Uruguay, Civil Registration Index Card, 1900-1937

National index of the civil registration books of birth, marriage, and death from all the departments in Uruguay from 1900 to 1937. This index was taken from index cards created by the Dirección General del Registro del Estado Civil from the original books.

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Uruguay, Civil Registration Index Cards

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What is in This Collection?

This collection includes the national index of the civil registration books of birth, marriage, and death from all the departments in Uruguay from 1900 to 1937. This index was created from index cards created by the Dirección General del Registro del Estado Civil from the original books.

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

Reading These Records

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

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Registros Civiles y Parroquiales – Spanish

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Birth Records

Place and date of registration
Place, date, and time of birth
Name of the newborn
Names of the parents (maiden name of the mother)
Parents’ places of origin or residence
Occupation of the father
Names of the grandparents

Marriage Records

Place and date of marriage
Names and ages of the groom and bride
Civil statuses, places of origin, and residences of the groom and bride
Parents’ names, places of origin, and sometimes marital status
Sometimes the names of the grandparents
Witnesses’ names

Death Records

Place and date of death
Name of the deceased
Cause of death
Occupation, residence, and age of the deceased
Sometimes the parents’ names
Burial place

Collection Details

Record Type: Vital

7,147,932 Personas

652,930 Images

Language

Spanish

Location of Original Records

Dirección General del Registro del Estado Civil (General Civil Registration Offices), Montevideo

Cite This Collection

"Uruguay, Índice del Registro Civil, 1900-1937." Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 16 September 2025. Dirección General del Registro del Estado Civil (General Civil Registration Offices), Montevideo.