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+|Country=Ecuador
+|Name=Ecuador
+|Type=Topic
+|Topic Type=Records
+|Records=Civil Registration
+|Rating=Standardized
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+| link1=[[Ecuador Genealogy|Ecuador]]
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+| link5=[[Ecuador Civil Registration|Civil Registration]]
+}}
+==Resources==
+===Online Resources===
+*'''1565-2011''' {{RecordSearch|1923402|Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011}} at FamilySearch - [[Ecuador, Catholic Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index & images
+*'''1680-1930''' {{RecordSearch|1520610|Ecuador Baptisms, 1680-1930}} at FamilySearch - [[Ecuador Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index
+*'''1680-1930''' {{RecordSearch|1520614|Ecuador Marriages, 1680-1930}} at FamilySearch - [[Ecuador Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index
+*'''1800-1920''' {{RecordSearch|1520615|Ecuador Deaths, 1800-1920}} at FamilySearch - [[Ecuador Deaths - FamilySearch Historical Records|How to Use this Collection]]; index
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+=== Offices to Contact ===
+Records of births, marriages and deaths are at the civil registration office in each municipality. <br>
+Copies are in Quito at the: <br>
+'''Direccion General del Registro Civil''', Edificio San Agustin, Mejia y Guayaquil <br>
+Address: Av. Amazonas N37-61 y Naciones Unidas (Av. Amazonas N37-61 and United Nations) <br>
+Postal Code: 170507 / Quito - Ecuador  <br>
+Telephone: +593 2 3731 110 <br>
+Telephone: (593)(2)381 42 90  <br>
+[https://www.registrocivil.gob.ec/ Website] <br>
+{| width="630" cellspacing="1" cellpadding="4" border="1"
+|-
+| '''Provincial Office'''
+|'''Phone Number'''
+| '''Provincial Office'''
+|'''Phone Number'''
+|-
+|Azuay||072-844-611||align"right|Los Rios||052-731-220
+|-
+|Bolivar||032-980-292||align"right|Manabi||052-394-960
+|-
+|Cañar||072-244-450||align"right|Morona Santiago||072-700-173
+|-
+|Carchi||062-982-662||align"right|Napo||062-886-325
+|-
+|Cotopaxi||032-805-692||align"right|Orellana||062-882-170
+|-
+|Chimborazo||032-966-989||align"right|Pastaza||032-884-734
+|-
+|El Oro||072-931-068||align"right|Pichincha||022-675-902
+|-
+|Esmeraldas||062-724-525||align"right|Santa Elena||043-802-300 ext. 1041
+|-
+|Galapagos||052-520-312||align"right|Santo Domingo||022-743-041
+|-
+|Guayas||043-802-300 ext. 3200||align"right|Sucumbios||062-832-804
+|-
+|Imbabura||062-955-335||align"right|Tungurahua||032-520-648
+|-
+|Loja||072-571-364||align"right|Zamora Chinchipe||072-505-183
+|}
+==Background==
 Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1900.<ref name="rys">Ryskamp, George. ''Finding Your Hispanic Roots.'' Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.</ref>
+Services provided by the Civil Registry to Ecuadorians:
+*Birth registration
+*Death registration
+*Marriage registration
+*Acknowledgments of father or mother to the child
+*Certificates of birth, marriage, and death
+*Annulments
+*Registry of judicial sentences (divorces, dissolution of the conjugal union), etc.
+*Identity cards for Ecuadorians and strangers
+*Burial Certificates
+*Name changes
+== Coverage and Compliance ==
+For children under 5 years of age, about 16% of children of African descent have not been registered. The national average is 9.9%.<ref>[https://www.unicef.org/ecuador/children_28786.html UNICEF Ecuador], © UNICEF, accessed 25 August 2019.</ref>
+== Information Recorded in the Records ==
+'''Birth records:'''
+*Name of the civil parish
+*City, canton and province
+*Date of registration
+*Child's name
+*Address where the birth occurred
+*Date of birth
+*Information about parents includes:<br>-names<br>-ages<br>-marriage status<br>-nationality <br>-residence<br>-father's occupation and sometimes mother's occupation
+*Names of witnesses with ages and residences
+Note: In Quito between 1935-1965, separate books were kept for child recognitions, legitimations, and adoptions. In other areas and in Quito between 1901-1934 and 1966 to the present, annotations were made in the margins of the birth registers for the procedures already noted.
+'''Marriage records:'''
+*Name of the civil parish
+*City, canton, and province of marriage
+*Date
+*Information of bride and groom includes:<br>-Age<br>-Previous marriage status<br>-Origen<br>-Nationality<br>-Residence<br>-Profession<br>
+*Names of parents<br>-Their marriage status<br>-Nationality<br>-Residence
+Note:
+In Quito between 1935-1965, separate books were kept for divorces.
+In other areas and in Quito between 1901-1934 and 1966 to the present, annotations were made in the margins of the marriage registers for
+the procedures already noted.
+'''Death records:'''
+*Name of civil parish
+*City, canton, and province where death occurred
+*Date of registration
+*Name of deceased
+*Place of death
+*Date
+*Age
+*Cause of death
+*Nationality
+*Profession
+*Names of parents or spouse<br>-Age<br>-Marriage status<br>-Occupation of father
 == References ==
 {{reflist}}
+[[es:Registro Civil de Ecuador]]
 [[Category:Ecuador]]