Los Andes, Salta, Argentina Genealogy

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

History

 * In 1816 after proclaiming Argentina's independence, General Martín Miguel de Güemes created the department of La Puna (or Atacama) included in Salta to the shores of the Pacific Ocean.
 * In 1825 taking advantage of the momentary weakness (civil wars and preludes of the Argentine-Brazilian War), the Bolivian state declared itself the owner of the entire Puna de Atacama.
 * In 1879 Chile declared war on the Bolivians and Peruvians, defeating them in 1883, and with that they occupied the territories that Argentina claimed peacefully in the Puna de Atacama, Bolivia, with the intention of provoking war between Argentina and Chile.
 * A couple of English and American wards managed to keep Chile 15% of the disputed territory and the rest (1890) was definitively recognized as Argentina, also covering the current department of Salta Los Andes.
 * On May 12, 1900, the territory of the Andes was divided into three administrative departments, among them the department of Los Andes.
 * The department of Los Andes has a population of approximately 6,000 people.

Parish Records

 * 1642-1912 Argentina, Select Baptisms Index, 1642-1912 at Ancestry - index ($)
 * 1645-1930 Argentina, Baptisms, 1645-1930 at MyHeritage - index ($)

Census Records

 * 1869 Argentina National Census 1869 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)
 * 1895 Argentina National Census, 1895 at MyHeritage - index & images ($)

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio de Mina Concordia de San Antonio de los Cobres
 * Cementerio de San Antonio de los Cobres
 * Cementerio de Colla
 * Cementerio de Mina La Casualidad

Municipalities

 * San Antonio de Los Cobres
 * Tolar Grande