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6 eras · 1726–2026 · 41 places

Uruguay (the Banda Oriental)

Montevideo, Colonia, Canelones, Maldonado, Paysandú. Which empire held this ground in which years — and, the part that matters, which archive that means.

Whose archive this ground was

YearsWho held itWhose archive that means
1726–1811 Spanish Empire — the Banda Oriental FamilySearch

Spain and Portugal competed for the Banda Oriental; Montevideo was founded in 1726.
1811–1816 Revolutionary Banda Oriental — Artigas (contested) FamilySearch

José Gervasio Artigas led revolts against Spanish rule from 1811. Who held the ground in these years was contested, and this era is a placeholder for that.
1816–1822 Portuguese-Brazilian rule — Cisplatina province FamilySearch

A Portuguese-Brazilian invasion in 1816 absorbed the territory as the Cisplatina province.
1822–1828 Empire of Brazil — Cisplatina province FamilySearch

The Thirty-Three Orientals rebelled in 1825, setting off the Cisplatine War.
1828–1830 Independent buffer state (before the constitution) FamilySearch

A British-mediated treaty in 1828 recognised Uruguay as an independent buffer state.
1830–2026 Oriental Republic of Uruguay FamilySearch

The first constitution followed in 1830.

The rings are approximate — deliberately. They exist to shade which filing system a place fell under, not to adjudicate a border. A place near a ring's edge should be checked against both neighbours.

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The map takes a range, and a range that crosses one of the rows above is where records get lost: the family never moved, and the archive on the far side of the handover will tell you it holds nothing.

41 places on this ground

98 FamilySearch collections reach this ground

Ranked with the regional ones first — a collection for a province is usually a better lead than a national index, though the national index is often where a name is actually written down. A free account opens the images.

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