The family in its household at a given moment: head of household, spouse, children, ages, social status (calidad), occupation, and residence. Includes tributary rolls, revisitas, colonial censuses, and national censuses.

How to use them

• Use them to tell apart people with the same name and to estimate birth years.
• Check that the padrón has lists of names and not just tables of figures.
• Ages are often approximate, and names vary from one padrón to the next.

Where to find them, country by country

62 collections in 17 countries, verified as of 4 November 2026. Each country links to its own page, with notes and bibliography.

Guatemala

• Padrones, 1698-1836 (1698–1836). AGCA. Online with free account, Restricted online
• Padrones de Guatemala (serie por pueblo, fondo «Censo» del AGCA): Joyabaj, Isguatán, Jalapa, San Antonio Ilotenango… (1652–1821, varies by town (Isguatán 1652 and 1821; Joyabaj 1739 and 1813; Jalapa 1821)). AGCA. Online with free account, Restricted online
• Central America, Colonial Records, 1607-1902 (1607–1902). FamilySearch (custodian inconsistent: AHAG or AGCA). Online with free account
• Guatemala, Ciudad de Guatemala, Census, 1877 (Catastro y Censo General de la Ciudad de Guatemala de 1877) (1877). AGCA / FamilySearch. Free online, Online with free account
• Padrones y tributos, 1700-1825 (1700–1825). Dirección General de Estadística / AGCA (inferred). Online with free account, Restricted online
• Padrón de Pueblos del AHAG (~285 padrones) (1780–1813). AHAG. In person, with authorization, Legally restricted

Mexico

• Padrones (ramo) (1752–1865 (vols. 1–108)). AGN. Restricted online
• Mexico, National Census, 1930 (15 May 1930). AGN (originals) / FamilySearch. Online with free account
• Padrones parroquiales del Archivo de la Arquidiócesis de México (p. ej., Mexicaltzingo, 1778) (18th–19th centuries). Arquidiócesis de México / FamilySearch. Online with free account, Restricted online
• Censos generales de población 1895, 1900, 1910 y 1921 (publicaciones de resultados) (1895–1921 (yearbooks from 1893)). INEGI (and formerly Dirección General de Estadística). Free online

Peru

• Peru, Municipal Census, 1831-1866 (1831, 1860, 1866). FamilySearch (originals at the Biblioteca y Archivo Histórico Municipal de Lima). Online with free account

Colombia

• Sección Colonia, fondo Poblaciones (1553–1823 (20 vols.)). AGN. In person, free, In person, with authorization, Free online, Online with free account
• Sección Colonia, fondo Visitas (1551–1814 (86 vols.; many documents from 1600–1630)). AGN. In person, free, In person, with authorization, Free online, Online with free account
• Colombia, Censuses, 1777-1967 (1777–1967 (sample images: 1869–1870, 1928)). FamilySearch (originals at the AGN). Online with free account
• Censo del 1777-1784 de Nueva Granada (1777–1784). FamilySearch (filmed by Syracuse University; originals at the Archivo Nacional de Colombia). Online with free account, Restricted online

Argentina

• Cabildo, Justicia y Regimiento de Buenos Aires (padrones de ciudad y campaña, padrones de extranjeros, licencias y pasaportes, cargos concejiles) (Colonial). AGN, División Colonia. In person, free
• Padrones de la ciudad y campaña de Buenos Aires (publicados en Documentos para la Historia Argentina, t. X-XII) (vol. X: 1726-1810; vol. XI: 1778 (city); vol. XII: 1778 (countryside), 1806, 1807, 1809, 1810, and 1780 Montevideo census). Instituto Ravignani (UBA); originals at the AGN. Free online
• Ministerio de Gobierno (Sala X), con Policía (Censos y Padrones; Registros de Parroquias), Juzgados de Paz y Sociedad de Beneficencia (1810-1862 [1881]). AGN, División Nacional. In person, free
• Argentina, National Census, 1869 (Primer Censo Nacional) (15–17 September 1869). FamilySearch; originals at the AGN. Free online, Online with free account
• Argentina, National Census, 1895 (Segundo Censo Nacional) (10 May 1895). FamilySearch; originals at the AGN. Free online, Online with free account
• Censo municipal de Buenos Aires, 1887 (1887). Publication; FHL copy. Online with free account, Restricted online
• Censo de la ciudad de Buenos Aires, 1855 (1855). AGN (presumed); microfilmed by the FHL. Online with free account, Restricted online

Chile

• Fondos Varios (1534-1960 (1,133 vols.)). ANH. In person, free, In person, with authorization
• Padrones, 1777-1816 (manifestación FS de Fondos Varios) (1777-1816). ANH / FamilySearch. Online with free account, Restricted online
• Intendencias (24 fondos) (1789-1974 (11,343 volumes and boxes; 474.12 m, per the 2026 finding chart)). ANH. In person, free, In person, with authorization
• Manuscritos censales sobrevivientes (1854, 1865, 1907) (1854, 1865, 1907). ANH (Intendencias, Gobernaciones), according to McCaa. In person, free, In person, with authorization
• Padrones, 1777-1778 (Diócesis de Santiago), AGI (1777-1778). AGI / FamilySearch. Online with free account, Restricted online

