Chile: secondary sources for genealogical research

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Background and geography

Colonial period: Chile was a governorship and captaincy general within the Viceroyalty of Peru. First there was a Real Audiencia [Royal Court] in Concepción (created in 1565, dissolved by a royal decree of 1573 carried out in 1575). The Audiencia was reestablished in Santiago: it was approved in 1605 and installed on September 8, 1609. Its papers now make up the Real Audiencia fonds of the ANH (1600-1830). (Hispanopedia; ANH, 2022 chart.)
Chiloé: in 1768 the viceroy of Peru separated Chiloé from the Captaincy General and the Audiencia de Santiago. So for Chiloé in 1768-1826, also search Peruvian archives. (Hispanopedia.) That it depended directly on the viceroyalty and was reincorporated in 1826 is (approximate date; confirm with the archive); confirm with the archive.
Cuyo (Mendoza, San Juan, San Luis): it passed to the new Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata in 1776. For judicial matters, a royal decree of 1782 transferred it to the Audiencia de Buenos Aires, which was installed in 1785. Earlier Cuyo records remain in Santiago (Real Audiencia, Capitanía General, Escribanos); later ones are in Argentina. (Hispanopedia;
Intendancies (1786): the intendancies of Santiago and Concepción were created and the powers of the Audiencia were reduced. The ANH Intendencias fonds begins in 1789 (Coquimbo), and most series start in 1817-1818. (ANH, 2014 chart.)
Independence: the Audiencia was dissolved in 1811 and replaced by a Tribunal de Apelaciones [Court of Appeals]. It reopened during the Reconquista (1814/1815-1817) and was abolished in 1818; the Corte de Apelaciones de Santiago descends from it. Independence was declared in 1818. (Hispanopedia.)
The ANH also holds the Intendencias (23) and Gobernaciones (57, 1773-1954) fonds, plus first-instance court records by city. The details of the 1826 laws and the 1833 reforms are to be confirmed.
Which archive inherited what:
The Archivo Nacional Histórico (ANH, Miraflores 50) holds colonial records and republican records up to about 1900: Real Audiencia, Capitanía General, Contaduría Mayor, Escribanos de Santiago, ministries up to 1900, intendancies, governorships, town councils (cabildos), and court records.
The Archivo Nacional de la Administración (ARNAD, Matucana 151), created in 1992 as the “Archivo del Siglo XX”, holds the ministries from 1901, the notaries, the conservadores de bienes raíces [real estate registrars], and 20th-century military and civil courts.
The Archivo Nacional was founded on November 25, 1927, with predecessors in 1847 and 1887. (Hispanopedia; ANH 2014/2022 and ARNAD 2014 charts.)
War of the Pacific (1879-1884): Chile annexed Antofagasta (formerly Bolivian), Tarapacá (Peruvian), and Arica (Peruvian, under Chilean administration from 1883 to 1929). The ANH has a "Judicial Administrativo de Arica" fonds (1598-1893, 7 boxes). In the ARNAD, the notaries of Iquique (1864-1970) and Antofagasta (1879-1981) predate or coincide with the annexation. For Tacna, returned to Peru in 1929, consult Peruvian archives. The treaty dates (Ancón 1883, Bolivia 1904, Lima 1929) are (approximate date; confirm with the archive); confirm with the archive.
Araucanía: after the 19th-century “occupation”, there are series from 1887 (Notaries and Conservador of Temuco, 1887-1911). There is an Archivo Regional de la Araucanía in Temuco (outside the scope of this page).
Civil registration: in operation since 1885. FamilySearch has “Chile, Civil Registration, 1880-1933” (catalog 1630787), listed for reference only. Before 1885, researchers depend on parish registers and on secondary sources: notarial records, court records (probate (sucesiones)), census and tax lists (padrones) and censuses, and marriage files of the Archdiocese. After 1885, these sources help to corroborate and to find information that civil registration does not record (property, parentage of immigrants).
Censuses: the Oficina de Estadística [Statistics Office] deliberately destroyed the census manuscripts. Only name-level fragments from 1854, 1865, and 1907 survive, scattered in the Intendencias, Gobernaciones, and Interior fonds. (McCaa, LARR.)
Local archives: there are regional and local archives (for example Tarapacá, Araucanía, Atacama, and others being set up); researchers should find out what exists in the locality.
Treaty of Ancón (Chile and Peru): signed on 20 October 1883. Chile ratified it on 12-13 January 1884 and Peru on 8 March 1884. Article 2 ceded Tarapacá to Chile unconditionally. Article 3 left Tacna and Arica under Chilean administration for 10 years, after which a plebiscite was to be held; it never took place. (Wikipedia, "Treaty of Ancón"; Memoria Chilena, "Negociaciones diplomáticas", which gives "October 1883".)
Bolivia: first a Truce Pact was signed in 1884, and then the Treaty of Peace, Friendship and Commerce on October 20, 1904, by which Antofagasta passed permanently to Chile. (Memoria Chilena, “Negociaciones diplomáticas”.)
Treaty of Lima (Chile and Peru), June 3, 1929: Tacna returned to Peru and Arica remained in Chile. (Memoria Chilena, “Negociaciones diplomáticas”.) Archival news: the ANH has an Intendencia de Tacna fonds (1858-1928, 32 volumes), covering the period of Chilean administration. There are also fonds of the Intendencias of Tarapacá (1880-1904) and Antofagasta (1879-1940). (ANH, 2026 summary chart.)
Civil registration: the first Civil Registry law was issued on July 17, 1884, and took effect, along with the Civil Marriage Law, on January 1, 1885. Entries are made in duplicate: the original book is kept by the Archivo Nacional del Registro Civil and the copy by the local office where the event took place. The Registry and Identification services merged in 1943. (Belmar Ruiz and Pérez Álvarez, Chile report, UN, about 1991.)
Historical archive of the Civil Registry: in 2010 the Consejo de Monumentos Nacionales declared the documents of the Archivo Histórico del Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación a Historic Monument. They are birth, marriage, and death entries from 1885 to 1981: about 33 million documents in more than 4,000 linear meters. The declaration was awaiting a supreme decree. (El Mostrador, September 10, 2010.)
Naturalization: DS 5.142 of October 13, 1960 (Ministry of the Interior) sets the consolidated text of the provisions on naturalization of foreigners. It consolidates Law 13.955 (July 9, 1960), DL 747 (December 15, 1925), and DS 3.690 (July 16, 1941). Article 9 requires the certificates to be entered in a “Rol de Cartas de esta clase” [register of such certificates], kept by the relevant section of the Ministry of the Interior. For this reason, 20th-century series should be searched in the Ministerio del Interior fonds at the ARNAD. (DS 5.142, at interior.gob.cl.) The 19th-century rules were not verified (incomplete search).
Colonial customs: in 1772 the Real Administración de Alcabalas y Almojarifazgos was established in Chile. In 1774 Governor Agustín de Jáuregui reorganized the customs service, with its main office in Santiago (“Administración de Aduanas o Administración Mayor de Alcabalas”). The Servicio Nacional de Aduanas cites files of the Real Aduana from 1782 and 1785 as “Documento 16662 [y 16663] del Archivo Nacional”. (Servicio Nacional de Aduanas, “Cronología desde el año 1497 a 2004”.)
Archivo Nacional: its founding date, 25 November 1927, is confirmed by two more sources (English Wikipedia; the portal of the Acervo Histórico Diplomático of Mexico’s SRE). The building at Miraflores 50 was built between 1915 and 1935, and the Archivo has occupied it since 1982 (English Wikipedia). See “Contradictions between sources”.

