Colombia Genealogy

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South America

Colombia

Guide to Colombia ancestry, family history and genealogy: parish registers, transcripts, census records, birth records, marriage records, and death records.

Information

Colombia is a country in South America bordered by Panama, Venezuela, Brazil, Ecuador, and Peru. It was formerly a colony of Spain. The official language is Spanish.

Colombia Online Genealogy Records

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Genealogy records are kept on the local level in Colombia.

Departments

Colombia is organized into 34 departments:

• Amazonas
• Antioquia
• Arauca
• Atlántico
• Bolívar
• Boyacá
• Caldas
• Caquetá
• Casanare
• Cauca
• Cesar
• Chocó
• Córdoba
• Cundinamarca
• Distrito Capital de Bogotá
• Guainía
• Guaviare
• Huila
• La Guajira
• Magdalena
• Meta
• Nariño
• Norte de Santander
• Putumayo
• Quindío
• Risaralda
• San Andrés y Providencia
• Santander
• Sucre
• Tolima
• Valle del Cauca
• Vaupés
• Vichada