El Salvador

• Padrones de El Salvador: Zacatecoluca, 1783 («El vecindario de gente española, 1783», leg. 3) (1783). AGCA (census holdings). Online with free account, Restricted online
• Padrones, 1698-1836 (1698-1836). AGCA. Online with free account, Restricted online
• Central America, Colonial Records, 1607-1902 (1607-1902). FamilySearch (originals from the AGCA). Online with free account

Honduras

• Centroamérica, registros de los censos coloniales, 1607-1902 (1607-1902). FamilySearch (original: Archivo Histórico Arquidiocesano de Guatemala / AGCA). Online with free account

Nicaragua

• Central America, Colonial Records, 1607-1902 (1607-1902). FamilySearch. Online with free account
• Padrones de 1759, "Tributos Nicaragua" (dato del coordinador) (1759). AGCA. To be confirmed

Costa Rica

• INEC / Dirección General de Estadística y Censos (fondo público 41): boletas censales (1892–1986). ANCR. Legally restricted
• Censos parroquiales de 1884 (1884). AHABAT. In person, free

Dominican Republic

• Censos municipales del siglo XIX y otras estadísticas de población (Alejandro Paulino Ramos; AGN 2008, vol. XLVII) (19th century). AGN. In person, free

Venezuela

• Sección Limpieza de Sangre (Citations from 1716 to 1785; BYU gives 1609–1820 for "Pureza de sangre"). AGN. In person, with authorization
• Visita pastoral del obispo Mariano Martí, 1771–1784 (1771–1784). AAC; published by the ANH (7 vols.). print
• Fondos coloniales de Venezuela en el Archivo General de la Nación de Colombia (Testamentarías, Censos, Tierras, Empleados Públicos "de Venezuela") (Testamentarías 1582–1820 (BYU)). AGN Colombia. To be confirmed

Ecuador

• Ecuador, Census, 1737-1990 («Ecuador, Censos, 1737-1990») (1737–1990). FamilySearch, with images from the Archivo Nacional de Historia. Online with free account
• Microfilmes «Some Treasures of Cotocollao» (71 rollos, 1966): padrones de 1827 (rollo 5), lista de mandas testamentarias de un notario de Quito de 1776–1832 (rollo 8), papeles del Ministerio del Interior de la década de 1820 a 1892, copiadores de los gobernadores de Cuenca de 1799–1830 (rollos 70–71) (Ca. 1601 to the 1880s (mostly 1800–1883)). EC-INST-0013 (originals at EC-INST-0003). On request

Bolivia

• Tribunal Nacional de Cuentas (TNC) – Revisitas (Rv) (E.g., 1840, 1846, 1851 (date range to be confirmed)). ABNB. In person, free, In person, with authorization
• Ministerio del Interior (MI) (E.g., 1840 census of Atacama (MI vol. 80, no. 25)). ABNB. In person, free, In person, with authorization
• Padrones de la Prefectura de La Paz (EAP160: "Digitisation of Bolivian indigenous communities records on ayllu structure, tax and land tenure") (1828–1950 (collection EAP160/1)). ALP (originals) / British Library EAP (digital copies). Free online
• "Tasas de los indios que están en la Corona Real" (Toledo) (1575). Casa Nacional de Moneda. To be confirmed

Paraguay

• Censo nominal de 1846 (1846). ANA (section and call number to be confirmed). In person, free
• Censo de 1870 (circular del Gobierno Provisorio, 29 sep. 1870) (1870–1871). Original missing from the Asunción archives; copy found in Paris. Legally restricted, On request
• Padrón de 1799 (gobernador intendente Lázaro de Ribera) (1799). AGN Argentina (original); some parish padrones at the ANA. To be confirmed

Uruguay

• Censos y padrones de Montevideo (1726-1860). AGN (AH). Free online
• Censos de Soriano (1790-1837). AGN (AH). Free online
• Censos de Maldonado (1820-1857). AGN (AH). Free online
• Censos de Colonia (1825-1836). AGN (AH). Free online
• Censos de Durazno (1832-1834). AGN (AH). Free online
• Censos de Salto (1833-1834). AGN (AH). Free online
• Censos de San José (1791-1835). AGN (AH). Free online
• Censos de Florida (1839). AGN (AH). Free online
• See all 12 collections for Uruguay

Belize

• Census (Census Index) (1790–2010). BARS. In person, free, Free online
• Slave Register (1834) (1834 (BARS); 1823–1830 registers and sales (Murray)). BARS; also TNA series T 71. In person, free, Fee-based

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