El Salvador Civil Registration

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El Salvador

Civil Registration

How to Find the Records

Online Collections

• 1704-2001 - El Salvador Civil Registration, 1704-2001 at FamilySearch — index and images; Also at Ancestry ($)
• 1756-1921 - El Salvador, Civil Registration Index, 1756-1921 at Ancestry.com ($)
• 1810-1930 - El Salvador, Select Marriages, 1810-1930 at Ancestry.com ($)
• 1810-1930 - El Salvador Marriage Index 1810-1930 at FindMyPast.com ($)
• 1815-1910 - El Salvador, Civil Registration, 1815-1910 at MyHeritage.com ($)
• 1836-1910 - El Salvador Civil Birth Registration 1836-1910 at FindMyPast.com ($)

Offices to Contact

The original records are maintained in each municipality of the country.

For suggestions on how to find the correct municipality, see El Salvador Finding Records.

For a list of cities and towns in each department, see Cities of El Salvador - Civil Registration

Historical Background

Most of the civil registration records are well preserved. However a few are in poor shape, and some no longer exist.

For additional information about the civil registration records of El Salvador, see El Salvador Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records

Information Recorded in the Records

Birth Records 1879 to the present

• Child's names and surnames
• Date and place of birth
• Parents' names and surnames
• Parents' age and place or origin
• Nationality
• Date of inscription

Notes on the birth records

The births are divided into six classes:

1. natural
2. legitimate
3. illegitimate
4. children of minors
5. children of foreigners
6. children of Salvadorians born abroad

Marriage Records 1879 to the present

• Date and place of marriage
• Names and surnames of the spouses
• Nationalities
• Ages
• Origins
• Occupations
• Names of Parents

Divorce Records

• Names and surnames
• Dates
• Relationships
• Proceedings of the court or church
• Sometimes information relating to the marriage or births

Death Records 1879 to the present

The death records contain the following information:

Information about the deceased

• Date of inscription
• Names and surnames
  
• Civil status
  
• Date of death
  
• Age
  
• Gender
  
• Cause of death
  
• Profession
  
• Nationality
  

Information about of informant

• Names and surnames
  
• Relationship
  
• Age
  
• Civil status
  
• Profession
  
• Nationality
  
• Residence
  

Adoption Records 1879 to the present

The adoption records contain the following information:

• Names and surnames of the children and the parents
• Court proceedings
• Ages
• Dates
• Gender

Extract Forms

The following extract forms were created by Dr. George Ryskamp, JD, AG. Click on the record form and print it for your own files.

• Birth/Baptism Extract Form

• Marriage Extract Form

• Death/Burial Extract Form

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