Guam, Judicial, Land, Obituaries, and Census Records, 1712-2000

What is in This Collection?

This collection consists of images of census records, judicial records, land records, and obituaries. The original records are located at the Micronesia Area Research Center, University of Guam. Only the obituaries (1970-2000) are currently included in the index for this collection.

This collection includes an index to and images of the following records:

• Court records from 1901-1935
• Land records 1896-1902
• Obituaries 1970-1999
• 1897 Guam Census

Additional records and/or images may be added to this collection in the future.

Reading These Records

These records are written in English and Spanish. For help reading them see:

• Spanish Genealogical Word List
• Brigham Young University Spanish Script Tutorial

FamilySearch Learning Center videos:

• Reading Spanish Handwriting

If you speak Spanish, the following free online lesson may be helpful to learn how to use the information in these records:

• Registros Civiles y Parroquiales – Spanish

To Browse This Collection

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  1916 Judicial Record

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  1896 Census

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  1974 Obituary

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  1902 Land Record