Honduras, Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records

Honduras

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. For help reading them see: FamilySearch Learning Center videos: If you speak Spanish, the following free online lesson may be helpful to learn how to use the information in these records:
 * Spanish Genealogical Word List
 * BYU Spanish Script Tutorial
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 1
 * Reading Spanish Handwritten Records, Lesson 2
 * Registros Civiles y Parroquiales – Spanish

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

Births
 * Name and gender of the child
 * Place and date of birth
 * Baptismal date
 * Father's name
 * Mother's given name
 * Mother and father's marital status

Marriages
 * Bride's name
 * Groom's name
 * Marriage date and place
 * Marriage certificate and banns dates
 * Groom's age, marital status, occupation, and residence
 * Names of groom's parents (including maiden name of Mother)
 * Bride's age, marital status, occupation, and residence
 * Names of bride's parents, including maiden name of mother
 * Birthplaces of bride and groom
 * Witnesses' names and ages

Deaths
 * Death and burial date and place
 * Name and age at death
 * Cause of death
 * Father of deceased and his occupation
 * Date and birthdate of the deceased
 * Marital status of the deceased
 * If married, the name of the spouse

How Do I Search This Collection?
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 * Your ancestor's given name and surname
 * Identifying information such as residence
 * Estimated marriage or birth year

How Do I Analyze the Results?
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I Found the Person I Was Looking For, What Now?

 * Add any new information to your records
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 * Use the age to find an approximate birth year to begin your search Honduras, Catholic Church Records
 * Use the information to find more. For instance, use the age listed in the record to estimate a year of birth, if that is yet undetermined
 * It is often helpful to extract the information on all children with the same parents. If the surname is unusual, you may want to compile entries for every person of the same surname and sort them into families based on the names of the parents
 * Continue to search the records to identify siblings, parents, and other relatives in the same or other generations who were born in the same town or nearby location

I Can’t Find the Person I’m Looking For, What Now?

 * Standard spelling of names typically did not exist during the periods our ancestors lived in. Try variations of your ancestor’s name while searching the index or browsing through images. Pay special attention to how the name should have been pronounced and try variations on the pronunciation
 * 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
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Research Helps
The following articles will help you research your family in Honduras.
 * Honduras Record Finder
 * Honduras Research Tips and Strategies

Other FamilySearch Collections
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FamilySearch Catalog

 * Central America, colonial records = Centroamérica, registros de los censos coloniales : COLLECTION RECORD, 1607-1902
 * Honduras, civil registration = Honduras, registro civil : COLLECTION RECORD, 1841-1968

FamilySearch Historical Records

 * Honduras Baptisms - FamilySearch Historical Records
 * Honduras Deaths - FamilySearch Historical Records
 * Honduras Marriages - FamilySearch Historical Records
 * Honduras, Catholic Church Records - FamilySearch Historical Records

Citing This Collection
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