National archives and institutions

Only national archives and institutions and key foreign repositories are included. There are also regional, municipal, diocesan, and religious-order archives: find out what exists in your ancestor's locality.

Archivo Nacional Histórico (ANH), Archivo Nacional de Chile, Servicio Nacional del Patrimonio Cultural¹

Type: National archive
City: Santiago
Address: Miraflores 50
Hours: Mon-Fri 9:00-17:30 (accreditation record, ChileAtiende "dev" version; record 30765, updated May 6, 2025, refers to the Archive's website: confirm)
Phone: +56 2 2997 8503 (contact for visits)
Email: jonathan.segovia@archivonacional.gob.cl (visits; not a general inquiry address)
Website: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Access conditions: In-person researcher accreditation: permanent, temporary, or occasional; occasional accreditation is free for 10 business days. Copy fees under Rex 2337/2019 ($300 per page for a simple copy; $500 per digital photo of a paper document). You may photograph without flash at no cost. It also accepts requests for certified copies of conservador records (record 143966). Summary chart of fonds updated May 15, 2026: 105,955 volumes and boxes, 9,028.92 m.
Access type: In person, free; In person, with authorization; Fee-based

Archivo Nacional de la Administración (ARNAD)²

Type: National archive (20th century, notaries, conservadores)
City: Santiago
Address: Matucana 151
Hours: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Phone: +56 2 2997 8565 (visits)
Email: jose.fernandez@archivonacional.gob.cl (visits)
Website: archivonacional.gob.cl; portal for conservador documents: documentos.archivonacional.cl; Sistema de Atención Digital: atenciondigital.archivonacional.cl
Access conditions: Same fees (Rex 2337); certified copies of maps and plans only at the ARNAD. Online: with ClaveÚnica [Chile's government login] you can search Bienes Raíces, Comercio, Minas y Aguas entries and request a certified copy ($300 per page side, plus $300 in fees per page side and $500 per signature; reply in 8 business days). If the entry is not on the portal, request it through Atención Digital (up to 20 business days; payment by Webpay or bank transfer). You need to know the folio (fojas), number, year, and locality.
Access type: Online with free account; In person, free; In person, with authorization; Fee-based

Biblioteca Nacional de Chile³

Type: National library and newspaper library
City: Santiago
Address: Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 651
Hours: Mon-Thu 9:15-18:00; Fri 9:15-17:00; Sat 9:15-14:00
Phone: Not listed
Email: Not listed
Website: bibliotecanacionaldigital.gob.cl; memoriachilena.gob.cl
Access conditions: Free registration for 12 months. The research profile requires ID and an institutional letter or a publication of your own in the collection. Register online with ClaveÚnica or in person.
Access type: Free online; In person, free

