Colonia, Uruguay Genealogy

Guide to Colonia Department ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, census records, and military records.

History

 * The department of Colonia was founded in 1858.
 * The department of Colonia has a population of approximately 123,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * 1840-1900 Uruguay, Marriages, 1840-1900 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1860-2001 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1870-1930 Uruguay, Select Civil Registration Records, 1870-1930 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1879-1929 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1900-1937 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - index & images

Online Indexes
Civil registration records for Colonia were indexed, and digital images of those indexes are available online from FamilySearch. Indexes are organized alphabetically by first letter, than chronologically. The index provides the year, the volume, the judicial section number, the folio (page), and the act number. Judicial sections in Colonia are:

Parish Records

 * 1766-1958 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1791-1880 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images
 * 1750-1900 Uruguay, Select Baptisms, 1750-1900 at Ancestry - index & images ($)
 * 1750-1900 Uruguay, Baptisms, 1750-1900 at MyHeritage - index ($)
 * 1840-1900 Uruguay, Select Marriages, 1840-1900 at Ancestry - index & images ($)

Census Records

 * 1825-1836 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Emigration and Immigration

 * Entrada de pasajeros de ultramar y fluvial por el puerto de Colonia, ene. 1929-dic. 1930- Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio de Colonia del Sacramento