Colombia Genealogical Records

Colombia Birth & Baptism Records

Colombia Catholic Church Records (1600-2012)

An index to and images of registers recording around 50 million baptisms, confirmations, marriages, pre-marriage investigations, marriage dispensations and deaths.

Colombia Baptism Index (1630-1950)

An index of over 520,000 records of births and baptisms, including parents' names and other details.

Miscellaneous Births & Baptisms Index (1534-1983)

A small index to several-hundred-thousand records from select countries.

Colombia Marriage & Divorce Records

Colombia Catholic Church Records (1600-2012)

An index to and images of registers recording around 50 million baptisms, confirmations, marriages, pre-marriage investigations, marriage dispensations and deaths.

Colombia Catholic Marriage Index (1750-1960)

An index to and image of around 90,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.

Miscellaneous Marriage Index (1662-1945)

An index to more than 30,000 marriage records, including personal details, names of relations and particulars of marriage.

Colombia Death & Burial Records

Colombia Catholic Church Records (1600-2012)

An index to and images of registers recording around 50 million baptisms, confirmations, marriages, pre-marriage investigations, marriage dispensations and deaths.

Jewish Online Worldwide Burial Registry (1550-Present)

A searchable database of over 1 million Jewish burials with photographs of the matzevot.

Colombia Death Index (1770-1930)

An index of around 30,000 death records. The index may include names of relatives and details of the death.

Newspapers Covering Colombia

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.

Subject Card Index to AP Stories (1937-1985)

An index to around 500,000 Associated Press articles.

AP Stories & Newsfeatures (1937-1985)

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

Colombia Military Records

Colombia Military Records (1809-1958)

An index to and images of hundreds-of-thousands of records, including veteran benefit files, service records, registers of military promotions and military correspondence from the Army, Navy and National Guard.

Colombia 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.

Colombia Cemeteries

Billion Graves (1200-Present)

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

Colombia Histories & Books

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.

Ancestry Member Stories (6000 BC-Present)

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

Pedigrees & Family Trees Covering Colombia

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.

Colombia 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.

Colombia Church Records

Colombia Catholic Church Records (1600-2012)

An index to and images of registers recording around 50 million baptisms, confirmations, marriages, pre-marriage investigations, marriage dispensations and deaths.

Colombia 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

A South American State, including eight departments, with an area of 461,606 square miles, and a total population estimated at about 5,475,000, of whom more than one-half are whites and half-castes. The mineral resources of Colombia are very considerable, emeralds, gold, silver, platinum, copper, iron, lead and coal being found, and it has vast forests. Value of Imports from the United Kingdom in 1920 was £6,248,625. The Exports to the United Kingdom, the chief of which in normal times are bananas, coffee, hides and rubber, totalled in 1920 £2,688,661. These figures do not include Panama, formerly one of the nine departments, but since November, 1903, recognised as a separate Republic. Bogota, the capital, possesses about 120,000 inhabitants.

The Newspaper Press Directory and Advertisers' Guide (1922)

