Chile, Santiago, Cemetery Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Title in the Language of the Records
Cementerio General de Santiago, Chile

Record Description
This collection is made up of burial registers, authorizations for the burial of individuals, records of payment of the right to use the grave, and other relative records. In some cases other records such as a birth or marriage certificate or/and a notary public document is added to the burial registration file. This collection only includes a portion of the images in the complete collection. Additional images will be published as they become available.

Record Content
Key genealogical facts found in burial records may include the following information:

Record Reliability
Cemetery records are a reliable source for doing family history in Chile.

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Cementerio General de Recoleta, Chile

Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections
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Examples of Source Citations for a Record in This Collection

 * “Delaware Marriage Records,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 4 March 2011), entry for William Anderson and Elizabeth Baynard Henry, married 23 November 1913; citing marriage certificate no. 859; FHL microfilm 2,025,063; Delaware Bureau of Archives and Records Management, Dover.
 * “El Salvador Civil Registration,” index and images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org: accessed 21 March 2011), entry for Jose Maria Antonio del Carmen, born 9 April 1880; citing La Libertad, San Juan Opico, Nacimientos 1879-1893, image 50; Ministerio Archivo Civil de la Alcaldia Municipal de San Salvador.

Sources of Information for This Collection
[Jurisdiction]. [Agency/creator, unless redundant]. [Title of original record set or generic descriptive term]. [Archive name. Locality]. Ex: Peru. Lima Civil Registration, 1874-1930. Archivo General de la Nación, Lima, Perú.

Digital copies of originals are also housed in different archives throughout Chile, Santiago.