Mexico, Aguascalientes, Civil Registration - FamilySearch Historical Records

What is in This Collection?
This collection includes civil registration birth, marriages, death and other records from the State of Aguascalientes, Mexico, and date from 1859 to 1961.

For more details on Mexican civil registration records, see the parent article Mexico Civil Registration Records (FamilySearch Historical Records).

As of 6 September 2017, this collection included records from the following cities or towns:

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 is usually found in these records:

Birth Records
 * Date and place of registration
 * Informant's name and personal information
 * Child’s name and gender
 * Child’s birth date and place of birth
 * Father’s name, age, marital status, occupation, and residence
 * Mother’s maiden name, age, marital status and residence
 * Names of paternal grandparents
 * Names of maternal grandparents
 * Names of witnesses and their personal information

Marriage Records
 * Date and place of marriage
 * Groom’s name
 * Groom’s age and residence
 * Groom’s marital status and occupation
 * Groom’s parents’ names (including mother’s maiden name)
 * Bride’s name
 * Bride’s marital status, age, and residence
 * Witnesses’ names, marital status, age, birthplaces, and residences

Death Records
 * Date and place of death
 * Deceased's name (a woman may be filed either under her maiden or married name)
 * Deceased’s age and occupation
 * Cause of death
 * Deceased’s parents’ names and ages
 * Witnesses’ names, ages, occupations, and residences

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 some of the following information:
 * Your ancestor's given name and surname
 * Identifying information such as residence
 * Estimated marriage or birth year

Search The Index
Search by name by visiting the Collection Page.
 * 1) Fill in the search boxes on the Collection Page with the information you have.
 * 2) Click Search to show possible matches.

View the Images
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 * 2) Select Record Type and Years to view the images.

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


 * Mexico Language and Languages
 * 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.

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

 * If possible, look at the actual image of the record to verify the information found in the online description
 * Use the birth date or age along with the place of birth to find the family in 1930, Mexico National Census
 * 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, Now What?

 * 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
 * Try looking through records in the surrounding localities. Zacatecas is on the western, northern, and eastern borders and Jalisco is on the southern border
 * When looking for a person who had a common name, look at all the entries for the name before deciding which is correct.
 * 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
 * Try checking the Church records in Mexico, Aguascalientes, Catholic Church Records, 1620-1962 they can also be a good source of genealogical information. You should obtain copies of both church records and civil registration, when possible, since they do not necessarily provide the same information. For example, baptismal registers sometimes provide the names of the fathers of illegitimate children when the civil registration does not
 * There may be more than one person with the same name
 * Your ancestor may have immigrated to another country. Search the records of nearby countries or immigration/emigration record.

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.

"Mexico, Aguascalientes, Civil Registration, Births, 1859-1961." Database with images. FamilySearch. http://FamilySearch.org : accessed 2017. Archivo Histórico del Estado de Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes State Historical Archives, Aguascalientes).
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