Most Common Surnames in Colombia

RankSurnameIncidenceFrequency
1Rodriguez903,2891:53
2Martinez691,6171:69
3Garcia641,5601:74
4Gomez637,1041:75
5Lopez635,0341:75
6Gonzalez591,3841:81
7Hernandez576,8041:83
8Sanchez560,9231:85
9Perez535,0531:89
10Ramirez504,0131:95
11Diaz496,9991:96
12Torres400,8761:119
13Muñoz370,9101:129
14Rojas359,0631:133
15Moreno343,6711:139
16Vargas336,7451:142
17Ortiz331,4551:144
18Jimenez324,3851:147
19Castro305,1921:157
20Gutierrez304,9301:157
21Alvarez272,6141:175
22Valencia272,4931:175
23Ruiz268,1211:178
24Suarez257,2361:186
25Herrera251,4731:190
26Romero250,5631:191
27Quintero246,9151:193
28Morales244,9111:195
29Giraldo201,2601:237
30Rivera199,6511:239
31Arias197,3961:242
32Florez196,6441:243
33Marin193,2681:247
34Castillo191,8841:249
35Mejia188,9271:253
36Mosquera180,9951:264
37Osorio179,6581:266
38Cardenas178,1981:268
39Cardona176,3681:271
40Peña175,6901:272
41Zapata175,0741:273
42Restrepo174,3561:274
43Guerrero174,3101:274
44Parra173,3961:276
45Mendoza170,4391:280
46Medina163,5741:292
47Ramos162,2641:294
48Salazar161,1951:296
49Correa157,6441:303
50Ortega150,9471:316
51Vasquez150,7621:317
52Montoya150,6741:317
53Cortes150,2591:318
54Acosta150,0101:318
55Guzman149,1581:320
56Londoño146,2601:327
57Molina144,9481:330
58Velasquez144,6781:330
59Rincon144,0941:332
60Rios141,7571:337
61Sierra141,5981:337
62Cruz141,1671:338
63Ospina138,3251:345
64Garzon137,1801:348
65Jaramillo134,5341:355
66Reyes131,8711:362
67Orozco131,2221:364
68Agudelo130,2041:367
69Mora130,1711:367
70Beltran127,9781:373
71Contreras125,4691:381
72Leon123,0591:388
73Escobar122,7911:389
74Caicedo121,1801:394
75Castañeda121,1001:395
76Fernandez118,0881:405
77Hurtado117,1431:408
78Delgado113,8861:419
79Silva112,7581:424
80Lozano112,1721:426
81Henao111,8661:427
82Bedoya110,4011:433
83Calderon110,0811:434
84Murillo109,5761:436
85Castaño108,8461:439
86Vega108,0701:442
87Mendez107,8511:443
88Avila102,8451:465
89Patiño99,6871:479
90Cordoba98,9981:483
91Velez98,7731:484
92Pineda97,9651:488
93Arango96,6531:494
94Bernal96,2251:496
95Franco95,1021:502
96Carvajal93,4061:511
97Gil93,1721:513
98Padilla92,5731:516
99Acevedo91,8251:520
100Cano91,0681:525
101Vanegas90,9801:525
102Vergara88,1231:542
103Pacheco87,9921:543
104Hoyos87,9351:543
105Buitrago87,3941:547
106Trujillo87,0561:549
107Soto86,9421:549
108Angulo86,4991:552
109Aguirre85,4551:559
110Palacios84,4441:566
111Narvaez83,8441:570
112Barrios83,5611:572
113Navarro83,3111:573
114Gallego82,8831:576
115Barrera82,8201:577
116Bermudez80,4191:594
117Toro78,5201:608
118Ordoñez77,3721:617
119Duque77,0921:620
120Camacho76,8871:621
121Duran76,7941:622
122Pinzon76,2991:626
123Carrillo76,0471:628
124Forero75,1721:636
125Sandoval74,5771:641
126Mercado74,1961:644
127Blanco73,5781:649
128Ocampo73,1101:653
129Benavides72,9861:655
130Paez72,0341:663
131Arrieta71,9021:664
132Duarte70,9021:674
133Daza70,8121:675
134Sarmiento70,7561:675
135Camargo70,5321:677
136Espinosa70,4161:678
137Serna70,2581:680
138Ariza70,0391:682
139Ochoa69,6701:686
140Amaya69,3091:689
141Arevalo68,0191:702
142Zambrano67,9011:704
143Alzate67,8791:704
144Niño67,6861:706
145Guerra65,8921:725
146Polo65,6791:727
147Montes65,5791:728
148Villa65,5451:729
149Bonilla65,0691:734
150Galvis65,0531:734
151Ardila64,7571:738
152Mesa64,6871:739
153Tovar64,5021:741
154Gaviria64,1931:744
155Palacio64,1801:744
156Uribe63,9801:747
157Guevara63,7031:750
158Arboleda62,7481:761
159Miranda62,6691:762
160Marquez62,6661:762
161Cifuentes62,5221:764
162Meza62,0811:770
163Sepulveda61,6281:775
164Rueda61,2071:781
165Fuentes61,1251:782
166Benitez60,2821:793
167Meneses59,9371:797
168Velasco59,8771:798
169Loaiza59,8671:798
170Estrada59,7771:799
171Nuñez59,7081:800
172Aguilar59,5631:802
173Ayala59,2381:806
174Solano58,0851:822
175Monsalve57,7971:827
176Bolaños57,4451:832
177Arenas57,1941:835
178Cabrera57,1841:835
179Galindo56,7851:841
180Becerra56,3171:848
181Fonseca56,2951:849
182Perdomo56,0581:852
183Castellanos55,4781:861
184Betancur55,3101:864
185Bohorquez54,8241:871
186Campo54,5241:876
187Salcedo54,3981:878
188Zuñiga54,3711:879
189Luna54,2581:880
190Galeano53,9151:886
191Carmona53,5491:892
192Pulido53,4951:893
193Caro53,4151:894
194Melo53,3651:895
195Gonzales53,3351:896
196Bravo53,0181:901
197Jaimes52,3421:913
198Rosero51,6821:924
199Prieto50,9461:938
200Figueroa50,6911:942