Ecuador Civil Registration

FamilySearch Online Collections

 * 1680-1930: Ecuador Baptisms, 1680-1930
 * 1680-1930: Ecuador Marriages, 1680-1930
 * 1800-1920: Ecuador Deaths, 1800-1920
 * 1565-2011: Ecuador, Catholic Church Records, 1565-2011

Offices to Contact
Records of births, marriages and deaths are at the civil registration office in each municipality. Copies are in Quito at the: Direccion Genereal del Registro Civil, Edificio San Agustin, Mejia y Guayaquil Address: Av. Amazonas N37-61 y Naciones Unidas (Av. Amazonas N37-61 and United Nations) Postal Code: 170507 / Quito - Ecuador Telephone: +593 2 3731 110 Telephone: (593)(2)381 42 90 Website: https://www.registrocivil.gob.ec/

Historical Background
Civil registration of births, marriages, and deaths began in 1900.

Information Recorded in the Records
Birth records:
 * Name of the civil parish
 * City, canton and province
 * Date of registration
 * Child's name
 * Address where the birth occurred
 * Date of birth
 * Information about parents includes:
 * -names
 * -ages
 * -marriage status
 * -nationality
 * -residence
 * -father's occupation and sometimes mother's occupation


 * Names of witnesses with ages and residences

NOTA. En Quito entre 1935-1965 libros separados fueron guardados para Reconocimientos de Hijos, Legitimaciones, y Adopciones. En otros areas y en Quito entre 1901-1934 y 1966 al presente, anotaciones fueron hechas en los margenes de los registros de nacimiento para los procedimientos ya anotados.