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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>
 
 
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| '''Provincial Office'''
|'''Phone Number'''
| '''Provincial Office'''
|'''Phone Number'''
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|Azuay||072-844-611||align"right|Los Rios||052-731-220
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|Bolivar||032-980-292||align"right|Manabi||052-394-960
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|Cañar||072-244-450||align"right|Morona Santiago||072-700-173
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|Carchi||062-982-662||align"right|Napo||062-886-325
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|Cotopaxi||032-805-692||align"right|Orellana||062-882-170
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|Chimborazo||032-966-989||align"right|Pastaza||032-884-734
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|El Oro||072-931-068||align"right|Pichincha||022-675-902
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|Esmeraldas||062-724-525||align"right|Santa Elena||043-802-300 ext. 1041
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|Galapagos||052-520-312||align"right|Santo Domingo||022-743-041
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|Guayas||043-802-300 ext. 3200||align"right|Sucumbios||062-832-804
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|Imbabura||062-955-335||align"right|Tungurahua||032-520-648
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|Loja||072-571-364||align"right|Zamora Chinchipe||072-505-183
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==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>
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 ==
== References ==
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Resources[edit | edit source]

Online Resources[edit | edit source]

Offices to Contact[edit | edit source]

Records of births, marriages and deaths are at the civil registration office in each municipality.

Copies are in Quito at the:

Direccion General del Registro Civil, Edificio San Agustin, Mejia y Guayaquil
Address: Av. Amazonas N37-61 y Naciones Unidas (Av. Amazonas N37-61 and United Nations)
Postal Code: 170507 / Quito - Ecuador
Telephone: +593 2 3731 110
Telephone: (593)(2)381 42 90
Website


Provincial Office Phone Number Provincial Office Phone Number
Azuay 072-844-611 Los Rios 052-731-220
Bolivar 032-980-292 Manabi 052-394-960
Cañar 072-244-450 Morona Santiago 072-700-173
Carchi 062-982-662 Napo 062-886-325
Cotopaxi 032-805-692 Orellana 062-882-170
Chimborazo 032-966-989 Pastaza 032-884-734
El Oro 072-931-068 Pichincha 022-675-902
Esmeraldas 062-724-525 Santa Elena 043-802-300 ext. 1041
Galapagos 052-520-312 Santo Domingo 022-743-041
Guayas 043-802-300 ext. 3200 Sucumbios 062-832-804
Imbabura 062-955-335 Tungurahua 032-520-648
Loja 072-571-364 Zamora Chinchipe 072-505-183

Background[edit | edit source]

Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1900.[1]

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[edit | edit source]

For children under 5 years of age, about 16% of children of African descent have not been registered. The national average is 9.9%.[2]

Information Recorded in the Records[edit | edit source]

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:
    -names
    -ages
    -marriage status
    -nationality
    -residence
    -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:
    -Age
    -Previous marriage status
    -Origen
    -Nationality
    -Residence
    -Profession
  • Names of parents
    -Their marriage status
    -Nationality
    -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
    -Age
    -Marriage status
    -Occupation of father

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ Ryskamp, George. Finding Your Hispanic Roots. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.
  2. ↑ UNICEF Ecuador, © UNICEF, accessed 25 August 2019.

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