Spain, Burgos Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records

Title in the Language of the Records
Registros Civiles de la Provincia de Burgos, España.

Record Description
This collection currently includes death records from the civil registration for the judicial districts of Aranda de Duero, Belorado, Burgos, Catrojeriz, Lerma, and Villadiego in the province of Burgos, Spain for the years of 1870-1970. The originals are housed at the Burgos Provincial Historical Archive (Archivo Histórico Provincial de Burgos) in Burgos, Spain.

This collection is being published as images become available.

Record Content
The information in the records varies by year. Civil registration records are handwritten on a printed form; there are generally two records per page that follow a chronological order.



Death Records generally include the following information:
 * Deceased’s Name, Gender, and Age (keep in mind that death records for women may be filed under their married name)
 * Marital Status/Name of Spouse
 * Date and Place of Death
 * Date and Place of Burial
 * Deceased's Occupation
 * Cause of death
 * If deceased left a Will
 * Deceased' Place of Residence
 * Parents’ Names
 * Parents’ Place of Origin
 * Father’s occupation

How to Use the Record
To begin your search you should know the following:
 * The person’s name.
 * An approximate time frame of an event.
 * Indexes are available by year for some of these groups of images. If indexes are available, check these for the name first. Indexes are usually located at the beginning or end of a group of images. Find your ancestor’s name and look for the locator information next to the name (such as page, entry, or certificate number). This will help you find the record you are looking for in the collection.
 * Some record sets have indexes; these indexes were created at the end of the year. Copy errors could have been made in the index, so you want to find the actual record to verify the information is correct.

Keep in mind:
 * There may be more than one person in the records with the same name.
 * You may not be sure of your own ancestor’s name.
 * The information in records is usually reliable, but depends upon the knowledge of the informant.
 * Regarding death records, name changes, shortened names, or nicknames may have been used by your ancestors, so pay attention to other relationships (parents, spouse, siblings, children, etc.) that can confirm whether you have the right person/record.
 * When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct.

Search the Collection
To browse the collection you will need to follow this series of links: ⇒Select "Browse through images" on the initial collection page ⇒ Select the Municipio (City or Municipality) category ⇒ Select the Tipo de registro y años (Record Type and Years) category which takes you to the images.

Look at the images and compare the information with what you already know about your ancestor to determine which one is your ancestor. You may need to look at several images and compare the information about the individuals listed in those images to your ancestors to make this determination.

Using the Information

 * Use the marriage date and place as the basis for compiling a new family group or for verifying existing information.
 * Use the age along with the place of origin and parents' names to find the deceased's birth.
 * Use the age along with the place of origin to find the family in census records.
 * Use the residence and names of the parents to locate church and land records.
 * Use the marital status/name of spouse to find the marriage record.
 * When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct.
 * Witnesses often were relatives or friends of the deceased and/or his/her spouse, or his/her parents.
 * Continue to search the indexes and records to identify children, siblings, parents, and other relatives who may have lived in the same area or a nearby area.

Unable to Find Your Ancestor?
A boundary change could have occurred and the record of you ancestor is now in a neighboring state or region.

Church records are also a good substitute when birth, marriage, and death records can’t be found or are unavailable. For information of ancestors before 1870 the church parish registers should be researched.


 * Spain Baptisms
 * Spain Catholic Church Records
 * Spain Church Records

Or your ancestor immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby areas or immigration/emigration records.

Spain Emigration and Immigration

Related Websites

 * Ministerio de Justicia – Certificado de Defunción
 * Hispanic Genealogy Blog is written in English.
 * Blog de Genealogía Hispaña Blog is written in Spanish.
 * Genealogía Española-España GenWeb Website is in Spanish.

Related Wiki Articles

 * Burgos Civil Registration - Vital Records
 * Spain Civil Registration - Vital Records
 * Burgos

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