Where the records of Colombia are, who holds them, and what it costs to look. 37,557,262 indexed records reachable through FamilySearch alone.
None of the 1 checked source here can be opened from a keyboard. 1is a catalogue card or paper in a building — a letter, not a click. On top of that, 9 worldwide services reach Colombia without a subscription.
Write to General Archive of the Nation of Colombia for what is not online. FamilySearch has 15 collections covering it, running 1549–2023, 37,557,262 indexed records. No jurisdiction region covers Colombia yet, so this atlas cannot say whose archive held this ground in a given year — and it will not guess.
251 places placed, 4 volumes walked. Open Colombia on the map, or tell us what is missing.
The archives
- General Archive of the Nation of Colombia catalogue Colombia
Colombia's Archivo General de la Nación. OPENED 2026-09-29: the site leads with an ARCHIVO DIGITAL NACIONAL section and carries a site-wide search at /search/content, so digital holdings and a finding aid exist. What was NOT established is whether the digitised material reaches parish or civil registers, or whether images are served to the public — the search is a general site search rather than an obvious catalogue of fonds, and confirming that needs somebody working a real query. `catalogue` is therefore the honest floor rather than a measured ceiling: this row is now opened, not finished. Colombia has 143 places in this atlas and this was its only source, unopened until today.
And 12 worldwide providers reach Colombia too — the full list.
15 FamilySearch collections
Grouped by the ground each one covers, nationwide. A free account opens the images; some are restricted to a Family History Centre.
- Colombia, Archivo Distrital de Bogotá, Cemetery Indexes, 1887-1995 ↗ 1887–1995 470,091 records
- Colombia, Archivo Distrital de Bogota, Obituary Books, 1900-1940 ↗ 1900–1940 172,407 records
- Colombia, Baptisms, 1630-1950 ↗ 1630–1950 449,521 records
- Colombia, Bogotá, Burial Permits, 1938-1995 ↗ 1938–1995 257,052 records
- Colombia, Catholic Church Records, 1576-2019 ↗ 1575–2019 27,939,733 records
- Colombia, Censuses, 1777-1967 ↗ 1777–1967 323,365 records
- Colombia, Civil Registration, 1553-2023 ↗ 1553–2023 755,050 records
- Colombia, Costa, Church Records, 1778-2019 ↗ 1778–2019 97,938 records
- Colombia, DAS Civil Registration Alphabetic Cards, 1914-2011 ↗ 1914–2011 1 records
- Colombia, Deaths, 1770-1930 ↗ 1770–1930 24,940 records
- Colombia, Diocese of Barranquilla, Catholic Church Records, 1808-2007 ↗ 1808–2007 168,056 records
- Colombia, Marriages, 1750-1960 ↗ 1750–1960 77,815 records
- Colombia, Migration Records, 1885-2014 ↗ 1885–2014 6,802,274 records
- Colombia, Military Records, 1809-1958 ↗ 1809–1958 19,019 records
- Colombia, Valle del Cauca, Miscellaneous Records, 1549-1955 ↗ 1549–1955 0 records
1 more collections, contributed
A directory David assembled, sorted by what kind of record each one is. Read this differently from the rest of the page. The descriptions are his, not an archive's catalogue, and nobody here has opened the volumes behind them. Every link was tried on 2026-09-20 and answered; the ones that did not are not listed.
- Archivo General de la Nación de Colombia Primary Record Collection & Archival Series ↗ Archivo General de la Nación de Colombia 1700–2026
Principal digitized record collection and archival series hosted by Archivo General de la Nación de Colombia. Colonial viceroyalty documents, parish records, and civil registration.
- Archivo General de la Nación de Colombia Primary Record Collection & Archival Series ↗ Archivo General de la Nación de Colombia 1700–2026
Principal digitized record collection and archival series hosted by Archivo General de la Nación de Colombia. Colonial viceroyalty documents, parish records, and civil registration.
251 places, 4 volumes
The 250 carrying the most collections are listed; 1 more are in Colombia and on the map. Every place lists them all.
