San Javier, Río Negro, Uruguay Genealogy

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

History

 * The municipality of San Javier was founded on July 27, 1913 by 300 Russian families of the religious group "New Israel" who were looking for a complete religious freedom that they did not find in Tsarist Russia.
 * The municipality of San Javier has a population of approximately 2,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * Río Negro (Uruguay). Registro Civil Registros civiles, 1881-2001 - 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

 * 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

 * There are no online records for the San Javier municipality.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio de Municipio San Javier

Localities

 * San Javier