View source for La Rioja Province, Argentina Genealogy

===Local Archives===

Civil officials will generally answer correspondence in Spanish. Use the following address: 

Dirección del Registro Civil<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Oficina de Inscripciones y Rectificaciones<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; (*[http://www.mapsofworld.com/postal-codes/country-argentina.html postal code)] (City), (Province), Argentina

*[http://www.mapsofworld.com/postal-codes/country-argentina.html '''Find the Argentina postal code here.'''] 

====Provincial Archives and Tribunal Archives====
These archives maintain the duplicates sent to them by the municipal districts. You may write to these archives and request searches of the records. The public has access to these records. For the province of L Rioja, you will need to write to the following address: 

Registro Provincial de las Personas<br>Dorrego 37 <br> CP 5300 La Rioja <br> Argentina<br>Telefono: 03822 4 53666

After deciding who has jurisdiction over the records for the time period you need, write a brief request to the proper office.  Send the following: 

*Full name and the sex of the person sought. 
*Names of the parents, if known. 
*Approximate date and place of the event. 
*Your relationship to the person. 
*Reason for the request (family history, medical, etc.). 
*Request for a photocopy of the complete original record. 
*Check or cash for the search fee (usually about $10.00).

'''Write your request in Spanish whenever possible. For writing your letter in Spanish, use the translated questions and phrases in this [https://familysearch.org/wiki/en/images/a/aa/LWGSpanish.pdf Spanish Letter-writing Guide.]'''
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