Guatemala Civil Registration
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How to Find the Records
Online Records at FamilySearch
Country:
- 1877-2008 : Guatemala Civil Registration, 1877-2008 at FamilySearch — index and images
- 1730-1917 : Guatemala baptisms
- 1760-1880 : Guatemala deaths
- 1750-1930 : Guatemala marriages
- 1581-1977 : Guatemala, parish and diocese registers
Departments:
- Civil Registration by Department, FamilySearch, browsable images.
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, Alta Verapaz, Civil Registration
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, Baja Verapaz, Civil Registration
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, Chimaltenango, Civil Registration
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, El Progreso, RENAP Civil Registration
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, Escuintla, Civil Registration
- 1877-2006 : Guatemala, Guatemala, Civil Registration
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, Huehuetenango, Civil Registration
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, Izabal, Civil Registration
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, Jalapa, Civil Registration
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, Jutiapa, Civil Registration
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, Petén, Civil Registration
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, Quetzaltenango, Civil Registration
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, Quiché, Civil Registration
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, Retalhuleu, Civil Registration
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, Sacatepéquez, Civil Registration
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, San Marcos, Civil Registration
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, Santa Rosa, Civil Registration
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, Sololá, Civil Registration
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, Suchitepéquez, Civil Registration
- 1877-1994 : Guatemala, Zacapa, Civil Registration
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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
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 a form to request birth records, also links for marriages, deaths, and divorces.
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, 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, since then being a "civil" and no longer ecclesiastical registry. The Civil Registry codes were created and updated in 1877, 1933 and the current one since 1964.
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 |
