Honduras, Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes civil registration records of births, marriages, and deaths in the country of Honduras between the years 1841 and 1968.

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

What Can These Records Tell Me?
The following information may be found in these records:

Birth Records
 * Date and place of registration
 * Informant’s name, age and residence
 * Name of the child
 * Date and place of birth
 * Parents’ names

Marriage Records
 * Date and place of event
 * Groom’s name, age, origin and residence
 * Bride’s name, age, origin and residence
 * Parents’ names

Death Records
 * Name of deceased
 * Date and place of death
 * Date and place of birth
 * Date and place of burial
 * Registration date and place
 * Informant’s name, age, residence and relationship to the deceased
 * Deceased’s name, age, marital status, origin and residence

How Do I Search This 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

View the Images
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 * 2) Select City or Municipality
 * 3) Selcet  Record Type and Years which takes you to the images.

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


 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * BYU Spanish Script Tutorial
 * FamilySearch Learning Center videos:
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 1
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 2
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 3

How Do I Analyze the Results?
Compare each result from your search with what you know to determine if there is a match. This may require viewing multiple records or images. Keep track of your research in a research log.

I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Use the residence and names of the parents to locate church 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?

 * New information is constantly being indexed, microfilmed or updated. Periodically check back and see if your ancestor’s records have been added.  You can see if the area you’ve been looking in has been recently updated by going to Historical Records Collections and notice the asterisk for recently added or updated records
 * 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
 * Your ancestor may have immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby countries or immigration/emigration records
 * Vary the search terms. For example, search by either the given name or surname to return broader list of possible candidates which can then be examined for matches. Or try expanding the date range; this is especially useful in searching baptismal records, as it was not unusual for a child to be baptized weeks or even months after birth
 * 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. Click here for a list of Spanish name abbreviations

Known Issues with This Collection
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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.

“Honduras, Civil Registration, 1841-1968.” Database with Images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. Archivo Historico Nacional Registro Civil (National Historical Archive Civil Registry), Honduras.
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