Guatemala Civil Registration

Online Records at FamilySearch
Country:


 * 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 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.

 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.

Official Sites of RENAP

http://www.renap.gob.gt/

Facebook

http://twitter.com/renapgt

Information Recorded in the Records
The following information is usually found in these records: