Paraguay, Civil Registration, 1842-2012
Index of birth records from various localities in Paraguay. Additional images and indexed records will be published as they become available.
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Paraguay, Civil Registration
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What is in This Collection?
This collection contains civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths from civil registration offices in Paraguay. 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:- Spanish Genealogical Word List
- Brigham Young University: Spanish Script Tutorial
- Reading Spanish Handwriting
- Paleogra-what?! Deciphering Spanish Handwriting - Introduction
- Registros Civiles y Parroquiales (In Spanish)
What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:
Birth
- Child's name
- Date of birth
- Gender
- Parent's names
- Parent's occupations
- Parent's residence
- Baptismal date
- Baptismal place
- Names of godparents
Marriage
- Names of bride and groom
- Their ages or birthdates
- Their birthplaces
- Their residences
- Their occupations
- Their marital status
- Parent's or father's names
- Names of witnesses
Death
- Deceased's name
- Date of death
- Age or birthdate
- Residence
- Occupation
- Cause of death
- Spouse or father's name
- Burial place
- Burial date
Collection Content
Sample Images
1917 Civil Death - Loreto, Concepcion, Paraguay
Paraguay, Cordillera, San Bernardino - 1904 Birth
Collection Details
Language
Spanish
Location of Original Records
Multiple custodians
"Paraguay, Civil Registration, 1842-2012", Database. FamilySearch. https://familysearch.org : 17 December 2025.
