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Guatemala, Baja Verapaz, Civil Registration, 1877-2008

Births, marriages, deaths, indexes and other records created by the civil registration offices in the department of Baja Verapaz, Guatemala. Indexed records will be published as they become available. Images courtesy of Registro Nacional de las Personas (RENAP).

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Guatemala, Baja Verapaz, Civil Registration

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What is in This Collection?

This collection will include birth, marriage, death, indexes and other records from 1877-1994. They were created by the civil registration offices in the department of Baja Verapaz, Guatemala.

As you search the collection, you will notice that some information 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:

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To Browse This Collection

You can browse through images in this collection using the waypoints on the Collection Browse Page for Guatemala, Baja Verapaz, Civil Registration, 1877-1994.

What Can These Records Tell Me?

The following information may be found in these records:

Birth

  • Birth date and place
  • Name of child
  • Gender
  • Parents' names
  • Parents' residence
  • Witnesses' names
  • Informant's names, age, occupation, marital status, birth place, and residence
  • Document date

Marriage

  • Grooms name, age, occupation, birth place, resident city, and address
  • Groom's legitimacy and parents' 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
  • Date, time and place of death
  • Informant’s name, age, marital status, occupation, birth place, resident city and address
  • Document date

Collection Details

Record Type: Vital
311,210 Records
2,501,400 Personas
24,503 Images

Language

Spanish

Location of Original Records

Registro Nacional de las Personas (RENAP)

Cite This Collection

"Guatemala, Baja Verapaz, Registro Civil, 1877-2008." 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).

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