Archivo Histórico del Arzobispado de Santiago⁴

Type: Church archive of the capital
City: Santiago
Address: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Hours: Mon-Thu 9:00-13:30 and 14:30-17:30
Phone: 22 604 8298 (in the rules: 226048298)
Email: archivohistorico@iglesiadesantiago.cl
Website: iglesiadesantiago.cl
Access conditions: Annual card $10,000 for permanent and temporary users, with a letter of introduction. Occasional users only fill out a form, and it is best to reserve a viewer. Restrictions: 40 years in general; personal documents until 40 years after death or 120 years after birth. Digitization by staff only.
Access type: In person, with authorization; Fee-based; Legally restricted

Archivo General Histórico, Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores⁵

Type: National ministry archive
City: Santiago
Address: Teatinos 180, level -2 (former Hotel Carrera building)
Hours: 2-hour shifts: 9-12 and 14-17; there is a waiting list
Phone: (56) 2 2827 4522
Email: sgutierrez@minrel.gob.cl (head); jmoralesp@minrel.gob.cl
Website: minrel.gob.cl
Access conditions: Letter of introduction to the head of the archive stating the topic, years, and fonds to be consulted; then the waiting list
Access type: In person, with authorization

Archivo Central Andrés Bello, Universidad de Chile⁶

Type: National university archive/library
City: Santiago
Address: Av. Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 1058 (Casa Central)
Hours: Tue-Thu 10:00-17:30; Fri 10:00-15:30 (Sala Luisa Arce)
Phone: +56 2 2978 2000 (University main number)
Email: archivo.central@uchile.cl
Website: uchile.cl; bibliotecadigital.uchile.cl
Access conditions: Free; book an appointment by email, listing the titles
Access type: In person, free; On request

Archivo Histórico y Biblioteca de la Armada de Chile (Departamento Archivo e Investigación Histórica)⁷

Type: National military archive (navy)
City: Valparaíso
Address: Paseo 21 de Mayo 45, Cerro Artillería, Playa Ancha (next to the Museo Marítimo Nacional)
Hours: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Phone: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Email: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Website: armada.cl/archivo-y-biblioteca-historica/ (not tested)
Access conditions: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.

Archivo General del Ejército (AGE), under the Departamento Cultural, Histórico y de Extensión del Ejército (DCHEE)⁸

Type: National military archive
City: Santiago (to be confirmed)
Address: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Hours: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Phone: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Email: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Website: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Access conditions: Consultation of originals, mostly manuscripts. It holds more than 2,700 volumes from 1817 to about 1940. It is "the largest repository of officers' service records" and "the largest repository of documentation" on the War of the Pacific. Access requirements to be confirmed.
Access type: In person, with authorization

Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Archivo General / Archivo Histórico)⁹

Type: Civil registry (since 1885), for reference only
City: Santiago
Address: Catedral 1772 (Service premises, Santa Ana metro station, where the archive vaults were opened in 2010; confirm whether still current). The Huérfanos 1570 address in the BYU guide (about 1998) appears to be out of date.
Hours: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Phone: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Email: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Website: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Access conditions: The Archivo Histórico (entries from 1885 to 1981, about 33 million documents) was declared a Historic Monument in 2010. Access conditions for research could not be verified (incomplete search).

Servicio Nacional de Migraciones (SERMIG)¹⁰

Type: Migration / nationality
City: Santiago
Address: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Hours: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Phone: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Email: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Website: serviciomigraciones.cl
Access conditions: Naturalization certificate online. For deceased persons, a full death record showing Chilean nationality is required. It does not say whether it covers older naturalizations.
Access type: On request

Diario Oficial de la República de Chile (Ministerio del Interior)¹¹

Type: Official publication
City: Santiago
Address: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Hours: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Phone: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Email: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Website: diariooficial.interior.gob.cl
Access conditions: Electronic editions as free PDFs since August 17, 2016. The print editions (1877-2016) appear in the "Edición impresa / Versiones anteriores" section; we could not check how much is online.
Access type: Free online

Instituto Chileno de Investigaciones Genealógicas (ICHIG)¹²

Type: National private center (journal)
City: Santiago
Address: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Hours: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Phone: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Email: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Website: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Access conditions: Founded on November 29, 1948 (genealog.cl, to be confirmed). Juan Luis Espejo played "a relevant role in the formation" of the Institute and was its honorary president. Its official publication is the Revista de Estudios Históricos (since 1949; index of 63 issues at genealog.cl, incomplete).

FamilySearch (catalog and collections)¹³

Type: Foreign repository
City: Salt Lake City / online
Address: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Hours: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Phone: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Email: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Website: familysearch.org
Access conditions: Free account; some images only at FamilySearch centers
Access type: Online with free account; Restricted online

Archivo General de Indias (PARES)¹⁴

Type: Foreign repository
City: Seville
Address: Avda. de la Constitución (according to the BYU guide)
Hours: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Phone: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Email: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Website: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Access conditions: Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Access type: Free online; In person, free

Collections by record type

Notarial records (protocols)

