Peru, Junín, Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records

Peru Junin

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This collection includes records from 1881-2005. It includes births, marriages, deaths, indexes and other records created by civil registration offices in the department of Junín, Peru. Additional images will be published as they become available.

Reading These Records
These records are written in Spanish; also see the section For Help Reading These Records for translation helps.

As of 12 December 2016 this collection included records from the following provinces.

What Can these Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:

Birth Records
 * Name and gender of the child
 * Date and place of birth
 * Parents’ names

Marriage Records
 * Groom’s name, birth date or age, marital status
 * Groom’s parents’ names
 * Bride’s name, birth date or age, marital status
 * Bride’s parents’ names
 * Date and place of marriage

Death Records
 * Name and gender of the deceased
 * Date of death
 * Burial place

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 * Your ancestor's given name and surname
 * Identifying information such as residence
 * Estimated marriage or birth year

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For Help Reading these Records
For help reading these Spanish records see the following guides:


 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * Reading Spanish handwritten records
 * Script tutorial for Spanish

To learn more about using the information in civil records, view these lessons for free:


 * Documentos esenciales para buscar a sus antepasados - Spanish

What Do I Do Next?
When you have located your ancestor’s record, carefully evaluate each piece of information given. These pieces of information may give you new biographical details that can lead you to other records about your ancestors. Add this new information to your records of each family. Keep in mind:


 * The information in church records is usually reliable, but depends upon the reliability of the informant.
 * Earlier records may not contain as much information as the records created after the late 1800.
 * There is also some variation in the information given from one record to another.

I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Use the marriage date and place as the basis for compiling a new family group or for verifying existing information.
 * Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth of each partner to find a couple's birth records and parents' names.
 * Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth to find the family in census records.
 * Use the residence and names of the parents to locate church and land records.
 * Occupations listed can lead you to other types of records such as employment or military records.
 * Use the parents' birth places to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family.
 * The name of the officiator is a clue to their religion or area of residence in the county. However, ministers may have reported marriages performed in other counties.
 * Compile the marriage entries for every person who has the same surname as the bride or groom; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual.
 * Continue to search the marriage records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives of the bride and groom who may have married in the same county or nearby. This can help you identify other generations of your family or even the second marriage of a parent. Repeat this process for each new generation you identify.
 * Use the marriage number to identify previous marriages.
 * When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct.

I Can't Find Who I'm Looking for, What Now?

 * Check for variant spellings of the surnames.
 * Check for a different index. There are often indexes at the beginning of each volume.
 * Search the indexes and records of nearby localities.

A boundary change could have occurred and the record of your ancestor is now in a neighboring region. These regions neighbor Junin:


 * Pasco and Ucayall on the north,
 * Cusco on the east,
 * Ayacucho and Huancavelica on the south, and
 * Lima on the west.

Your ancestor may have immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby areas or immigration/emigration records: Peru Emigration and Immigration

Church records are also a good substitute when birth, marriage, and death records can’t be found or are unavailable.


 * Peru Baptisms (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Peru Catholic Church Records (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Peru Deaths (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Peru Marriages (FamilySearch Historical Records)
 * Peru Church Records

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