Uruguay, Civil Registration Index Cards - FamilySearch Historical Records

Uruguay

What is in the Collection?
This collection includes the national index of the civil registration books of birth, marriage, and death from all the departments in Uruguay from 1900 to 1937. This index was created from index cards created by the Dirección General del Registro del Estado Civil from the original books.

What Can These Records Tell Me?
Most birth records may include the following information:


 * Place and date of registration
 * Place, date, and time of birth
 * Name of the newborn
 * Names of the parents (maiden name of the mother)
 * Parents’ places of origin or residence
 * Occupation of the father
 * Names of the grandparents

Most marriage records may include the following information:


 * Place and date of marriage
 * Names and ages of the groom and bride
 * Civil statuses, places of origin, and residences of the groom and bride
 * Parents’ names, places of origin, and sometimes marital status
 * Sometimes the names of the grandparents
 * Witnesses’ names

Most death records may include the following information:


 * Place and date of death
 * Name of the deceased
 * Cause of death
 * Occupation, residence, and age of the deceased
 * Sometimes the parents’ names
 * Burial place

How Do I Search the Collection?
You can search the index or view the images or both. Before using this collection it is helpful to know:
 * Your ancestor's given name and surname
 * Identifying information such as residence
 * Estimated marriage or birth year
 * Family relationships

I Found Who I was Looking for, What Now?

 * Use the residence and names of the parents to locate other church and land records.
 * Use the parents' birth places to find former residences and to establish a migration pattern for the family.
 * Compile information for every person who has the same surname as your ancestor; this is especially helpful in rural areas or if the surname is unusual.
 * Continue to search the records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives 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.

I Can’t Find The Person I’m Looking for, What Now?

 * Check for variants of given names, surnames, and place names. Transcription errors could occur in any handwritten record; also, it was not uncommon for an individual be listed under a nickname or an abbreviation of their name.
 * Civil registration records are also a good source of genealogical information. You should obtain copies of both church records and civil registration, when possible, since they do not necessarily provide the same information. For example, baptismal registers sometimes provide the names of the fathers of illegitimate children when the civil registration does not.
 * There may be more than one person with the same name.
 * Even though this is an index there may still be inaccuracies, such as altered spellings, misinterpretations, and optical character recognition errors if the information was scanned.
 * A boundary change could have occurred and the record of your ancestor is now in a neighboring area. Search the records and indexes of neighboring cities, provinces, and regions.
 * Your ancestor may have immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby countries or immigration/emigration records.

Citing this Collection
Citing your sources makes it easy for others to find and evaluate the records you used. When you copy information from a record, list where you found that information. Here you can find citations already created for the entire collection and for each individual record or image. Collection Citation:

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