Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1874-2008
Births, marriages, deaths, indexes and other records created by the civil registration offices in the department of Guatemala, Guatemala. Indexed records will be published as they become available. Images courtesy of Registro Nacional de las Personas (RENAP).
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Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration
What is in This Collection?
This collection will include birth, marriage, death, indexes and other records from 1877-2006. These were created by the civil registration offices in the department of Guatemala, Guatemala.
As you search this collection, you will notice that some information in the records has been blacked out. Specific privacy laws in Guatemala prohibit some information classified as sensitive from being shared with the public. The information that is blacked out may be different from record type to record type, and does not negatively affect your family history research.
Images courtesy of Registro Nacional de las Personas (RENAP).
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:
FamilySearch Learning Center videos:
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
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What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
Birth
- Birthdate and place
- Name at birth
- Gender
- Parents’ names
- Parents’ residence
- Witnesses’ names
- Informant’s names, age, occupation, marital status, birthplace, and residence
- Document date
Marriage
- Marriage date and place
- Groom’s name, age, occupation, birthplace, resident city, and address
- Groom’s legitimacy and parents’ names
- Groom’s maternal and paternal grandparents’ names
- Bride’s name, age, occupation, birth place, resident city, and address
- Bride’s legitimacy and parents’ names
- Bride’s maternal and paternal grandparents’ names
- Groom’s marital status
- Bride’s marital status
- Document date
Death
- Death date and place
- Deceased’s name, gender, and age
- Deceased’s marital status, occupation, and parents’ names
- Cause of death
- Informant’s name, age, marital status, occupation, birthplace, resident city and address
- Document date
Collection Details
Language
Spanish
Location of Original Records
Registros National de las Personas
"Guatemala, Guatemala, Registro Civil, 1874-2008." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : 8 December 2025. El Registro Nacional de las Personas, Ciudad de Guatemala (National Register of the People of Guatemala, Guatemala City).
