Río Negro, Uruguay Genealogy

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

History

 * The department of Río Negro was created on March 20, 1880, by annexing land from the department of Paysandu.
 * The department of Río Negro has a population of approximately 55,000 people.

Civil Registration

 * Río Negro (Uruguay). Registro Civil Registros civiles, 1881-2001 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * Indice nacional alfabético de los libros de nacimientos, matrimonios y defunciones, 1900-1937 - index and browsable images
 * Inventario de los libros de nacimientos, matrimonios y defunciones, 1879-1929 - browsable images

Parish Records

 * Transcripción de registros parroquiales, ca. 1791-1880 - browse images, partial coverage; use the image indexes (indices) to see the volume number (tomo), page number (foja), and act (acta) that will be needed to navigate the rest of the digitized microfilm.

Census Records

 * There are no records for the Río Negro department.

Pensions

 * 1857-1963 (*) at FamilySearch Catalog - images

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio Fray Bentos