Bolivia Genealogy

South America

Bolivia

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

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Country Information

Bolivia is a country in South America bordered by Brazil, Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, and Peru. It was formerly a colony of Spain. The official language is Spanish.

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Getting Started with Bolivia Research Links to articles on getting started with Bolivia research. Bolivia Research Guide Getting Started Bolivia Quick Start Guide Locating Place of Origin See More Research Strategies

Bolivia Research Tools Links to articles and websites that assist in Bolivia research. BYU Research Outline for Bolivia

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Departments and Provinces

The territory of Bolivia, politically and administratively, is divided into 9 departments, 112 provinces, 339 municipalities and original indigenous peasant territories.

Departments:	Provinces:
Beni	Antonio Vaca Díez Cercado	General José Ballivián Segurola Iténez	Mamoré Marbán	Moxos Yacuma
Chuquisaca	Belisario Boeto Hernando Siles Jaime Zudáñez	Juana Azurduy de Padilla Luis Calvo Nor Cinti	Samuel Oropeza Sud Cinti Tomina	Yamparáez
Cochabamba	Arani Arque Ayopaya Bolívar	Campero Capinota Cercado Chapare	Esteban Arze Germán Jordán José Carrasco Mizque	Punata Quillacollo Tapacarí Tiraque
La Paz	Abel Iturralde Aroma Bautista Saavedra Caranavi Eliodoro Camacho	Franz Tamayo General José Manuel Pando Gualberto Villaroel Ingavi Inquisivi	José Ramón Loayza Larecaja Los Andes Manco Kapac Muñecas	Nor Yungas Omasuyos Pacajes Pedro Domingo Murillo Sud Yungas
Oruro	Carangas Cercado Eduardo Abaroa Ladislao Cabrera	Litoral de Atacama Mejillones Nor Carangas Pantaleón Dalence	Poopó Sabaya Sajama San Pedro de Totora	Saucarí Sebastián Pagador Sud Carangas Tomás Barrón
Pando	Abuná General Federico Román	Madre de Dios Manuripi	Nicolás Suárez
Potosí	Alonso de Ibáñez Antonio Quijarro Bernardino Bilbao Charcas	Chayanta Cornelio Saavedra Daniel Campos Enrique Baldivieso	José María Linares Modesto Omiste Nor Chichas Nor Lípez	Rafael Bustillo Sud Chichas Sud Lípez Tomás Frías
Santa Cruz	Andrés Ibáñez Ángel Sandoval Chiquitos Cordillera	Florida Germán Busch Guarayos Ichilo	Manuel María Caballero Ñuflo de Chávez Obispo Santistevan Sara	Vallegrande Velasco Warnes
Tarija	Aniceto Arce Burdet O'Connor	Cercado Eustaquio Méndez	Gran Chaco José María Avilés

More Bolivia Research Strategies

Research strategies give guidance on how to research or what records to search for first. Below are additional research strategy Wiki articles for the Bolivia.

• Finding Records
• Bolivia Resources
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FamilySearch Resources

Below are FamilySearch resources that can assist you in researching your family.

• Facebook Communities - Facebook groups discussing genealogy research
• Historical Records
• Family History Center locator map

Research Tutorials

• Search page
• Introduction to Hispanic Research
• U.S. Hispanic Immigration
• U.S. Hispanic Immigrants: Finding their Place of Origin
• Improve your Search Results in FamilySearch Hispanic Records
• Reading Spanish Handwritten Records:
  • Lesson 1: The Spanish Alphabet
  • Lesson 2: Words and Dates
  • Lesson 3: Reading Spanish Records