Collection and custodian	Dates	What it offers	Where and how to consult it
Escribanos de Santiago¹⁵ ANH	1559-1800 (973 books; 58.30 m)	Wills naming children, spouses, origin; enslaved and Indigenous people	Guía para facilitar la consulta del Archivo de Escribanos, 3 volumes (1914, 1927, 1950; Thayer Ojeda, Cuadra Gormaz, Castro Pastene), genealogically oriented but covering about 8% of the items. Jara and Mellafe, Protocolos de los escribanos de Santiago: primeros fragmentos 1559 y 1564-1566 (DIBAM, 1996), at Memoria Chilena (w3-article-9911/9912). In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E
Notarios (CL ARNAD AD-08 group)¹⁶ ARNAD	Santiago 1792-1930; Valparaíso 1660-1927; Concepción 1751-1933; La Serena "1579-1932"; Talca "1601-1926"; Quirihue "1608-1933"; Quillota "1619-1931"; Chillán 1749-1931; Copiapó 1677-1933; San Felipe 1658-1933; Rancagua 1709-1933; Petorca 1730-1877; Iquique 1864-1970; Antofagasta 1879-1981; Temuco 1887-1911; Valdivia 1788-1898; Ancud 1859-1900	Wills, dowries, sales, powers of attorney, acknowledgments of children	SINAR record CL ARNAD AD-08 (empty in 2024). ARNAD 2014 chart. Derivative works: Índice del Archivo de Escribanos de Valparaíso 1660-1700 (Memoria Chilena w3-article-124315). In person, free; In person, with authorization; Fee-based — D, E, G
Conservadores de Bienes Raíces: property, commerce, mining, and water registers¹⁷ ARNAD	Santiago 1859-1964 (594 vols., 537,896 entries); Valparaíso 1829-1929; Concepción 1859-1931; Iquique 1880-1967; Antofagasta 1879-1963; Copiapó (mining) 1826-1961; La Serena 1853-1932; Talca 1891-1926	Property owners, registered inheritances, business partners, miners	Portal documentos.archivonacional.cl: with ClaveÚnica you search for the entry (by folio, number, year, and locality) and request a certified copy online. If it is not there, request it through atenciondigital.archivonacional.cl. There is a database with digitized images (2012 and 2013 charts). Online with free account — B (search with ClaveÚnica), G (copies), D (Matucana 151)
Law School thesis students' abstracts (18th-century notarial instruments)¹⁸ Biblioteca de la Facultad de Derecho, U. de Chile	18th-19th centuries	Summaries of deeds	Copies in the school's library In person, free — D (to be confirmed) — Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.

Court records and probate (sucesiones)

Collection and custodian	Dates	What it offers	Where and how to consult it
Real Audiencia¹⁹ ANH	1600-1830 (3,252 books; 149.06 m)	Parties, heirs, parentage, property	Catálogo del Archivo de la Real Audiencia de Santiago, 3 volumes (Biblioteca Nacional, 1898), as PDFs at Memoria Chilena (w3-article-661317/18/19). SINAR catalog. In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E; catalog A
First-instance court fonds (Judicial de Santiago and others)²⁰ ANH	1571-1924 (Santiago, 3,756 boxes); whole group 1571-2001 (5,583.75 m)	Heirs, property inventories, parentage, guardianship of minors	SINAR catalog (to be confirmed) In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E
Judicial Administrativo de Arica²¹ ANH	1598-1893 (7 boxes)	Residents of Arica in the colonial and Peruvian periods	To be confirmed In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E
Tribunal de la Inquisición de Lima²² ANH	1518-1822 (512 books)	Genealogical investigations of "familiares" [lay officials] of the Holy Office (to be confirmed)	To be confirmed In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E
Military and naval courts²³ ARNAD	1860-1985 (for example Militar de Santiago 1912-1948; Naval de la Escuadra 1860-1971)	Defendants, witnesses, conscripts (violations of the Ley de Reclutamiento [Recruitment Law], Talcahuano 1955-1971)	To be confirmed In person, with authorization; Legally restricted — E, H

Marriage dispensations and prenuptial investigations, and other church sources

Collection and custodian	Dates	What it offers	Where and how to consult it
Fondo Matrimonial (dispensations and marriage files)²⁴ Archivo Histórico del Arzobispado de Santiago	At least 1776-1807 (according to the study); full date range to be confirmed	Consanguinity trees, witnesses, ages, origin	Guía de Fondos and inventories in the reading room; microfilm In person, with authorization; Fee-based; Legally restricted — E, G, H
Fondo Gobierno (Archdiocese)²⁵ AHAS	To be confirmed	To be confirmed	Inventories by bundle (legajo) (in the reading room) In person, with authorization — E
Padrones, 1777-1778 (Diócesis de Santiago), AGI²⁶ AGI / FamilySearch	1777-1778	Inhabitants	FS catalog 77934: films 1162403 (DGS 7855308), 1162404 (DGS 7855309), and 1162405 (DGS 7855310); 3 rolls filmed by Syracuse University. AGI reference number not given. PARES: to be confirmed. Online with free account; Restricted online — B / C (no camera icon confirmed)

