El Salvador Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records

Foreign Language Title
Registro Civil de San Salvador, El Salvador

Collection Time Period
The microfilm collection of civil registration records at the Family History Library for El Salvador covers the years 1836-2000. However, the current records available through FamilySearch Historical Records include only births of the city of San Salvador, El Salvador for the years 1867-1910.

Record Description
Some of the records appear to have some damage, which have caused some loss of information. The text is in Spanish in a narrative style.

Record Content
The key genealogical facts found on most birth or birth records include:

• Names and surnames • Date and place of birth • Parent's names and surnames • Parent's age and place or origin • Nationality • Date of inscription

Record History
The civil registration was not instituted until about 1859; however some church records were used as civil records prior to this time. The birth records were issued in municipal offices of the civil registration and a copy of the registers was sent to be archived in the Central Archives. This collection also includes the individual indexes. Copies of the registers were archived in the Central Archive in San Salvador. Many of these records appear to have some damage.

Why This Collection Was Created
The civil registration was necessary in order to keep an official record of the civil events and acts related to the civil state of the citizens.

Record Reliability
The civil registration records are a great source for genealogical research.

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Related Wiki Articles
El Salvador Civil Registries

El Salvador Civil Registration

Sources of This Collection
“El Salvador, San Salvador, San Salvador, Civil Registration”, database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), 2010; from Ministerio del Interior de El Salvador. “Registro Civil de San Salvador, San Salvador, El Salvador, 1867-1910." Archivo Civil de la Alcaldia Municipal de San Salvador, El Salvador. FHL microfilm. Family History Library, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

Digital copies of originals are also housed at local offices of the civil registry archives throughout El Salvador.

Citing FamilySearch Historical Collections
When you copy information from a record, you should also list where you found the information. This will help you or others to find the record again. It is also good to keep track of records where you did not find information, including the names of the people you looked for in the records.

A suggested format for keeping track of records that you have searched is found in the Wiki Article: How to Cite FamilySearch Collections.

Examples of Source Citations for a Record in This Collection
“El Salvador Civil Registration”, database and images, FamilySearch (https:// www.familysearch.org : accessed 21 March 2011), entry for Jose Maria Antonio del Carmen, born, 9 April 1880; citing La Libertad, San Juan Opico, Nacimientos 1879-1893, image 50, Ministerio Archivo Civil de la Alcaldia Municipal de San Salvador.