Chile, Cemetery Records, 1701-2021

What is in This Collection?

This collection includes municipal cemetery records from cemeteries in Antofagasta, Santiago, Valparaíso, and Viña del Mar. The earliest records found in this collection are from 1701 and include up to 2015.

More records will be added as they become available.

Cemetery registers and a variety of documents were needed for the burial. The work orders correspond to transfers or grave-site reductions. The judicial declarations give family relationships with the buried person and sometimes include birth or marriage records. The authorization document is a legal approval to give burial to an individual, and receipts (comprobantes) include the burial service payment. The daily log register includes the name of all cadavers entering the cemetery through a specific door and includes the service requested.

Some records you may find in this collection are:

• Burial Registers and Card Indexes
• Burial Authorizations (also Transfer Requests, Payment Records, Receipts, and Proof of Income)

These records were usually made close to the date of burial.

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Reading These Records

These records are written in Spanish. For help reading them see:

• Spanish Genealogical Word List
• Brigham Young University: Spanish Script Tutorial

FamilySearch Learning Center:

• Reading Spanish Handwriting
• Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting - Introduction
• Registros Civiles y Parroquiales (In Spanish)

To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Chile, Cemetery Records, 1821-2015.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Burial registers and card indexes Name of deceased (death records for women may be filed under their married name) Plot location Date the site was renovated Date the site expires Receipt number

Burial authorization papers Work orders correspond to transfers or reductions of cadavers Sworn declarations contain family relationships with the buried person, including birth or marriage information Authorization documents are legal approvals to bury an individual Receipts include burial service payment

Cemetery records Cemetery name Name of the deceased Date and time of death Place of death Age at death Gender Cause of death Amount paid for any burial/grave-site expenses Family relations to the deceased (children, extended family, etc.)

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  1955 Card Index

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  1954 Receipt

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  1981-2002 Transfer Request

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  1985 Transfer Request

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  Burial Authorization, 1998

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  1992 Proof of Collection

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  1992 Burial Title