Uruguay Genealogical Records

Uruguay Birth & Baptism Records

Uruguay Civil Registration Index (1879-1930)

An index to various birth, marriage and death records, including details of family relationships.

Uruguay Catholic Baptism Index (1750-1900)

An index to over 150,000 birth and baptism records, listing parents' names.

Uruguay Marriage & Divorce Records

Uruguay Civil Registration Index (1879-1930)

An index to various birth, marriage and death records, including details of family relationships.

Uruguay Marriage Index (1840-1900)

An index to more than 20,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.

Uruguay Death & Burial Records

Uruguay Civil Registration Index (1879-1930)

An index to various birth, marriage and death records, including details of family relationships.

Newspapers Covering Uruguay

Name Card Index to AP Stories (1905-1990)

An index to over 2.1 million people mentioned in Associated Press stories, including name, subject, location, date and a reference to the article.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

An index to and digital images of hundreds-of-thousands of world newspaper articles.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

Uruguay Directories & Gazetteers

CIA World Factbook (1994)

A statistic and descriptive gazetteer of nations.

World Foreign Gazetteer (1998)

Useful for locating places, this searchable gazetteer gives brief details, latitude and longitude for more than 1.5 million features, places and regions throughout the world.

Uruguay Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

Photographs and transcriptions of millions of gravestones from cemeteries around the world.

Uruguay Histories & Books

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

Over 7 million remembrances and historic details submitted by Ancestry members. Useful for local historians.

Ancestry Member Photos & Documents (6000 BC-Present)

Over 60 million historic photographs and documents submitted to Ancestry. This rich collection contains many rare sources of interest to local historians and will be relevant to most genealogical research.

Uruguay Occupation & Business Records

Cricket Archive (1844-Present)

A database of cricket scores and players.

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Uruguay

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Ancestry Member Family Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A compilation of lineage-linked family trees submitted by Ancestry users. The database contains over 2 billion individuals and is searchable by numerous metrics.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Ancestry World Tree (6000 BC-1997)

A collection of legacy trees submitted by Ancestry users containing nearly 400 million individuals.

Uruguay Royalty, Nobility & Heraldry Records

FamilySearch Community Trees (6000 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked genealogies compiled from thousands of reputable and not-so-reputable sources. Contains many details on European gentry & nobility, but covers many countries outside Europe and people from all walks of life.

Genealogics (1400 BC-Present)

A searchable database of linked families. It largely covers royalty and nobility, but also contains actors, footballers and American presidents.

Uruguay Maps

Old Maps Online (1497-2010)

An interactive index to thousands of maps covering the world, continents, countries and regions. The majority of maps cover Britain and Ireland.

Historical Description

Uruguay is famous for its excellent pasturage, which supports seven millions of horned cattle and about twenty-one millions of sheep. Agriculture is also largely practised, wheat, barley, and maize being raised. For so small a country, Uruguay is largely supplied with British goods. The Imports from the United Kingdom in 1920 were £6,056,941, and the Exports to this country amounted to £7,053,206. The Imports from this country include machinery (principally agricultural implements), and tools, hardware, and cotton and woollen goods. Before the war Uruguay was a large customer for German goods and imported from that country textile materials, cotton, wool, silk thread, oils, colours, dyes, chemical products, paper and leather goods, musical instruments, agricultural and factory machinery, glass ware and pottery, mineral waters, beer, wines, spices, tobacco, soap, toys, wallpaper, electrical goods and motor cars. Area, 72,210 square miles. Population (1919) 1,462,887, Montevideo, the capital, having (1919) 387,890 inhabitants.

The Newspaper Press Directory and Advertisers' Guide (1922)

