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Extract Key Information from the Index
The Dirección General del Registro del Estado Civil created a handwritten index for all civil registration records from 1900-1937. The index was made on 3x5 cards. Each card corresponded to a specific individual. The date and place of their birth and death was recorded on the front of the card, and their marriage was recorded on the back of the card. The index is in alphabetical order by surname.

The index will indicate the year, department, section, page number, and act number of an individual’s birth, possible legitimacy, death, or marriage. The original records can be found on FamilySearch, but they are organized by the different sections of each department. Make sure you identify both the department and the section number in the index before you attempt to locate the original record.

For records created prior to 1900, each department in Uruguay has an index of their births, marriages, and deaths from 1879 until around 1915. The indexes for each record type are in alphabetical order by last name. Like the national index, these will provide the year, section number, and page number or entry number of each entry.

Department Civil Registration Indexes
START HERE https://www.familysearch.org/wiki/es/Emigraci%C3%B3n_e_inmigraci%C3%B3n_de_Uruguay http://www.guiagenealogica.com/index.php/archivos-en-latinoamerica/uruguay http://www.agn.gub.uy/ https://www.genealogiahispana.com/emigrantes/de-espana-a-america-de-que-barcos-descendemos/
 * Search for a specific individual in the collection Uruguay, Civil Registration Index Card, 1900-1937.
 * Browse the index on the FamilySearch catalog.