Census and tax lists (padrones) and censuses

Collection and custodian	Dates	What it offers	Where and how to consult it
Fondos Varios²⁷ ANH	1534-1960 (1,133 vols.)	Valparaíso padrones of 1777, 1779, and 1788 (FV 450 items 7-8; FV 224, 227, 451, 696)	FS microfilm (see 0006) In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E; part in B
Padrones, 1777-1816 (FS manifestation of Fondos Varios)²⁸ ANH / FamilySearch	1777-1816	Heads of household and inhabitants (details to be confirmed)	FS catalog 220113. Films 1410432 items 1-2 (DGS 7846396); 1410431 items 2-3 (DGS 7846395); 1398481 item 1 "Introducción al censo de 1812" (DGS 7846342). Online with free account; Restricted online — B (may be C depending on the item)
Intendencias (24 fonds)²⁹ ANH	1789-1974 (11,343 volumes and boxes; 474.12 m, according to the 2026 chart)	Name-level 1854 census: name, age, sex, occupation, marital status, birthplace, literacy. For Tacna, records of the Chilean period (1880-1929).	To be confirmed In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E
Surviving census manuscripts (1854, 1865, 1907)³⁰ ANH (Intendencias, Gobernaciones), according to McCaa	1854, 1865, 1907	Inhabitants with age, occupation, marital status, birthplace	No online finding aid In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E

Military

Collection and custodian	Dates	What it offers	Where and how to consult it
Ministerio de Guerra (ANH)³¹ ANH	1773-1900 (2,955 volumes; 163.63 m, according to the 2026 chart)	Officers, enlisted men, widows and pensions	No verified online finding aid. Colonial material is consulted mainly on microfiche and 19th-century material in the originals. In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E
Archivo General del Ejército: service records, muster rolls, and War of the Pacific documentation³² Archivo General del Ejército	1817-ca. 1940 (more than 2,700 vols.)	Officers (career, service record) and enlisted men by unit; War of the Pacific combatants	No verified online finding aid In person, with authorization — E (probable; to be confirmed) — Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Ministerio de Marina (ANH)³³ ANH	1823-1900 (1,145 volumes; 68.52 m, according to the 2026 chart)	Officers and seamen	To be confirmed In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E
Subsecretarías de Guerra, Marina y Aviación (ARNAD)³⁴ ARNAD	Guerra 1901-1979 (8,620 vols.); Marina 1901-2001 (7,536 vols.); Aviación 1921-1982 (1,787 vols.)	Appointments, retirements, pensions (to be confirmed)	To be confirmed In person, free; In person, with authorization; Legally restricted — D, E, H
Archivo Histórico de la Armada: general personnel lists and personal files³⁵ Archivo Histórico de la Armada (Valparaíso)	1879-1960	Individual data on naval personnel	No verified online finding aid To be confirmed — Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.

Migration

Collection and custodian	Dates	What it offers	Where and how to consult it
Ministerio del Interior (ANH)³⁶ ANH	1653-1900 (2,520 volumes; 135.06 m, according to the 2026 chart)	Indirect; census tabulations (MI 87, 113, 115-122). The portal of Mexico's SRE lists it, together with Relaciones Exteriores, Intendencias, and Gobernaciones, among the fonds most closely related to migration.	To be confirmed In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (ANH)³⁷ ANH	1810-1900 (49 m)	Possible naturalizations and colonization (to be confirmed)	To be confirmed In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores (ARNAD)³⁸ ARNAD	1901-1958 (about 6,682 units)	To be confirmed: naturalization certificates	To be confirmed In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E
Ministerio del Interior (subsecretaría) (ARNAD)³⁹ ARNAD	1901-2008 (about 39,375 units)	Naturalization decrees. Since at least 1925 (DL 747), certificates have been granted by the Interior Ministry by decree and entered in a "Rol de Cartas" (DS 5.142 of 1960, art. 9).	No verified finding aid. Abstracts are published in the Diario Oficial (to be confirmed for early dates). In person, free; In person, with authorization; Legally restricted — D, E, H
MINREL Archivo General Histórico: embassies, consulates, missions; religion, colonization, and immigration⁴⁰ MINREL	From 1817	Settlers and immigrants; Chileans abroad (to be confirmed)	No verified online finding aid In person, with authorization — E
Arab press in Chile (54 titles)⁴¹ Biblioteca Nacional / Club Palestino	1920-1993 (examples)	Members, boards, immigrants	BND (for example bnd/633/w3-article-665323.html, Boletín Árabe 1932-1948) Free online — A
Documentos sobre la colonización del sur de Chile, 1840-1875 (Held Winkler)⁴² FHL	1840-1875	German settlers	FHL film 1609199 item 9. Related: Bundesarchiv, "Kartei der Auswanderer nach Chile und Mexiko, 1850-1945" (FHL 1539248 item 3, 1539249, 1552769 item 3) Online with free account — B (to be confirmed) — Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.
Customs fonds (ANH)⁴³ ANH	Aduana de Huasco 1837-1838 (2); Iquique 1880-1890 (44); Los Andes 1911-1916 (1); Rancagua 1899 (1); Talcahuano 1874-1881 (1); Tocopilla 1859-1899 (14); Aduana y Tesorería de Chiloé 1826-1887 (97)	Merchants, employees, possibly passengers (to be confirmed)	To be confirmed In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E