Most Common Surnames in Uruguay

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency
1Rodriguez107,1171:32
2Gonzalez75,3471:46
3Martinez54,2481:63
4Fernandez46,4681:74
5Perez43,3041:79
6Garcia40,6881:84
7Silva34,9271:98
8Lopez32,0291:107
9Pereira27,3921:125
10Sosa26,0921:132
11Diaz26,0601:132
12Olivera24,2221:142
13Hernandez24,0351:143
14Cabrera22,6601:151
15Gomez22,2751:154
16Alvarez21,2581:161
17Suarez21,0041:163
18Ferreira20,8101:165
19Acosta19,2141:179
20Correa16,6931:206
21Machado15,5031:221
22Sanchez15,2741:225
23Castro15,2071:226
24Mendez14,0091:245
25Moreira13,7861:249
26Cardozo12,9241:266
27Rivero12,8821:266
28Nuñez12,4431:276
29Morales12,3971:277
30Pereyra12,2161:281
31Silvera11,6561:294
32Silveira11,5661:297
33Viera11,4641:299
34de Los Santos11,2011:306
35de Leon11,0391:311
36Romero10,6491:322
37Gutierrez10,6301:323
38Pintos10,4171:329
39Ramos10,2741:334
40Torres9,6591:355
41Delgado9,4851:362
42Duarte8,8851:386
43Ramirez8,6121:398
44Vazquez8,5961:399
45Medina8,3751:410
46Alvez8,2501:416
47da Silva8,1561:421
48Techera7,8781:436
49Benitez7,3491:467
50Perdomo7,2161:476
51Larrosa7,0241:489
52Costa7,0031:490
53Marquez6,9491:494
54Piriz6,9141:496
55Curbelo6,8601:500
56Barboza6,7201:511
57Varela6,6321:517
58Santos6,5891:521
59Reyes6,5271:526
60Gimenez6,4371:533
61Rocha6,3341:542
62Alonso6,2851:546
63Barrios6,2031:553
64Araujo6,0411:568
65Blanco5,9871:573
66Ruiz5,9131:580
67Lima5,7831:593
68Dominguez5,6371:609
69Barreto5,6141:611
70Bentancor5,6051:612
71dos Santos5,4901:625
72Caceres5,3211:645
73Vidal5,1611:665
74Flores5,0631:678
75Moreno4,9971:687
76Fagundez4,9531:693
77Ortiz4,8871:702
78Castillo4,8791:703
79Velazquez4,7901:716
80Soria4,6271:742
81Molina4,5211:759
82Borges4,5041:762
83Umpierrez4,4581:770
84Franco4,3411:791
85Caballero4,3291:793
86Santana4,2401:809
87Lemos4,2341:811
88Bonilla4,1411:829
89Britos4,0741:842
90Tejera4,0631:845
91Rios4,0171:854
92da Rosa3,9761:863
93Antunez3,8301:896
94Montero3,8011:903
95Vera3,7431:917
96Caraballo3,6911:930
97Fleitas3,6861:931
98Carballo3,6481:941
99Aguirre3,6261:946
100Peña3,6131:950
101Guerra3,6041:952
102Vega3,5851:957
103Clavijo3,5651:963
104Rosa3,5481:967
105Almeida3,5411:969
106Quintana3,5141:977
107Cuello3,4551:993
108Fuentes3,4391:998
109Muniz3,3921:1,012
110Miranda3,3911:1,012
111Ferrari3,3851:1,014
112Farias3,3741:1,017
113Camejo3,3461:1,026
114Cruz3,3401:1,027
115Godoy3,3051:1,038
116Sena3,2761:1,048
117Corbo3,2181:1,066
118Rey3,2021:1,072
119Batista3,2011:1,072
120Aguiar3,1811:1,079
121Herrera3,1741:1,081
122Peralta3,1601:1,086
123Luzardo3,1531:1,088
124Rosas3,1481:1,090
125Vargas3,1121:1,103
126Paz3,0281:1,133
127Maciel3,0231:1,135
128Rojas2,9841:1,150
129Arias2,9641:1,158
130Iglesias2,9621:1,159
131Espinosa2,9581:1,160
132Mesa2,9481:1,164
133Bermudez2,9261:1,173
134Camacho2,9101:1,179
135Leal2,8671:1,197
136Figueroa2,8421:1,208
137Souza2,8191:1,217
138Acuña2,7861:1,232
139Leites2,7851:1,232
140Acevedo2,7361:1,254
141Bentancur2,7191:1,262
142Duran2,7011:1,271
143Falero2,7001:1,271
144Davila2,6971:1,272
145Furtado2,6931:1,274
146Cedres2,6831:1,279
147de Souza2,6741:1,283
148Toledo2,6631:1,289
149Colman2,6551:1,293
149Villalba2,6551:1,293
151Marrero2,6411:1,299
152Muñoz2,6351:1,302
153Bueno2,6261:1,307
153Lorenzo2,6261:1,307
155Machin2,6211:1,309
155Pacheco2,6211:1,309
157Aguilar2,6151:1,312
158Estevez2,6061:1,317
159Rivas2,6011:1,319
160Rossi2,5881:1,326
161Ibarra2,5771:1,332
162Navarro2,5631:1,339
163Fontes2,5511:1,345
164Gallo2,5431:1,349
165Alves2,4921:1,377
166Conde2,4691:1,390
167Pirez2,4381:1,408
168Saravia2,4191:1,419
169Abreu2,3961:1,432
170Figueredo2,3951:1,433
171Cabral2,3661:1,450
171Valdez2,3661:1,450
173Ojeda2,3641:1,452
174Ribeiro2,3391:1,467
175Ayala2,3351:1,470
175Denis2,3351:1,470
177Melo2,3301:1,473
178Mello2,3261:1,475
179Guerrero2,2951:1,495
180Collazo2,2881:1,500
181Mederos2,2861:1,501
182Otero2,2781:1,506
183Dutra2,2761:1,508
184Ledesma2,2511:1,525
185Nieves2,2481:1,527
186Sellanes2,2341:1,536
187Prieto2,2291:1,540
188Sierra2,2211:1,545
189Maldonado2,2031:1,558
190Villar2,2021:1,558
191Rosano2,1921:1,566
192Burgos2,1831:1,572
193Sequeira2,1701:1,581
194Amaro2,1651:1,585
195Mora2,1621:1,587
196Amaral2,1581:1,590
197da Costa2,1541:1,593
198Deleon2,1391:1,604
199Alfonso2,1321:1,610
200Parodi2,1241:1,616