Uruguay, Catholic Church Records, 1726-2000

What Is in This Collection?

This collection contains baptism, marriage, and death/burial records from Catholic parishes in Uruguay for the years 1726-2004.

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

Computer Aided Indexing (CAI)

Some or all of the indexed records for this collection were created using Computer Aided Indexing (CAI) from records digitized by FamilySearch or its partners. For more information on CAI see FamilySearch Computer Aided Indexing.

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)

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Baptism Name and gender Birth date Parents’ names Godparents' names Date and place of baptism

Marriage Name and age of groom Groom’s nationality Groom’s residence Groom’s marital status Name of groom’s parents Name and age of bride Bride’s nationality Bride's residence Name of bride's parents Names of witnesses

Death/burial Name, gender, and age of deceased Ethnicity (if not Hispanic) Marital status/name of spouse Date and place of last rites Date of death

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  1907 Baptism Record

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  1911 Marriage Records

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  1884 Death Records