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Civil Registrar and Civil Service Records (Hojas de Servicio)

These records are valuable as a finding tool and supplement to civil registration where early records are lacking.

In addition to vital records, local civil registrars also recorded a number of other events, including: Registers of foundlings, legitimations, citizenship, repatriations, paternal acknowledgments, adoptions, name changes, legal separations, annulments, voided marriages, emancipation of minors, guardianships and filiation determinations. Civil service records include documentation of birth, marriage and death of government employees. Records begin about 1903.

These records may include documents verifying birth, marriage and death and associated issues regarding illegitimate children and changes in marriage, etc. About ten percent of the population may be found in these records.

Records are generally deposited with the National Bureau of Records Management and local civil registry offices.