Historical newspapers and official gazettes

Collection and custodian	Dates	What it offers	Where and how to consult it
Boletín Eclesiástico, Revista Católica, biographical dictionaries of the clergy⁴⁴ AHAS (reading-room computer)	To be confirmed	Biographies of clergy, appointments	Reading-room computer In person, with authorization — E
Anglo-Chilean newspapers of Valparaíso (19 titles)⁴⁵ Biblioteca Nacional / BND	1847-1993 (for example The Chilian Times 1876-1907; The South Pacific Mail 1909-1993)	Ship arrivals, deaths, and marriages of British and other foreign residents	BND, for example bibliotecanacionaldigital.gob.cl/bnd/633/w3-article-664978.html Free online — A
El Mercurio de Valparaíso and 19th-century Chilean press⁴⁶ Biblioteca Nacional	From 1827	Death notices, court notices, auctions	Memoria Chilena has no. 1 (Sept. 12, 1827, MC0039751.pdf). The rest digitized: to be confirmed. Free online — A (partial) / D
Diario Oficial de la República de Chile⁴⁷ Ministerio del Interior; Biblioteca Nacional (to be confirmed)	From March 1, 1877 (earlier: El Araucano, El Monitor Araucano 1813)	Estate notices, naturalization abstracts, name changes (to be confirmed)	diariooficial.interior.gob.cl: electronic since August 17, 2016; "Edición impresa" section 1877-2016 (to be confirmed) Free online — A (2016-); to be confirmed for earlier years — Contact the archive for information on access and holdings.

Private archives and images

Collection and custodian	Dates	What it offers	Where and how to consult it
Junta de Temporalidades Jesuitas⁴⁸ ANH	1580-1823 (446 books)	Enslaved people, tenant farmers (inquilinos), renters	To be confirmed In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E
Private fonds: Benjamín Vicuña Mackenna, Carlos Morla Vicuña, Claudio Gay, Sergio Fernández Larraín, Eyzaguirre⁴⁹ ANH	1517-1968 (Vicuña Mackenna 1725-1911, 466 books)	Genealogies, family correspondence	To be confirmed In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E
Heritage collections of the Archivo Central Andrés Bello⁵⁰ U. de Chile	To be confirmed	To be confirmed whether there are student or degree records	bibliotecadigital.uchile.cl (inventories) In person, free; On request — D, F

Indexes and derivative works

Collection and custodian	Dates	What it offers	Where and how to consult it
Published nobiliaries and genealogies⁵¹ Biblioteca Nacional / Memoria Chilena / FHL	1903-1957 (editions)	Lineages	Espejo, Nobiliario de la antigua Capitanía General de Chile (Memoria Chilena w3-article-9818; FHL 983 D5e, film 0908525). Los títulos de Castilla en las familias de Chile (w3-article-10041/10042). Cuadra Gormaz, Familias chilenas (FHL 983 D2c; film 0824497). Opazo Maturana, Familias del antiguo obispado de Concepción (FHL 983 D2o; film 0908250). Vicuña Mackenna, Los orígenes de las familias chilenas (FHL film 0908437). Mujica, Linajes españoles (FHL 983 D5m). Free online — A (Memoria Chilena); B (FHL)
Revista de Estudios Históricos (Instituto Chileno de Investigaciones Genealógicas)⁵² ICIG	From 1949	Genealogies, orders of nobility (Lira Montt, no. 11)	FHL 983 D25r; films 0897024, 0973048, 1609197 In person, free; Online with free account — D; B (FHL)
Revista Chilena de Historia y Geografía⁵³ Sociedad Chilena de Historia y Geografía / Archivo Nacional; BND	From 1911	Genealogies, transcriptions	BND (for example viewer BND:122001, no. 26, 1917); FHL 983 B2re Free online — A

Other government and education records

Collection and custodian	Dates	What it offers	Where and how to consult it
Capitanía General⁵⁴ ANH	1597-1823 (1,064 books)	Town-founding padrones with age, sex, and relationship (Los Ángeles 1749: CG 706, leg. 8260; Petorca 1754-1802)	SINAR catalog (to be confirmed at item level) In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E
Contaduría Mayor, 1.ª y 2.ª serie⁵⁵ ANH	1600-1898 / 1607-1866 (4,831 + 3,695 books)	Taxpayers, employees, pension payments	To be confirmed In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E
Gobernaciones (57 fonds)⁵⁶ ANH	1773-1954 (2,693 vols.)	Fragments of the 1865 census	To be confirmed In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E
Cabildo y Municipalidad de Santiago (in ANH custody)⁵⁷ ANH	1544-1934 (530 books)	Residents, land grants (mercedes) and encomiendas	Published minutes (to be confirmed) In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E
Ministerio de Educación y Ministerio de Justicia (ARNAD)⁵⁸ ARNAD	1901-2008	Teachers, students (to be confirmed)	To be confirmed In person, free; In person, with authorization — D, E
Chile, Cemetery Records, 1701-2021⁵⁹ FamilySearch (originals in municipal cemeteries and the Cementerio General)	1701-2021 (title); 1821-2015 (collection record)	Date of death, burial, reporting relatives	FS collection 1428897 (6,374,213 records; 3,675,058 images; partly indexed). Catalog entries: Cementerio General part 2 (1800-2012) 1972637; part 3 (1900-2012) 2072784; Concepción (1898-2015) 2432491; Playa Ancha, Valparaíso (1880-2015) 2274807; Talca (1857-2015) 2813203 Online with free account — B

Verified directly

Information read on official websites and in the FamilySearch Catalog while signed in, in November 2026. “Viewable online” on FamilySearch means the images can be seen from home with a free account.

