Chile Genealogy

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Chile

Guide to Chile ancestry, family history and genealogy: birth records, marriage records, death records, church records, parish registers, and civil registration.

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Beginning Research
Research Strategies Record Finder Finding Town of Origin
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Country Information

Chile is a country in South America bordered by Peru, Bolivia, and Argentina. It was formerly a colony of Spain. The official language is Spanish.

Getting Started

Getting Started with Chile Research Links to articles on getting started with Chile research. Chile Research Guide Chile Getting Started Chile Quick Start Guide Chile Locating Place of Origin Chile Finding Records See More Research Strategies

Chile Research Tools Links to articles and websites that assist in Chile research. Chile Archives and Libraries FHL Research Outline - contains out-of-date links

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Finding Your Ancestors' Town in Chile

• Genealogical records are organized by geographical locality. Civil registration (government birth, marriage, and death records) and church records (christenings/baptisms, marriages, and burials) were kept at the local level. To search these records, you must know the town where your ancestors lived.
• If you do not know your ancestors' town, follow the advice in the Wiki article, Chile Finding Town of Origin, to search a variety of records that might provide that information.

Chile is divided into 15 regions, 54 provinces and 346 communes. Each region is both named and numbered (designated by a Roman Numeral). The only exception is the Santiago Metropolitan Region (Región Metropolitana de Santiago), which is designated with RM. Provinces are listed for each region.

Chile Clickable Map Regions and Provinces Legend: Regions: Provinces: I Tarapacá Iquique, Tamarugal II Antofagasta Antofagasta, El Loa, Tocopilla III Atacama Chañaral, Copiapó, Huasco IV Coquimbo Choapa, Elqui, Limarí V Valparaíso Isla de Pascua, Los Andes, Marga Marga, Petorca, Quillota, San Antonio, San Felipe de Aconcagua, Valparaíso VI Libertador General Bernardo O'Higgins Cachapoal, Cardenal Caro, Colchagua VII Maule Cauquenes Curicó, Linares, Talca Legend: Regions: Provinces: VIII Biobío Arauco, Biobío, Concepción, Ñuble IX Araucanía Cautín, Malleco X Los Lagos Chiloé, Llanquihue, Osorno, Palena XI Aysén del General Carlos Ibáñez del Campo Aysén, Capitán Prat, Coyhaique, General Carrera XII Magallanes y de la Antártica Chilena Antártica Chilena, Magallanes, Tierra del Fuego, Última Esperanza XIV Los Ríos Ranco, Valdivia XV Arica y Parinacota Arica, Parinacota RM Santiago Metropolitan Region Chacabuco, Cordillera, Maipo, Melipilla, Santiago, Talagante More Chile Research Strategies Research strategies give guidance on how to research or what records to search for first. Below are additional research strategy Wiki articles for Chile. Chile Resources Improve your Search Results Researching Easter Island Latin American Research online tutoral FamilySearch Resources Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in researching your family. Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research FamilySearch Chile Record Collections Family History Center locator map Research Tutorials Search page Introduction to Hispanic Research U.S. Hispanic Immigration U.S. Hispanic Immigrants: Finding their Place of Origin Improve your Search Results in FamilySearch Hispanic Records Deciphering Spanish Handwriting References