Uruguay Civil Registration

Online Collections

 * 1879-1930 :, FamilySearch, index.
 * 1900-1937 :, FamilySearch, index
 * 1870-1930 : Uruguay, Select Civil Registration Records (Uruguay, Registro Civil), Ancestry.com, ($), index.
 * 1900-1937 : Uruguay, Civil Registration, MyHeritage, ($), index, incomplete.

Offices to Contact
General Directorate of the Civil Registry

Headquarters Building: Av. Uruguay 933, Montevideo

For inquiries, see partidas.digitales@dgrec.gub.uy

Records are also in the Offices of the Civil Registry in each department capital.

Historical Background
Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1879.

Before 1892 the General Directorate of the Civil Registry was called Notary of Government and Finance.

The records are in the General Directorate of the Civil Registry in Montevideo and in the Offices of the Civil Registry in each department capital.

Information Recorded in the Records
Available in FamilySearch You can see many collections of records directly on your computer by clicking here

Extraction forms The following extraction forms were created by Dr. George Ryskamp, ​​JD, AG. These forms were designed to be used in research in Spanish. However, they can help in other areas of research, such as Italy, France, Portugal, etc. Click on the form of the type of record you would like to use and you can print it for your own files.

Baptism / Birth Extraction Form

Marriage Extraction Form

Death / Burial Extraction Form

These forms were designed to help you analyze and organize your documents quickly. They can become a personal index for your family records.

You can request testimony of birth, marriage, death certificates, from any department, through the Civil Registry page the procedure is also available online by lifting the game at the office of Calle Uruguay 933 esq. Branco River or with home delivery. For this it is necessary to have basic information such as names, surnames, date of the event, judicial section and minutes number. In the Uruguay 933 street office there is an index where you can consult this data, since they have a database with search by name, surname, year. In some cases they are not entered and the search is manual for which the applicant must provide as much data as possible.

The office of the Civil Registry of the department of Montevideo allows items marital status request by e - mail

Births
Birth certificates contain:

For child:
 * Name
 * Sex
 * Time
 * Day month, year
 * Place of birth

For father, mother, grandparents and / or witnesses:
 * Names
 * Surnames
 * Profession
 * Nationality
 * Residence
 * Age

Marriages
Marriage records contain:

For bride and groom:
 * Names
 * Surnames
 * Dates of birth
 * Place of marriage
 * Age (sometimes)
 * Residence
 * Nationality
 * Profession

For parents and witnesses:
 * Names
 * Surnames
 * Age
 * Marital status
 * Profession
 * Nationality
 * Residence

Deaths
The death certificates contain:

For the deceased:
 * Name
 * Surname
 * Sex
 * Age
 * Profession
 * Nationality
 * Place of birth (sometimes)
 * Residence
 * Marital status of the deceased
 * Cause of death
 * Name of the doctor who issued the certificate
 * Spouse's name if married, widowed
 * Names of children

For parents, grandparents and witnesses:
 * Names
 * Surnames
 * Profession
 * Nationality
 * Residence
 * Marital status

Recognition of natural children (illegitimate)
This is a document whereby the father or mother legally accepts a child born outside the marital bonds. This person may or may not be married. If you are married, you need the spouse's written permission to make such recognition, unless the child was born before the union was made.

The records contain:

For the person making the recognition:
 * Name
 * Surname
 * Marital status
 * Nationality
 * Age
 * Residence
 * Sex
 * Profession

For the person recognized:
 * Names
 * Surnames (if you have more than one)
 * Marital status
 * Sex
 * Age
 * Nationality
 * Residence
 * Profession

(Some of the data may be omitted due to lack of information.)

Divorces
Divorce records contain:


 * Names
 * Surnames of the spouses
 * Dates of birth
 * Other relevant information

Exhibitions
The exhibition records contain:


 * Day
 * Time
 * Place where the child was found
 * Apparent age
 * Any scars or other identifying marks
 * Declaration that accompanied the child
 * Description of the clothes or anything else that could help with the recognition of the child