Mexico Civil Registration: Difference between revisions

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Civil registration records are kept by all the states on a municipio level. The exceptions are the states of Guerrero and Oaxaca, where the records are recorded by the municipio but are archived on a district level, and the Distrito Federal (Federal District), where they are kept in delegations. Because of this, it is difficult to obtain records from these two states and the Federal District. In these three instances, as well as in the rest of the nation, the populace still registered in their local civil registration offices, from which the records were sent to the municipio office, district office, or delegation office. If you know the town where your family lived, you should be able to find the local civil registration office.  

You may obtain copies of civil registration records in Mexico by writing to the local civil registry in the ''municipio''. However, some archives will not send photocopies, and some will also ask for power of attorney to receive a certificate of an individual other than the correspondent. Civil officials will generally answer correspondence in Spanish. Your request may be forwarded if the records have been sent to state archives. Relatives are allowed to request recent records for genealogy purposes.  <br>

Addresses for central state offices can be found in these articles:

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You can also write to local offices, using this address as a guide, replacing the information in parentheses:<br>