Chicoana, Salta, Argentina Genealogy

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

History

 * In 1576, Don Gonzalo de Abreu y Figueroa, decided to found in the place of "Peñaflor" in the vicinity of the current city, "San Clemente of the New City of Seville", which after a time was devastated by the Chicoanas Indians.
 * In 1659, in the same place, a Jesuit reduction was established with the Indians that the Spaniards denatured in the Calchaquí valley.
 * During the war for independence, was the central point of scenarios of numerous combats and skirmishes between the gauchos de Güemes and the royalists, the most important combat being that of April 24, 1817.
 * The department of Chicoana has a population of approximately 21,000 people.

Parish Records

 * Iglesia Católica. San Pablo (Chicoana, Salta) Registros parroquiales, 1766-1949 - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Census Records

 * Primer Censo Nacional, 1869 : Chicoana (Departamento), Salta - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.
 * 2º Censo Nacional, 1895 : Chicoana (Departamento), Salta - Click on the link to see the records’ availability.

Cemeteries

 * Cementerio de Chicoana
 * Cementerio de La Paz
 * Cementerio Municipal de El Carril

Municipalities

 * Chicoana
 * El Carril