Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2009
Births, marriages, deaths, indexes and other records created by the civil registration offices in the department of Chiquimula, Guatemala. Some of these records have been indexed and are searchable as part of this collection. Additional indexed records will be published as they become available. Images courtesy of Registro Nacional de las Personas (RENAP).
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Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2008
What is in This Collection?
This collection will include birth, marriage, death, indexes and other records from 1877-2008. These were created by the civil registration offices in the department of Chiquimula, 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:
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
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
| Birth records | Marriage records | Death records |
| Birth date and place | Marriage date and place | Death date and place |
| Name at birth | Groom’s name, age, occupation, birth place, resident city, and address | Deceased’s name, gender, and age |
| Gender | Groom’s legitimacy and parents’ names | Deceased’s marital status, occupation, and parents’ names |
| Parents’ names | Bride’s name, age, occupation, birth place, resident city, and address | Cause of death |
| Parents’ residence | Bride’s legitimacy and parents’ names | Date, time and place of death |
| Witnesses’ names | Bride’s maternal and paternal grandparents’ names | Informant’s name, age, marital status, occupation, birth place, resident city and address |
| Informant’s names, age, occupation, marital status, birth place, and residence | Groom’s marital status | Document date |
| Document date | Bride’s marital status | |
| Document date |
Collection Content
Sample Images
2006 Birth
1992 Marriage
Collection Details
Language
Spanish
Location of Original Records
Registro Nacional de las Personas
"Guatemala, Chiquimula, Civil Registration, 1877-2009." Database. FamilySearch. https://FamilySearch.org : 8 December 2025. El Registro nacional de las personas (National Register of Persons), Guatemala.
