
 * The current population of the commune of Penco is around 45,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1885-1903 Chile, Civil Registration, 1885-1903 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1885-1932 at FamilySearch - How to Use this Collection; index

Church Records

 * 1579-1930 Chile, Marriages, 1579-1930 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1633-2015 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index and images
 * 1700-1920 Chile, Deaths, 1700-1920 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1781-1914 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Penco-Lirquén
 * Cementerio Parque Recuerdo

Localities

 * Cerro Verde
 * Lirquén