Peru, San Martín, Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes birth, marriage, and death records from San Martín, Peru for the years 1850 to 1999. San Martín is located in northern Peru. The area is divided into ten provinces.

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

Coverage Table
As of 14 December 2016 this collection included records from the following provinces:

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Birth records may contain the following information:
 * Birth date
 * Name at birth
 * Parents’ names
 * Place of birth

Marriage records may contain the following information:
 * Names of bride and groom
 * Names of parents and witnesses
 * Date of marriage
 * Place of marriage

Death records may contain the following information:
 * Name of deceased
 * Date of death
 * Age at death
 * Cause of death

How Do I Search This Collection?
To search this collection, it would be helpful to know the following information:
 * Name of ancestor
 * Where your ancestor’s family lived
 * Year of birth, marriage, or death

View images in this collection by visiting the Browse Page: To search the collection you will need to follow this series of links: ⇒Select "Browse through images" on the initial collection page ⇒ Select the 'Province' category ⇒ Select the 'District or Municipality' category ⇒ Select the 'Record Type and Years' category which takes you to the images.

Search the collection by image comparing the information with what you already know about your ancestors to determine if the image relates to them. You may need to look at several images and compare the information about the individuals listed in those images to your ancestors to make this determination.

For Help Reading these Records
These records are in Spanish. For help with reading the records, see the following resources:


 * 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 the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?
For death records, the information in records is usually reliable, but depends upon the knowledge of the informant.

For marriage and death records, name changes, shortened names, or nicknames may have been used by your ancestors, so pay attention to other relationships (parents, spouse, siblings, children, etc.) that can confirm whether you have the right person/record.

Witnesses were sometimes relatives of the deceased or the deceased's parents.

When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct.

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.

Continue to search the indexes and records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives who may have lived in the same area or a nearby area.

I Can't Find the Person I'm Looking For, What Now?
If you are unable to find your ancestor(s) in these civil registers, then try searching in the areas surrounding San Martin. These regions neighbor San Martin:


 * Amazonias on the Northwest,
 * Loreto on the Northeast,
 * La Libertad on the West, and
 * Huanuco on the South

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. Before the government instituted civil registration in Peru, the Catholic Church was the only institution tracking the births, marriages, and deaths of the population.


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

Citing This Collection
Citations help you keep track of places you have searched and sources you have found. Identifying your sources helps others find the records you used. "Peru, San Martín, Civil Registration, 1850-1999." Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. Archivo Regional de San Martín, Moyobamba [San Martín Regional Archives, Moyobamba].
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