El Salvador, Civil Registration, 1704-2001

What is in This Collection?

This collection contains index and images of civil registration for El Salvador. Civil registration began in 1859. See Cities of El Salvador - Civil Registration for a complete list of all the cities contained in this collection.

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

Computer Aided Indexing (CAI)

Some or all of the indexed records for this collection were created using Computer Aided Indexing (CAI) from records digitized by FamilySearch or its partners. For more information on CAI see FamilySearch Computer Aided Indexing.

Reading These Records

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

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

FamilySearch Learning Center:

• Reading Spanish Handwriting
• Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting - Introduction
• Registros Civiles y Parroquiales (In Spanish)

To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for El Salvador, Civil Registration, 1704-2001.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Birth Name and surname of child Date and place of birth Gender of child Parents' names

Marriage Date and place of marriage Groom's name, age, marital status and occupation Bride's name, age and marital status Groom's parents' names Bride's parents' names

Death Name of deceased Date and place of death Age and gender of deceased Parents' names of deceased

Collection Content

Sample Images

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  1882 Birth Record

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  1914 Marriage Record

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  1912 Death Record