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Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-2008

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

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Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration

Source: https://www.familysearch.org/en/wiki/Guatemala,_Izabal,_Civil_Registration_-_FamilySearch_Historical_Records

What is in This Collection?

This collection will include birth, marriage, death, indexes, and other records from 1877-1994. These were created by the civil registration offices in the department of Izabal, Guatemala. The civil registration records for Guatemala cover the vital events of birth, marriages, and deaths. They are organized by municipality/city. Earlier records were handwritten in narrative style; later records were handwritten in formatted registers. 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:

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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, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994.

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
  • Document date

Marriage

  • Marriage date and place
  • Groom’s name, age, occupation, birth place, 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, birth place, resident city and address
  • Document date

Collection Content

Sample Images

  • 1976 Birth Record

    1976 Birth Record

  • 1934 Marriage Record page 1

    1934 Marriage Record page 1

  • Marriage Record page 2

    Marriage Record page 2

  • 1895 Death Record

    1895 Death Record

Collection Details

Record Type: Vital
404,556 Records
3,181,309 Personas
9,848 Images

Language

Spanish

Location of Original Records

Registro Nacional de las Personas

Cite This Collection

"Guatemala, Izabal, 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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