Islas del Atlántico Sur, Tierra del Fuego, Antártida e Islas del Atlántico Sur, Argentina Genealogy

Guide to Department of Islas del Atlántico Sur ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.

History

 * The department is composed of four archipelagos claimed by Argentina as an integral and indivisible part of its territory that is illegally occupied by an invading power.
 * The three archipelagos are under the administration of the United Kingdom, which groups in three overseas territories the component islands of the department.
 * The Malvinas Islands is one of the 17 territories of the United Nations list of Non-Self-Governing Territories under the supervision of the United Nations Decolonization Committee, in order to examine the situation with respect to the implementation of the Declaration on the Concession of independence to the 9 countries and colonial towns, reason why the situation of the archipelago has been examined annually since 1965 by the Committee of Decolonization. The Organization of the United Nations considers it a territory of sovereignty still pending definition.

Parish Records

 * There are no records for the department of Islas del Atlántico Sur.

Census Records

 * 1895 Argentina National Census, 1895 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio de Grytviken
 * Cementerio de Darwin
 * Cementerio de Puerto Leith
 * Cementerio Militar de Playa Azul