Guatemala Civil Registration
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How to Find the Records
Online Records at FamilySearch
- Guatemala Registro Civil, 1877-2008
- Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala, Baja Verapaz, Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala, Chimaltenango, Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala, El Progreso, RENAP Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala, Escuintla, Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala, Guatemala, Registro Civil, 1877-2006
- Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala, Izabal, Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala, Jalapa, Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala, Jutiapa, Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala, Petén, Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala, Quetzaltenango, Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala, Quiché, Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala, Retalhuleu, Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala, San Marcos, Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala, Santa Rosa, Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala, Sololá, Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala, Suchitepéquez, Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala, Zacapa, Registro Civil, 1877-1994
- Guatemala bautismos, 1730-1917
- Guatemala defunciones, 1760-1880
- Guatemala matrimonios, 1750-1930
- Guatemala, registros parroquiales y diocesanos, 1581-1977
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- 1877-2008 : Guatemala Civil Registration, 1877-2008 at FamilySearch — index and images
- Civil Registration by state, FamilySearch, browsable 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.
Online Records at FindMyPast($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Deaths and Burials, index and images, ($)
- British Armed Forces and Overseas Banns and Marriages,, index and images, ($)
Offices to Contact
Historical Background
Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1877.
Law of the National Registry of Persons (Ley de la RENAP)
In 2006, Guatemala benefited from the Law of the National Registry of Persons: Law of the RENAP Regulations that created the National Registry of Persons, disappearing the institution of yesteryear called Civil Registry, which was contained in the Civil codes of 1877, 1933 and the current one since 1964. It was in 1877 with the so-called reforming government of General Justo Rufino Barrios, that the Civil Registry separated from the Catholic Church, since then being a "civil" and no longer ecclesiastical Registry.
Due to this, the books of Births, Deaths and Marriages, are currently in charge of the National Registry of Persons.
Sitio oficial del Registro Nacional de Personas (RENAP)
Coverage and Compliance
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 | Name 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 place and current residence | 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 |
