Honduras Civil Registration

Online Records

 * 1841-1968 - at FamilySearch — index and images
 * 1730-1930 - Honduras Catholic Church baptisms, 1730-1930
 * 1800-1910 - Honduras Catholic Church marriages, 1800-1910
 * 1633-1978 - Honduras Catholic Church records, 1633-1978

Offices to Contact
Registro Nacional de las Personas Tegucigalpa Address: Tegucigalpa, Honduras Telephone: +504 9775-2964

Archivo Nacional, Tegucigalpa Barrio El Centro Avenida Cristóbal Colón Calle Salvador Mendieta 1117 Tegucigalpa, M.D.C. Honduras C.A. Telephone: +(504) 222-8338

Archivo General de Centroamerica (Central American Archives or CAA) Acquired by: Center for Research Libraries 6050 S. Kenwood Avenue Chicago, IL 60637-2804 USA

Telephone: (800) 621-6044 or (773) 955-4545 Fax: (773) 955-4339

Births
*1842 to 1881 - contact the Registro Nacional de las Personas Tegucigalpa for parish registers (18 books) (see above) *1881 to present - contact the Civil Registration Office of each city; see FamilySearch *1906 to present - contact the Archivo Nacional, Tegucigalpa (approximately 2,176,000 pages (see above)

Marriages
*1782-1819 - General Archive of Central America (see above)

Deaths
*1881 to present - Civil Register Office of each city

Divorces
*1819 and 1881 to present - Civil Register Office of each city

Child Recognition
*1927 to present - Comayagua, Honduras (21 books)

Historical Background
Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1881.

Births

 * Child's name and surname
 * Date and place of birth
 * Parents' names and surnames
 * Parents' residence and nationality
 * Legitimacy

Marriages

 * Names and surnames of the contracting parties
 * Their ages
 * Names and surnames of their parents
 * Their parents' names??
 * Baptismal faith
 * Sometimes witness' names

Matrimonial Chapters/Contracts??

 * Oppositions??
 * Requests??
 * Reasons
 * Separations
 * Names
 * Ages
 * Origins
 * Nationalities

Deaths

 * Names and surnames of the deceased
 * Date and cause of death
 * Names of parents

Divorces

 * Names
 * Dates
 * Kinships??
 * Place and date of marriage
 * Nobles of children??

Child Recognition

 * Name of child
 * Name of father
 * Legal declaration of the father