Archivo Nacional: structure and notarial records. The ARNAD holds, from 1600 on, the records of the "auxiliaries of the administration of justice: Notaries and Conservadores" and the courts; it brings together in a single repository all notarial records from the colonial period on. More than 27 km, 374 fonds, Cuadro Sinóptico as of June 30, 2026. This resolves the ANH/ARNAD contradiction about notaries.⁶⁰
Archivo Nacional Histórico: history. Archivo General de Gobierno, June 21, 1887; Archivo Histórico Nacional by decree of May 30, 1925; Archivo Nacional by DFL 7.217 of November 25, 1927; DFL 5.200 of November 18, 1929 (DIBAM) adds copies of court judgments. ARNAD created November 12, 1992 (Archivo del Siglo XX; current name in 1997). Cuadro Sinóptico de Fondos 2026.⁶¹
Online catalogs. SINAR (sinarchile.archivonacional.gob.cl); "Bienes Raíces, Comercio y Minas" (documentos.archivonacional.cl: digitized entries that can be requested online with legalization; the site did not respond from Guatemala); Mapoteca (1,400 maps and plans, hacienda boundaries). In all, about 42 linear km.⁶²
FamilySearch 220113 "Padrones, 1777-1816" (Archivo Nacional, Fondos Varios). 3 rolls: 2 viewable online, 1 with no access.⁶³

Contradictions between sources

Item	One source says	Another source says	Proposal
Location of notarial records	The ANH has no "Notarios" fonds; only Escribanos de Santiago 1559-1800 (ANH 2014/2022 charts)	The ARNAD has Notarios de Santiago 1792-1930 and those of dozens of cities (ARNAD 2014 chart). The BYU guide (about 1998): copies from 1550 at the Archivo Nacional; after 1875, at the local notary offices; the "Archivo Siglo XX" has notary records from 1810.	Present it as: colonial Santiago records at the ANH; republican and provincial records at the ARNAD. The BYU guide's 1875 cutoff is out of date. Confirm with the ARNAD.
Size of Escribanos de Santiago	973 books (ANH chart)	"About 900 volumes" (Memoria Chilena, "Escribanías")	Use the custodian's figure (973).
Reestablishment of the Audiencia	1605 (the date often cited)	Approved in 1605 and installed on September 8, 1609 (Hispanopedia)	Write "approved 1605, installed 1609".
Cuyo	1776 (transfer to the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata)	Judicial transfer by royal decree of 1782 and Audiencia of Buenos Aires in 1785 (Hispanopedia)	Give both dates: 1776 political, 1782-85 judicial.
End of the Audiencia	1811 (dissolution) / 1817 (end of the reopening)	1818, final abolition (Hispanopedia)	Explain the three stages.
Dates of the FS cemetery collection	1701-2021 (current title, FS 1428897)	1821-2015 (catalog record "COLLECTION RECORD")	Cite the current title and note the actual dates of each catalog entry.
Linear meters of Intendencias	480.30 m (ANH 2014 chart)	473.22 m (2022 chart; the total row shows "4.733,22")	Use 2022 and point out the typo.
Passports 1873-1974	At the Archivo Nacional (BYU guide, Emigration section)	The same guide, in its list of addresses, associates them with the Biblioteca Nacional, as "fondos varios de los archivos nacionales"	To be confirmed: ask the ANH or the ARNAD.
Notarial records at the FHL	"The FHL has no Chilean notarial records" (BYU guide, about 1998)	Not cross-checked (the current FS catalog could not be searched)	Still open. Three different web searches turned up no FS catalog entry for Chilean protocols: the only "Protocolos" found (catalog 348888) is from Guatemala, and catalog 752676 ("Protocolos, 1929-1930") requires signing in, so we could not see what place it covers. Check with the browser.
Term of the AHAS card	7 business days (text of the rules)	10 business days (services table in the same rules)	State "7 to 10 business days".
Founding and building of the Archivo Nacional	November 25, 1927; building completed in 1939 (Hispanopedia)	Building constructed between 1915 and 1935; the Archive moved there in 1982 (Wikipedia on IPFS)	Partly resolved: November 25, 1927 is also confirmed by English Wikipedia and the portal of Mexico's SRE. On the building, English Wikipedia agrees with version B (1915-1935; occupied since 1982). Use "1927" for the founding; for the building, still check the "Historia" page at archivonacional.gob.cl.
Start dates of ARNAD notary records	La Serena 1579, Talca 1601, Quillota 1619 (ARNAD 2014 chart, extracted text)	Talca was founded in the 18th century, and Memoria Chilena says there was no notary office in Aconcagua until the late 18th century; these early dates are unlikely	Partly resolved: on rereading the source, the dates appear literally in the custodian's chart ("La Serena 1579 – 1932", "Talca 1601 – 1926", "Quillota 1619 – 1931"), as does Quirihue 1608-1933, which is just as unlikely. It is not an extraction error. Cite the custodian's dates with "[sic]" and a note: "probably earlier loose documents inserted, or a typo; confirm with the ARNAD".
Dates of the Ministerio de Marina fonds (ANH)	1823-1900, 1,145 volumes (ANH 2026 chart)	1817-1900, 1,145 volumes (Arriagada, Academia de Historia Militar, 2023)	Use the custodian's date (1823-1900).
Volume counts of ANH fonds	2014/2022 charts: Real Audiencia 3,252; Capitanía General 1,064; Contaduría Mayor 2nd series 3,695; Ministerio de Guerra 2,952; Intendencias 23 fonds, 11,324	2026 chart: 3,254; 1,071; 3,697; 2,955; 24 fonds, 11,343 volumes and 474.12 m	Not a substantive contradiction but an update. Always cite "ANH 2026 chart (May 15, 2026)".
Cost of conservador copies	$300 per page side, plus $300 in fees per page side and $500 per signature (ChileAtiende 143966, "Copia autorizada…")	$3,000 per page side and $500 per signature (ChileAtiende 30768, "Certificado de dominio vigente"), in addition to buying the certified copy	These are different procedures: certified copy and certificate of current ownership. Explain both and confirm current amounts on the portal, because neither record has an update date.

