Bolivia Civil Registration

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How to Find the Records

Online Records in FamilySearch

• 1560-1938 Bolivia Baptisms, 1560-1938 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1630-1940 Bolivia Marriages, 1630-1940 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images
• 1750-1920 Bolivia Deaths, 1750-1920 at FamilySearch — How to Use this Collection; index & images

Offices to Contact

Órgano Electoral Plurinacional de Bolivia
Av. Sánchez Lima esq. Pedro Salazar (Sopocachi) # 2482
La Paz, Bolivia

Telephones: 2 2424221 / 2 2422338
Email: info@oep.org.bo Fax: (591) 2416710

See Genealogical Guide - Bolivia

Registro de Estado Civil
Archivo General
Calle Obispo Cardenas 1475
La Paz, Bolivia

Historical Background

Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1940.

Information Recorded in the Records

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 record or witnesses. 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 possessions 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
• Judge's names and surnames
• Judicial jurisdiction
• Guardianship of the children left with the father and those left with the mother

Names of any natural children born before the marriage of the parties.

Death Registers, 1940 to present

• Names and surnames of the deceased
• Time, day, month and year of death
• Cause of death
• Proof of the cause of death when there was no medical attendant
• 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, suburban or rural
• The time of residence in the place
• Habitual residence of the deceased person
• Sex
• Marital status
• Age
• Race: white, mestizo, indigenous or other

Until 1973, the following was noted:

• Whether legitimate
• Place of birth
• Nationality
• Profession, occupation or trade
• Names and surnames of father, mother, and if applicable, spouse