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Civil Registration

How to Find the Records

Online Records at FamilySearch

Country-wide:

• 1877-2008 : Guatemala Civil Registration, 1877-2008 at FamilySearch — index and images; Also at Ancestry ($)
• 1730-1917 Guatemala Baptisms, 1730-1917 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1760-1880 Guatemala Deaths, 1760-1880 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

• 1750-1930 Guatemala Marriages, 1750-1930 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

• 1581-1977 Guatemala, Catholic Church Records, 1581-1977 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Departments:

• Civil Registration by Department, FamilySearch, browsable images.
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Civil Registration
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, Baja Verapaz, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, Chimaltenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, El Progreso, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, Escuintla, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-2006 TGuatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-2006 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, Jalapa, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, Jutiapa, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, Petén, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, Quetzaltenango, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, Quiché, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, Retalhuleu, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, San Marcos, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, Santa Rosa, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, Sololá, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, Suchitepéquez, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1930-2008 Guatemala, Totonicapán, Civil Registration, 1930-2008 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1877-1994 Guatemala, Zacapa, Civil Registration, 1877-1994 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Online Records at Ancestry ($)

• 1877-1980 Guatemala, Civil Registration, 1877-1980, Ancestry.com, ($), index and browsable images.

Online Records at MyHeritage ($)

• 1877-2008 Guatemala Civil Registration, 1877-2008, MyHeritage, ($), index, incomplete.

Offices to Contact

Registro Nacional de las Personas (RENAP)
Main Office
Calzada Roosevelt
13-46 zona 7
Guatemala, Guatemala
PBX (phone) +(502) 24161900

Ways to contact RENAP: Call Center, Email, Chat. Best to use Spanish.

Registro Nacional de las Personas (RENAP) has information and request forms:

• Birth records
• Marriage records
• Death records
• Divorce records

On the left side of these pages are links for other types of records.

Historical Background

Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1877.

Registro Nacional de las Personas / National Registry of Persons (RENAP)

In 2006, the Law of the National Registry of Persons (RENAP) began, replacing the Civil Registry. The Civil Registry began in 1877 when civil registration was separated from the Catholic Church, making a "civil" and no longer an ecclesiastical registry. The Civil Registry codes were created and updated in 1877, 1933 and the current one in 1964.

Due to this, the books of births, deaths and marriages are currently in charge of the Registro Nacional de las Personas (RENAP).

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Information Recorded in the Records

The following information is usually found in these records:

Birth records	Marriage records	Death records
Date and place of birth	Date and place of the marriage	Date and place of death
Name of the child	Names of the bride and groom	Name and age of deceased
Child’s gender	Their civil status at the time of marriage	Civil status at the time of death
Legitimacy	Bride and groom’s birth places and current residences	Civil status and name of spouse if married
Parents’ names, residence, or places of origin	Names of witnesses	Names of parents
Names of witnesses		Sometimes the place of burial

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