Still to be verified

Topics for which we found no verifiable information online. If you have it, please write to us.

Archivo Nacional Digital: Whether a platform by that name exists, its URL, and which fonds it has digitized
AHAS: Address, guide to fonds, date range of the Fondo Matrimonial, microfilm at FS
FamilySearch, Chilean notarial and court records: Microfilm catalog numbers for protocols and lawsuits of the Archivo Nacional
Diario Oficial 1877-2016: Whether the print editions are scanned online
Universidad de Chile: Student files, degrees, diplomas
Name-level censuses: Exact location of the 1865 and 1907 manuscripts
Biblioteca Nacional: Phone, email, and conditions of the newspaper section

Notes

ChileAtiende records 30765 (6 May 2025), 1114 (dev), and 143966; Rex 2337; ANH 2026 chart ↩
ChileAtiende 30765, 143966, and 30768; Rex 2337; ARNAD 2014 chart ↩
ChileAtiende record 1132 (22 Apr 2026) ↩
AHAS rules 2019 ↩
MINREL, "Archivo General Histórico" (docx) ↩
uchile.cl/u243024 ↩
Castillo Paul, Revista de Marina 3/2007; Arriagada 2023; English Wikipedia ↩
Arriagada, Academia de Historia Militar, 2023 ↩
El Mostrador, 27 May and 10 Sep 2010; Belmar Ruiz and Pérez Álvarez (UN, about 1991) ↩
SERMIG, "Nacionalidad" and "Certificados" pages ↩
Diario Oficial, "¿Quiénes somos?" ↩
BYU/FHL guide; genealog.cl; Memoria Chilena, "Estudios genealógicos" ↩
FS catalogs 220113, 1972637, 1428897 ↩
BYU/FHL guide ↩
ANH chart; review by Martínez Baeza (BND RC0260891); Memoria Chilena ↩
ARNAD 2014 chart (copy in BND); SINAR ↩
ChileAtiende records 143966 and 30768; Archivo Nacional charts, articles 28306 and 28314 ↩
Review by Martínez Baeza (BND RC0260891) ↩
ANH 2014 and 2022 charts; Memoria Chilena ↩
ANH 2014/2022 charts ↩
ANH 2014 chart ↩
ANH chart ↩
ARNAD 2014 chart ↩
Parada Bustos 2009 (U. de Chile); AHAS rules ↩
AHAS rules ↩
FS catalog 77934 ↩
ANH chart; McCaa ↩
FS catalog 220113 ↩
ANH 2026 chart; McCaa ↩
McCaa, LARR ↩
ANH 2026 chart; Arriagada 2023 ↩
Arriagada 2023 ↩
ANH 2026 chart; Arriagada 2023 ↩
Arriagada 2023 ↩
Arriagada 2023 ↩
ANH 2026 chart; McCaa; SRE México, "Archivo Nacional de Chile" ↩
ANH 2022 chart ↩
ARNAD 2014 chart ↩
ARNAD 2014 chart; DS 5.142/1960; SERMIG ↩
MINREL docx ↩
Memoria Chilena, 19 Nov 2025 ↩
BYU/FHL guide ↩
ANH 2026 chart ↩
AHAS rules ↩
Memoria Chilena, 19 Nov 2025 ↩
Memoria Chilena w3-article-95710 ↩
Diario Oficial, "¿Quiénes somos?" ↩
ANH chart ↩
ANH 2014/2022 charts ↩
uchile.cl/u243024 ↩
Memoria Chilena; BYU/FHL guide ↩
BYU/FHL guide ↩
BND:122001; BYU guide ↩
ANH chart; McCaa ↩
ANH 2014/2022 chart ↩
ANH 2014 chart ↩
ANH 2014 chart ↩
ARNAD 2014 chart ↩
FS 1428897, 1972637, and others ↩
https://www.archivonacional.gob.cl/archivo-nacional-de-la-administracion-arnad ↩
https://www.archivonacional.gob.cl/archivo-nacional-historico-anh ↩
https://www.archivonacional.gob.cl/ ↩
https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/220113 ↩

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