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Registers of births, marriages, and deaths  include the following information:  | |||
'''Birth registers, 1898 to present'''   | |||
Names and   | Baby:  | ||
*Names and surname  | |||
*Sex  | |||
*Race,  | |||
*Time, day, month, year of birth  | |||
*Place of birth  | |||
Names and surnames of   | Parents:  | ||
*Names and surnames  | |||
Nationality  | *Nationality  | ||
Profession  | *Language  | ||
Address  | *Race  | ||
Identity card  | *Profession  | ||
*Address  | |||
*Age  | |||
*Degree of instruction  | |||
Witnesses:  | |||
*Names and surnames  | |||
*Age  | |||
*Nationality  | |||
*Profession  | |||
*Address  | |||
*Identity card  | |||
General observations  | General observations  | ||
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NOTE: By the law approved on April 5, 1945, all Bolivians born before 1940, and therefore not registered in the Civil Registry, should obtain a birth certificate by presenting their baptismal or witness faith. In both cases, the registration is recorded in special books of birth.  | NOTE: By the law approved on April 5, 1945, all Bolivians born before 1940, and therefore not registered in the Civil Registry, should obtain a birth certificate by presenting their baptismal or witness faith. In both cases, the registration is recorded in special books of birth.  | ||
'''Marriage registers'''   | '''Marriage registers, 1898 to present'''    | ||
Spouses:  | |||
*Names and surnames  | |||
*Date  | |||
*Nationality  | |||
*Place of birth  | |||
*Domicile  | |||
*Profession or occupation  | |||
*Age  | |||
*Race  | |||
*Religion  | |||
*Degree of instruction  | |||
*Language or dialect spoken  | |||
*Amount of beines you own  | |||
*Marital status  | |||
*observations  | |||
*If the person does not know how to sign their name, they stamp their fingerprint  | |||
Parents:  | |||
*Names and surnames  | |||
*Appearances  | |||
*Address  | |||
Paternal grandparents:  | |||
*Names and surnames  | |||
Witnesses:  | |||
*Names and surnames  | |||
NOTE:  | |||
There is space for the cancellation of marriages (divorce) with:  | |||
*Date on which the divorce decree was issued  | |||
*Names and surnames of the judge  | |||
*Judicial jurisdiction  | |||
*Payroll of the children left with the father and those left with the mother  | |||
*The game and then canceled?  | |||
There is a space for nullity  | |||
There is a space for the names of the natural children born before the marriage of the parties are noted.  | |||
'''Death Registers, 1940 to present'''  | |||
*Names and surnames of the deceased  | |||
*Time, day, month and year of death  | |||
*Cause of death  | |||
*A way to verify the use of death when there was no medical assistance  | |||
*Doctor's names, surname and title, who issued the death certificate  | |||
*Place where the death took place (domicile or hospital, city, province, department)  | |||
*If the place is urban, suurban or rural  | |||
*The time of residence in the place  | |||
*habitual residence of the deceased person  | |||
*Sex  | |||
*Marital status  | |||
*Age  | |||
*Race: white, mestizo, indigenouse or other  | |||
Until 1973, the following was note:  | |||
*Whether legitimate  | |||
*Place of birth  | |||
*Nationality  | |||
*Profession or occupation or trade  | |||
*Names and surnames of father, mother, and if applicable, spouse  | |||
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Registers of births, marriages, and deaths include the following information:
Birth registers, 1898 to present
Baby:
- Names and surname
 - Sex
 - Race,
 - Time, day, month, year of birth
 - Place of birth
 
Parents:
- Names and surnames
 - Nationality
 - Language
 - Race
 - Profession
 - Address
 - Age
 - Degree of instruction
 
Witnesses:
- Names and surnames
 - Age
 - Nationality
 - Profession
 - Address
 - Identity card
 
General observations
NOTE: By the law approved on April 5, 1945, all Bolivians born before 1940, and therefore not registered in the Civil Registry, should obtain a birth certificate by presenting their baptismal or witness faith. In both cases, the registration is recorded in special books of birth.
Marriage registers, 1898 to present Spouses:
- Names and surnames
 - Date
 - Nationality
 - Place of birth
 - Domicile
 - Profession or occupation
 - Age
 - Race
 - Religion
 - Degree of instruction
 - Language or dialect spoken
 - Amount of beines you own
 - Marital status
 - observations
 - If the person does not know how to sign their name, they stamp their fingerprint
 
Parents:
- Names and surnames
 - Appearances
 - Address
 
Paternal grandparents:
- Names and surnames
 
Witnesses:
- Names and surnames
 
NOTE: There is space for the cancellation of marriages (divorce) with:
- Date on which the divorce decree was issued
 - Names and surnames of the judge
 - Judicial jurisdiction
 - Payroll of the children left with the father and those left with the mother
 - The game and then canceled?
 