- Bogotá 3
- Bogotá D. C. 1
- Achí 0
- Aguadas 0
- Albania 0
- Alcalá 0
- Altos del Rosario 0
- Alvarado 0
- Amalfi 0
- Amazonas Department 0
- Andalucía 0
- Andes 0
- Ansermanuevo 0
- Antioquia 0
- Apartadó 0
- Aracataca 0
- Aranzazu 0
- Arauca Department 0
- Arboletes 0
- Ataco 0
- Atlántico 0
- Bahía Solano 0
- Barbosa 0
- Barrancabermeja 0
- Barranco de Loba 0
- Barranquilla 0
- Betulia 0
- Bogota D.C. 0
- Bolívar 0
- Boyacá 0
- Bucaramanga 0
- Bugalagrande 0
- Caicedonia 0
- Cajamarca 0
- Calamar 0
- Caldas (area) 0
- Caldas Department 0
- Cali 0
- Cañasgordas 0
- Caquetá 0
- Carepa 0
- Carmen de Apicalá 0
- Cartagena 0
- Cartago 0
- Casanare Department 0
- Cauca Department 0
- Caucasia 0
- Cesar Department 0
- Chaparral 0
- Chigorodó 0
- Chimá 0
- Chinácota 0
- Chiquinquirá 0
- Chocó 0
- Cicuco 0
- Ciénaga 0
- Ciudad Bolívar 0
- Coello 0
- Colombia 0
- Condoto 0
- Córdoba 0
- Cúcuta 0
- Cumbal 0
- Cunday 0
- Cundinamarca 0
- Curití 0
- Dabeiba 0
- Donmatías 0
- Ebéjico 0
- El Águila 0
- El Bagre 0
- El Banco 0
- El Carmen de Bolívar 0
- El Cerrito 0
- El Dovio 0
- El Peñón 0
- El Piñón 0
- El Zulia 0
- Entrerríos 0
- Espinal 0
- Falan 0
- Flandes 0
- Fresno 0
- Frontino 0
- Gamarra 0
- Ginebra 0
- Girón 0
- Gómez Plata 0
- González 0
- Guacarí 0
- Guadalajara de Buga 0
- Guadalupe 0
- Guainía Department 0
- Guamal 0
- Guamo 0
- Guarne 0
- Guaviare Department 0
- Herveo 0
- Honda 0
- Huila Department 0
- Ibagué 0
- Icononzo 0
- Ipiales 0
- Istmina 0
- Ituango 0
- Jamundí 0
- Jardín 0
- Jericó 0
- La Ceja 0
- La Gloria 0
- La Guajira Department 0
- La Paz 0
- La Unión 0
- La Victoria 0
- Lebrija 0
- Lérida 0
- Líbano 0
- Liborina 0
- Los Patios 0
- Magangué 0
- Magdalena Department 0
- Mahates 0
- Málaga 0
- Manizales 0
- Margarita 0
- María la Baja 0
- Marinilla 0
- Melgar 0
- Meta Department 0
- Montecristo 0
- Mutatá 0
- Nariño 0
- Natagaima 0
- Necoclí 0
- Norte de Santander Department 0
- Obando 0
- Ocaña 0
- Ortega 0
- Pácora 0
- Palmar de Varela 0
- Palmira 0
- Pamplona 0
- Peque 0
- Piedecuesta 0
- Piedras 0
- Pinillos 0
- Planadas 0
- Plato 0
- Prado 0
- Pueblo Nuevo 0
- Pueblo Rico 0
- Puebloviejo 0
- Puerto Berrío 0
- Puerto Wilches 0
- Purificación 0
- Putumayo Department 0
- Quibdó 0
- Quindío Department 0
- Remedios 0
- Remolino 0
- Río de Oro 0
- Rioblanco 0
- Riofrío 0
- Rionegro 0
- Riosucio 0
- Risaralda Department 0
- Rivera 0
- Roldanillo 0
- Roncesvalles 0
- Rosas 0
- Rovira 0
- Sabanalarga 0
- Salamina 0
- Saldaña 0
- Salgar 0
- San Agustín 0
- San Andrés 0
- San Andres y Providencia 0
- San Antonio 0
- San Bernardo del Viento 0
- San Carlos 0
- San Diego 0
- San Estanislao 0
- San Gil 0
- San Jacinto 0
- San Jerónimo 0
- San Juan de Urabá 0
- San Juan Nepomuceno 0
- San Lorenzo 0
- San Marcos 0
- San Martín 0
- San Pablo 0
- San Pedro 0
- San Pedro de Urabá 0
- San Rafael 0
- San Roque 0
- San Sebastián de Mariquita 0
- San Vicente de Chucurí 0
- San Zenón 0
- Santa Ana 0
- Santa Catalina 0
- Santa Fe de Antioquia 0
- Santa Isabel 0
- Santa Lucía 0
- Santa Marta 0
- Santa Rosa de Cabal 0
- Santa Rosa de Osos 0
- Santa Rosa de Viterbo 0
- Santa Rosa del Sur 0
- Santander de Quilichao 0
- Santander Department 0
- Santiago 0
- Santo Domingo 0
- Santuario 0
- Sevilla 0
- Simití 0
- Sitionuevo 0
- Soatá 0
- Socorro 0
- Sonsón 0
- Soplaviento 0
- Suárez 0
- Sucre 0
- Sucre Department 0
- Tadó 0
- Támesis 0
- Timbiquí 0
- Tiquisio 0
- Toledo 0
- Tolima Department 0
- Toro 0
- Trujillo 0
- Tuluá 0
- Tunja 0
- Turbo 0
- Unguía 0
- Urrao 0
- Valdivia 0
- Valle del Cauca Department 0
- Vaupés 0
- Vélez 0
- Venecia 0
- Vichada Department 0
- Vigía del Fuerte 0
- Villa del Rosario 0
- Villamaría 0
- Villanueva 0
- Yarumal 0
- Zapatoca 0
- Zaragoza 0