There is a space for nullity
There is a space for the names of the natural children born before the marriage of the parties are noted.
Death Registers, 1940 to present
- Names and surnames of the deceased
 - Time, day, month and year of death
 - Cause of death
 - A way to verify the use of death when there was no medical assistance
 - Doctor's names, surname and title, who issued the death certificate
 - Place where the death took place (domicile or hospital, city, province, department)
 - If the place is urban, suurban or rural
 - The time of residence in the place
 - habitual residence of the deceased person
 - Sex
 - Marital status
 - Age
 - Race: white, mestizo, indigenouse or other
 
Until 1973, the following was note:
- Whether legitimate
 - Place of birth
 - Nationality
 - Profession or occupation or trade
 - Names and surnames of father, mother, and if applicable, spouse
 
| REGISTROS | PERIODO QUE ABARCA | CLASE DE INFORMACION | DISPONIBILIDAD | 
| CIVIL | 1898 AL PRESENTE | Nacimientos: Nombres y apellidos del nacido, sexo, raza, hora, día, mes, ano y lugar de nacimiento; nombres y apellidos de los padres con su nacionalidad, idioma, raza, profesión, domicilio, edad, grado de instrucción; nombres y apellidos de los testigos con su edad, nacionalidad, profesión, domicilio, carnet de identidad, observaciones de carácter general.  NOTA: Por la ley aprobada el 5 de Abril de 1945, todo Boliviano nacido antes de 1940, y que por lo tanto no esta inscrito en el Registro Civil, debería obtener un certificado de nacimiento mediante la presentación de su fe de bautismo o de testigos. En ambos casos la inscripción es anotada en libros especiales de nacimiento.  | 
REGISTRO DE ESTADO CIVIL, ARCHIVO GENERAL: CALLE OBISPO CARDENAS 1475, LA PAZ. | 
| 1898 AL PRESENTE | Matrimonios: Fecha, nombres y apellidos de los contrayentes, nacionalidad, lugar de nacimiento, domicilio, profesión u ocupación, edad, raza, religión, grado de instrucción, idioma o dialecto que habla, monto de los beines que posee, estado civil, observaciones (si la persona no sabe firmar su nombre, deberá estampar su huella digital); nombres, apelidos, y domicilio de los padres; nombres y apellidos de los abuelos paternos y testigos. NOTA: En la misma partida existe un espacio para la cancelación de los matrimonios (divorcio) en la cual se anota: fecha en la que se dicto la sentencia del divorcio, nombres y apellidos del juez que la dicto, jurisdicción judicial, nominas de los hijos que quedan con el padre y los que quedan con la madre. La partida e entonces cancelada. Tambien existe un espacio para nulidad. Ademas hay otro espacio en el cual se anotan los nombres de los hijos naturales nacidos antes del matrimonio de los contrayentes  | 
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| 1940 AL PRESENTE | Defunciones: Nombres y apellidos del difunto; hora, día, mes y ano del deceso; causa de muerte, manera de comprobar la causa de defunción cuando no hubo asistencia médica; nombres, apellido, y titulo del médico que expidió el certificado de defunción; lugar donde se llevo a cabo el deceso (domicilio u hospital, ciudad, provincia, departamento), si el lugar es urbano, suburbano o rural, el tiempo de residencia en el lugar, residencia habitual de la persona fallecida, sexo, estado civil, edad; raza: blanco, mestizo, indígena u otra; hasta el año 1973 se anotaba si la persona era hijo legitimo o no; lugar de nacimiento, nacionalidad, profesión u ocupación u oficio; nombres y apellidos de: padre y madre, cónyuge. | 
References[edit | edit source]
Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1940.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Ryskamp, George. Finding Your Hispanic Roots. Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.